HOLOCAUST

Real Name: Unrevealed

Identity/Class: Human mutant (presumably)

Occupation: Anarchist

Group Membership: None

Affiliations: None

Enemies: Sentinels, Upstarts, X-Men

Known Relatives: Unrevealed

Aliases: Unrevealed

Base of Operations: Mobile throughout the world

First Appearance: Stryfe's Strike File I#1 (January, 1993)

Powers/Abilities: Holocaust has the ability to adapt to any given situation. He can generate massive amounts of energy from his own body and fire it in blasts from his hands. Holocaust has strong psychic defenses, preventing telepaths from reading his mind. Holocaust appears to be mute.

Height: Unrevealed (approximately 6'1")
Weight: Unrevealed (approximately 140 lbs.)
Eyes: Red
Hair: None

History:

(Stryfe's Strike File I#1 - BTS) - The time traveling terrorist Stryfe became aware of the mutant known only as Holocaust. Stryfe's studies of historical data of this eras showed that Holocaust should not even exist. Intrigued by his actions, Stryfe began to keep tabs on Holocaust's activities, which led to him creating an entry for his personal strike files.

(Stryfe's Strike File I#1) - Stryfe recorded Holocaust's most recent activities including singlehandedly destroying a Sentinel processing plant, frustrating the high stakes schemes of the Upstarts and numerous attempts to kill members of the X-Men. Stryfe had a hard time categorizing Holocaust. After weighing the options between "hero" and "villain" he reluctantly settled on "anarchist".

(Stryfe's Strike File I#1 - BTS) - Holocaust tore a bloody swath across Europe and North Africa with Stryfe recording attributed kill zones in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, the Mediterranean and Algiers (see comments).

(Stryfe's Strike File I#1 - BTS) - Holocaust's actions left Stryfe wondering what his main goal was because the methods he used did not reveal any sort of motivation. Stryfe did conclude that a way to defeat this potential menace was through his power to adapt to any given situation. Stryfe did speculate that the name "Holocaust" pretty much implied what his goal was: the destruction of all life on Earth. The time traveler then added a wry note implying that he'd better hurry up because the Legacy Virus was about to do the job for him.

Comments: Created by Scott Lobdell, Fabian Nicieza, Greg Capullo and Mark Farmer.

Back in late 1992, the appeal of Stryfe's Strike File, apart from the borderline comical purple prose, was the fact it introduced readers to four new characters that were planned to become important players in the X-books: Sienna Blaze, Graydon Creed, Threnody and... Holocaust?

Fabian Nicieza and Scott Lobdell teased this character a full 2 years before the Age of Apocalypse would introduce the Earth-295 variant who got a giant armor and a hand cannon to complete the terrifying look. When that Holocaust made the jump to Earth-616, there was no apparent need to develop this "prototype" any further.

Could Stryfe have been talking about the AOA Holocaust here? It's possible! After all, Dark Beast and Sugar Man both arrived years in the past, who's to say that wasn't the initial plan for Holocaust as well? When Earth-295's Holocaust first showed up, he was also active in the Mediterranean, killing people left and right to fuel himself and his powers. Or maybe Stryfe was slightly off when he compiled this particular entry for his Strike Files. Hey, what's a year or two to a time traveler from the year 4000?

Back in 2011, a character closely resembling Holocaust debuted in the pages of Uncanny X-Force: Genocide, son of Apocalypse and his former Horseman Famine. While the physical resemblance is undeniable, the information in Stryfe's Strike File indicates these are not the same characters. Given Stryfe's own obsession with Apocalypse, it seems likely he'd have known all about his foe's offspring. Also, their powers don't match and Genocide really liked to talk while Holocaust was believed to be a mute.

Which begs the question... How did Stryfe know his name was Holocaust when he allegedly never spoke?

Profile by Norvo

CLARIFICATIONS:
 Holocaust should not be confused with

• Holocaust of Earth-295, his more famous counterpart--X-Men Alpha I#1
  Holocaust of Earth-95120, his parody version--Marvel Riot I#1
• Genocide, William Rolfson, son of Apocalypse--Uncanny X-Force I#13
  
• or any other "Holocaust" characters

Appearances:
Stryfe's Strike File (January, 1993) - Scott Lobdell, Fabian Nicieza (writers), Greg Capullo (pencils), Mark Farmer (inks), Suzanne Gaffney (editor).

First Posted: 07/25/2024
Last Updated: 07/25/2024

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