Members
Magneto (Max Eisenhardt)
First appearance: X-Men (1st series) #1
First Acolytes appearance: X-Men (2nd series) #1
All Acolytes appearances: X-Men (2nd series) #1-3, X-Force (1st series) #25, Uncanny X-Men (1st series) #304, X-Men (2nd series) #25-26, Uncanny X-Men (1st series) #315, X-Men (2nd series) #42-43, X-Men Magneto War, Uncanny X-Men (1st series) #366, X-Men (2nd series) #86, Uncanny X-Men (1st series) #367, X-Men (2nd series) #87, Magneto Rex #1-3, X-Men Unlimited (1st series) #24, X-Force (1st series) #95, X-Men (2nd series) #96, 98, Uncanny X-Men (1st series) #379, X-Men (2nd series) #99, Uncanny X-Men (1st series) #380, Magneto Dark Seduction #1-4, X-Men (2nd series) #111-113, Uncanny X-Men (1st series) #392-393
Powers: High electrolyte count in his bloodstream increases his personal bio-magnetic field, which is aligned with Earth’s electromagnetic field to give him total mastery over magnetism, allowing him to:
- sense nearby metal objects and specific energy signatures
- levitate and manipulate anything containing metal
- release magnetic energy as concussive blasts and protective force fields
- generate intense heat within metal by accelerating the motion of ferrous molecules
- draw forth electrical energy from magnetic fields
- manipulate iron in the bloodstream to cause aneurysms, unconsciousness, or biological ruptures
- increase his power by absorbing electricity or intensely cold temperatures, like a super-conductor.
Anne Marie Cortez (sister of Fabian Cortez)
First appearance: X-Men (2nd series) #1
Last appearance: X-Men (2nd series) #3 [died in crashlanding of Asteroid M - revealed in Uncanny X-Men (1st series) #299]
All Acolytes appearances: X-Men (2nd series) #1-3
Powers: Unknown. During her appearances, her powers were never used. She instead wielded an energy rifle. According to the Marvel Role Playing Game, Anne Marie possessed enhanced agility, and powers of empathy and mind control.
Theory: Anne Marie used her powers to force SHIELD agent Nance into joining the Acolytes.
Fabian Cortez
First appearance: X-Men (2nd series) #1
Seemingly died: Avengers (1st series) #369 [killed by Exodus]
Revealed alive: Magneto #1 [said he was on the brink of dying and took long time to heal]
Last appearance: Magneto Dark Seduction #4 [killed by Magneto]
All Acolytes appearances: X-Men (2nd series) #1-3, Uncanny X-Men (1st series) #300, X-Factor (1st series) #92, Uncanny X-Men (1st series) #304, Magneto #1-4, Quicksilver #1, Heroes for Hire (1st series) #8, Quicksilver #4-6, 8, 11-12, Heroes for Hire / Quicksilver '98, X-Men Magneto War, Magneto Rex #1-3, X-Men Unlimited (1st series) #27, X-Men (2nd series) #96, Uncanny X-Men Annual '99, Uncanny X-Men (1st series) #379-380, Magneto Dark Seduction #1-4
Powers: Focus his own mutagenic aura as bursts of energy that act as a hypercharge for other superhumans, increasing the power levels of his allies or overloading his opponents with more energy than they can handle, causing their powers to backlash and rage out of control.
Facts: Cortez was born royalty. He was also one of the Upstarts
Chrome (Allen Marc Yuricic)
First appearance: X-Men (2nd series) #1
Last appearance: X-Men (2nd series) #3 [died in crashlanding of Asteroid M - revealed in Uncanny X-Men (1st series) #299]
All Acolytes appearances: X-Men (2nd series) #1-3
Powers: Generate quantum energy that temporarily rearranges the composition of matter on a submolecular scale, transforming people into frozen metal statues, increasing an object’s density by altering its structure, or enabling himself to fly by converting his lower body into an explosive phosphorous jet stream.
Fact: Chrome’s real name was only listed in the Marvel Handbooks, and did not appear in in-continuity text.
Marco Delgado
First appearance: X-Men (2nd series) #1
Last appearance: X-Men (2nd series) #3 [died in crashlanding of Asteroid M - revealed in Uncanny X-Men (1st series) #299]
All Acolytes appearances: X-Men (2nd series) #1-3
Powers: He could grow to several times the size of a normal man, increasing in strength, toughness, speed and endurance as he did so.
