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89-650: Blaming the X-Men for the death of his brother Thunderbird , Proudstar joins the Hellions , a group of young mutants led by Emma Frost . He later becomes a longtime member of the militant X-Men offshoot X-Force . Proudstar is an Apache and one of the few Native American superheroes in Marvel Comics. His powers are superhuman strength, speed, and flight. Warpath appeared in the 2014 film, X-Men: Days of Future Past , portrayed by Booboo Stewart . Proudstar first appears as

178-520: A clinic. He also confronts and defeats Kane , and eventually declares his enmity for Apocalypse. Stryfe later battles Cable who learns that Stryfe is actually his double. Stryfe sows chaos in the ranks of the X-Men, posing as Cable and shooting Professor X with an infected bullet, and taking Cyclops and Jean captive. He bests the Dark Riders and Apocalypse, making him leader of the Dark Riders. As

267-452: A desire for revenge for the death of Caliban at the hands of the Purifiers. During X-Force's encounter with the Purifiers, James comes across Eli Bard attacking X-23; after rescuing her, Eli swears a personal vendetta against him. Since the team is not allowed to contact anyone from the outside world, he cannot be with his girlfriend, Hepzibah. James takes a break from duty to make peace with

356-554: A diary written by Destiny that might hold the key to defeating Amatsu-Mikaboshi while evading Carrion Crow, Eater of the Dead. Thunderbird called upon the mythical Thunderbird to get him and his group away from the Carrion Crow. He and the group discover that Moira MacTaggert has been possessed by Destiny's ghost. In the aftermath of the defeat of the Chaos King, Thunderbird is returned to

445-515: A direct fight against the Juggernaut . He possesses superhuman resistance to injury, at least enough to withstand short-range gunfire, grenade explosions, and direct telekinetic attack from Exodus . He also repairs, and regenerates damaged and destroyed tissue much faster than a normal human, as well as revives and recuperates from exhaustion and fatigue much faster than a normal human. He possesses superhuman agility and flexibility. He can "move with

534-529: A final insurance, Stryfe gives Mister Sinister a canister that he claims holds genetic material from two-thousand years worth of the Summers bloodline; in truth, it holds the deadly Legacy Virus . Stryfe battles Cable until the latter opens a temporal rift by detonating a self-destruct system, destroying his body. Stryfe's consciousness enters Cable's mind, in which he stays until he voluntarily leaves. While physically dead, Stryfe attempts to return to life through

623-651: A friend. In a meeting with Emma Frost, she swears she wasn't involved with the deaths of his tribesmen. Warpath meets Risque , who helps James with his confidence, and the two begin a love affair. However, Risque is being blackmailed by Sledge, and she drugs Warpath and brings him to his lair. Sledge's partner, the Vanisher , has disappeared in the Darkforce dimension, while teleporting. Sledge reveals to James that his enhanced senses would allow him to survive in this alternate dimension without going insane. James locates and rescues

712-483: A global catastrophe that wiped out most of the people on Earth, Stryfe was able to step in and fill the leadership void. Together, Stryfe and Bishop traveled to 2963 A.D., where their combined efforts attacked Apocalypse while the latter slept in a rejuvenation chamber and defeated, assuming they killed Apocalypse. Stryfe stole the Celestial Ship and technology and used it to raise an army that gave him total control over

801-546: A highly adept tracker . Thunderbird has military training in hand-to-hand combat. In Native Americans in Comic Books - A Critical Study, Michael A. Sheyahshe compared John Proudstar to Tupac Shakur , noting that "Thunderbird becomes even more popular, posthumously, than he ever was while living." In September 2001, Bill Rosemann, the marketing communications manager of Marvel Comics, announced that "The death of Thunderbird!", Uncanny X-Men #95 had been classed number 32 in

890-649: A new costume. He continued appearing sparingly as a minor character in various ongoing X-related books. John Proudstar was born into an Apache tribe on a reservation in Camp Verde , Arizona . As a teenager, he discovered he possessed the mutant abilities of superhuman senses, strength, speed, stamina, and sturdiness. While he was a teenager, John's mother Maria fell sick as Edwin Martynec lied to her that she had cancer. He also targeted John's brother James only for John and his reporter friend to thwart him. Proudstar

