ANGEL
Earth-295

Real Name: Warren Kenneth Worthington III

Identity/Class: Alternate Earth (Earth-295), human mutant, citizen of the United States

Occupation: Nightclub owner, information broker, former superhero

Group Membership: None

Affiliations: Jesse "Bedlam" Aaronson, Terrence "Terry Bedlam" Aaronson, Club Heaven staff (Benjamin, Scarlett McKenzie, Xi'an Coy Manh, unidentified others), Gambit (Remy LeBeau), Henry Peter Gyrich, Magneto (Eric Magnus Lensherr), Nightcrawler (Kurt Darkholme), prelate Alex Summers, prelate Scott Summers, John Proudstar, Sebastian Shaw, Quicksilver (Pietro Maximoff-Lensherr)

Enemies: Apocalypse (En Sabah Nur)

Known Relatives: Warren Kenneth Worthington Sr. (grandfather, deceased), Warren Kenneth Worthington Jr. (father, deceased), Kathryn Worthington (mother, deceased), Burtram "Burt" Worthington (uncle), Wallace Worthington (ancestor), Elizabeth Shaw-Worthington (ancestor)

Aliases: "Wings" (nickname used by Jesse Bedlam)

Base of Operations: Club Heaven, Apocalypse Island, New York

First Appearance: X-Men Alpha I#1 (February, 1995)

Powers/Abilities: Warren Worthington was a mutant whose primary power was flight. When he reached puberty, he grew a pair of large, white, feathered wings from his upper back that span over 16 feet when fully extended. These wings granted flight with remarkable speed and agility, making him a formidable presence in the air. Angel's body has adapted to support his flight capabilities. His bone structure was lighter than that of a normal human, allowing him to achieve lift without sacrificing strength. This also made him more agile and capable of quick, precise movements. His muscles, particularly in his back and chest, were highly developed to support the powerful flapping of his wings. Additionally, his respiratory and circulatory systems had evolved to handle the demands of high-altitude flight, giving him enhanced lung capacity and resistance to hypoxia. Angel carried a gun of unspecified make.

Height: 6'0"
Weight: 150 lbs.
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Yellow

History:

(Amazing X-Men I#3 (fb) - BTS) - When billionaire heir Warren Worthington III hit puberty, he sprouted wings that allowed him to fly. Deciding to use this strange power for good, the teen joyously began a career as thrill seeking Avenging Angel, fighting crime while also enjoying his newfound abilities.

(X-Calibre I#1 (fb) - BTS) - During the early days of Apocalypse's rise to power in North America, Angel would occasionally side with Magneto and his X-Men to oppose the villain and his forces.

(X-Men Alpha I#1 (fb) - BTS) - Angel encountered Gambit during the Louisiana cullings. The Cajun mutant was instrumental in saving his life, which put Worthington in his debt.

(X-Calibre I#1 (fb) - BTS) - When En Sabah Nur conquered over half of the United States and renamed Manhattan "Apocalypse Island", the Angel was faced with a difficult decision. Calling on his business acumen and negotiation skills, he used his money to open a club in the area formerly known as Uptown. Worthington ironically called the night spot "Heaven", a reference to his codename and the fact it offered a reprieve to the horrors of daily life under Apocalyse's reign.

(X-Men Alpha I#1 (fb) - BTS) - Angel made Heaven a sanctuary for humans and mutants. Through unrevealed ways, Sentinels could not detect any homo superior in the club.

(Factor-X I#4 (fb) - BTS) - Angel always sensed that his position as a neutral party was tentative at best. That's why he had an unused elevator shaft in Heaven's lobby made into his personal escape route.

(Tales from the Age of Apocalypse: Sinister Bloodlines I#1 (fb) - BTS) - Warren only allowed alpha-level mutants into Heaven. He made sure his clientele was treated like royalty: often comping their food and drink and making sure they could enjoy the company of pretty women.

(X-Men Alpha I#1 (fb) - BTS) - Warren hired the human singer Scarlett McKenzie to entertain at Heaven.

(Amazing X-Men I#2 (fb) - BTS) - Warren hired the mutant telepath Xi'an Coy Manh. Taking the codename Karma, she quickly became one of his trusted confidantes. Her ability to take over people's minds proved an invaluable source of useful intelligence.

(X-Men Omega I#1 (fb) - BTS) - Warren Worthington taught Karma all he knew about navigating life in Apocalypse's America. The best lesson was to never give anything away for free.

