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Fafnir

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Falcon

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Falcona

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Falligar the Behemoth

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Falligar the Behemoth, also known simply as Falligar, is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He makes a single appearance in Thor: God of Thunder #3 (December 2012).

Falligar is a fictional deity who appears as one of the victims of Gorr the God Butcher, who killed Falligar and left his corpse rotting on the shores of his home planet, with his worshipers surrounding him and praying for his resurrection.[1]

Falligar the Behemoth in other media

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Falligar's corpse appears in Thor: Love and Thunder.[2]

Famine

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Famine is the name of several characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, usually as one of the Horsemen of Apocalypse.

Autumn Rolfson

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Roderick Campbell

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Jeb Lee

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Shiro Yoshida

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Famine (First Horseman of Apocalypse)

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Famine
Publication information
PublisherMarvel Comics
First appearanceMarvel Comics #1000 (Aug. 2019)
Created byJonathan Hickman (writer)
Dustin Weaver (artist)
In-story information
Full nameFamine
SpeciesHuman Mutant
Team affiliationsHorsemen of Apocalypse
PartnershipsApocalypse (father)
Genesis (mother)
AbilitiesHydrokinesis

Famine was the one of four children of Apocalypse and Genesis, born and raised on Okkara. He and his siblings grew up to be the first Horsemen of Apocalypse and fought against the Brood in Ancient Egypt.[3][4][5] When the forces of the dimension of Amenth invaded Earth and split Okkara into Krakoa and Arakko, Famine, along with his mother, his siblings, all Okkaran mutants, and the newly created island of Arakko, was voluntarily sealed away in Amenth to stop the invasion while his father Apocalypse remained on Earth.[6] After Genesis became Annihilation's new host, Arakko was subjugated and united with the forces of Amenth.[7] Famine and his siblings were sent to Otherworld to destroy the province of Dryador and lay siege to the Starlight Citadel. When Summoner successfully lured Apocalypse to Otherworld, the Horsemen attacked and severely wounded their father. When Saturnyne intervened and arranged the X of Swords tournament,[8] Famine traveled to Amenth with Death to recruit the White Sword and to retrieve Death's prophesied sword, the Black Bone of Amduat.[9]

While War and Death participated in the tournament, Famine and Pestilence served as the regents of Dryador[10] and later fought against the Krakoan mutants to invade Earth. Following the battle, Famine returned to Amenth with his siblings (excluding Death) and their parents,[11] though he and Pestilence continued to act as regents of Dryador.[12]

When Genesis incited a civil war on Planet Arakko, Famine fought on his mother's side.[13] After the war ended, he joined his mother and War in exile on Phobos.[14]

Powers and abilities of Famine

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Famine is an Omega-level mutant with the ability to control water, even able to extract it from the bodies of living beings.[9][13] He is also very long-lived, having been alive for thousands of years.[4][5]

Fancy Dan

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Fandral

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Fang

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Fang is the name of several characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

Fang I

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First appearanceX-Men #107 (Oct. 1977)
Created byChris Claremont and Dave Cockrum
SpeciesLupak
TeamsImperial Guard
Abilities
  • Superhuman senses, strength, speed, stamina, durability, agility, and reflexes
  • Claws and fangs
  • Teleportation
  • Flight
  • Energy projection/matter manipulation
Aliases(Fang II) Nev-Darr

Fang is a Lupak, a wolf-like alien and member of the Royal Elite of the Shi'ar Imperial Guard. Created by Chris Claremont and Dave Cockrum, the character first appeared in X-Men #107 (October 1977). In later appearances, the character develops new abilities, including teleportation, flight, energy projection, and matter manipulation.[15] Like many original members of the Imperial Guard, Fang is the analog of a character from DC Comics' Legion of Super-Heroes: in his case Timber Wolf.[16][17][18]

Fang is later infected by the Brood and killed by Wolverine.[19] Following this, another Lupak named Nev-Darr is enlisted to replace him.[20] When that one is killed, a third one takes his place.[21]

Tamara Pearson

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Tamara Pearson is a worker of Ezekiel Sims who once helped him in welcoming Silk into the bunker where they kept her safe from Morlun.[22]

Akihiro

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Fantasia

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Fantasia is a fictional character in the Marvel Universe. She first appeared in Captain America #352–353 (April–May 1989), and was created by Mark Gruenwald and Kieron Dwyer. The character subsequently appears as Fantasma beginning in The Avengers #319–324 (July–October 1990).

Fantasia was a member of the Supreme Soviets. The team had been sent by the Soviet government to capture the Soviet Super-Soldiers, who were attempting to defect to the United States. Fantasia disguised the team members with an illusion to appear as members of the Avengers: Red Guardian as Captain America, Perun as Thor, Crimson Dynamo as Iron Man, and Sputnik as the Vision. Eventually, the real Captain America defeated the Supreme Soviets and freed the badly wounded Soviet Super-Soldiers.[volume & issue needed]

Fantasia later changed her name to Fantasma when the team became known as the People's Protectorate.[volume & issue needed] Eventually the team broke up and merged with the Soviet Super-Soldiers to form the Winter Guard.[volume & issue needed]

Fantasma is rescued from a time anomaly by the Winter Guard, with her former teammates of the Protectorate on her trail.[23] It is revealed that Fantasma is a Dire Wraith queen, and she aligns herself with the Presence and fights the Winter Guard.[24] She is defeated by banishing her into Limbo again.[25]

Fantasia is a Russian soldier with super-powers. She is skilled in magic, especially in the use of illusions. She has also shown the ability to fly and certain mental abilities.

Mister Fantastic

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Mooster Fantastic

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Mooster Fantastic is an anthropomorphic moose and animal version of Mister Fantastic.

Fantomex

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Kat Farrell

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Kat Farrell first appeared in Deadline #1 and was created by Bill Rosemann. A reporter for the Daily Bugle, Farrell is the co-head of The Pulse, a section of the Bugle which focuses on superheroes.

