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Predator X | |
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![]() Predator X. Art by Trevor Hairsine. | |
Publication information | |
Publisher | Marvel Comics |
First appearance | New X-Men #34 (2007) |
Created by | Christopher Yost Craig Kyle Paco Medina |
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Team affiliations | The Facility Hydra |
Abilities |
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Predator X is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character is depicted as an adversary of Marvel's mutant characters, including the X-Men. Created by Christopher Yost, Craig Kyle, and Paco Medina, Predator X first appeared in New X-Men #34 (2007). [1] [2]
Predator X debuted in New X-Men #34 (2007), created by Christopher Yost, Craig Kyle, and Paco Medina. He later appeared in issues 36, 42-46, [3] the 1981 Uncanny X-Men series, [4] and the 2007 "X-Men: Messiah Complex" storyline. [5]
Predator X is a group of artificial, mutant-hunting creatures created by the Weapon Plus program and William Stryker to combat the coming of the "mutant Anti-Christ". [2] [6] They are augmented with metal taken from the mutant Mercury, leaving her traumatized. [6]
After Dust scars him, Matthew Risman is fixated on training Predator X to kill her. Despite this, Predator X senses the mutant it was originally created to destroy, turns, and heads off to find it as the Purifiers follow. [7] Predator X is later killed by Wolverine. [8] [9]
Following the events of Utopia , Scalphunter is kidnapped by a group of non-mutant superhumans. When the X-Men attempt to rescue him, several Predators attack them before being killed. [10] A sixth Predator X operates in New York City before being killed by Fantomex. [11] [12]
Predator X possesses superhuman physical abilities that enable it to move at superhuman speeds for long periods of time. [1] Additionally, it can absorb materials from the surrounding environment to repair itself, track mutants by their genetic signature, and generate acid. [7] [2] [13]