BISHOP
of Earth-1040

Real Name:  Unrevealed (presumably Lucas Bishop)

Identity/Class:  Human mutant

Occupation:  Protector

Group Membership:  None

Affiliations:  Adam Y, Eve X;
    formerly Charles Xavier

Enemies:  Mister Sinister

Known Relatives:  None

Aliases:  Father of Man

Base of Operations:  Presumably mobile throughout time

First Appearance:  X-Men Millennial Visions 2001 (January, 2002)

Powers/Abilities:  Bishop did not display any superhuman powers, but it was likely that he had the same power absorption/reflection abilities of his counterpart who traveled to Earth-616 . He used various weapons from various points in time.

History:  (X-Men Millennial Visions 2001 - "Bishop: Father of Man" (fb) - BTS) - When Mister Sinister announced that he was going to create genetically perfect humans, Bishop reluctantly agreed to aid his old enemy in order to prevent the extinction of humans. Soon after, Sinister managed to create the genetically perfect Adam Y and Eve X. He then revealed to Bishop that he had not created the humans to repopulate the Earth, but to use as new experiments. In an effort to save the infants, Bishop grabbed them and was whisked away.

 (X-Men Millennial Visions 2001 - "Bishop: Father of Man") - Traveling to various points in history, Bishop protected the infants as well as acting as their father figure.

Comments: Created by Matt Nixon, Philip Xavier, and Pierre Andre-Derry.

Profile by Proto-Man

Clarifications:

Bishop (Millennial Visions 2001) should not be confused with:

• Bishop, robot constructed by Charles Reigel, @ Incredible Hulk II Annual#9
• Bishop of the Chessmen, used staff to fly & project energy blasts, @ Iron Man I#163
• Bishop , Lucas Bishop, member of the X-Men, this character's Earth-616 counterpart, @ Uncanny X-Men#282

ADAM Y

Adam Y was a genetically perfect human created in a lab by Mister Sinister. When Sinister revealed his intentions for Adam Y and Eve X, Bishop whisked the children through time to protect them.

--X-Men Millennial Visions 2001 - "Bishop: Father of Man"

images:
X-Men Millennial Visions 2001, p40, splash page (all pics)

X-Men Millennial Visions 2001 (January, 2002) - "Bishop: Father of Man" - Matt Nixon (text), Philip Xavier (art), Pierre Andre-Derry (inks)

Last updated: 12/17/05

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