Initially, Farrell is interested in reporting on 'real' heroes, such as police officers and firefighters, and did not like being forced to cover superheroes.[26]

Following six supervillain homicides, Farrell is led to murdered judge Michael Hart, who presided solely over superhero crimes. Hart's wife had also been murdered. The police suspect that it was a double homicide or Hart had killed his wife first. Farrell discovers that Hart had been murdered by the Tinkerer. He had returned, though, with supernatural powers.[27] Paul Swanson, fellow reporter, breaks into her apartment and kills her fish in an attempt to scare her off the case. Undeterred, she nevertheless decides to drop the story anyway, to protect Hart.[28]

Farrell also participates in the investigation of fellow journalist Teri Kidder's death,[29] and was the first to interview Luke Cage when he brought the villain Green Goblin to justice.[volume & issue needed]

Other versions of Kat Farrell

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In the "House of M" alternate reality, Farrell is still a reporter.[30] She wants to write the truth but meets resistance because the ruling mutant class controls the newspapers. At one point she meets Hawkeye, who is aware that reality has been altered.

Fasaud

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Fatale

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Fatale
Publication information
PublisherMarvel Comics
First appearanceThe Uncanny X-Men #299 (as Pamela Greenwood) (April 1993)
X-Factor #112 (as Fatale) (July 1995)
Created byPamela Greenwood:
Scott Lobdell
Brandon Peterson
Fatale:
John Francis Moore
Jeff Matsuda
In-story information
SpeciesHuman Mutant
Team affiliationsX-Cell
Dark Descendants
Brotherhood
Notable aliasesPamela Greenwood, Amy Johnson
AbilitiesDepowered, formerly:
Teleportation,
Light-alteration
Invisibility

Fatale is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The fictional character appears in the comics featuring the X-Men family of characters. She is an assassin who usually works for Dark Beast.

Little is known about Fatale's youth. She is one of Europe's finest assassins and the Dark Beast's most trusted servant. When Dark Beast becomes interested in the X-Man Bishop, he places Fatale undercover as a waitress named Amy Johnson in Harry's Hideaway, a bar the X-Men often visit to gather information for him. There she is able to scan Bishop's mind to find information about his ideal woman and changes her appearance to match this image. She takes the name Pamela Greenwood, but fails to get any closer to Bishop. He notices something familiar about Pamela, but never pursues his interest in her.[31]

After his visit to the Age of Apocalypse, Bishop begins having nightmares. He suspects that the character Pamela Greenwood is somehow connected and goes to her apartment to question her. Pamela reveals herself as Fatale and fights Bishop. However, Dark Beast, monitoring the fight, calls her off when Beast enters the fight. Seeing a new opportunity to infiltrate the X-Men, Dark Beast kidnaps Beast and takes his place.[volume & issue needed]

Several months later in the story, Havok is losing control of his powers. Both Dark Beast and Sugarman order their respective agents Fatale and Scarlett McKenzie to kidnap Havok so that they can brainwash him. Scarlett is able to trick a dazed and confused Havok into coming with her as far as Tokyo, Japan, en route to Genosha, but they are intercepted by Fatale, who has hired the Tatsu clan's ninjas for their help in her mission. Havok is rescued by long-time X-ally Yukio and is reclaimed by X-Factor, who had followed the parties involved to Japan, driving off Fatale and Scarlett after a massive battle.[volume & issue needed] Fatale later helps Dark Beast mask Havok's abduction by Random, by penning a letter to Polaris. They disguise it as a letter from Havok, who has supposedly taken an extended leave of absence from the time and their relationship to try to cope with his problems on his own.[volume & issue needed] When Onslaught attacks the X-Men, Dark Beast reveals himself and offers his services to Onslaught. Dark Beast, Random, Fatale, and a brainwashed Havok form the Dark Descendants and fight X-Factor, but are defeated. Havok and Random escape, but Dark Beast and Fatale are sent to prison.[volume & issue needed] Havok decides that Dark Beast's experiments might still be going on, and he allies himself with the telepath/teleporter Ever and forms a new incarnation of the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, simply called The Brotherhood. Havok frees Fatale and Dark Beast from prison, telling them that he chose Fatale over Ever and that he wants both of them to join his Brotherhood. Both agreed but Havok disbands the group several weeks later when he discovers Dark Beast's hidden lab. Fatale sides with Dark Beast, but is defeated by Havok.[volume & issue needed]

Fatale is de-powered during the "Decimation" storyline.[32] She later resurfaces in the 2007 "X-Cell" storyline in X-Factor vol. 3, alongside fellow former mutant Blob as part of the terrorist group X-Cell. After Blob attempts to steal food from Multiple Man and Rictor, resulting in a fight between Rictor and Blob, she is forced to step in and attack Multiple Man, recognizing him only after the blow creates a duplicate, one with no moral or physical difficulty with breaking her arm. She stabs the dupe with a concealed poisoned blade, before fleeing.[33] She is later repowered by Quicksilver and the Terrigen Mist, but when she begins to heat up from the effects of the Mist, Abyss flings her and Reaper into the Brimstone Dimension and then follows them. The explosion that would have resulted from the Mist is forestalled by the frozen nature of time in the Brimstone Dimension.

In the 2014 opening storyline of the fourth volume of X-Factor, which stars a new, corporate-sponsored incarnation of that team, it is revealed that A.I.M. scientist Terrance Hoffman managed to extract them from the Brimstone Dimension and capture them, draining them of the Terrigen Mist energies and leaving them powerless once again. He uses the mutants as guinea pigs, performing illegal experiments on them that they regard as torture. Serval Industries sends the new superhero team, X-Factor, consisting of Polaris, Gambit and Quicksilver to Hoffman's base to stop him and rescue the mutants, though they do not know that Fatale, Abyss, and Reaper are among them. Polaris frees Fatale, but Hoffman uses the energy drained from Abyss and Reaper to transform himself into a giant mutate of immense power. Quicksilver and Gambit manage to knock Hoffman unconscious and return him to normal, and when they prevent Reaper and Fatale from killing the unconscious Hoffman, Fatale cannot believe Polaris actually works with Pietro and lets him know about what he has done to her, Abyss, and Reaper in the past, they will never be even.[34]

She soon enough turns her vow into reality, confronting the new X-Factor team during a conference press about the terrible things Quicksilver did under the assumption that it was a Skrull in disguise. Polaris has security take Fatale out, but Pietro holds them back, admitting his crimes in front of the media.[35]

Father Time

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Fen

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Fen is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character, created by Bill Everett, first appeared in Motion Picture Funnies Weekly #1 (April 1939).