979-540: A new host body. Stryfe is able to prevent Apocalypse from using his body as a new host and travels back in time to the present in the Cable and X-Force and Uncanny X-Force crossover "Vendetta". Upon discovering that Bishop has returned to the present, Hope tries to kill him in an act of vengeance. Stryfe appears and kidnaps both and brings the two to an old, abandoned Mutant Liberation Force base. There, he attempts to manipulate Hope into killing Bishop who has come to realize

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1068-591: A personal existential crisis and becomes depressed at the futility of his efforts over the years after the X-Men finally manage to cure the Legacy Virus, which Stryfe considered to be his life's work and the one permanent victory he had against Cable, his parents (Scott and Jean), and the rest of the X-Men. He hunts down Bishop who is possessed by the entity Le Bete Noir, whose power rivals the Phoenix Force and threatens to consume Bishop's body and unleash its evil upon

1157-532: Is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics , most commonly in conflict with the superhero team X-Force . He is a clone of Cable from Cable's alternate future timeline. The character was created by Louise Simonson and Rob Liefeld , and first appears in The New Mutants #86 (February 1990), a cameo appearance in which his head cannot be seen. His first full appearance

1246-435: Is a clone and can't house Apocalypse's essence. The teenage Nathan and the time-traveling Scott Summers and Jean confront Apocalypse while Apocalypse's essence to discorporate to which Ch'vayre raises Stryfe afterwards. Stryfe grows up to be an embittered madman, wanting vengeance on both what he thought were his real parents (Cyclops and Jean) and his spiritual parent Apocalypse. He becomes an anarchist and terrorist rebel in

1335-507: Is a mutant superhero: Thunderbird , a member of the X-Men . John is killed on one of the team's missions, and James blames the X-Men's founder Professor X for his brother's death. Seeking revenge for his brother's death, James is recruited for Emma Frost 's Hellions. As a Hellion, James clashes with the New Mutants and Kitty Pryde , but to his chagrin, Frost feels they are not ready to take on

1424-538: Is actually a con man, working with Fenris to promote mutant unrest so they can sell Sentinels to the government. In Ultimate X-Men , when Cable returns from the future with Xavier they both don armor; Xavier's resembling Onslaught and Cable's resembling the mainstream Stryfe. In the Deadpool Pulp timeline, a General Stryfe is introduced. Stryfe is a younger, corrupt General who, alongside Cable and J. Edgar Hoover , hires Wade Wilson (who in this timeline

1513-426: Is because Stryfe was never infected with Apocalypse's techno-organic virus like Cable was. Therefore, he does not have to constantly expend his abilities to keep the virus from consuming his body, which apparently was a huge drain on Cable's capabilities. Stryfe can use his psionic abilities in a variety of ways such as moving large objects with his mind, reading minds, mind control, telepathically negating and activating

1602-517: Is captured by Apocalypse during his time with the X-Men and unwillingly transformed into one of his Four Horsemen , namely War . Thunderbird's time with this group is relatively short, several months at most. He serves mainly as the powerhouse of the group. In the third story arc, he meets another alternate version of himself, who has become the shaman of Alpha Flight , and this arc is largely centered on his internal conflicts. Later, Thunderbird sacrifices himself to hold an anti-matter bomb within

1691-514: Is controlled again by the T-O Virus . He is rescued by Archangel, who informs him this is Eli Bard's doing. They meet up with Cyclops and are confronted by Selene 's Inner Circle. During the battle, Eli takes on Warpath, who wants the knife responsible for creating the Demon Bear. James is kidnapped by Selene's Inner Circle and taken to Genosha . There he fights and kills his deceased brother John. With

1780-445: Is covered by retractable armor plates that harden when he enters battle, considerably increasing his durability, and even at the base level, his power statistics are above his main continuity counterpart. His power increases with his rage, akin to the Hulk who he once defeated in close combat, and his appearance becomes more bestial as he does so. A side-effect of Apocalypse's modifications

1869-611: Is explicitly shown on-panel in the concluding chapter of the Trial of Magneto arc (during Reign of X ) as a consequence of the Scarlet Witch 's magic. After a flashback to his revival, John Proudstar pays a visit to the Apache reservation. Upon arrival, he learns from some kids about how the local law enforcement arrested some of the inhabitants when they wouldn't give up the ones who are mutants. Becoming Thunderbird later that night, he went to

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1958-542: Is highly impervious to damage. He has used various advanced weaponry and technology from the 39th century of his alternate future. In Ultimate X-Men , Ultimate Stryfe is also the leader of the Mutant Liberation Front. He appears to be a mutant supremacist convinced that Professor X was killed by the United States government and that mutants should fight against the government. His mutant power manifests as