(X-Calibre I#1 (fb) - BTS) - Over the years, Warren Worthington frequently had to make tough, heart-rending decisions to ensure the safety growing success of Heaven. His popularity among Apocalypse's high ranking forces allowed him considerable leeway while he also acted as an information broker providing valuable intelligence to the resistance so he wouldn't be targeted as an outright collaborator.

(Tales from the Age of Apocalypse: Sinister Bloodlines I#1 (fb) - BTS) - Even after Apocalypse erected the Atlantic Sea Wall, Warren used his connections to stock Heaven with the finest selection of beer and spirits smuggled in from Europe.

(X-Calibre I#1 (fb) - BTS) - When Magneto wanted Angel to work for him, he told the leader of the X-Men that he was running a legitimate business and that he refused to become a front man for terrorists. He still had regular dealings with the likes of Nightcrawler, his mother Mystique (Raven Darkholme), Gambit and his X-Ternals and even Apocalypse's sworn enemies the X-Men.

(Tales from the Age of Apocalypse: Sinister Bloodlines I#1) - When prelate Alex Summers and his associates Jesse and Terry Bedlam visited Heaven, Angel welcomed them with open arms. He instructed his bartender Benjamin that everything was on the house for these gentlemen.

(Age of Apocalypse: The Chosen I#1 - BTS) - Despite the fact that Apocalypse felt Angel's time as a neutral party was limited, Apocalypse still listed him among those he deemed worthy of survival in his Chosen files. Apocalypse concluded that Warren Worthington was a true survivor who would rise to the top of whatever heap he is thrown into.

(X-Men Alpha I#1) - Angel welcomed his clientele to Heaven, impressing them with live footage of the Human High Council's Sentinels flying past the club without their scanners picking up the mutants among the crowd. He then introduced that night's entertainment: the singer Scarlett. After he was done playing the part of genial, charming host he was approached by Karma who told him Gambit was waiting for him in the backroom. Angel tried to schmooze Gambit, but the Cajun wasn't interested in small talk. He called in the favor he was owed and demanded Angel put him into contact with Magneto. Angel agreed under one condition: Gambit had to promise never to come to Heaven again: "I don't need trouble from you, Remy. You never know who is watching."

(X-Men Alpha I#1 - BTS) - Angel's meeting with Gambit was witnessed by Apocalypse's underling Sebastian Shaw.

(X-Calibre I#1 (fb) - BTS) - Acting on orders from Magneto, Nightcrawler reached out to Warren for help in arranging a transport to Antarctica where his mother Mystique ran a relay station.

(Factor-X I#1) - On his next visit to Heaven, prelate Alex Summers confronted Angel with the fact the known criminal Gambit had been spotted there. Angel did not deny this, but reminded the prelate that Heaven welcomes anyone who can afford it. He then tried to distract Summers by bringing up his favorite performer: the human singer Scarlett McKenzie who Angel knew Summers had an affair with. The proceedings at Heaven were then briefly interrupted by the genetic fundamentalist Henry Peter Gyrich who threatened to blow himself up. He was quickly stopped by the Bedlam brothers who interrupted both his mind and his technology long enough for Heaven's security guards to escort Gyrich away.

(X-Calibre I#1) - After not hearing anything from Angel, Nightcrawler made his way into Heaven to ask Worthington in person about the travel arrangements. The Angel initially wasn't inclined to help, even taunting Kurt with the rumors that his mother only claims to ferry refugees to safety. In reality, she robs them and leaves them in the freezing sea to die. Nightcrawler furiously slapped Worthington around until he provided Kurt with the information he requested. To reach Avalon, he had to meet with Proudstar who ran the Infernal Gallop.

(Factor-X I#2) - When Mr. Sinister went rogue, he blew up the massive Apocalypse statue in the New Nile. The next morning Angel flew out to the former Liberty Island to check out the debris. He ran into prelate Scott Summers who had taken the Bedlam Brothers to conduct their own investigation. Angel denied having any prior knowledge about Sinister jumping ship, but he did share a rumor he'd heard about Apocalypse launching a full scale attack on Europe, which he felt would be bad for business for all parties involved.

(Amazing X-Men I#2 - BTS) - Sebastian Shaw reported Angel's meeting with Gambit to Apocalypse's forces. Karma was arrested and held for an interrogation conducted by Rex and personally overseen by Apocalypse and Shaw. Rex pressed Karma for any details Worthington might have on the X-Men's base and its defenses. When she refused to talk, they even threatened to unleash the Shadow King whose probings were sure to leave her a mindless husk.

(Factor-X I#3 (fb) - BTS) - Karma was exposed to the Shadow King who plucked some useful information from her mind: including the names of numerous spies connected to Heaven like Scarlett McKenzie.