Fen is a member of the royal family of Atlantis and the mother of Namor. She is killed by Socus in Namor, the Sub-Mariner #40 (1993).[36]

Fen in other media

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Fen appears in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, portrayed by María Mercedes Coroy.[37]

Fenris Wolf

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Feral

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Fer-de-Lance

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Ferocia

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Ferocia is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

Fera was a K'un-Lun wolf whose pack killed Heather Rand outside of K'un-Lun.[38] She was later evolved by the magics of Shirrair and has become a servant of Master Khan under the name Ferocia.[39]

Feron

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Feron is the name of two related characters.

Feron

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Feron is a wizard and member of Excalibur. The character was created by Alan Davis and first appeared in Excalibur Vol. 1 #48 (January 1992).

Feron was trained by an order of monks for the return of Necrom. Feron always levitated with his magic as it was believed when his feet first touched the Earth, he would become host to the Phoenix Force. When Necrom did return, Feron touched the ground but did not become host to the Phoenix, as Rachel Summers was already the host.[40] He then joined Excalibur to defeat Necrom. Feron went missing after a mishap with magic caused him to absorb Meggan's powers and he turned to water and went missing.[41] He would reappear, disgruntled by the fact nobody on Excalibur seemed to search for him. He took on the guise of Executioner and turned the Crazy Gang against Excalibur. He was unmasked and he settled his differences with the team, even attending Brian Braddocks's and Meggan Puceanu's wedding. The team disbanded soon after.[42]

Feron (ancestor)

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Feron is an ancestor of Feron of Excalibur and a once student of Necrom hailing from Earth-148. The character was created by Alan Davis and first appeared in Excalibur Vol. 1 #50 (March 1992).

The Sorcerer Supreme of Earth-148, Necrom invited his students (Feron and Merlyn) to help create a matrix of magical energy. The group traveled to Earth-616, where Feron contacted the Phoenix Force and used its power to create towers on every Earth across the omniverse. Necrom then tried to drain Feron of the force, so he retaliated. Necrom took part of the Force, and Feron dedicated his life to prepare himself and his ancestors (including Feron) for his return.[43]

Connie Ferrari

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Further reading

Connie Ferrari is a fictional defense lawyer in Marvel Comics. The character, created by Mark Waid and Andy Kubert, first appeared in Captain America (vol. 3) #20 (August 1999).

Connie Ferrari was a well noted New York attorney. She met and started dating Steve Rogers who, unbeknownst to her, was actually Captain America. Their relationship would soon hit a snag due to Ferrari's continual defense towards criminals, most notably her brother David who was the Answer.[44] When Ferrari found out that Rogers and Cap were one and the same, she felt betrayed and broke up with him.[45] Rogers later worked up the courage to apologize to her and the two parted as friends.[46]

Later, Ferrari became the Avengers' attorney and gained an assistant named Amy. She seems to somewhat regret breaking up with Rogers as she has started dating men who look like him. She discovers that Flatman unintentionally bought the rights to the name Avengers and comes asking to buy them from him. He agrees under the condition that the Great Lakes Avengers be made official members of the team and she begrudgingly accepts.[47] She later bails the team out of jail, after getting arrested over a bar fight, and inducts Goodness Silva as a member, so that she doesn't get prosecuted by the authorities.[48] During a visit to the GLA's headquarters, Connie discovers that the team had kidnapped Councilman Dick Snerd, who was the super-villain Nain Rouge. They later find out that Good Boy had attacked him, leaving him seriously injured, and drop him at a hospital.[49] Connie then tells the team to lie low for a couple of days and stay out of trouble.[50]

Ferret

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The Ferret is a Timely Comics character who first appeared in Marvel Mystery Comics #4 (February 1940).[51] He was a generic detective whose only notable feature was his pet ferret, Nosie.[52] He wears a bulletproof vest and carries a gun.[53]

The Ferret appeared in six stories during the Golden Age of Comic Books, in Marvel Mystery Comics #4-9. In 2009, he appeared in the Marvel Mystery Comics 70th Anniversary Special and several issues of The Marvels Project, a limited series.

The Ferret aka Leslie Lenrow was a New York City based private investigator. He often consulted with the police on cases. In one case, he worked with Namor and his companion Betty Dean, the Human Torch and his sidekick Toro, the Angel, and Electro and his creator Philo Zog to defeat Nazi Dr. Manyac, his green flame robots, and Project: Blockbuster, a giant version of the green flame robots.

In 1940, during a seemingly routine missing persons case, the Ferret and Nosie tailed a Professor Hamilton to a nondescript brownstone. In reality, Hamilton was a Nazi spy named Albrecht Kerfoot and the brownstone was a meeting place for spies. The Ferret was caught and stabbed in the heart with a dagger. His body was found by the Angel, who adopted his pet ferret and trailed the spies, eventually working with Captain America and Bucky to defeat them.[54]

Philip Fetter

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Fever Pitch

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Fever Pitch is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He was created by Jay Faerber and Terry Dodson, and first appeared in Generation X #50 (February 1999).

Fever Pitch is a member of Gene Nation who possesses pyrokinesis, which gradually destroyed his body after manifesting and left him resembling a flaming skeleton. He is killed by the Legacy Virus in X-Force #13 (2009), but resurfaces during the Krakoan Age.[55]

Fiery Mask

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Fiery Mask (real name Jack Castle) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He was a Golden Age superhero created by Joe Simon and first appeared in Daring Mystery Comics #1 from Timely Comics.

He first appeared in Daring Mystery Comics #1, then in issues #5–6 and then in Human Torch Comics #2. He returned in 2008 in The Twelve.[56][57] Chris Weston has referred to him as "Marvel's Green Lantern."[58]

Fin

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Fin Fang Foom

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Finesse

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Fire-Eater

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Fire-Eater is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

Tomas Ramirez was born in Madrid, Spain. He uses the traditional methods of circus fire-eaters, and can consume flame within his mouth and then project it from his mouth without suffering injury. He uses incendiary "inferno discs" designed by himself and the Clown. He works for the criminal organization, the Circus of Crime.[volume & issue needed]

Firearm

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Firebird

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Firebrand

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Firelord

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Firepower

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Firestar

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Fisher King

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The Fisher King is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Al Ewing and artist Stefano Caselli, he first appeared in X-Men Red (vol. 2) #1 (April 2022).