2047-626: Is later revealed to have survived the crash. James Proudstar has similar powers, although to a much greater degree. He is also an X-Man who first used the codename Thunderbird and then switched to Warpath when he joined X-Force team. When Warpath goes to visit Thunderbird's grave during the Necrosha storyline, he encounters the Demon Bear . After defeating the creature, with the aid of Ghost Rider , he learns that former Purifier Eli Bard has dug up Thunderbird and everyone else buried there. It

2136-466: Is revealed that Bard used a version of the Technarch virus to resurrect Thunderbird and the others as his servants. Thunderbird is later seen with Selene 's Inner Circle and Caliban being led to the ruins of Genosha, which she dubs Necrosha. Thunderbird fights Warpath, who snaps his neck and then kills Selene. Thunderbird's spirit is seen departing, telling his brother that he "can let go now". During

2225-415: Is shackled and refuses to fight back out of remorse. Cable and both teams of X-Force soon intervene and combat Stryfe. Hope sees that Stryfe is trying to undo the lessons which Cable taught and refuses to kill Bishop, but Hope severely injures him. Stryfe is defeated by Cable and both X-Force teams, but before escaping, he telepathically forces Hope to mimic his vast and nearly uncontrollable psionic power with

2314-537: Is similarly heightened, enabling him to clearly hear sounds beyond the range of ordinary human hearing and to hear sounds that they can detect but at much greater distances. After nearly getting killed by Reignfire , Warpath experienced an increase in senses and speed that allowed him to perform feats he had previously not been aware he was capable of. For example, he can run at high speeds up to at least 150 kilometres per hour (93 mph) for long distances and quickly climb building walls by digging his hands and feet into

2403-571: Is that Thunderbird no longer has a sense of taste. He nevertheless enjoys smelling things. Thunderbird wakes up and escapes the stasis wall in the Panoptichron. He helps Psylocke and Cat regain control of the Panoptichron during Doctor Doom's assault, and is later reunited with Nocturne when the Exiles and New Excalibur team up to save Roma and the Captain Britain Corps . Thunderbird leaves

2492-553: The Messiah Complex storyline showed his flight powers, and X-Force shows him flying for long distances. It has since been suggested by writer Christopher Yost that Warpath felt "rather embarrassed by the whole flying thing." Warpath's senses – particularly sight , smell , and hearing – are enhanced to levels beyond the capabilities of a normal human. He is able to see with perfect clarity at much greater distances than an ordinary human, even in near-total darkness. His hearing

2581-553: The Mumbai branch of the international mutant agency X-Corporation . His new team is a mix of old and new friends: Feral , Sunfire , and Thornn . He stays there for a while, helping to save Professor X's life. Cable and Domino enlist Warpath's help against the Skornn . After Cable kills the demon once again, the X-Force disbands. Warpath is one of the few mutants to retain his powers after

2670-479: The New Mutants who thwart his attempt to poison the water supplies of major cities. Stryfe abandons the Antarctic Mutant Liberation Front base during an invasion by X-Force (a team composed of Cable and several former New Mutants). Stryfe then has the Mutant Liberation Front free the captive mutants Hairbag and Slab , and turns them over to Mister Sinister before ordering an MLF attack on

2759-483: The " Chaos War " storyline, Thunderbird is among the fallen X-Men members (along with Banshee , Moira MacTaggert , Esme and Sophie of the Stepford Cuckoos , and three deceased dupes of Multiple Man ) to return from the dead after what happened to the death realms. He remembers the last time he was revived briefly during the events of Necrosha, albeit faintly. Thunderbird leads the revived X-Men members to looking for

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2848-588: The 100 best Marvel Comics. In the Age of Apocalypse universe, John Proudstar is at the head of the religious group Ghost Dance whose members perform nightly dances asking the ancient spirits to bring an end to Apocalypse's reign. They also provided safe passage to Avalon through the Infernal Gallop. When Nightcrawler had the mission to travel to Avalon and bring back the mutant known as Destiny, he forced Proudstar to provide them passage. Betrayed by Danielle Moonstar ,

2937-433: The 25th anniversary of the introduction of Thunderbird, writer Scott Lobdell and artist Aaron Lopresti did a two-issue series about the character, with a cover by Art Adams . Marvel Comics never published the series. At the same period, after nine years of absence, Chris Claremont returned to the X-Men to take over the titles. According to Brian Cronin from Comic Book Resources , there were likely two events that lead to

