| Fenris | |
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | Uncanny X-Men #194 (June 1985; Andrea von Strucker and Andreas von Strucker) Uncanny X-Men #200 (December 1985; as Fenris) New Thunderbolts #2 (January 2005; Andreas von Strucker as the Swordsman) Thunderbolts #122 (September 2008; Andrea von Strucker's clone) |
| Created by | Chris Claremont (writer) John Romita Jr. (artist) |
| In-story information | |
| Alter ego | Andrea von Strucker (female) Andreas von Strucker (male) |
| Species | Human mutants |
| Team affiliations | Assembly of Evil Thunderbolts |
| Notable aliases | (Andrea von Strucker): Fenris (Andreas von Strucker): Fenris,Swordsman,Baron Strucker |
| Abilities | (Andrea von Strucker): Disintegrative energy projection (Andreas von Strucker): Concussive bolt projection Sword usage (Fenris): Flight Phenomenal acrobat hand-to-hand combatant Force blasts and flight while in physical contact |
Fenris (Andrea von Strucker andAndreas von Strucker) are twosupervillain characters appearing inAmerican comic books published byMarvel Comics. They are the German twin children of supervillainBaron Strucker ofHydra and the half-siblings ofWerner von Strucker.
The two characters appear inThe Gifted.
Created byChris Claremont andJohn Romita Jr., the von Strucker twins first appeared inUncanny X-Men #194 (June 1985) in their civilian identity and inUncanny X-Men #200 (December 1985) as Fenris.
Andrea and Andreas are the children ofHydra leaderWolfgang von Strucker. While the two are still in their mother's uterus, they are genetically modified byArnim Zola. This gives them bio-energy powers which they can use when in physical contact with one another (usually when holding hands). Strucker indoctrinates his children in the beliefs ofwhite supremacy,Nazism, and theFourth Reich. In adulthood, the twins become thesupervillains known as Fenris and lead the terrorist organization of the same name.[1][2]
Andrea later discovers thatCitizen V is actuallyHelmut Zemo. Zemo kills Andrea to keep her from telling anyone the truth.[3] After Andrea's death, Zemo has thePurple Man brainwash Andreas into taking the alias ofSwordsman. The Purple Man has him flay the skin from Andrea's corpse to incorporate the resulting leather into his sword's hilt, allowing him to channel their shared powers through his sword. Andreas breaks free of the Purple Man's control and joins theThunderbolts.[4]
Under the control of four imprisoned telepaths, Strucker takes over the title of Baron Strucker and shaves his head in his father's honor. He gains the loyalty of guards by paying them well and orders them to set off a bomb in theZeus (the Thunderbolts' carrier) to initiate a lockdown. He declares to one of his guards thatNorman Osborn will bring him back his sister or everyone in Thunderbolts Mountain will be killed.[5]
It is later discovered that Andreas had Arnim Zola create a clone of his sister. Although Andreas has Andrea back, he wants to complete his Thunderbolts contract, leaving as a free man. To protect Andrea while on missions, Andreas skins his arm, giving the flesh to his sister's clone to hold and allowing her to use their shared powers.[6]
Andrea's clone and Andreas later return to the land of the living and open "Club Fenris", a supervillain club inManhattan. They are also residents of themutant nation ofKrakoa.[7][8]
As a result of genetic engineering with their X-Genes when they were stillin utero, Fenris have powers, but only when they are in physical contact with each other. Andreas can generate concussive force blasts while Andrea generates disintegration beams.[9] The Swordsman uses various hidden blades; his primary sword blade is sheathed in anadamantium alloy and can shoot agrappling hook-like projectile. His sword's hilt is wrapped with Andrea's skin to releasebioelectric blasts of concussive force.
An alternate universe variant of Andreas von Strucker / Fenris from Earth-90214 appears inMarvel Noir. This version is an agent for the German-basedWeapon X.[10][11]
Alternate universe variants of Andrea and Andreas von Strucker from Earth-58163 appear inHouse of M. These versions are members of their father Baron Strucker's resistance against mutants and theKree. Both of them end up killed in action.[12]
Alternate universe variants of Andrea and Andreas von Strucker from Earth-1610 appear in the Ultimate Marvel imprint. These versions are androgynous mutant twins who can generate heat rather than energy.[13][14]
Fenris appears inThe Gifted, with Andreas von Strucker portrayed by Paul Cooper (younger) andCarsten Norgaard (older) and Andrea von Strucker portrayed by Caitlin Mehner (younger) and Julia Farino (older).[15] This version of the duo are mutant terrorists who were active in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Additionally, Andreas possesses telekinesis while Andrea has molecular forcefield creation, with the two being able to produce destructive light energy when in physical contact. Horrified by their actions, Andreas's son Otto runs away from them and manages to suppress the X-Gene after years of conducting research on his son Reed to prevent the threat from returning. However, Reed's children Lauren and Andy Strucker inherit Fenris' abilities.
Andreas von Strucker as the Swordsman appears in thePSP version ofMarvel: Ultimate Alliance.
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