REVELATION II

Real Name:

Douglas Aaron Ramsey

Universe/Timeline:

Marvel Universe

Status:

Active

Additional Status Info:

Heir to Apocalypse

Category:

Mutant

Alias:

Cypher.

Nationality:

American

First Appearance:

New Mutants (1st series) #13

Powers & Abilities:

intuitively translates any languages he comes into contact with, including written, spoken, or computer, reads body language, tracks data patterns, etc.

Affiliation:

New Mutants, X-Men, X-Men - Clean-up Team, X-Factor IV, Swordbearers of Krakoa, Hellions I

Notes:

Doug Ramsey is first mentioned in Uncanny X-Men (1st series) #177. His codename was first mentioned (rather randomly) in New Mutants (1st series) #34.

Cypher was killed in New Mutants (1st series) #60, when he lept in front of a bullet to save Wolfsbane. He was one of countless mutants reanimated by Eli Bard using the transmode virus at the behest of Selene in X-Force (3rd series) #18. Doug managed to purge the controlling influences in his system and return fully to life in New Mutants (3rd series) #8.

Cypher was chosen in X-Men: Heir to Apocalypse #4, becoming Revelation II.

Alternate Versions:

CYPHER (Ultimate) and DOUGLAS (AoA).

Check our in-depth Character entry:

CYPHER

Last Updated:

13th August 2024 by Monolith