3026-452: The Apache reservation at Camp Verde, Arizona . As a child, he once visited the roadside carnival that employed Chondu the Mystic and that Tabitha Smith also attended and had his fortune read by Destiny . He was targeted by the geneticist Edwin Martynec secretly researching radiation mutation who was finally foiled by his brother and his friend reporter. He has one older brother, John. John

3115-558: The Apache reservation, Lozen agrees to keep a secret how Thunderbird was revived. They are both visited by Warpath after the Krakoan Gate had been planted on the Apache reservation where Warpath meets Grandma Lozen. Thunderbird is a mutant who possesses superhuman strength (sufficient to rip apart a fighter jet with his bare hands), speed (he is fast enough to outrun a bison , possibly much faster), and stamina due to his dense musculature. His senses are also enhanced, enabling him to be

3204-476: The Askani's hiding place and steal the cloned infant. Apocalypse takes the child as his own, raising him himself and naming him "Stryfe", intending to use him as a host body. Stryfe grows into a murderous, bored and lonely child only raised by Apocalypse and Ch'vayre (Apocalypse's second in command). Years later, as Apocalypse is about to transfer his essence into Stryfe, Apocalypse discovers that he's unfit because Stryfe

3293-509: The Brotherhood, in which their defeat caused Magneto to disband it. The Ultimate Marvel version of John Proudstar operates as Shaman appears as a member of Alpha Flight debuting in Ultimate X-Men #94 and this version of Shaman is a mutant who possesses superior strength, speed, agility, and senses which have been boosted through the mutant-enhancement drug Banshee instead of

3382-1008: The Demon Bear. He could perceive the creature's wounds and the resulting spirit energy when it was destroyed. In the Ultimate Comics: X-Men storyline, James Proudstar is a member of the mutant liberation in the Southwest. James Proudstar appears in the What If story "What If the X-Men Died on their First Mission?" Following the death of his brother and the X-Men on Krakoa , he joins Beast 's hastily assembled mutant team – consisting of himself, Theresa Cassidy (who named herself Banshee in honor of her late father ), Rahne Sinclair , Namorita , Scarlet Witch , and her brother Quicksilver – to combat Count Nefaria and his Ani-Men . James joined only to kill Professor X , whom he held responsible for his brother 's death. However, he avoids John's fate in

3471-449: The Exiles, he develops a romantic relationship with teammate Nocturne , who is pregnant with his child when he becomes comatose. (However, she later loses the child for unexplained reasons. ) Issue #16 shows flashbacks of previously unseen scenes between the two characters that further develop their relationship. This version of Thunderbird is considerably more powerful than the mainstream one, due to Apocalypse's augmentations. His skin

3560-579: The Hellions. Months later, James leaves the Hellions and returns home to his family's reservation . Cable makes him another offer to join the New Mutants but he turns it down. After a meeting in New York City , James returns home to find his entire tribe murdered. Finding a Hellfire mercenary's mask at the scene, James deduces that Emma Frost committed the act to punish him for leaving the team. James joins

3649-427: The Krakoan Gate that was planted on the Apache reservation and meets his grandmother Lozen. Warpath is 7 feet 2 inches (2.18 m) in height and weighs 350 pounds (160 kg). Warpath is a mutant who possesses superhuman physical ability in virtually all areas. He possesses superhuman strength. The air pressure from one of his claps causes a Sentinel to collapse. He has even managed to hold his own in

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3738-665: The Madri learned of Proudstar and the Infernal Gallop's location at Ghost Dance. The Madri soldiers killed all the members of Ghost Dance. In the Earth X reality, John Proudstar's life is very similar. Thunderbird is seen in the Realm of the Dead talking with Professor X both believing they are still alive. An alternate version of John Proudstar is an original member of the Exiles , a group of superhumans tasked with fixing damaged realities. This Thunderbird

3827-501: The New Mutants, hoping to track down the Hellions and gain revenge. The New Mutants cut ties with the X-Men and become the militant adventurers X-Force , and James changes his codename to Warpath. With the team, he fights the likes of Toad 's Brotherhood of Mutants , and Weapon P.R.I.M.E. As a member of X-Force, James becomes more calm and controlled and strikes up a close friendship with his teammate Theresa Rourke Cassidy . Despite his strong attraction to her, Theresa only sees James as