The Fisher King, also known as the King of Nothing, was an Arakkii with no mutant powers. Born in the Abyssal Prisons of Amenth and tortured for refusing to submit to Annihilation, he had his name, identity, and memories psychically amputated at the age of six by Azazoth and became telepathically undetectable, which allowed him to evade the Vile School omnipaths of Tarn the Uncaring and conspire against Annihilation. The Fisher King met Zsora of the Spirit Flame after she stopped him from assassinating Tarn. They fell in love, married, and had two daughters, Khora and Zsen. The Fisher King, Zsora, and Zsora's sister Syzya of the Smoke secretly reformed the Night Table of the Great Ring of Arakko and worked to bring down Tarn and subvert Annihilation's tyrannical rule over Arakko. During an attack on Ora Serrata and the rest of the Great Ring, the Fisher King and Zsora were captured. Zsora was executed in front of their daughters and Zsen, believing her father a coward, subsequently allied with the Great Ring and joined the Inward Watch. Despite this tragedy, the Fisher King continued to resist Annihilation's regime.[59][60][13]

After Arakko was freed from Annihilation's rule and relocated to Mars, the Fisher King traveled to the new Planet Arakko and took up residence on Elysium Mons, away from the Arakkii mainland. After Magneto constructed his Autumn Palace there, the two met and became friends.[59]

When Genesis returned to Arakko and incited a civil war, the Fisher King sided with Storm and partially merged with a weakened That-Which-Was-Xilo, with the latter replacing half of the Fisher King's body, going dormant, and occasionally warning his host of danger. Throughout the war, the Fisher King served Storm as a tactician.[61][62][13] During the final battle of the war, the Fisher King got close to a blinded Ora Serrata. That-Which-Was-Xilo seized the opportunity to leave the Fisher King and take control of Ora. The Fisher King died as a result of the separation. [14][63]

Richard Fisk

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Vanessa Fisk

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Leo Fitz

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Fixx

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Fixer

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Flag-Smasher

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Flashback

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Flashback
Publication information
PublisherMarvel Comics
First appearanceAlpha Flight #1 (Aug 1983)
(identified) Alpha Flight #11 (Mar 1984)
Created byJohn Byrne
In-story information
Alter egoGardner Monroe
SpeciesHuman Mutant
Team affiliationsBeta Flight
Gamma Flight
Omega Flight
AbilitiesAbility to summon future counterparts and control them

Flashback (Gardner Monroe) is a fictional mutant character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. His first appearance was in Alpha Flight #1.

Gardner Monroe was born in Manitoba Province, Canada. Possessing the mutant ability to summon duplicates of himself from future timelines, Monroe was recruited by Department H, a fictional branch of Canada's Department of National Defence concerned with training superhumans as government agents. Given the code-name Flashback, Monroe progressed through the initial Gamma Flight training program and had advanced to the second-tier Beta Flight team before Department H as a whole was shut down by the Canadian government. While the primary team, Alpha Flight, continued to operate without government support, the members of Gamma and Beta Flights, including Flashback, were dismissed.

Some time later, Flashback was recruited,[64] along with other disenfranchised members of Gamma and Beta, by Jerry Jaxon and his robot assistant Delphine Courtney into Omega Flight, a team put together to gain revenge on Department H's founder and leader of Alpha Flight, James MacDonald Hudson.[65] Though Omega Flight was defeated, the encounter ended with Guardian's apparent death.[66] During Alpha Flight's second encounter with Omega Flight, one of Flashback's duplicates was killed by a construct created by Madison Jeffries after Courtney used it as a shield against the construct's attack, causing all other duplicates present to vanish. Upon the realization that his duplicate's death would mean his death in the future, Flashback fell to his knees in shock while Jeffries dealt with the remaining Omegans and destroyed Courtney. Flashback and his teammates were left under guard by Jeffries' construct until the police arrived to apprehend them.[67]

Some years later Alpha Flight was informed that Flashback had disappeared from prison, and was presumed dead. [volume & issue needed] Years later, Flashback resurfaced, and tried to redeem himself by destroying his costume, reasoning that if he didn't have his costume he could not be sent back to his death.[volume & issue needed] Then one morning Flashback woke up to discover his costume hanging in the bathroom. This version however had the same design as the ones worn by his duplicates. Flashback soon discovered that no matter what he did, he kept on finding himself in the duplicate suit.[volume & issue needed] In desperation, Flashback contacted Sasquatch and his Alpha Flight team and convinced them to help him. The Alpha Flight member Nemesis came to the conclusion that she would have to kill him with her enchanted blade to stop him from dying in the future. After much trial and error Alpha Flight managed to keep Flashback from being sent to the past.[volume & issue needed]

Flashfire

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First appearanceThe X-Men #107 (Oct. 1977)
Created byChris Claremont and Dave Cockrum
SpeciesUnidentified extraterrestrial race
TeamsImperial Guard
AbilitiesGenerate and fire bursts of light and electricity

Flashfire, originally code-named Tempest, is a member of the Shi'ar Imperial Guard. The character, created by writer Chris Claremont and artist Dave Cockrum, first appeared in Uncanny X-Men #107 (October 1977). Flashfire can generate and fire bursts of light and electricity. Like many original members of the Imperial Guard, Tempest/Flashfire is the analog of a character from DC Comics' Legion of Super-Heroes: in his case Lightning Lad.[16] Flashfire's alter-ego is Grannz;[68] Lightning Lad's is Garth Ranzz. At one point, Grannz was engaged to marry fellow Guardsman Oracle (an analog of Saturn Girl, to whom Lightning Lad is romantically linked).[69]

Part of the division of the Imperial Guard known as the Superguardians, Tempest is amongst the first of the Imperial Guard encountered by the team of superhuman mutant adventurers known as the X-Men who sought to rescue the Princess-Majestrix Lilandra Neramani from her insane brother, then-Majestor D'Ken.[70] After the battle, Lilandra takes over as Majestrix, and the Guard swears allegiance to her.[71]

Tempest is renamed Flashfire in the first issue of the Imperial Guard limited series,[72] to avoid confusion with the DC character Tempest (Joshua Clay).

Flatman

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Flex

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Flex
Publication information
PublisherMarvel Comics
First appearanceAlpha Flight vol. 2 #1 (August, 1997)
Created bySteven T. Seagle (writer), Anthony Winn (artist)
In-story information
Alter egoAdrian Corbo
SpeciesHuman Mutant
Team affiliationsDepartment H
Beta Flight
Alpha Flight
AbilitiesAbility to transmute limbs into razor sharp weapons

Flex (Adrian Corbo) is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He is a former member of the superhero team Alpha Flight, but later got downgraded to Beta Flight.