Facts: The leader of the SHIELD agents following the Acolytes was too named Delgado, with Harry being his first name. The Marvel Encyclopedia: X-Men reported the Acolyte Delgado was Harry Delgado, however subsequent Handbooks acknowledged him as a separate individual, Marco Delgado.
Nance Winters (unconfirmed)
First appearance: X-Men (2nd series) #1
All Acolytes appearances: X-Men (2nd series) #1-3
Powers: Unknown. Nance never took part in combat or made any other use of powers. Maybe she did not even have any powers.
Theory: This unnamed Acolyte might be the S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Nance under some sort of mind control. (Anne Marie’s power ?) This would explain why she doesn’t say a single word in her Acolyte appearances. The Marvel Handbook agrees that this was Nance, and gives her the last name „Winters“. Her dead body is not seen in Uncanny X-Men (1st series) #299, so it could be the case that the mental hold ended with Anne Marie’s death and Nance picked up her former life.
Scanner (Sarah Ryall)
[called Screener in first appearance – if that is her at all]
First appearance: Avengers (1st series) #357
First definitive appearance: Uncanny X-Men (1st series) #300
All Acolytes appearances: Avengers (1st series) #357, Uncanny X-Men (1st series) #300, X-Factor (1st series) #92, Uncanny X-Men (1st series) #304, X-Men (2nd series) #25, Cable (1st series) #10-11, Uncanny X-Men (1st series) #315, Avengers (1st series) #381, X-Men Prime, X-Men (2nd series) #42-44, Magneto (1st series) #1-2, Excalibur (1st series) #106, Quicksilver #1, Heroes for Hire (1st series) #8, Quicksilver #6, 8-9, 11, Heroes for Hire (1st series) #16, Quicksilver #12, Heroes for Hire / Quicksilver '98, X-Men Magneto War, Uncanny X-Men (1st series) #366, X-Men (2nd series) #86, Uncanny X-Men (1st series) #367, 379, Magneto Dark Seduction #1-4
Powers: Bio-electric abilities enable her to sense the enhanced bio-electricity produced by mutants and astral forms, generate a bio-electrical charge that scrambles psychic projections or damages short-term memory, and convert her entire body into a living hologram, an electro-transitional state in which she is both invisible and intangible, able to move through the air at the speed of light, and communicate by projecting her thoughts.
Fact: Scanner’s real name was only listed in the Marvel Handbooks, and did not appear in in-continuity text.
Joanna Cargill
First appearance: X-Factor (1st series) #4
First Acolytes appearance: Uncanny X-Men (1st series) #298
All Acolytes appearances: Uncanny X-Men (1st series) #298, 300, X-Factor (1st series) #92, Uncanny X-Men (1st series) #304, X-Men (2nd series) #25, Cable (1st series) #10-11, Uncanny X-Men (1st series) #315, X-Men Prime, X-Men (2nd series) #42-44, Magneto (1st series) #1-2,4 Excalibur (1st series) #106, Quicksilver #1, 11, Heroes for Hire (1st series) #16, Heroes for Hire / Quicksilver '98, X-Men Magneto War, Uncanny X-Men (1st series) #366-367, X-Men (2nd series) #86, X-Force (1st series) #94, Uncanny X-Men (1st series) #379-380, Magneto Dark Seduction #1-4, X-Men (2nd series) #111-113, Uncanny X-Men (1st series) #392-393, X-Men Annual (3rd series) #1, X-Men (2nd series) #201-202, New X-Men (2nd series) #44, X-Men (2nd series) #205, X-Factor (3rd series) #27, X-Men (2nd series) #207, New X-Men (2nd series) #46, X-Men (2nd series) #208-210, 225
Powers: Superhuman strength, endurance, and steel-hard skin that protects her from all forms of physical injury and temperature extremes.