3916-606: The Nor-Am Pact region 3783–3806 in his alternate future. He raises an army and for years became a fierce opponent of both Cable and the Clan Chosen, as well as the New Canaanites , a despotic regime that replaced Apocalypse's. Stryfe reveals to Cable much later in the present era that during this period in their life, he raped Aliya Dayspring (Cable's wife who Stryfe had grown to desire) at one point by pretending to be Cable and so

4005-610: The Vanisher, who is being held captive by natives of the Darkforce Dimension, and in turn Sledge gives information on one of his tribesman, Michael Whitecloud, whom James had presumed deceased. Whitecloud tells him that Stryfe , X-Force's adversary, was behind the killing of his tribe. James goes to Hell to gain revenge but is returned to the living world by Blackheart . When James finds out Risque's involvement, he ends their relationship. After X-Force's disintegration, Warpath joins

4094-429: The X-Force attempt to save them but are teleported off to the future to find Cable and Hope Summers . Arriving in the future, X-Force is ambushed by a future version of Deadpool , who leads them to Cable. Eventually they come across Stryfe's Celestial city, learning he is in control of that era. After his forces are defeated, Stryfe kidnaps Hope and Warpath, taking them back to his fortress where he tortures James. After

4183-620: The X-Genes from the Native Americans that he freed. While fighting Thunderbird, Martynec transforms into a coyote -like creature as the Native Americans watch. After flashing back to when he last died, Thunderbird subdues Martynec as his grandma Lozen arrives. Thunderbird spares Martynec and throws him towards the Orchis operatives. When Martynec taunts Thunderbird, Lozen kicks him in the head as Thunderbird leaves with his fellow Native Americans. Back on

4272-408: The ability to cause "strife" within people's minds, causing them to voice whatever is bothering them. However, when Psylocke scans his mind she senses that he has no real conviction in what he says, suggesting that much of his mutant supremacist attitude is an act, meaning his real motives are unknown. At his side is the ultimate version of Zero , a young mutant teleporter. It is revealed that Stryfe

4361-517: The adult X-Men. James defies Frost's orders, dons his brother's costume, and kidnaps former X-Man Banshee to draw the team to the Cheyenne Mountain Complex , where John was killed. However, when the opportunity to kill Professor X arrives, James finds he has too many doubts about how John joined the X-Men. James is reconciled with the X-Men; Professor X offers him membership in the New Mutants, but he declines out of loyalty to his friends in

4450-406: The afterlife after reality is restored by Hercules . Thunderbird contemplates that his life finally means something and hopes that next time he was resurrected, it will be with Sophie. When the X-Men made Krakoa a mutant paradise, the resurrection protocols brought back many dead mutants including Thunderbird. He was seen at The Green Lagoon watching Dazzler 's concert. However, his resurrection

4539-437: The bare concrete. He can even evade weapon fire with rapid reflexes and reactions. In new publishing coinciding along Marvel's new ResurrXion event, Warpath has showcased regenerative abilities able to recover from mild to serious injuries inflicted upon him by new Weapon X cyborgs. Warpath is well versed in hand-to-hand combat , which is enhanced by his superhuman reflex/reaction rate and eye/ear-hand/foot coordination. He

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4628-452: The body of Galactus , which forces the world-devourer to leave Earth after the massive injury the bomb causes. Although his physical body heals from the damage caused by the detonation, he is left in a coma. He is replaced by Sasquatch and the team are forced to leave him behind. His body is later discovered in the Panoptichron, a crystal city that lies between realities, but has yet to be returned to his home reality. During his time with

4717-415: The body of Warpath . However, his attempt is avoided by the arrival of X-Force and Warpath is sent back to the living by Blackheart. By unknown means, Stryfe revives and attempts to subjugate Latveria . Stryfe is opposed by Cable and Nate Grey , and at first beats them easily, even going as far as to siphon off all of Nate's power. Madelyne Pryor appears to join forces with Stryfe, but secretly steals

4806-451: The cancellation of this mini-series. Firstly, Claremont introduced a new X-Man character Neal Shaara with the codename Thunderbird. Secondly, Claremont had his own project for the 25th anniversary: X-Men: Black Sun , which had a spotlight comic on the various members of the All-New, All-Different X-Men, including one on Thunderbird with his partner Wolverine. In 2010, the character appeared in

4895-460: The character is a member of the original Exiles team. In other media, Thunderbird is one of the main characters in the live-action television series The Gifted , portrayed by Blair Redford . Writer Len Wein and artist Dave Cockrum created Thunderbird for the new X-Men , specifically to be a member of the team who would fail the entrance exam. Having already decided that the previously introduced characters Sunfire and Banshee would fail