(X-Men Omega I#1 (fb) - BTS) - After the interrogation, Karma was transferred to the pens where she underwent the process that transformed humans into Infinites. Now trapped in a metallic shell with no real free will of her own, she was assigned to guard Apocalypse's citadel.

(Factor-X I#3) - Warren did nothing when the Bedlam Brothers entered Heaven to arrest Scarlett for being a spy. Even when she begged him for help, he turned away to talk with Terry Bedlam. He unofficially informed Worthington that the arrests of Karma and Scarlett would inevitably lead to a full investigation of the club and its owner. Bedlam wryly noted that soon not even Heaven would be safe for the Angel.

(Amazing X-Men I#3) - Still reeling from Karma's disappearance and Scarlett's arrest, Angel took to the air to clear his head. When he returned to his aerie in Heaven, he found Quicksilver waiting for him. The X-Men's deputy leader wanted to know where Apocalypse's forces had take Magneto and Bishop and he was ready to beat the information out of him. Warren tried to reach for his gun, but found Pietro had already taken it apart. For once, Angel freely offered his intel: Magneto was kept in Apocalypse's citadel while Bishop had been taken to the Madri tabernacle in Quebec for questioning. Angel succinctly boiled down Quicksilver's dilemma: would he be saving his father or Bishop?

(Factor-X I#4) - Infinites were sent to close down Heaven due to the seditious nature of the establishment's employees and clientele. Angel tried to make some casual quips to lighten the mood when the armored soldiers kicked the door down. This led to a verbal argument with the Infinites who threatened Worthington that he was also under scrutiny and that his open contempt for Apocalypse verged on treason. Unimpressed, the Angel pulled out the flamethrower he kept under the receptionist's desk and opened fire on the Infinites. He quickly made way for his personal elevator and escaped into the sewers.

(X-Men Omega I#1) - Now on the run, Angel decided to use what little clout he had left to try and free Karma. He flew to the holding pens and demanded to see her. When the guards laughed him away, he shattered their skulls by landing on their heads at full speed. This drew the attention of the newly Infinitized Karma who Angel naturally didn't recognize. He grabbed the guard's weapons and blasted the Infinite to bits. Now realizing Xi'an was inside, he rushed to her side only to find she was already mortally wounded. As she lay dying, she apologized to Warren for letting him down: after all he taught her, she still helped Apocalypse for free.

(X-Men Omega I#1 - BTS) - Feeling he had nothing left to lose, Angel was ready to make Apocalypse pay for all he had taken from him. He had learned the Human High Council was launching its nuclear stockpile to wipe out the Eastern Seaboard. But thanks to the forcefield surrounding his citadel, En Sabah Nur would be able to survive even that attack. Angel decided to take this advantage away from him by destroying the forcefield generators. He went to acquire as many explosives as he could carry for an impromptu kamikaze mission.

(X-Men Omega I#1) - Carrying a massive amount of explosives, Angel managed to evade the Infinites guarding Apocalyse's generators. He then dove into the construct head first, causing an explosion that took down the citadel's force field. His final moments were witnessed by the X-Men who had just teleported into the pens to free Magneto.

(X-Men Omega I#1 - BTS) - As a result of Angel's sacrifice, the newly arrived Nate Grey was able to enter Apocalypse's citadel. It also allowed Scott Summers and Jean Grey to free the prisoners kept in the pens underneath the stronghold.

Considering Earth-295's divergence point from Earth-616 is the death of Charles Xavier, this means that technically Earth-295's Warren Worthington III should largely have the same upbringing as his Earth-616 counterpart. However, since this has not (yet) been confirmed on panel, it's not included in the profile.

Back in 1995, it had been about seven years since readers last saw a version of Angel that wasn't moody, blue and flying around with razor blades for wings. Seeing the "original" back in action was apparently such a thrill that a year and a half down the line "our" Angel regained his feathers in Uncanny X-Men I#338.

The characterization and backstory of Earth-295's Warren Worthington is rather reminiscent of Humphrey Bogart in the 1940 movie Casablanca. His character Rick Blaine also ran a purportedly neutral bar who welcomed anyone: Nazi, refugee and partisan alike. But like Bogart, Warren is also morally ambiguous and far from neutral. The fact they both wear white really helps drive the comparison home.

Angel's AOA arc is an interesting one: he's barely a presence, even in Factor-X he only shows up for a scene or two. But in the background he's an important part of the connective tissue that makes Earth-295 feel like its a lived-in world with history. Eventually, everyone comes to heaven to check in with Angel.

