ANOLE
Earth-90411
Real Name: Victor Borkowski
Identity/Class: Extradimensional (Earth-90411), human mutant
Occupation: Adventurer
Group Membership: X-Men (Diamondheart/Emma Frost, Graymalkin/Jonas Graymalkin, Ink/Eric Gitter, Wolverine/James "Logan" Howlett)
Affiliations: None
Enemies: Dust (Sooraya Qadir), Donald Pierce, Sentinex Sentinels
Known Relatives: None
Aliases: None
Base of Operations: Island nation of Xaviera
First Appearance: Young X-Men I#11 (April, 2009)
Powers/Abilities: Anole is a mutant with multiple reptilian traits, including a spiked carapace on his head; a long prehensile forked tongue, pads on his hands and feet that allow him to cling to solid surfaces; and the ability to change the color of his skin to match the pattern of almost any surface and environment. After regenerating both severed arms, Anole gained enhanced strength. He is highly athletic and agile, often moving similar to a gymnast in battle, and has some hand-to-hand combat training.
Height: 6'1" (based on his Earth-616 appearance)
Weight: 190 lbs. (based on his Earth-616 appearance)
Eyes: Green
Hair: None
History:
(Young X-Men I#11 (fb) - BTS) - At an unrevealed point in time, Anole and the X-Men came to live on the island nation of Xaviera which had been established by UN General Assembly resolution GSXM1. The nation became a beacon for mutantkind attracting most of their kind.
(Young X-Men I#11 (fb) - BTS) - However, after a few years mutants began to die off without propagating new ones. Vulnerable, Xaviera was invaded (see comments) and the UN unable (or unwilling) to intervene. The Earth's mutant population was dwindled down to only six mutants, four of them being the only active X-Men left; Wolverine, Graymalkin, Anole and Diamondheart who also took care of the catatonic human Ink.
(Young X-Men I#12 (fb) - BTS) - Anole was attacked by his former friend, Dust. The Afghani mutant was on a quest to kill all of mutantkind believing she'd lost her soul after being resurrected by Ink, years prior. Dust severed Anole's left arm which he eventually grew back.
(Young X-Men I#11) - While on a mission, Anole and the X-Men were attacked by a group of giant mutant-hunting robots. Anole recognized the robots as Sentinex, tenth generation Sentinels after which Wolverine and Diamondheart shared the tech designed by Donald Pierce. The Sentinex were soon destroyed by the combined efforts of the X-Men.
(Young X-Men I#11) - Having defeated the menaces Anole and the X-Men returned to Xaviera. The X-Men, however, were unaware Dust had infiltrated their home and killed Wolverine with her sand-like powers, leaving nothing but his lifeless adamantium skeleton.
(Young X-Men I#12 - BTS) - The same night Dust attacked the remaining X-Men; Anole, Graymalkin and Diamondheart, reducing their surroundings to rubble.
(Young X-Men I#12) - Anole, Graymalkin, and Diamondheart stood defiantly before Dust as she declared her intent to eradicate all mutants. In a sinister transformation, Dust turned into a cloud of scorching sand, inflicting severe burns on Anole's face as he collapsed from the agonizing injuries. Despite the pain, Dust callously assured Anole that she was doing him a favor. Reacting with fury, Graymalkin launched an attack, only to meet his demise as Dust swiftly snapped his neck. With Diamondheart teetering on the edge of defeat, Anole implored Dust to divulge her motives for wanting them dead. A moment of melancholy passed over Dust as she confessed her belief that mutants were a blight upon the Earth, viewing herself as the necessary cure. With grim determination, she proceeded to execute the X-Men, leaving a trail of devastation in her wake.
Comments: Created by Nunzio DeFilippis, Christina Weir, Keron Grant and Rob Stull;
adapted by Marc Guggenheim, Rafa Sandoval and Roger Bonet.
The convergence point of this alternate universe happened in Young X-Men#12 after Dust had been killed by Donald Pierce and was brought back to life by Ink, which not only rendered the boy catatonic but made Dust believe he'd killed and corrupted her soul. Dust came to believe mutantkind were a plague upon Earth, something to which she'd become the cure. It's been unrevealed, but very likely she was the force who invaded Xaviera.
The End of Days was a storyline which ran through Young X-Men#11-#12, the story mentioned there were only six mutants left alive on Earth but with Wolverine, Diamondheart, Anole, Graymalkin and Dust only make 5, perhaps Ink was a mutant in this reality which would make him number 6. The UN General Assembly resolution GSXM1 of course is a play on Giant-Size X-Men#1.
Profile by MarvellousLuke
CLARIFICATIONS:
Anole has no known connections to
images: (without ads)
Young X-Men I#11, p2, pan1 (main image)
Young X-Men I#12, p11, pan2&3 (death)
Appearances:
Young X-Men I#11 (April, 2009) - Marc Guggenheim (writer), Rafa Sandoval (pencils), Roger Bonet (inks), Nick Lowe (editor)
Young X-Men I#12 (May, 2009) - Marc Guggenheim (writer), Rafa Sandoval (pencils), Roger Bonet (inks), Nick Lowe (editor)
First Posted: 03/05/2024
Last Updated: 03/05/2024
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