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FIRST APPEARANCE X-Men *31 (Aprtl 1967)

REAL NAME Canclace Southern OCCUPATION CEO Southern mcustrm BASE New Ybrk Gty. Colorado Rocky Mountaro HEIOHT Unknown WEIGHT Unknown EYES Blue HAIR Black SPECIAL POWERS/ABIUTIES Normal human strongth ot woman who engaged m regular enercise Had great leaóersh<> abtties

FIRST APPEARANCE tncredible Mufli Vol 2 9388 (Decembor 1991)

REAL NAME Leon Shappe

OCCUPATION Assass r BASE Mobile

HEIGHT WEIGHT Unreve«led EYES Brown HAIR Brown

SPECIAL POWERS/ABILITIES Combat surt of trtamum Steel S»Oy

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and lravel al 150 mph. uses two long adamanlium Nades.

FIRST APPEARANCE Amazmg Sp.Oor Man Vol 1 9222 (Nov. 1981) REAL NAME James Sanders

OCCUPATION Professonał cnmrn BASE New York Crty HEIGHT $ ft 11 m WEIGHT 1 75 Ibs EYES Black HAIR Gray SPECIAL POWERS/ABIUTIES A super speedster. abtetorun «1

up to 160 mph; ałso possesses superhuman strength.

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Candacc "Candy” Southern began dating Warren Worthington III when they werc teenagers. Southern discovcred that Worthington was the Ancel, a member of X-Men. when his mu le. the original Dazzler abducted her. Southern and Worthington later shared a home in the Rocky Mountains which became the Defenders’ headquarters. Southern was the team s business manager and government liaison. She was killed by Worthington s enemy, Cameron Hodge. Southern s mind was assiniilated into the group consciousness ofthe techno-organic Phai anx. She sacrificed hcrsclf to destroy Hodge. PS

A petty criminal and policc informant. Leon Shappe wouId stoop to anything to fced liis drug habit. Stealing a sophiscicated combat suit from a local inventor, Shappe decided to use it to become an assassin-for-hire known as Speedffcek. His brain addled by drugs. he became a ruthlcss killer. reveling in his gruesomc work. Hired by a gangster to kill a young man at a charity bali, Shappe was dcfcated by Hulk.They later elashed agam and. dodging Speedfreek*s slashing blades, the Hulk threw a car battery at him. Speedfreek cut the battery in two, showering himself with acid. He has not been heard of sińce. A o

Chemist James Sanders reccived the gift of superspeed and Miperhuman strength from the Granomasihk, who reeruited him to serve with the Squadron Sinister. At hrst Sanders went by the namc Whizzer, but clianged his identity to Spccd Demon to avoid confusion with the 1h hero. Spced Demon, a freijuent foe of Simoer-Man, later joincd the Sinister Syndicatl and the team ofreformed criminals known as the Thunderbolis. He is a member of tlie most rcccnt incarnation of theTlnindcrbolts. having been added to the roster by Baron Von S i rucker to work as a sp>* ow

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Space Phantom

FIRST APPEARANCE Avengers 92 (Nov©mber 1963)

REAL NAME Unknown OCCUPATION Agent of Immortus BASE Limbo HEIGHT 6 tt 6 in WEIGHT 215 Ibs EYES Blue HAIR Red SPECIAL POWERS/ABILITIES Space Phantom can cnange his appoaraoce to look like any hńng boing. If thoy havo iperpowers, then he assumes those powers as woli The betng whose form rs taken is Instantly sent to the dimonston ot Limbo.

Space Phantom is an alicn from the planet Phantus, which shitted into the timeless dimension of Limbo when the spacc-time ontimium ruptured. Stranded in Limbo. Space Phantom met Immortus, the master ofthat realni. Immortus offered to free Space Phantom ifhe brought him beings to study.When Space Phantom agreed. Immortus gave him the power to assumc the form of any being as a way to bring him subjects.When Space Phantom took on the form of another being, it was immcdiatcly sent to Limbo for Immortus to examine. On the occasion when Space Phantom tried to send the Thunder God,Thor, into Limbo, he was stopped and sent back into the timeless dimension. MT

FIRST APPEARANCE Amazmg Sp«de'-Man Annual *22 (1988) REAL NAME Robert Bałdwrn OCCUPATION Hgh-school student BASE New York City. formerty Spnngdaie. Connecticut HEIGHT 5 ft 6 in WEIGHT '33lbs EYES Blue HAIR Blond SPECIAL POWERS/ABILITIES Personal toroc-f>o>d allows him to absorb all kmetc energy directed at him and reficct >t back at a greater yeloerty. which he often does by bouncing off objects

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While working as an intern at a research laboratory. Kohort Baldwin was accident.illy bombarded by bubbles of energy from another dimension. A gang of thieves attempted to steal sonie rare metals from the lab and one of them struck Baldwin with a gun. triggering liis new power*. Baldwin subdued the thieves by ricochcting olfthe walls and ceiling to knock them down. After learning to control his powers. Baldwin took the costumed identity of Speedball (also nicknamcd the Masked Marvel) and became a crimefighter in his hometown of Springdale. He later became a founding member ofthe Niw Warriors.

FIRST APPEARANCE NOva Vr»l 3 *6 (October 1999)

REAL NAME Anath-Na Mul

OCCUPATION W.zard BASE MoWo fiymg pyramd HEIGHT 7 ft 2 łn WEIGHT ^50 ibs EYES Red HAIR Nono SPECIAL POWERS/ABILITIES Ermnced strength: Ka stone perm tted immortality, flight teleo.ithy. energy transference. and the abiiity to f^e coocussnre beams

An.uh-N.i Mui. an atu tent Egyptian mutant given further powers by the Carct.iker of Aivcurus. serwtl in the court ofKamses II umil his failurc to defeat Moses branded him an exi!e. He became the iminort.il Spliinx tbrough the energics ofthe Ka stone. wandering for fivc thousand years umil absorbing the e.Ntraterrestrial Xandar living Computer with unwitting help from the hero Nova. Now nearly omnipotent. the Sphinx met defeat at Gai actus’ hands. I ater. Anath-Na Mut returned to life. When he merged with his reincarnated Egyptian lover, Meryet Karmi (Spliinx 11). the two formed the *‘Omni-Sphinx." dyv

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