Adrian and his older half-brother Jared (later codenamed Radius) were raised in the Hull House orphanage, which was actually a facility operated by the Government of Canada's secretive Department H. While Adrian became shy, reserved and bookish, Jared became athletically inclined, aggressive, and arrogant. Both brothers manifested mutant powers after puberty: Adrian gained the ability to transform parts of his body into blades, while Jared manifested a personal force field that could not be shut down. The brothers were recruited into a new incarnation of the Canadian superhero team Alpha Flight.

This incarnation was being heavily mentally controlled by Department H, led by Jeremy Clarke. As part of this, the team was led to believe that Wolverine had murdered the ex-Alpha Flight member Box. Flex was one of the team sent to stop him, which they did on a heavily forested back road in New York. Wolverine initially faces down the team, discussing things and using his senses to check them out. Flex becomes very nervous, despite his brother's bravado. Despite the efforts of both sides, a fight breaks out and it is soon joined by several more X-Men. Flex is personally confronted by Cannonball and loudly declares his desires to talk, not fight. Cannonball, always willing to do the same, does so and the two manage to get the fight to end. The fact that Wolverine had no adamantium at the time they were tracking him made the entire Alpha Flight team recognize something was wrong with the entire scenario. Radius and Flex assist the new Alpha Flight in battling several foes, including the Zodiac and the Brass Bishop.

During the Brass Bishop incident, the team encounters a church full of zombified townspeople. Flex's teammate Man-Bot reports no life signs, other than the church-goers but a scared little girl emerges from the crowd. The team follows her directions, flying off to where the girl said all the people had gone. While mid-flight, Flex is the one to realize that Man-Bot did not register the girl's vital signs. His warning saves the team from flying nose-first into a mysterious, shielded structure. The team eventually fought the malicious, mind-controlling leader of Alpha Flight, Jeremy Clarke. He later died of radiation poisoning during a Zodiac raid on the Department H headquarters, to be replaced by a new, kinder administrator. A reorganized Alpha Flight team confronts several members of the original Flight and later team up with them to defeat a new Weapon X, who had been created by a rogue Department H scientist. Both groups of Alphas merge into a unified Alpha Flight following this adventure. The Corbo brothers and several other members of the new team were later reassigned to Alpha Flight's trainee team, Beta Flight.

After the events of M-Day, Corbo lost his mutant abilities. His current whereabouts are unknown.

Flexo the Rubber Man

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Flexo the Rubber Man is a robot created from a form of "live" rubber that is later retconned to have been a Symbiote. It first appeared in Mystic Comics #1 (January 1940), and was created by Will Harr and Jack Binder.[73]

Flint

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Further reading

Flint (Jaycen) is an Inhuman in Marvel Comics. The character, created by Charles Soule and Joe Madureira, first appeared in Inhuman #3 (October 2014).

Flint was Jason, a young African-born American boy who was adopted by Martin (a white man and his wife). Though Jason loved his parents, he felt out of place, mostly because in the community he grew up in he was the only black person. One day, the Terrigen Mists arrived and Martin, who was actually an Inhuman, told Jason to embrace their destiny. Jason emerged from his cocoon and was immediately recruited by Lash.[74] He is renamed Korvostax and forced by Lash and the rest of his team to fight the Royal Family, feeling that they were unworthy of being Inhumans. Lash was defeated by Medusa and Jason opted to join the Inhumans in New Attilan. During the fight, he discovered that he had geokinesis, the ability to control the earth and rocks, and could also encase himself in a rock-like body.[75]

While in New Attilan, he learns that his biological family is still in Africa.[76] Soon after he takes the Flint name,[77] Jason finally visits his birthplace Utolan, and discovers his biological mother Irellis and sister Ikelli. Out of respect, Jason changes the spelling of his name to Jaycen.[78] He also starts a relationship with fellow Inhuman Iso.[79]

Flint accompanies Crystal's team in investigating the strange skyscrapers in China. When the skyscraper causes Collective Man to lose his powers and split into the five brothers, one is nearly killed by Flint.[80]

Flint in other media

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Flipside

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Sally Floyd

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Flux

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Flux is the name of two characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

Benjamin Tibbits

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Private Benjamin "Benny" Tibbets is a Private First Class in the United States Army who was exposed to a gamma bomb by John Ryker, who wished to test its effects on humans.[83] He was transformed into a Hulk-like creature with superhuman strength and a childlike mentality and vocabulary. Flux is pitted against the Hulk, but is forced to stand down by Thunderbolt Ross. Without Ryker's commands, Flux stops fighting and breaks down, reverting to his human form.[84]

During the World War Hulk event, Flux is captured and experimented on by A.I.M. He is later killed by Grey of the Gamma Corps during a raid on the A.I.M. base.[85]

Dennis Sykes

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Dennis Sykes is a banker who appeared in the story 1 Month 2 Live. He gains superpowers and untreatable cancer following an accident with toxic waste. With a life expectancy of barely a month, Sykes launches himself on a brief career as a superhero, in an attempt to make a difference in the world while he still can, assisting the Fantastic Four in saving Ego the Living Planet from a cancerous infection and averting Hammerhead's attempt to take control of his neighborhood. Although use of his powers made his condition worse, Sykes makes a positive impression on many heroes with his dedication to doing the right thing, accepting training from Spider-Man and receiving honorary membership with the Fantastic Four and the Avengers before dying. To honor him, a statue of Flux was erected at the children's hospital he helped after obtaining powers.[86]

Flux in other media

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The Benjamin Tibbets incarnation of Flux appears in Hulk, voiced by Lee Tockar.[87]

Flying Tiger

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Mickey Fondozzi

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Foolkiller

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Forbush Man

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Force

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Forearm

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Foreigner

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Forge

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Lee Forrester

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Forgotten One

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Don Fortunato

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Dominic Fortune

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Jane Foster

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Frederick Foswell

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Foxbat

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Foxbat is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

Like some of the members of the Riders of the Storm, he is an Inhuman who originally came from Attilan and joined the team unwillingly when Apocalypse captured half of the city. After the city was liberated by the X-Men and Black Bolt, he retained membership in the team as he, like the others, was a deep believer in Apocalypse's Social Darwinism and wanted to rid the world of those unworthy.[88]

The Riders of the Storm, now going by the name Dark Riders, came under the leadership of Genesis. Genesis judged Foxbat unworthy of living. Chastised by his own teammates, Foxbat fled but was recaptured, and Genesis drained his lifeforce. Any hope of resurrecting him was lost when his remains were destroyed during the conflict between Genesis and his father, Cable.[89]

Foxfire

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Foxfire is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

Olivia Underwood was born in Nexusville, New Brunswick, in the United States of Earth-712. She later became a criminal and supervillain using the alias Foxfire. She was a member of the Institute of Evil, a criminal organization opposed by the superhero team called the Squadron Supreme. This was complicated somewhat by the fact that Foxfire was in love with Squadron member Doctor Spectrum, although he did not seem to return her feelings.

