Trevor Fitzroy

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Trevor Fitzroy
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Trevor Fitzroy
Publication information
Publisher Marvel Comics
First appearance The Uncanny X-Men #281 (October 1991)
Created by John Byrne
Jim Lee
Whilce Portacio
In-story information
Species Human Mutant
Team affiliations Xavier's Security Enforcers
Upstarts
Hellfire Club
Summers Rebellion
Notable aliasesChronomancer, White Rook
Abilities
  • Life energy absorption
  • Portal generation
  • Time travel

Trevor Fitzroy is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character is usually depicted as an enemy of the X-Men, in particular Bishop. Created by Jim Lee and Whilce Portacio, he first appeared in The Uncanny X-Men #281 (October 1991).

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Fitzroy hails from the same dystopian future as Bishop. A mutant criminal, he possesses the ability to absorb energy from human beings and use that energy to open time portals, which is how Bishop traveled to the present. He has since been featured as the main adversary in the series featuring Bishop.

Fictional character biography

The future

Trevor Fitzroy was revealed to be the illegitimate son of Anthony Shaw, the future Black King of the Hellfire Club, in a dystopian future. He joined the Academy for Xavier's Security Enforcers (XSE) and had a romantic relationship with Shard. However, Fitzroy's criminal tendencies surfaced, resulting in his expulsion from the academy. Initially, his influential father attempted to shield him, but when Fitzroy was apprehended for murder, his father could no longer protect him. Bishop (Shard's brother and an XSE officer) captured and arrested Fitzroy.

Initially, Fitzroy believed that he possessed the ability to teleport. However, a clandestine faction of XSE agents called the Xavier's Underground Enforcers (XUE) uncovered his true power of time travel. The XUE recruited Shard and orchestrated Fitzroy's release, intending to exploit his temporal abilities to alter the past and create a better future. However, Shard, recognizing Fitzroy's inherent danger, intervened and thwarted their plan, resulting in Fitzroy's return to prison.

The Upstarts

From prison, Fitzroy escaped to the present time with his mutant minion Bantam. There, he became involved with a group known as the Upstarts, a competition set up by Selene to eliminate her rivals in the Hellfire Club. [1] [2]

After the Upstarts

How he survived is left unknown, but Fitzroy eventually reappeared under the thrall of Selene as the White Rook of the Hellfire Club. During this time, he cooperates with Pierce and Shaw, despite his previous attempts to kill them. He leaves the club and travels back to an alternate future (Earth-9910), now calling himself the Chronomancer. He takes control of the new timeline, but Bishop arrives and fights Fitzroy, eventually killing him. [3]

X-Factor

A younger, benevolent version of Fitzroy appears as a participant in the Summers Rebellion. After Cortex kills him during a fight, Layla Miller resurrects him physically but is unable to revive him with a soul, establishing the point at which he becomes a villain. [4] [5]

Return of the Upstarts


In X-Men (vol. 7), Fitzroy resurfaces and begins killing mutants, which he live-streams on social media. [6] [7] [8] [9]

Powers and abilities

Fitzroy possesses the mutant ability to drain the life force of living beings through physical contact. With these energies, Fitzroy can create portals that can teleport those passing through them across time and space, yet the portals are one way; trying to pass through the wrong way results in the traveler's body being fatally transformed. He was often dependent on the mutant Bantam to direct and catalog his portals.

In early appearances, Fitzroy wore futuristic battle armor that increased his strength. This battle armor was destroyed by the X-Men, and a second suit of armor was destroyed by the X-Force.

Fitzroy also had several Sentinels that obeyed his commands. These Sentinels were smaller than the 20th-century type but could repair themselves using material in their vicinity.

Other versions

Trevor Fitzroy appears in X-Men '92 . [10]

In other media

Television

Trevor Fitzroy and Bantam as depicted in X-Men: The Animated Series. Trevor Fitzroy & Bantam.jpg
Trevor Fitzroy and Bantam as depicted in X-Men: The Animated Series.

Trevor Fitzroy appears in the X-Men: The Animated Series episode "One Man's Worth", voiced by an uncredited actor. [11] [12] This version's energy-absorbing abilities are non-lethal, and instead leave those they affect comatose for several days.

Video games

Merchandise

Toy Biz produced an action figure of Trevor Fitzroy in 1994 as part of the fourth X-Men wave.[ citation needed ]

References

  1. Cronin, Brian (May 29, 2018). "The X-Men Villains, The Upstarts, Were Kind of...The Worst". Comic Book Resources . Retrieved February 23, 2025.
  2. Dodge, John (April 8, 2024). "X-Men '97 Introduces a New Version of a Classic Supervillain Team". Comic Book Resources . Retrieved February 23, 2025.
  3. Bishop the Last X-Man #14 (November 2000)
  4. X-Factor (vol. 3) #46 (September 2009)
  5. Stone, Sam (April 9, 2020). "X-Men: How House of M's Hero DESTROYED Marvel's Mutant Future". Comic Book Resources . Retrieved February 23, 2025.
  6. Terror, Jude (September 15, 2024). "X-Men #4 Preview: Trevor Fitzroy's Mutant Murder Livestream". Bleeding Cool . Retrieved February 23, 2025.
  7. Cronin, Brian (September 12, 2024). "EXCLUSIVE: The X-Men Fight the Upstarts in a Deadly Social Media Battle". Comic Book Resources . Retrieved February 23, 2025.
  8. Brooke, David (August 26, 2024). "EXCLUSIVE Marvel First Look: X-Men #4". AIPT Comics. Retrieved February 23, 2025.
  9. Johnston, Rich (September 17, 2024). "Bringing Back Old Names To The X-Men This Week (XSpoilers)". Bleeding Cool . Retrieved February 23, 2025.
  10. X-Men '92 (vol. 2) #1-10 (May 2016 - February 2017)
  11. Outlaw, Kofi (April 26, 2024). "X-Men '97 Showrunner Reveals Key Animated Series Arc to Watch Before Episode 8". ComicBook.com . Retrieved February 23, 2024.
  12. Hoffer, Christian (September 5, 2017). "X-Men: The Animated Series - Every Mutant That's Ever Appeared On The Show". ComicBook.com . Retrieved February 23, 2025.