4984-540: The character, and added, "He figured there are two ways to do this. One, you spend years, if not decades, building up a relationship between the audience and a character, building the emotional bonds between them so when something happens to that character the audience is devastated. Or you do it right off the bat, when no one is expecting it." The story culminating in Thunderbird's death appeared in X-Men #94-95. In 2000, for

5073-524: The city into a hippie paradise. Warpath (calling himself "Running Sun") and the others are sent by Jason to confront Cyclops and Emma Frost. After Emma breaks through Jason's illusion, Warpath and the others return to normal. They begin to reestablish the X-Men organization in San Francisco. Warpath is one of the founding members of the new X-Force, Cyclops's covert wetwork team, charged with finding and eliminating Purifiers cells. James joins out of

5162-490: The deaths he has caused and to visit his brother's grave. En route, his truck is destroyed by the Demon Bear . He is badly beaten before being rescued by Ghost Rider . After defeating the Demon Bear with the aid of Ghost Rider, he learns that this creature was created when the animal spirits of his people were disturbed. They tell James that Eli Bard has dug up Thunderbird, Caliban, and everyone else buried there. When Surge , Hellion , and Boom-Boom are kidnapped, Warpath and

5251-485: The distant future after their son Nathan Summers is infected with a techno-organic virus by Apocalypse and tells the two that the child can be saved in the future. Nathan then arrives in the future to which Mother Askani clones the baby as a back up plan. The clone's growth is greatly accelerated until he's the same age as Nathan himself while the Askani succeed in halting the spread of the tehno-organic virus, thereby saving Nathan's life. However, Apocalypse's forces attack

5340-408: The error of various past mistakes. Stryfe explains to Bishop how he wants him to suffer after he betrayed him during Messiah War and claims that he was imprisoned and tortured by Apocalypse for years until he planned a successful escape and killed him. Stryfe tries to corrupt Hope by making her give in to her feelings of hatred towards Bishop, convincing her to take revenge and murder Bishop, although he

5429-555: The events of Decimation . He begins living in the Mutant camp at the X-Mansion . Shortly afterwards, he joins the X-Men at Professor X's request. Warpath has a bond of sorts with fellow X-Men Hepzibah ; Hepzibah remarks that his presence has helped her mourn her loss of Corsair . Together, they confront one of the X-Mansion's guardian Sentinels when Caliban , a long time X-Men ally, runs onto

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5518-480: The exam, Wein and Cockrum felt it would be unrealistic for only older characters to "flunk out", and set about creating a new character to fit this role. After developing Thunderbird, however, they decided that they liked the character — his costume in particular — too much to write him off after only one issue, and decided to keep him on. The character debuted in Giant-Size X-Men #1 (May 1975). While working on

5607-639: The father of Tyler Dayspring could be Stryfe and not Cable. He later kills Aliya as well as kidnapping and brainwashing Tyler. In 3806, the New Canaanites take full control of the planet, but Stryfe manages to travel back in time two-thousand years. He forms a mutant terrorist group, the Mutant Liberation Front (MLF), alongside many powerful mutants including Tamara Kurtz . Stryfe orders his Mutant Liberation Front to capture Rusty Collins and Skids . In Japan, he fights Cable and clashes with

5696-462: The final battle against Stryfe, James flies Domino and X-23 back where they first appeared in the future. Warpath is caught up in the Necrosha events when his Blackbird crashes after a lightning strike . Making it to shore, the group encounters a resurrected Pyro and Berzerker . After taking them out, James is confronted by his ex-girlfriend, Risque, where she pleads with him to get away before she

5785-468: The first issues of the regular series, the creative team realized that having Thunderbird as a regular character was problematic. According to Cockrum, "...we created him as an obnoxious loudmouth, and we already had an obnoxious loudmouth in Wolverine . So one of us decided to kill him off after all, just for shock value." Chris Claremont , who scripted the story, confirms that it was Wein who decided to kill

5874-524: The front of a teaser featuring X-Men characters believed to be dead titled "All New, All Different". Thunderbird was one of the feature characters in the 2011 two-issue limited series Chaos War: X-Men . John Proudstar was finally resurrected in the main comics continuity in X-Men: The Trial of Magneto #5 (2021), over 45 years after his initial death in X-Men #95. He starred in a solo one-shot Giant-Size X-Men: Thunderbird #1 (2022), where he received

