EMPYREAN

Real Name:

Jonathan B. Chambers

Universe/Timeline:

Marvel Universe

Status:

Deceased

Additional Status Info:

Category:

Mutant

Nationality:

American

First Appearance:

X-Men Unlimited (1st series) #2

Last Appearance:

Cable (5th series) #3

Cause of Death:

Mercy-killing by Cable after being used as a living battery by Parvenu

Powers & Abilities:

absorb pain and depressive emotion from others, accumulating power for his own energy reserves or transferring suffering to make people experience specific kinds of pain he absorbed

Affiliation:

Brotherhood of Evil Mutants IV

Notes:

Unlike most of the 1993 Annual debut characters, Empyrean appeared earlier than X-Men Annual (2nd series) #2. According to archived data on shipping dates, his small cameo as "J.B. Chambers" in X-Men Unlimited #2 hit stores two weeks prior to the annual.

In the 1990's, Hardee's restaurant had a special Time Flyers promotion starring the X-Men, with accompanying comics. In these comics, Empyrean was ultimately cast back in time to the era of the dinosaurs. His brief return at the end of the Krakoan era ignored these events when recapping his history, leaving his return from the past unexplained and the Hardee's comics possibly non-canon.

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EMPYREAN

Last Updated:

19th April 2024 by Monolith