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Aliases

Oh God. Oh no. My powers... Oh God... I'm cured.

Origin[]

When his powers first manifested, Eddie was on top of the world. During his first landing, he broke both his legs when he assumed that he was also invulnerable.^[5]

Xavier Institute[]

Wanting to be aX-Man,^[6] Eddie became a student at theXavier Institute with a much largerstudent body afterProfessor X publicly revealed himself as amutant.^[7]

Adapting the codenameWing,^[5] Eddie was placed into thePaladins Squad along withArmor andBlindfold under the mentorship ofKitty Pryde.^[6][1] Armor and Wing became best friends during their time at the Institute.^[6][2][8]

Wing loved his powers and became extremely nervous about the news of the "Mutant Cure" despite counselling from Kitty Pryde.^[5]

Depowering and Suicide[]

Seeking vengeance on the X-Men,Ord fromBreakworld infiltrated the Xavier Institute only to find the X-Men absent. Unfortunately, Ord did find Armor and Wing. Intending to leave a message for the X-Men, Ord captured Wing mid-flight, injected him with the Cure, and let him fall to the Earth.^[6] Armor was able to catch Wing andElixir was able to heal the injuries he sustained during the fall, but Wing was left "cured" and unable to fly.^[9]

Deeply depressed due to the loss of his powers, Eddie was allowed to stay at the Xavier Institute as a student, but only became more miserable and isolated. When he was not in class, Eddie would spend time alone in theDanger Room running a simulation of the campus exterior where he used to fly. Desperate to regain his powers and with goading fromDanger disguised as Armor, Wing leapt off a cliff believing his powers would return or that he would end his life.^[2] Wing's suicide inside the Danger Room made it possible for Danger to overcome her programming, manifest in a physical body outside of the bounds of the Danger Room, and attack the X-Men. With the Institute under attack, Kitty led the students into the Danger Room where Danger used a simulation of Wing's corpse to terrorize them.^[10]

Legacy[]

After the X-Men relocated toUtopia, Danger joined the X-Men to act as the warden of theX-Brig. Seeking closure for the murder of her friend, Armor violently confronted Danger only to discover that Danger felt real grief and remorse for Wing's death.^[8]

Wing has also been seen among several other deceased X-Men in multiple visions.^[11][12]

Krakoa[]

Wing is amutant. Wing possesses the following powers:

• Self-Propelled Flight

• Wing had a crush onKitty Pryde.^[6]
• Wing officially died in issueAstonishing X-Men (Vol. 3) #7, but he was later "possessed" by theDanger Room.^[10]

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