Carmella Unuscione
First appearance: Uncanny X-Men (1st series) #298
All Acolytes appearances: Uncanny X-Men (1st series) #298, 300, X-Factor (1st series) #92, Uncanny X-Men (1st series) #304, X-Men (2nd series) #25, Excalibur (1st series) #71, Cable (1st series) #9-11, Uncanny X-Men (1st series) #315, X-Men (2nd series) #42-44, Excalibur (1st series) #106, Quicksilver #1, Heroes for Hire (1st series) #8, Quicksilver #11, Heroes for Hire (1st series) #16, X-Men Magneto War, Uncanny X-Men (1st series) #366, X-Men (2nd series) #86, Uncanny X-Men (1st series) #367, 379, X-Men (2nd series) #201-202, New X-Men (2nd series) #44, X-Men (2nd series) #205, X-Factor (3rd series) #27, X-Men (2nd series) #207, New X-Men (2nd series) #46, X-Men (2nd series) #208-210, 225
Powers: Projects a 'psionic exoskeleton' around her body, which shields her from harm, conducts a neuroelectric charge to wreak havoc with her opponent’s nervous system upon contact, and can reshape her field as an extension of her body, forming giant claws of energy around her hands that extend according to her will.
Fact: The Marvel Handbooks have confirmed that Unuscione is the daughter of Angelo Unuscione, aka Unus the Untouchable, although this has never been stated on-panel.
Sven Kleinstock
First appearance: Uncanny X-Men (1st series) #298
All Acolytes appearances: Uncanny X-Men (1st series) #298, 300, X-Factor (1st series) #92, Uncanny X-Men (1st series) #304, X-Men (2nd series) #25, Cable (1st series) #10-11, Uncanny X-Men (1st series) #315, X-Men Prime, X-Men (2nd series) #42-44, Magneto (1st series) #1-2, 4, Quicksilver #1, Heroes for Hire (1st series) #8, Quicksilver #11, Heroes for Hire (1st series) #16, Quicksilver #12, X-Men Magneto War, Magneto Dark Seduction #1-2
Powers: Sven and his brother Harlan have merged into a two-torso body with twice the size, strength, and durability of a single brother, and the ability to generate explosive plasma blasts from their fists. The brothers formerly possessed the ability to ignite oxygen molecules and project a stream of high-temperature flame, and were able to merge with their brothers into a single-bodied, gestalt form. It is unclear how they lost these abilities.
Harlan Kleinstock
First appearance: Uncanny X-Men (1st series) #298
All Acolytes appearances: Uncanny X-Men (1st series) #298, 300, X-Factor (1st series) #92, Uncanny X-Men (1st series) #304, X-Men (2nd series) #25, Cable (1st series) #10-11, Uncanny X-Men (1st series) #315, X-Men Prime, X-Men (2nd series) #42-44, Magneto (1st series) #1-2, 4, Quicksilver #1, Heroes for Hire (1st series) #8, Quicksilver #11, Heroes for Hire (1st series) #16, Quicksilver #12, X-Men Magneto War, Magneto Dark Seduction #1-2
Powers: Sven and his brother Harlan have merged into a two-torso body with twice the size, strength, and durability of a single brother, and the ability to generate explosive plasma blasts from their fists. The brothers formerly possessed the ability to ignite oxygen molecules and project a stream of high-temperature flame, and were able to merge with their brothers into a single-bodied, gestalt form. It is unclear how they lost these abilities.
Eric Kleinstock
First appearance: Uncanny X-Men (1st series) #298
Last appearance: Uncanny X-Men (1st series) #298 [shot by Tom Corsi]
All Acolytes appearances: Uncanny X-Men (1st series) #298
Powers: Eric displayed the explosive plasma blasts of the other Kleinstocks, and also the ability to generate a field of bio-kinetic force that propels him through the air, a power they have lacked. It was never revealed if Eric had their flame-blasts or if he could merge with them, but the latter is strongly suspected to be true.
Neophyte (Simon Hall)
First appearance: Uncanny X-Men (1st series) #300
All Acolytes appearances: Uncanny X-Men (1st series) #300, 315, 366-367, X-Men (2nd series) #86, X-Force (1st series) #94, Uncanny X-Men (1st series) #379
Powers: Phase-morphing talent allows him to disengage his molecular bondings while in contact with another object, so that he flows into the space between that object’s own molecules and can then recorporate himself upon exiting the object. He can also extend this power to anything he touches and both absorb and expel projectiles to simulate intangibility.
Fact: Neophyte’s real name was only listed in the Marvel Handbooks, and did not appear in in-continuity text.