She was among the Institute of Evil members who battled the Squadron Supreme in their final attempt to destroy the heroes.[90] When the Institute of Evil was captured by the Squadron and its members mind controlled by the Behavior Modification device, Foxfire and the other former super-criminals became members of the Squadron, to assist them in their efforts to forcibly turn the world into a Utopia. Her criminal record was pardoned, and she became a public crusader and government superhero.[91] She accompanied Hyperion to supervise the behavior modification process at a prison.[92] She finally later began a relationship with Doctor Spectrum.[93]

The hero named Nighthawk opposed the Squadron and formed a rebel group, the Redeemers. He undid the Behavior Modification of Foxfire and several others, and recruited them into his group.

During the final battle between the Redeemers and the Squadron at Squadron City, Foxfire, who was still in love with Doctor Spectrum, tried to gain his approval by betraying Nighthawk, thus allowing the Squadron to win the fight. She used her powers to kill Nighthawk by blasting his heart. Foxfire was then killed by fellow Redeemer Mink, who had been in love with Nighthawk, when she was stabbed through the heart by Mink's artificial claws. The death of Nighthawk caused the Squadron members to realize that they had become the very thing that they had intended to oppose, and thus ended the fight, though not in the way that Foxfire had intended.[94]

Maximilian Frankenstein

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Maximilian Frankenstein is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

Born Maximilian von Katzenelnbogen, Maximilian Frankenstein is a child prodigy who is the last known descendant of Victor Frankenstein. Whatever he has learned, he has it noted in his mobile device.[95]

Victoria Frankenstein

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Victoria Frankenstein is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

Victoria Frankenstein is the great-granddaughter of Victor Frankenstein who took in the creation of Basil Frankenstein and Ludwig Frankenstein as her children. In addition, she took a potion that slowed her aging. She would later take in her great-grandfather's creation Frankenstein's Monster[96]

At one point, she came across the Aragorn that originally belonged to Black Knight and accidentally mutated it further when trying to restore it to a normal horse. After she helped Bram Velsing recuperate after Doctor Doom bio-fused a metal mask to his head, Victoria Frankenstein, her Children, and Frankenstein's Monster helped Iron Man fight Bram's Dreadknight appearance and the mutated horse that he called Hellhorse when he planned revenge on Doctor Doom. Iron Man was able to defeat Dreadknight and Victoria and her children took the unconscious Bram into their custody.[97]

Frankenstein's Monster

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Freak

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Happy Hogan

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Eddie March

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Spider-Man villain

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Freak III
Publication information
PublisherMarvel Comics
First appearanceThe Amazing Spider-Man #552 (March 2008)
Created byBob Gale
Phil Jimenez
In-story information
Alter egoUnknown
SpeciesHuman
Notable aliasesArmadillo Man
AbilitiesSuperhuman strength and durability
Acidic saliva
Ability to adapt to conditions through metamorphosis and shoot toxic spores from his body at will

A drug addict nicknamed the Freak is chased down by Spider-Man after attempting to steal from the soup kitchen where Spider-Man's Aunt May works.[98] The Freak stumbles into a laboratory owned by Curt Connors and injects himself with animal gene fluids, thinking that they are methamphetamine. As a result, he gains the ability to metamorphose into new forms, taking on the form of a skinless man and an armadillo-like monster.[99][100][101] Spider-Man immobilizes the Freak with quicklime, after which he is taken away by Oscorp.[102]

The Freak is next seen cut open and hooked up to machines in an Oscorp lab where scientists are using his abilities to cure diseases.[103] Norman Osborn injects him with a sample of the anti-venom antibodies to create "super-venom", a virus capable of killing millions with a single drop. He then uses the super-venom to re-power Mac Gargan, who was "cured" of the Venom symbiote by Anti-Venom. In the confrontation between Spider-Man and Osborn, Osborn activates the building's self-destruction with the Freak still inside, with him being presumed dead.[104] He is later revealed to have survived.[105]

Freakshow

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Freakshow is the name of two characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

Kevin

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In X-Force #101, a young mutant known as Kevin, nicknamed Freakshow, nearly fell to his death when attempting to impress others his age by proving that he could fly. This occurs when the High Evolutionary temporarily eliminates all mutant abilities.

Genoshan

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Freakshow
Freakshow
Art by Aaron Lopresti
Publication information
PublisherMarvel Comics
First appearanceExcalibur vol. 3 #1 (2004)
Created byChris Claremont
In-story information
SpeciesHuman Mutant
Team affiliationsGenoshan Excalibur
AbilitiesAbility to transform into a variety of monstrous forms with unique abilities

Freakshow is one of the few survivors of the island of Genosha after the Sentinel attacks on the capital of Hammer Bay. Freakshow is the traveling companion of Wicked and becomes an unofficial pupil of Professor X. He soon proved his usefulness in dispatching a skirmish between the Professor and the local bully Unus the Untouchable. Knowing that he couldn't do anything to harm Unus, Xavier had Freakshow swallow the man whole. Because of Unus' natural force field he was unharmed, albeit shaken when Freakshow vomited him up later.[volume & issue needed] He helps Wicked survive an attack by Magistrates, military forces who were once the murderous law-enforcement arm of the Genoshan government.[volume & issue needed] During their efforts to rebuild Genosha, Freakshow takes on a worm-like form and digests the debris of many shattered buildings to turn it into arable land.[volume & issue needed]

After the events of the House of M, Freakshow is revealed to be one of the many mutants to lose his abilities as a result of the Scarlet Witch's decimation. He has been seen with a number of Genoshan mutants, including Unus the Untouchable and Wicked. In Son of M #5, (June 2006) the traveling mutant Quicksilver convinces him to try the mutagenic compound called the Terrigen Mists, which had been stolen from the Inhumans. Freakshow regains his powers, but for some time, he is unable to change out of his large, monstrous form. While trapped like this, he and the other Genosha mutants are drawn into battle with the Inhumans, who are tracking down Quicksilver. Some time after, the effects of the mist wear off.[volume & issue needed]

Free Spirit

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Freebooter

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Freebooter (Brandon Cross) is a fictional character who appeared in the Marvel Comics' series A-Next. He was created by Tom DeFalco and Brent Anderson, and first appeared in A-Next #4 (1999).