5963-583: The grace an Olympic gold-medalist would envy" and "swim with the ease of a porpoise ." His power of flight was discovered by his one-time mentor and team leader Peter Wisdom , who analyzed his mutation after the High Evolutionary devolved and re-evolved all mutants on Earth, and Wisdom forced James to incorporate this ability in his fighting style. This power was ignored for a while, as writer Ed Brubaker did not understand how Warpath's speed and strength would allow it. However, Warpath's fighting style in

6052-586: The grounds. Warpath enters the Morlock tunnels along with Hepzibah, Storm, and Caliban, to investigate the Morlocks' increased activity, which has included the capture of X-Men ward Leech . They see Warpath's name written on a Morlock wall, along with the names of the other X-Men. After the Morlock encounter, Hepzibah and Warpath begin a relationship. Warpath rejoins X-Force as they search a Cooperstown hospital to pick up

6141-515: The help of ancient rituals from his tribe and Selene's knife, James stabs Selene in the heart and frees his brother's soul at last. After the battle, James quits X-Force with Wolverine , claiming that he "has made his peace". James sides with Cyclops in the Schism . After working with War Machine to stop a war in Eastern Europe , Warpath's teammate Jubilee is captured by vampires . Warpath and

6230-436: The intention that Hope will destroy her own friends. Bishop helps Hope to disperse Stryfe's massive energy and the two come to an uneasy truce. Stryfe is a clone of the mutant Cable and, as a result, possesses Cable's abilities of telepathy and telekinesis. However, these abilities are far more powerful than the ones Cable has generally displayed, sufficient to block the use of Cyclops and Jean Grey 's superhuman powers. This

6319-507: The magical abilities of his Marvel Universe counterpart. Alternate versions of the character are present in some issues of What If? which is a series of comic books whose stories explore how the Marvel Universe might have unfolded if key moments in its history had not occurred as they did in mainstream continuity. Thunderbird received a bust from Dynamic Forces in 2003. w: writer, p: penciler, i: inker Stryfe Stryfe

6408-490: The mainstream comics and, finally acknowledging that his brother laid down his life to save others, joins the new X-Men team afterwards. Thunderbird (John Proudstar) Thunderbird ( John Proudstar ) is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics . Created by writer Len Wein and artist Dave Cockrum , the character first appears in Giant-Size X-Men #1 (May 1975). Thunderbird

6497-627: The original X-Men from Krakoa the mutant island. During the weeks of training that followed, the ill-tempered and individualistic Thunderbird often found himself going head to head with the X-Men's leader Cyclops . The new team's second mission took them to Valhalla Base, Colorado, to combat Count Nefaria and the Ani-Men . When Nefaria attempted to make his escape in a jet plane, Proudstar leapt on board. Disregarding Professor X 's orders to jump to safety, Thunderbird hammered at it with his bare fists. The plane exploded, killing Proudstar. Count Nefaria

6586-600: The people, save for a small rebellion. Stryfe tyrannically ruled over his subjects, the Stryfetroopers, with Bishop as his right-hand-man for nearly a decade. Stryfe placed the Ship in Westchester County, New York and renamed the city, New Celestial City. Shortly after building his empire, Stryfe employed Deadpool as security and imprisoned Kiden Nixon who was used to create a chronal net, preventing anyone from jumping out of

6675-537: The police station to demand the release of the people from Camp Gozhoo. When the local sheriff declined, Thunderbird went on the attack while driving away the punks awaiting to be detained. One hiding police officer contacts Edwin Martynec of the Heritage Initiative (which is secretly funded by Orchis ) is while mentioning that they are being attacked. Upon finding the detained people, Martynec arrives with some Heritage Initiative operatives where they plan to harvest

6764-554: The psionic energy from Stryfe and gives it back to Nate. Madelyne, Nate and Cable join forces to defeat Stryfe. Stryfe reappears, controlling the activation sequence for the Prime Sentinels . He uses them to hunt down Lady Deathstrike who holds the complete codes for all the Sentinels via cybernetic systems. Lady Deathstrike is forced to turn to the X-Men, and together they defeat Stryfe who teleports away. Stryfe later experiences

6853-487: The rest of this X-Squad have been attacking vampire hordes trying to find their friend. Warpath appears as a target for the newly revamped Weapon X Program and is opted to join Old Man Logan 's new team. Warpath is among the mutants residing on Krakoa . Following Thunderbird rescuing some of his people from some Heritage Initiative operatives led by Edwin Martynec where they were funded by Orchis , Warpath came through