And even though he's treated as little more than a punching bag by, well, everyone... His ultimate sacrifice in X-Men Omega allowed the X-Men and their allies to take down the dark lord for good. So shines a good deed in a weary world... even if he really had nothing left to lose.

All locations mentioned are Earth-295, unless otherwise specified.

Profile by Norvo

CLARIFICATIONS:
 Angel of Earth-295 should not be confused with

• Angel of Earth-616, the original high flyin' Angel--X-Men I#1
• Angel (Tom Halloway), 1940s hero--Marvel Comics I#1
• Angel (Simon Halloway) brother of Tom Halloway, also donned identity--Marvel Super-Heroes III#7
• Angel of Earth-714, member of Weapon X--Exiles II#23
• Angel, of the Legion street gang--Falcon I#4
• Angel (Elio Angelopoulus), corporate criminal--Cage I#1
• Angel, agent of Aaron Thorne--Blade: Vampire Hunter I#3
• Angel, agent of the Kingpin--Spider-Man I#70
• Angel (Angel Salvadore),  student at Xavier's--New X-Men I#118
• Gloria Gaylord Angel, Glamour Girl of the Crazy Eight--Wonder Man II#1
• Angel of Death, empowered Dark Angel--Dark Angel#9
• Angel of Death, AIM android--Clandestine I#9
• Angel of the Lost, of the Ultraverse, Lost Angel--Freex#2
• Angel of Vengeance, sent to help Quasar gain vengeance--Quasar#42
• Angels - servants of God--Tomb of Dracula I#51
• or any other "Angel"  characters

Benjamin

Benjamin worked as a waiter at Heaven, dutifully following the orders of its gregarious proprietor Warren Worthington III. When he told Benjamin that Apocalypse's alpha mutants Alex Summers and Jesse and Terrance Bedlam didn't have to pay for their expensive, smuggled in European beers he didn't even bat an eye.

--Tales from the Age of Apocalypse: Sinister Bloodlines I#1

Images: (without ads)
Amazing X-Men I#3, p16, pan3 (main)
X-Men Alpha I#1, p23, pan2 (host at Heaven)
Factor-X I#1, p14, pans3&4 (smooth schmoozer)
X-Calibre I#1 p11, pans4&5 (Nightcrawler's arrangements)
Factor-X I#4, p7, pans3&4 (shows you treason)
Humphrey Bogart in Casablanca
Tales from the Age of Apocalypse Sinister Bloodlines I#1, p14, pan2 (Benjamin)

Appearances:
X-Men Alpha I#1 (February, 1995) - Scott Lobdell & Mark Waid (writers), Roger Cruz & Steve Epting (pencils), Tim Townsend & Dan Panosian (inks), Bob Harras (editor)
X-Calibre I#1 (March, 1995) - Warren Ellis (writer), Ken Lashley (pencils), Phil Moy, Bud LaRosa, Tom Wegrzyn (inks), Suzanne Gaffney (editor)
Factor-X I#1 (March, 1995) -John Francis Moore (writer), Steve Epting (pencils), Al Milgrom (inks), Kelly Corvese (editor)
Factor-X I#2 (April, 1995) -John Francis Moore (writer), Steve Epting (pencils), Al Milgrom (inks), Kelly Corvese (editor)
Age of Apocalypse: The Chosen I#1 (April, 1995) - Ian Churchill (pencils), Scott Hanna (inks), Jaye Gardner & Kelly Corvese (editors)
Amazing X-Men I#3 (May, 1995) - Fabian Nicieza (writer), Andy Kubert (pencils), Matt Ryan (inks), Bob Harras (editor)
Factor-X I#3 (May, 1995) - John Francis Moore (writer), Steve Epting, Terry Dodson (pencils), Al Milgrom (inks), Kelly Corvese (editor)
Factor-X I#4 (June, 1995) - John Francis Moore (writer), Steve Epting, Terry Dodson (pencils), Al Milgrom (inks), Kelly Corvese (editor)
X-Men Omega I#1 (June, 1995) - Scott Lobdell, Mark Waid (writers), Roger Cruz (pencils), Bud LaRosa, Tim Townsend, Karl Kesel, Harry Candelario, Scott Hanna, Al Milgrom (inks), Bob Harras (editor)
Tales from the Age of Apocalypse: Sinister Bloodlines I#1 (December, 1997) - John Francis Moore & Brian K. Vaughn (writers), Steve Epting & Nick Napolitano (pencils), Al Milgrom (inks), Matt Idelson (editor)

First Posted: 01/06/2025
Last Updated: 01/06/2025

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