From: rich.bellacera@amail.amdahl.com
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Subject: RE: Mutant teleporters
Date: 17 Dec 92 05:48:51 GMT
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> From: bert@snowman.med.umn.edu (Albert Nakano)
> In article <1992Dec16.072513.17139@news.columbia.edu> jmw20@cunixa.cc.columb
> >>Mutants who can teleport (as their natural power):
> I think that we should specify some differences between teleporters.
>
* >> Nightcrawler (first one that comes to mind)
> He has an unique signature, the "bamf" sound and the brimstone stench.

* >> Magik (but not for a few years yet, but we ARE dealing with Marvel!)
> Magik has the ability to teleport through time.

* >> Vanisher (mutant?)
> Yes, Vanisher is a mutant.  His signature is the slow fade.

* >> Cloak (eh...)
> I believe that Cloak got his powers from an experimental drug he was injecte
> with when he was a runaway.  Or did they retcon this origin?

Well sort of.  Supposedly he & Cloak always were mutants, the drugs merely
enhanced their latent mutant potential.  Cloak & Dagger both are legitimate
mutants by Marvel Standards (i.e. not mutates).

* >>?Zero (mutant or machine?)
> Unknown being.  Can create portals through which, so far unlimited number of
> beings or substances can be passed.

* >> Gateway (or is that only for others?)
> Gateway can teleport himself, but doesn't because he is tied by a geas to th
> land, or something like that.  This is from Uncanny X-Men where Rogue absorb
> his powers in order to escape the Reavers after coming through the Siege
> Perilous and gets away to the Savage Land.

*>>> the Incredible Horny Girls' Locker Room Bandit (...)
> Uh, I don't know about this one.
> >>What, is that all?  I must be missing some...
> Some others that I can think of off the top of my head.



* Lila Chaney: She is a celestial level teleporter, but can not teleport
> between close locations.  She has to teleport far away, then teleport back
> to the close place.

* Sidewinder, previously of hte Serpent Society: His power is limited in range
> and must do multiple teleportations.

* Lockjaw: OK, some of you may say that he is a dog, but I think he's really
> something else, since the Terragon(?) Mist that causes the Inhumans mutation
> are suppose to only affect humans.  Then again, can we classify the Inhumans
> as mutants?  They are an offshoot of homo sapiens after Kree genetically
> manipulated humans.

I think due to the terrigen mist he would qualify as a 'mutate', but then so
should the Marauder Vertigo since she originated in the Savage Land by being
transformed by Magneto (Savage Land Mutates), yet Vertigo is considered a
Mutant nowadays.

* Doorman: I'm not sure if he's a mutant.  He was the teleporter in the Great
> Lakes Avenger episodes that kind of never was properly followed up in the
> West Coast Avengers.  Again, I'm not sure if he can teleport himself.  We
> saw that he can act as an doorway for others to teleport through his body.

* Solo: He has those small plasma discharges when he teleports.  It's also
> mentioned that he can only teleport himself and some limited mass.  Also,
> I think that the drain on him is pretty harsh.

* The Shroud: Technically, it's not teleportation because he moves through the
> Dark Force Dimension.  Come to think of it, that's how Cloak moves also.
> Come to think of it, I think he got his powers from a mystical source?

* John Wraith: Currently playing a part in the Wolverine title.  Limits unknow
> I'm sure there are dozens of others, but I can't think of anymore right now.
>
> sig in process,
> Albert Nakano

* PORTAL from the Darkhawk series.  I don't think they've explained his powers
fully, but I believe his teleportation powers are 'natural', just the rest of
his powers seem to stem from the use of his stolen Darkhawk armor.

* LAURA DEAN from Alpha Flight is a mutant and has recently been inducted into
the Beta Flight squadron.  I believe she uses an alias but I can't think of
it.  Her powers allow her, like Magik, to teleport people to other places via
dimendions.  I think she even travelled to Limbo once.

Would Doctor Strange or Sleepwalker qualify as teleporters since they can
travel between dimensions?  But then so do the Guardians of the Galaxy, and
others who rely on technology.  Isn't Sidewinder's ability from some gadget he
aquired at an A.I.M. Technology Faire?

-Rich
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