Brandon Cross was a protégé of Hawkeye and Swordsman. He was invited to join the "Dream Team" of new Avengers who were going to become members of A-Next. Donning a Hawkeye-like costume, he assumed the guise of the roguish "Freebooter".

Freebooter quickly displayed a tendency to promiscuous and charismatic, and poured on the charm for teammate Stinger and found her totally unreceptive to him. Stinger was outraged that new Avengers were being added to the team without her knowledge or permission, and felt no desire to fraternize with the new recruits (especially Freebooter), but in due time Freebooter's fighting skills earned her respect, and his heroic, chivalrous nature her affections. He became a valuable member of the team, but tragedy struck when his close friend and fellow "Dream Teamer" Crimson Curse was killed in the line of duty. Freebooter lost his carefree attitude and became more withdrawn, but he still fought the forces of evil in her honor.

During the events of Last Planet Standing, Freebooter was badly injured, but received help from the former villain Sabreclaw, whom he later convinced to join A-Next while he was recuperating.[106] Freebooter later returns to active Avengers duty.[107]

Freebooter has no powers, but has outstanding swordsmanship skills and is an expert archer. His weapon of choice is a retractable bo staff.

Freedom Ring

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Spike Freeman

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Frenchie

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Frenzy

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Freya

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Freya is an Asgardian and goddess of fertility based on the Norse deity of the same name. She appears as a supporting character of Thor. Freya first appeared in Thor #321 (Oct. 1993) and was created by Bill Mantlo and Don Heck.[citation needed] Freya used to work as a former Valkyrie. The people of Asgard have started a cult that worships her on the Isle of Love.[108] On one occasion, Rimthursar lied to Freya stating that Odin has died to trick her into crying so that Rimthursar can collect her tears.[109] Freya had an artifact named after her called the Cloak of Freya which Loki once used to turn Storm into a falcon.[110]

Freya's history was later retconned where she was the daughter of the Giant Thyrm and her position was given to the similarly-names fellow goddess Freyja. Thyrm once tried to get Thor and Loki to give him Mjolnir in exchange for Thor's hand in marriage to Freya. Thor and Loki were able to outwit Thyrm.[111] Freya has the various superhuman attributes that the other Asgardians have. She can also speak in the languages of the Nine Realms.[citation needed]

Friday

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Friction

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Sharon Friedlander

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Frigga

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Frog-Man

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Frog-Man is the name of two fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

François LeBlanc

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François LeBlanc first appeared in Daredevil #10–11 (October and December 1965), and was created by Stan Lee and Wally Wood.

LeBlanc, a man with Olympic-level leaping skills and a former military frogman, is among those recruited by the Organizer, secretly a candidate for the New York mayorship, to form the Ani-Men. Because of his abilities and background, LeBlanc was given a frog-resembling costume. The team goes on missions to undermine the current administration. Daredevil defeats them and they all go to prison.[112] The Ani-Men later work for Count Nefaria, whose scientists submit the unwitting Ani-Men to processes that temporarily give them superhuman powers and animal-like forms. LeBlanc gains superhuman strength and stamina, along with frog-like legs. They invade the Cheyenne Mountain missile base and fight the X-Men.[113] After they lose their powers the team is sent to kill Tony Stark, themselves dying by a bomb that Spymaster had planted to kill Stark.[114]

Eugene Patilio

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Unnamed Frog-Man

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During the Secret Wars storyline, a second Ani-Men version of Frog-Man, alongside a third Ape-Man and a third Cat-Man, went on a crime spree when the heroes were on Battleworld. They somehow got the equipment of the original Ani-Men and used it to rob a vault wagon, only to be opposed by the NYPD.[115]

Adrienne Frost

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Carmilla Frost

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Further reading

Carmilla Frost is a freedom fighter and member of Killraven's Freemen in a post-apocalyptic alternate future of the Marvel Universe.

The character, created by Don McGregor and Herb Trimpe, first appeared in Amazing Adventures (vol. 2) #21 (November 1973) and continued to appear in most issues of the title through #39.

Carmilla is from an alternate-reality Earth run by Martians. In 2001, she and her father Andre are taken to the Martians' Yankee Stadium Genetic and Clonal Complex. Andre is blackmailed with threats to his daughter into helping the Martians in performing cloning research. In 2004 she begins assisting her father in his experiments, and eventually becomes an expert molecular biologist. By 2010 she becomes the youngest human designated as a Keeper by the Martians. In 2014 she refuses to conduct cloning experiments on other humans, but two years later, after a Martian Overlord kills Andre, she agrees to clone his corpse in an attempt to restore him to life. Her efforts fail, instead producing the mutated creature Grok. In 2018 she helps Killraven escape from captivity from the Yankee Stadium Genetic and Clonal Complex and joins his Freemen.[volume & issue needed] In 2020 she learns that she is pregnant with the Freeman M'Shulla's child.[volume & issue needed]

She and her newborn son Skar are rescued by the cross-reality traveling Machine Man and Howard the Duck.[116]

Christian Frost

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Christian Frost is the younger brother of Adrienne, Cordelia and Emma Frost. He was created by Grant Morrison and Phil Jimenez and made his first appearance in New X-Men #139 (June 2003).

Not wanting anything to do with the family business, Christian often clashed with his father Winston. When Winston learned that his son was gay, he threatened to disown him and forced Christian to dump his then-boyfriend and move into the family home with him. Christian refused and cut ties with his family, only remaining in contact with Emma, his closest confidante. In retaliation, Winston used his power to have Christian's boyfriend deported, leading Christian to develop a substance abuse problem as a way to cope with the resulting depression. As his addiction worsened, a concerned Emma asked their father to help him get clean and Winston gladly welcomed his son back before turning on him and locking him in a mental institution to "cure" him of being gay once Emma had left. Following the conversion therapy, Christian was released and reinstated as the heir to the Frost business. Christian subsequently murdered Winston as revenge for the years of abuse his father had subjected him to and took over his business empire.

