Meanstreak (character)

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Meanstreak
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Cover to X-Men 2099 #16 featuring Meanstreak and Halloween Jack
Art by Ron Lim
Publication information
Publisher Marvel Comics
First appearance X-Men 2099 #1
Created by John Francis Moore
Ron Lim
In-story information
Alter egoHenri Huang
Species Human Mutant
Place of origin Marvel 2099 (Earth-928)
Team affiliations X-Men 2099
Abilities
  • Superhuman speed, stamina, and reflexes
  • Accelerated metabolism and thought process
  • Regeneration

Meanstreak (Henri Huang) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character appeared in the futuristic comic book line Marvel 2099 in X-Men 2099. His creators were John Francis Moore and Ron Lim.

Contents

Fictional character biography

Little is known about Meanstreak's backstory. He was a scientist at Alchemax who worked alongside Jordan Boone. After Jordan helped Henri break the "Unbreakable" Alchemax contract, [1] Henri left New York, where he eventually encountered Krystalin in Berkeley and was recruited into Xi'an's X-Men and was given the codename Meanstreak. Joining the X-Men out of gratitude, he remained for the thrill the work gave him and for Krystallin, with whom he had fallen in love. [2]

Henri acted as team tactician and point man, leading the group through the Synge Casino, searching for evidence to clear suspicion that Xi'an assassinated casino head Noah Synge. [3] After clearing Xi'an's name, Meanstreak leaves the team briefly to search for Jordan Boone, who had gone missing. As they make their way to New York, aided by Skullfire, Bloodhawk and Krystalin, they are captured by the Theatre of Pain. They manage to escape and arrive in New York to find that Boone had been genetically altered into the 2099 version of the trickster god Loki. Along with Doom, Ravage, Punisher and Spider-Man, they manage to defeat the Alchemax created Aesir and then return to Nevada. [4]

Henri plays a mostly background role in the following missions, which include located Mama Hurricane, a member of the mutant underground railroad during the Great Purge and facing off against Master Zhao, the leader of the last generation of X-Men, driven insane by years of psionic drugs. [5]

After Xi'an's defection to the Theatre of Pain, as well as the return of La Lunatica, Henri is approached by Halloween Jack, the latest persona of Jordan Boone. Together they travel to Las Vegas to enact revenge on the new heads of the Synge casino and children of Noah Synge, Desdemona and Lytton. They easily break in and take over the casino, gaining access to not only the bank accounts of the Synges, but also the rest of the Greater Nevada Syndicate. Henri helps Jack build a Virtual Unreality projector which, when activated, begins warping Nevada and fusing it with alternate dimensional energies. Doom arrives, having recently installed himself as President of the US. He quarantines Las Vegas, leaving Jack to lord over the twisted city. After deciding to leave, Henri encounters an alternate dimensional creature (later identified as "Zoomers") at high speed, though it disappears when he slows down, noticing that Krys had arrived. She tells him of Xi'an's treachery, and they depart together to help the other X-Men raid the Theatre of Pain's Floodgate facility. [6]

After taking down Floodgate, Henri and the other X-Men are installed as the protectorate of Halo City, a new mutant city-state created by Doom. Meanstreak once again maintains his background role, helping patrol the streets and keep the peace. Later, Meanstreak encounters the Zoomers again, outside of the Las Vegas Anomalous Zone. They surround him, drawing him into their dimension, where he collides with the ground and is left unconscious. [7] Due to the series' sudden cancellation, Henri's fate is unknown, though he does make a brief cameo appearance in the imprint ending paperback 2099: Manifest Destiny. [8]

Powers and abilities

Henri Huang possesses enhanced speed, stamina, reflexes, and thought process. Meanstreak is capable of breaking the sound barrier, if he pushes himself though only for small periods of time or cover vast distances. His body heals and metabolizes at the same incredible rate, but oddly, he does not seem to need more than average sustenance.

He is a technological genius, able to manipulate most computer systems with ease. [9]

Reception

Other versions

Timestorm 2009–2099

Meanstreak appears as an X-Man in the Timestorm 2009-2099 miniseries. This iteration retains the same powers, however is portrayed as a young girl. [11]

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References

  1. ↑ X-Men 2099 #4
  2. ↑ X-Men 2099 #1
  3. ↑ X-Men 2099 #1–3
  4. ↑ X-Men 2099 #4–5, Fall of the Hammer Crossover
  5. ↑ X-Men 2099 #6–9
  6. ↑ X-Men 2099 #16–21
  7. ↑ X-Men 2099 #34
  8. ↑ 2099: Manifest Destiny tpb
  9. ↑ Ultimate X-Men/X-Men: The Ultimate Guide, DK Publishing
  10. ↑ Stanford, Jerry (2021-06-19). "Marvel: The 20 Fastest Speedsters, Ranked". CBR. Retrieved 2022-08-30.
  11. ↑ Timestorm 2009-2099: X-Men One-Shot
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