Fransisco Milan
First appearance: Uncanny X-Men (1st series) #300
Last appearance: X-Men (2nd series) #42 [killed by Holocaust]
All Acolytes appearances: Uncanny X-Men (1st series) #300, 304, X-Men (2nd series) #25, Cable (1st series) #9-11, Uncanny X-Men (1st series) #315, X-Men Prime, X-Men (2nd series) #42, Heroes for Hire (1st series) #16, Heroes for Hire / Quicksilver '98
Powers: Electropathy, which enables him to convert thought waves into electromagnetic signals, allowing him to communicate directly with cyberspace and computer systems or tap into the thoughts and memories of others, projecting them onto video screens or audio systems as electronic information.
Facts: Milan’s first name was only listed in the Marvel Handbooks, and did not appear in in-continuity text. He made a one-panel re-appearance in Heroes for Hire (1st series) #16, but this appears to have been an art error.
Amelia Voght
First appearance: Uncanny X-Men (1st series) #300
All Acolytes appearances: Uncanny X-Men (1st series) #300, X-Factor (1st series) #92, Uncanny X-Men (1st series) #304, Excalibur (1st series) #71, Cable (1st series) #9-11, Uncanny X-Men (1st series) #315, X-Men Prime, X-Men (2nd series) #42-44, Magneto (1st series) #1-4, Quicksilver #11-12, Heroes for Hire / Quicksilver '98, X-Men Magneto War, Magneto Rex #1-3, X-Men Unlimited (1st series) #27, X-Force (1st series) #95, Uncanny X-Men Annual '99, Uncanny X-Men (1st series) #380, Magneto Dark Seduction #1-4, X-Men (2nd series) #112-113, X-Men (2nd series) #208-210, 225
Powers: Transubstantiate the molecules of matter, converting it into a psionic mist that she can maneuver with her thoughts, reform back into its original state, or transport through the psychic plane in order to transport over phenomenal distances. Voght's natural state is as a mist.
Suvik Senyaka
[spelled Sanyaka in first appearance]
First appearance: Uncanny X-Men (1st series) #300
Seemingly died: Uncanny X-Men (1st series) #304 [crushed by Magneto with his own coils]
Revealed alive: Cable (1st series) #11 [was not dead, just rather drained]
All Acolytes appearances: Uncanny X-Men (1stseries) #300, X-Factor (1st series) #92, Uncanny X-Men (1sts eries) #304, Quicksilver #11, Heroes for Hire (1st series) #16, Heroes for Hire / Quicksilver '98, X-Men Magneto War, Magneto Dark Seduction #1-2
Powers: Drains the life-force from others upon physical contact, increasing his natural strength, endurance, reflexes, and healing powers enough to bring his body back from certain death. He can manipulate his excess of life-force to form psionic whips out of bio-electric energy which can channel his absorption ability, ignite nerve clusters to cause pain or paralysis and sear into the flesh of others.
Fact: Senyaka’s first name was first listed in the Marvel Handbooks.
Spoor (Andrew Hamish Graves)
First appearance: Uncanny X-Men (1st series) #300
All Acolytes appearances: Uncanny X-Men (1st series) #300, X-Factor (1st series) #92, Excalibur (1st series) #71, Quicksilver #11, Heroes for Hire (1st series) #16, Quicksilver #12, Heroes for Hire / Quicksilver '98, X-Men Magneto War, Magneto Dark Seduction #1
Powers: Bestial mutation gives him heightened strength, agility, stamina, and reflexes, hyper-keen sensory perceptions, razor sharp claws, thick shaggy brown fur, and a pheromone musk that gives him a mood-altering ability to create hallucinations and affect the emotional state of others.
Katu Kath
First appearance: Uncanny X-Men (1st series) #300
Seemingly died: Cable (1st series) #11 [sacrificed himself against Omega Red]
Revealed alive: Uncanny X-Men (1st series) #366 [returned without explanation; however his reappearance was not surprising, as Omega Red had already shown to be alive too]
All Acolytes appearances: Uncanny X-Men (1st series) #300, X-Factor (1st series) #92, Uncanny X-Men (1st series) #304, X-Men (2nd series) #25, Excalibur (1st series) #71, Cable (1st series) #9-11, Uncanny X-Men (1st series) #366, X-Men (2nd series) #86, Uncanny X-Men (1st series) #367, 379
Powers: A 'living satellite dish', able to siphon off a portion of the Earth’s electromagnetic field, converting it into discharges of destructive force while creating an energy vacuum in the environment that causes inter-atmospheric anomalies, counteracting natural weather phenomena. His size and bionic arms suggest enhanced strength as well.