After becoming suspicious that her father had appointed Christian as heir to the business, Emma visited his mansion and was greeted by her father. Demanding to see Christian, Winston refused and exhibited never-before-seen psychic powers to force her to retreat. Worried for her brother's safety, Emma approached Iceman and he agreed to help rescue Christian from her father. When they returned to the mansion, they fought through several psychic apparitions before discovering Winston's body in his study. While Iceman bought her time, Emma reached out and discovered that Christian was the one causing the apparitions, including that of their father. Emma's attempts to reach Christian's mind were in vain as, in the midst of a mental breakdown causing him to lose control of his powers, Christian was unable to hear her. As the Frost siblings were unable to directly infiltrate each other's minds, Emma created a telepathic link between Iceman and Christian, allowing them to communicate. Iceman, having recently been outed, empathised with Christian's homophobic experiences and managed to calm him down enough for him to regain control. Emma thanked Iceman and decided to stay with her brother to help him come to terms with what had happened and get him back on his feet.[117]

After the mutant nation of Krakoa is formed, Emma re-establishes the Hellfire Club as the Hellfire Trading Company which aims to help distribute supplies in service of mutants, with Emma once again as its White Queen. Emma brings Christian into the fold, appointing him as her White Bishop. Christian begins to become closer with Iceman through his work for the Company and the two begin a casual relationship.[118]

Powers and abilities

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Unlike his siblings, Christian's psychic powers did not emerge when he was younger and appear to have developed much more recently. He has the ability to draw upon and materialize energy from the astral plane and create Avatars of energy constructs or project it as a destructive psionic energy blast which causes both physical and mental damage. His newly manifested abilities are extremely powerful, as his projection of Winston was robust enough to convince Emma, herself a particularly advanced telepath, that it was her actual father.

Deacon Frost

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Emma Frost

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Frost Pharaoh

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Frost Pharaoh is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He was created by Saladin Ahmed and Javier Garrón, and first appeared in Miles Morales: Spider-Man #4 (March 2019).

Frost Pharaoh is a young criminal with an obsession with Ancient Egypt and dresses like a pharaoh. The Frost Pharaoh's numerous attempts to obtain the mysterious "Stone of the Gods" through force at the Brooklyn Museum leads to repeated defeats at the hands of Spider-Man (Miles Morales).[119][120][121]

During the events of "Gang War", Frost Pharaoh is shown to have gained control of Brooklyn Heights, Dumbo, and Vinegar Hill within New York City's criminal underworld.[122] Frost Phraraoh and his gang called the Ankh-Colytes engage in a destructive turf war with the Bumbler and his Buzz Boyz, but are defeated by Spider-Man and the Daughters of the Dragon.[123]

Frost Pharaoh possesses a mystical was-sceptre that can fire blasts of ice. In addition, he is also able to the was-scepter's power to create ice mummies.[124]

Frostbite

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Frostbite is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

Dr. Sloan Alden ran a cryogenics institute where the wealthy and dying would be frozen. As a result of the Zodiac draining of New York's energy, Alden's own cryo-chamber drained power from the others, as well as a back-up generator, to keep him alive. The side-effect granted him the ability to generate and control ice as well as creating things like ice walls and ice storms.[125]

Frostbite in other media

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Frostbite makes a non-speaking cameo appearance in the Spider-Man episode "The Cellar" as an inmate of the eponymous prison.[126]

Rumiko Fujikawa

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Fury

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Jake Fury

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Mikel Fury

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Nick Fury

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Nick Furry

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Nick Furry is an anthropomorphic bear and animal version of Nick Fury.

Nick Fury Jr.

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Vernon Fury

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Fusion

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Fusion is the name of two fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

Hubert and Pinky Fusser

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Hubert and Pinky Fusser are twins. Both born with dwarfism, one becomes a nuclear scientist, and the other becomes a janitor at the same privately owned research corporation where his brother works. They are able to fuse into one being which can absorb energy to increase its own strength and size.[127]

Markley

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When he was a child, Markley discovered he had the mutant ability to persuade people into doing whatever he wanted, simultaneously manipulating their senses. Using his power, he made millions, using his money to develop systems to enhance his abilities even further, to the point where he became- in his own words- a "more-than-perfect killing machine".

Futurist

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Futurist
Publication information
PublisherMarvel Comics
First appearanceFantastic Four #216 (Mar 1980)
Created byMarv Wolfman
John Byrne
In-story information
Alter egoRandolph James
Specieshuman mutate
PartnershipsAlpha the Ultimate Mutant
Abilitiesflight, superhuman mental abilities

Futurist (Randolph James) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

Dr. Randolph James was a scientist who evolved himself into a large-skulled, highly intelligent humanoid with great psionic abilities. Randolph James was a classmate and friend of Reed Richards, who later became Mister Fantastic. He later became a professor and research scientist though he became somewhat unstable when his wife died.

Years later Reed and his team, the Fantastic Four came to visit Dr. James. Right after the Fantastic Four departed, a group of young thugs broke into Dr. James' home and robbed and assaulted him. Dr. James tried to call the Fantastic Four, but they were busy fighting Blastaar. Fearing his own demise, Dr. James in his desperation used his evolution-accelerator to heal the severe trauma he received. When Mister Fantastic returned, he found his friend transformed into the Futurist. The Futurist discovered the gang that had attacked him still lurking in his neighborhood, and turned them into rats. The Futurist floated towards the Fantastic Four's headquarters, the Baxter Building, displaying his raw power along the way. Once there, Blastaar tricked the Futurist into making an alliance with him, convincing the Futurist that the Fantastic Four were dangerous and needed to be destroyed. Blaastar and the Futurist broke into the Baxter Building, placing the Invisible Woman into a deep slumber. The Futurist sensed Blastaar's evil intent, and allowed Franklin Richards to send Blastaar back to the Negative Zone with his psychic powers. The Futurist left the Earth, seeking out new vistas of exploration in outer space.[128]

Quasar briefly glimpsed the Futurist, first on the Stranger's Labworld,[129] and then during his journeys in the cosmos.[130] From what Quasar saw, the Futurist seems to be paired with another highly evolved humanoid, named Alpha the Ultimate Mutant.

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