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PENANCE
Earth-15730

Real Name: Nicole and Claudette St. Croix

Identity/Class: Alternate Earth (Earth-15730) human mutant

Occupation: Student

Group Membership: Xavier Institute student body (Blink/Clarice Ferguson, Chamber/Jonothon Starsmore, Dead Girl/Moonbeam, Doop, Husk/Paige Guthrie, Kid Sensitive/Guy Smith, Leech, M/Monet St. Croix, Artie Maddicks, Mondo, Spike/Darian Elliott, Skin/Angelo Espinosa, Synch/Everett Thomas, U-Go Girl/Edith Sawyer, Vivisector/Myles Alfred)

Affiliations: X-Men (Beast/Hank McCoy, Bishop of Earth-24955/Lucas Bishop, Gambit/Remy LeBeau Jubilee/Jubilation Lee, Professor X/Charles Xavier, Psylocke/Betsy Braddock, Rogue, Storm/Ororo Munroe, Wolverine/Logan)

Enemies: Xodus the Forgotten (presumably)

Known Relatives: Monet St. Croix (sister)

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: Xavier Institute, Westchester

First Appearance: X-Men '92 II#1 (May, 2016)

Powers/Abilities: Nicole and Claudette are mutant twins with the ability to merge into different combinations with different powers. In their Penance form the sisters have razor-sharp claws but are unable to speak.

Height: 4'2" (Claudette/Nicole), 5'7" (Penance) (presumably same as her 616 counterpart)
Weight: 60 lbs. (Claudette/Nicole), 125 lbs. (Penance) (presumably same as her 616 counterpart)
Eyes: Brown (Claudette/Nicole), White (Penance)
Hair: Black (Claudette/Nicole), Red (Penance)

History:

(X-Men '92 II#1 - BTS) - After Professor Charles Xavier opened the Xavier Institute to the public, mutant twins Nicole and Claudette joined their older sister M and enrolled at the Xavier Institute. Nicole and Claudette, however, were trapped in the Penance form, presumably unbeknownst to the other students.

(X-Men '92 II#1) - Penance, Blink and other students attended Beast's class when mutant assassin Maverick came crashing through the classroom's window. Coming to warn the X-Men, Maverick fainted prompting Beast to dismiss his class.

(X-Men '92 II#6 (fb) - BTS) - In an effort to make sure the entire student body would fully recover from their encounter with Alpha Red, Charles Xavier grounded the entire student body, including Penance.

(X-Men '92 II#6) - Penance and Mondo were seen playing games while Jubilee and M bickered over them being grounded when Xavier, Chamber, Dead Girl and Artie Maddicks walked in. Xavier reminded his students to abide by his rules after which he left. The students were upset they couldn't attend the first Lilapalooza, a giant music festival celebrating mutants and music. Following a live feed from the festival, Vivisector witnessed the sudden disappearance of the X-Men when villainous Fabian Cortez overloaded mutant teleporter Lila Cheney. Shocked Vivisector immediately alarmed Jubilee and the students. Just then Xavier appeared, having sensed the disappearance himself he asked the students who wanted to join him on a "field trip".

Comments: Created by Scott Lobdell and Chris Bachalo;
    adapted by Chad Bowers, Chris Sims and Alti Firmansyah.

When, in 2015's Secret Wars, the Multiverse was destroyed following the incursions of planets it appeared as if Reality-92131 was drafted onto Battleworld as the Westchester domain. All Earth-92131 profiles on the Marvel Appendix reflected that information, however, this has since been debunked with the news that the original X-Men: The Animated Series will receive a brand new season to pick up where the original series ended. As such the reality seen in two volumes of X-Men '92 (2015-2017) now have their own reality-designation. The X-Men '92: House of XCII 2022 series was inspired by both the animated series and Hickman's House of X run but is its own separate reality. Nearly thirty years after X-Men: The Animated Series first debuted the new season will appear on Disney+ in fall 2023.

Profile by MarvellousLuke

CLARIFICATIONS:
Penance has no known connections to


images: (without ads)
X-Men '92 II#6, p6, pan3 (main image)
X-Men '92 II#1, p5, pan5 (attending class)


Appearances
X-Men '92 II#1 (May, 2016) - Chad Bowers, Chris Sims (writers), Alti Firmansyah (pencils, inks), Jordan D. White, Heather Antos (editors)
X-Men '92 II#6 (October, 2016) - Chad Bowers, Chris Sims (writers), Alti Firmansyah (pencils, inks), Jordan D. White, Heather Antos (editors)


First Posted: 06/11/2020
Last Updated: 02/04/2023

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