Fact: Katu lost his family and his arms to Omega Red due to his powers interfering with Russian military satellites. He since received one bionic arm.
Seamus Mellancamp
[spelled Melloncamp in first appearance]
First appearance: Uncanny X-Men (1st series) #300
Seemingly killed: X-Factor (1st series) #92 [killed by Multiple Man]
Reappeared: Heroes for Hire (1st series) #16 [returned without explanation]
All Acolytes appearances: Uncanny X-Men (1st series) #300, X-Factor (1st series) #92, Heroes for Hire (1st series) #16, Uncanny X-Men (1st series) #366-367, X-Men (2nd series) #86, X-Force (1st series) #94, Uncanny X-Men (1st series) #379
Powers: Demonic appearance gives him heightened strength, agility, endurance, and reflexes, indestructible scaly skin, and razor edged talons and claws on his body.
Theory: Their relatively similar appearance suggest the long absent Acolyte Rakkus may’ve had something to do with resurrecting Mellancamp, perhaps using his viral form to reconstitute a body for Seamus.
Isaac Javitz
First appearance: Uncanny X-Men #300
Seemingly killed: X-Men (2nd series) #43 [killed by Holocaust]
Reappeared: Heroes for Hire (1st series) #16 [without explanation]
All Acolytes appearances: Uncanny X-Men #300, X-Factor (1st series) #92, Uncanny X-Men #304, X-Men (2nd series) #25, Cable (1st series) #10-11, Uncanny X-Men #315, X-Men Prime, X-Men (2nd series) #42-43, Heroes for Hire (1st series) #16, Heroes for Hire / Quicksilver '98
Powers: Massive physical frame (he stands over 9 feet tall) gives him superhuman strength, stamina, and resistance to physical injury.
Facts:
- Javitz had somehow lost an eye.
- Javitz seemingly appears in Uncanny X-Men #366, but was accidentally drawn instead of Kamal, who it was supposed to be.
- His first name was only listed in the Marvel Handbooks, and did not appear in in-continuity text.
Theory: Javitz is still dead, the one who reappeared was only a psionic construct by Exodus, to outnumber Quicksilver and the Heroes for Hire.
Exodus (Bennet du Paris)
First appearance: X-Factor (1st series) #92
First Acolyte appearance: X-Factor (1st series) #92 [observes X-Factor], X-Force (1st series) #25 [revealed to be with Magneto]
All Acolytes appearances: X-Factor (1st series) #92, X-Force (1st series) #25, X-Men Unlimited (1st series) #2, Uncanny X-Men (1st series) #304, X-Men (2nd series) #25, Excalibur (1st series) #71, X-Men (2nd series) #26, Avengers West Coast #101, Uncanny X-Men (1st series) #307, Avengers (1st series) #369, Uncanny X-Men (1st series) #315, Avengers (1st series) #381, X-Men Prime, X-Men (2nd series) #42-43, Magneto (1st series) #1-4, Quicksilver #1, Heroes for Hire (1st series) #8, Quicksilver #6, 8, 11, Heroes for Hire (1st series) #16, Quicksilver #12, Heroes for Hire / Quicksilver '98, Heroes for Hire (1st series) #17, Uncanny X-Men Annual '99, X-Men Annual (3rd series) #1, X-Men (2nd series) #201-202, New X-Men (2nd series) #44, X-Men (2nd series) #205, X-Factor (3rd series) #27, X-Men (2nd series) #207, New X-Men (2nd series) #46, X-Men (2nd series) #208-210, 225
Powers: Variable depending on the situation (and writer). Theoretically he siphons psionic energy from different sources: another person’s life-force or emotional state and from his own personal convictions, metabolizing the psi-energy to saturate his body with mutagenic power. Known powers he has demonstrated include superhuman strength, speed, endurance and reflexes, invulnerability, telepathy, psychokinesis, a teleportation effect, psychic mind blasts, plasma discharges, energy absorption, flight, and force fields that can shield or destroy.
Exodus' single greatest display of power was simultaneously:
a) taking the Genoshan mutates' hatred of humans and amplifying it, making them fight more
b) crushing all of Genosha under a force field
c) trapping Quicksilver, Scarlet Witch, Crystal and Jean Grey in another force field, while
d) preventing them from moving or using their powers
e) protecting himself from all attacks and
f) putting a beating on the X-Men AND the Avengers.
