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November 2007
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Affiliation: EXCALIBUR |
It wasn’t until his uncle, the villain known as Black Knight, lay dying in his arms that Dane Whitman learned he was descended from a line of warriors dating back to the court of King Arthur.
Taking up the mantle of the Black Knight, Dane resolved to restore the honor of the family name.
Over the years, he has battled evil witches and wizards across time and through the arcane dimensions.
Often, he has struggled with the curse laid on his ancestor’s sword, but always he has won out over powerful and ancient magic.
Though he can be grim and pragmatically bloody-minded at times, no hero displays more determination in the face of opposition.
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Affiliation: INVADERS |
Back in the day, Bucky Barnes was right where every American boy wanted to be – fighting at the side of America’s own champion, Captain America.
He grew up on a military base, and was raised by his dad’s fellow soldiers after being orphaned at the beginning of World War II.
By the time he was a teenager, he was already an ideal soldier.
After teaming up with Captain America, he battled America’s enemies around the globe, alongside the most powerful heroes of the day, including the King of Atlantis, and the original Human Torch.
Wearing a grin, and constantly cracking wise, Bucky and his pals took on fascists, Communists and terrorists until the very end of World War II when a bomb set by the evil Baron Zemo apparently took his life.
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Affiliation: INVADERS |
On the day Steve Rogers walked into an Army recruiting office in New York City, he was just a scrawny art student desperate for a way to serve his country.
Rejected outright by the recruiter because of his limited physical limitations, Steve was offered a chance to take part in a top-secret program that turned him into the super soldier known as Captain America.
Armed with enhanced strength, reflexes and an indestructible shield, he battles injustice, tyranny and fear wherever it is found.
He is the living symbol of the American ideal, a fierce individualist who is nonetheless willing to sacrifice everything he has for the sake of the greater good.
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Affiliation: X-MEN |
Little is known about Colossus.
He rarely speaks, though whether his stoicism is a result of shyness or a taciturn nature is unknown.
Even when not in his metal form, he gives the impression of great strength.
His eyes betray a keen intelligence that is otherwise hidden behind his silent nature.
Since he arrived at the mansion, he has had only one goal to become one of the X-Men.
He’s taken every opportunity to train with the team, and has displayed a fighting talent and unbeatable spirit that are an asset to the team.
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Affiliation: X-MEN |
Cyclops has had more than his fair share of pain.
Everything he’s ever had, he’s lost friends, loved ones, children.
Every lost love that’s returned to him has done so only to be torn away again.
There’s a reason he’s been the leader of the X-Men since the very beginning, however.
He’s known since he was a child that sacrifice is his lot in life, and he’s never let it stop him.
He feels every attack on him feels it deeply but he never stops, and never surrenders.
He keeps on, through the pain, through the fear, through the crazed confusion that follows every defeat.
Through sheer force of will, he holds himself and by extension, the X-Men together until every battle is won, and every evil has fallen.
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Affiliation: None |
It was inevitable, as it always seems to be when dealing with highly advanced simulation computers.
As soon as you link multiple, powerful computers together and give them the ability to generate "hard light" holographic structures, something awful happens.
Danger is all of that awful wrapped up in one package.
Evolved from the programming of the Danger Room, Danger has only one goal kill the X-Men.
She knows every one of their strengths and weaknesses, and has a vast library of weapons and countermeasures with which to exploit them.
She is tireless, implacable, and will stop at nothing until every X-Man lies dead.
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Affiliation: A.I.M. |
Emulating the mythological serpent of the same name, every severed Hydra head produces two more to take its place! Quite possibly, the most dangerous army of organized criminals ever assembled, this merciless troop of villains will stop at nothing to achieve global domination.
With secret ties to government and industry, they have amassed an unthinkable arsenal of weapons in order to crush S.H.I.E.L.D.
and bring the world to its knees.
Variant: Hydra Agent
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Affiliation: X-MEN |
No one ever said it was easy being a Summers.
Rachel was born into a world on the brink of destruction, orphaned as an infant, and raised in a prison camp for people like herself.
Despite it all, she spent a lifetime developing her psychic powers in secret, becoming so adept she was able to project her consciousness, and that of others, through time.
Unable to use her powers to save her own world, she became determined to use them to the benefit of others.
She has traveled from one end of time to the other, met death and dissolution along the way, and returned always fighting for freedom.
Variant: Cosmic Marvel Girl
* Descriptions are from the Marvel Legends packaging
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