Now THAT's a bad guy.
Russel “Rusty“ Collins
First appearance: X-Factor (1st series) #1
First Acolytes appearance: X-Force (1st series) #25
Last appearance: X-Men (2nd series) #42 [killed by Holocaust]
All Acolytes appearances: X-Force (1st series) #25, X-Men (2nd series) #25, Cable (1st series) #11, X-Men Prime, X-Men (2nd series) #42
Powers: Pyrokinesis allows him to ignite oxygen molecules to start fires anywhere in his line-of-sight, and focus concentrated jet streams of pyroplasmic flame from his fists. He also has a natural immunity to heat and burning.
Skids (Sally Blevins)
First appearance: X-Factor (1st series) #7
First Acolytes appearance: X-Force (1st series) #25
All Acolytes appearances: X-Force (1st series) #25, X-Men (2nd series) #25, Cable (1st series) #10-11, Uncanny X-Men (1st series) #315, X-Men (2nd series) #42-44
Powers: Generates a deflection field around herself and others that disperses kinetic impact, absorbs energy assaults into itself, and negates friction so that she can glide across its surface.
Piotr Nicoleivitch Rasputin (Colossus)
First appearance: Giant-Size X-Men #1
First Acolytes appearance: Uncanny X-Men (1st series) #304
All Acolytes appearances: Uncanny X-Men (1st series) #304, X-Men (2nd series) #25, Excalibur (1st series) #71, X-Men (2nd series) #26, Cable (1st series) #10-11, Uncanny X-Men (1st series) #315, X-Men Prime, X-Men (2nd series) #42-44
Powers: Exotic carbon-polymer flesh gives him enhanced strength and can reorganize its structure with a charge of bio-energy so that his entire body transforms into organic steel, increasing his strength, speed and endurance while making him virtually indestructible and capable of surviving without air.
Rakkus (David Anthony Rice)
First appearance: Avengers (1st series) #380 [disguised], 381 [fully seen]
All Acolytes appearances: Avengers (1st series) #380-382
Powers: Rakkus is a mutant who takes the form of a virus, infecting others and taking posession of their bodies. He can also re-write his host's DNA, giving it various powers and mutations. His only shown host was turned into a huge green monster, with monstrous teeth, claws and a razor-sharp tail. In this form, Rakkus also had enhanced strength, agility and toughness.
Fact: Rakkus’s real name was only listed in the Marvel Handbooks, and did not appear in in-continuity text.
Theories:
- Rakkus bears a striking resemblance to Mellancamp, and there might be some connection between his disappearance and Mellancamp’s unexplained resurrection.
- He may also have been connected to the biological sludge material that controlled Val Cooper’s mind for the Acolytes from X-Factor (1st series) #87-92.
Orator (Victor Ludwig)
First appearance: Magneto (1st series) #1
All Acolytes appearances: Magneto (1st series) #1-2
Powers: Empathically feel emotions in others and enhance emotional impressions
Fact: Orator’s real name was only listed in the Marvel Handbooks, and did not appear in in-continuity text.
Kamal el Alaoui
First appearance: Magneto (1st series) #2
All Acolytes appearances: Magneto (1st series) #2, Uncanny X-Men (1st series) #366, X-Men (2nd series) #86, Uncanny X-Men (1st series) #367, 379-380
Powers: Modular structural composition gives him superhuman strength, durability, and the power to assume the physical properties of any solid object he touches.
Facts:
- Javitz seemingly appears in Uncanny X-Men #366, but was accidentally drawn instead of Kamal, who it was supposed to be.
- Kamal’s last name was only listed in the Marvel Handbooks, and did not appear in in-continuity text.
Decay (Jacob Lashinski)
First appearance: Quicksilver #9
Last appearance: Heroes for Hire / Quicksilver '98 [power backfired while draining the High Evolutionary]
All Acolytes appearances: Quicksilver #9, 11-12, Heroes for Hire / Quicksilver '98
Powers: Decay ages rapidly because his personal life-force is constantly depleting itself. He must absorb the cohesive bio-energy from organic matter to survive, replenishing his own energies while turning the organism to dust.
Fact: Decay’s real name was only listed in the Marvel Handbooks, and did not appear in in-continuity text.
Projector (Zachary Williams)
First appearance: Quicksilver #9
All Acolytes appearances: Quicksilver #9, 11-12, X-Men Magneto War, Magneto Dark Seduction #1 (mentioned)
Powers: Projects energy fields made of solid light, which he can shape into ramps, rolling cylinders, pillars, or defensive spheres around himself and others.
Fact: Projector’s real name was only listed in the Marvel Handbooks, and did not appear in in-continuity text.
Gargouille (Lavinia LeBlanc)
First appearance: Quicksilver #9
All Acolytes appearances: Quicksilver #9, 11, Heroes for Hire (1st series) #16, Quicksilver 12, Heroes for Hire / Quicksilver '98
Powers: High-density body and diminutive stature give her enhanced strength, aerial agility, endurance, reflexes, and durability, razor sharp horns, talons on her hands and feet, and large leathery wings.
Fact: Gargouille’s real name was only listed in the Marvel Handbooks, and did not appear in in-continuity text.
Rem-Ram (Marcus Andrews)
First appearance: X-Men The Magneto War
All Acolytes appearances: X-Men: The Magneto War, Magneto Dark Seduction #1 (mentioned)
Powers: Psi-link with the subconscious minds of others, allowing him to use their dreams to his advantage, delving through their thoughts and feelings while planting suggestions in their minds to influence their behavior in the waking world. Causes him great pain to try and use his power on a conscious opponent.
Fact: Rem-Ram’s real name was only listed in the Marvel Handbooks, and did not appear in in-continuity text.
Static II (Gianna Carina Esperanza)
First appearance: X-Men The Magneto War
All Acolytes appearances: X-Men The Magneto War, Magneto Dark Seduction #1
Powers: Projects neuro-synaptic impulses from her fingertips, which paralyze the nervous systems of others and temporarily rob them of their mutant abilities.
Fact: Static’s real name was only listed in the Marvel Handbooks, and did not appear in in-continuity text.
Barnacle (Mortimer Everett)
First appearance: X-Men The Magneto War
All Acolytes appearances: X-Men The Magneto War, Magneto Dark Seduction #2
Powers: Initiate a chemical reaction that turns moisture into a solid shell, containing someone within a constrictive carapace, providing himself with an indestructible armor, and spraying through the air a stream of hardened barnacle crust.
Fact: Barnacle’s real name was only listed in the Marvel Handbooks, and did not appear in in-continuity text.
Vindaloo (Venkat Katragabba)
First appearance: Uncanny X-Men (1st series) #366
All Acolytes appearances: Uncanny X-Men (1st series) #366, X-Men (2nd series) #86, Uncanny X-Men (1st series) #367, X-Force (1st series) #94, Uncanny X-Men (1st series) #379
Powers: Produces a flammable gel from his pores that ignites upon contact with the atmosphere, which he can then direct as explosive releases of liquid napalm.
Fact: Vindaloo’s real name was only listed in the Marvel Handbooks, and did not appear in in-continuity text.
Polaris (Lorna Dane)
First appearance: X-Men (1st series) #49
First Acolytes appearance: X-Men (2nd series) #98
All Acolytes appearances: X-Men (2nd series) #98-99, Uncanny X-Men #379-380, Magneto Dark Seduction #1-4
Powers: Manipulate surrounding magnetic fields, allowing her to levitate and direct ferrous metals, focus magnetic energy into concussive blasts or protective force fields, propel herself through the air, absorb electricity to increase her power levels, and alter her perceptions to see her environment as magnetic fields.
Note: Polaris is not really an Acolyte, she accepted Magneto’s offer to help him on Genosha and for a time wore an Acolyte costume, or actually two different acolyte-style uniforms.
Random (Marshall Evan Stone III)
First appearance: X-Factor (1st series) #88
First Acolytes appearance: Quicksilver #8
All Acolytes appearances: Quicksilver #8-9, X-Men Annual (3rd series) #1, X-Men (2nd series) #201-202, New X-Men (2nd series) #44, X-Men (2nd series) #205, X-Factor (3rd series) #27, X-Men (2nd series) #207, New X-Men (2nd series) #46, X-Men (2nd series) #208-210, 225
Powers: Entire body is composed of a morphing protoplasm which can remold itself to alter his physical dimensions in order to increase his physical size and strength to some degree, shape his forearms into projectile cannons that fire ammunition made of hardened protoplasm from his own cells, and assume a gelatinous state in which he can flow between tight crevices or collapse into a formless puddle. Utilizes the adaptability of his body to negate and reflect any mutant ability or other force directed at him.
Tempo
First appearance: New Mutants (1st series) #86
First Acolytes appearance: X-Men Annual (3rd series) #1
All Acolytes appearances: X-Men Annual (3rd series) #1, X-Men (2nd series) #201-202, New X-Men (2nd series) #44, X-Men (2nd series) #205, X-Factor (3rd series) #27, X-Men (2nd series) #207, New X-Men (2nd series) #46, X-Men (2nd series) #208-210, 225
Powers: Manipulates tachyon particles to propel herself through the air while creating a temporal vortex in her wake. Therefore, by encircling people or objects she can alter the manner in which they move through the timestream, accelerating her allies’ reflexes or freezing projectiles and enemies in place.
Omega Sentinel (Karima Shapandar)
First appearance: X-Men Unlimited (1st series) #27
First Acolytes appearance: X-Men (2nd series) #208
All Acolytes appearances: X-Men (2nd series) #208-210, 225
Powers: Sentinel nano-tech and cybernetics give her superhuman strength, reflexes, durability, enhanced sensory systems, holographic imaging abilities, nanite regenerative powers, flight, plasma knives, rail guns, volt-casters, dart guns, and retractable finger blades
Acolytes associates (betrayed)
Before
- Pyro was diagnosed with the Legacy virus during his time with the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants IV.
- Feral who defected to the MLF, was later captured and put into custody by her former teammates of X-Force. During her time in the Vault she found out she had the virus as well.
- Avalanche, the last member of Freedom Force still working for US government is presumably with this group due to his friendship with Pyro.
- Omega Red lastly was seen fighting Generation X (#12). His reasons to be with this outfit are unknown.
- Fenris want to get their hands on a legacy cure to sell it to the highest bidder.
- Random chose to watch over hundreds of Legacy infected people in the Dark Beast’s labs in X-Factor #144.
Pyro (St. John Allerdyce)
First appearance: X-Men (1st series) #141
First Acolytes appearance: Quicksilver #6
Last appearance: Cable (1st series) #87 [died of the Legacy virus]
All Acolytes appearances: Quicksilver #6-9
Powers: Assume psionic command of any source of flame, enabling him to douse or feed the fire, shape it to assume any form he wishes, give enough substance to the flames so that they can touch and move solid objects, and immunize himself to the intense heat generated by his flames.
Equipment: Uses a flame-thrower to produce his flames.
Feral (Maria Callasantos)
First appearance: New Mutants (1st series) #99
First Acolytes appearance: Quicksilver #6
All Acolytes appearances: Quicksilver #6, 8-9
Powers: Animal mutation gives her heightened strength, speed, agility, endurance, and reflexes, hyper-keen feline senses, thick orange fur, a prehensile tail and razor sharp fangs and claws on her fingers and toes.
Avalanche (Dominic Szilard Petros)
First appearance: X-Men (1st series) #141
First Acolytes appearance: Quicksilver #6
All Acolytes appearances: Quicksilver #6, 8-9
Powers: Generate seismic energy to affect inorganic matter, causing it to shatter or disintegrate and create a tidal effect in the earth beneath his feet, propelling and manipulating that surface.
Omega Red (Arkady Rossovich)
First appearance: X-Men (2nd series) #4
First Acolytes appearance: Quicksilver #6
All Acolytes appearances: Quicksilver #6, 8-9
Powers: Parasitic pheromones create an aura effect that he must use to drain the life-force of others or else the death spores will begin sustaining themselves on his own energies. Bionically implanted with carbonadium coils that hold off the death aura and can be used to lash and constrict around his opponents or channel the death spores over a greater distance.
Fenris (Andrea and Andreas von Strucker)
First appearance: Uncanny X-Men (1st series) #194
First Acolytes appearance: Quicksilver #8
All Acolytes appearances: Quicksilver #8-9
Powers: Twins with artificial, symbiotic energy-generation powers that allow them to complete a genetic link when in physical contact with each other in order to project blasts of concussive force (Andreas) or bio-electricity (Andrea).