6942-451: The second Thunderbird in New Mutants #16 (June 1984), created by writer Chris Claremont and artist Sal Buscema . The character initially appears as an antagonist of the New Mutants and the X-Men , but eventually joins the New Mutants in issue #99 of that series. The character appears regularly as a member of that team for most of the duration of the title. James Proudstar was born on

7031-667: The team shortly after to be with Nocturne on Heather's earth. In the House of M reality, John Proudstar appears as a police detective for the New York Police Department and as the leader of the strike force known as the " Brotherhood ." Proudstar eventually made a deal with Wilson Fisk to bring in Luke Cage 's gang as both a matter of pride and to end his criminal activities. Thunderbird's efforts resulted in Cage's Avengers battling

7120-414: The timeline. But when Stryfe was reminded by Wolverine that he already "died a hero" to just be a villain again, Stryfe claims to not know what Wolverine is talking about. Cable, Deadpool, the time-displaced X-Force and Apocalypse join forces to defeat Stryfe and Bishop. Cable and Hope travel further into the future, the X-Force return to the present, and Apocalypse drags Stryfe away, intending to use him as

7209-488: The trail of the fugitive Cable. As X-Force dispatches the remaining Reavers , Caliban sacrifices himself to save Warpath by intercepting bullets meant for him. Warpath and the rest of X-Force are charged with taking down Predator X . Warpath, Hepzibah, and Iceman meet up with Archangel in San Francisco , California . All four are caught in the effects of an illusion, created by Martinique Jason , which has transformed

7298-523: The universe. However, Stryfe ultimately regrets the path he took and the choices he has made in his life (stemming from his perpetual identity crisis as a clone), frees Bishop from the entity and sacrifices himself to save the Earth by absorbing Le Bete Noir into himself, shattering his body from the power overload. Gambit , however, is suspicious that Cable may have telepathically forced Stryfe to sacrifice himself. It's revealed during Messiah War that Stryfe

7387-578: The use of other's powers, telepathic camouflage, telekinetic flight, telekinetic force fields, mind transference and telekinetic blasts. Stryfe also has far more control over his massive psionic abilities than Cable or Nate Grey, apparently from having a whole lifetime of experience of learning how to use his powers which his alternate counterparts never had. Stryfe also possessed other abilities through genetic manipulation similar to those that Cable achieved through cybernetic augmentation, including superhuman strength and durability. Stryfe wears battle armor that

7476-527: Was drafted into the United States Marine Corps during the Vietnam War and earned the rank of corporal. He returned to his tribe after the war, but he was unhappy and listless. He was then recruited by Professor Charles Xavier to join his third group of X-Men. Eager to prove his prowess, Proudstar agreed and assumed the superhero codename Thunderbird . He assisted the other X-Men in rescuing

7565-597: Was a short-lived member of the Second Genesis group of X-Men gathered together in this issue, as he died on their second mission, where they tried to chase down Count Nefaria. His death is also depicted in X-Men: Grand Design – Second Genesis #1, where his death is witnessed by Banshee, and felt deeply by the X-Men and Charles Xavier . An Apache Native American and Human Mutant , John Proudstar possesses superhuman athletic ability. Since his death, Thunderbird

7654-515: Was able to transport himself into the future instead of dying where he is discovered by Bishop, who has been traveling through time in an attempt to kill Hope Summers . This was confirmed by the writer Christopher Yost to be the same character that had previously plagued the X-Men, mentioning in particular his survival of his fight against Nate and Cable. Bishop propositioned a chance to kill Apocalypse, if Stryfe aided him in killing Cable who Stryfe said he no longer cared about. After Bishop initiated

7743-423: Was in the following issue, The New Mutants #87 (March 1990). A clone of Cable, Stryfe is the main antagonist in the 1990s crossover X-Cutioner's Song , the 2009 X-Force / Cable crossover Messiah War , and the 2014 Cable & X-Force/Uncanny X-Force crossover "Vendetta". Stryfe appears as the main villain of the 2018–2019 run of X-Force . Askani appears to Cyclops and Jean Grey from

7832-445: Was temporarily brought back to life during the Necrosha and Chaos War storylines, before being permanently resurrected after the establishment of Krakoa . His brother James Proudstar, known first as Thunderbird, and then as Warpath , is also a mutant and X-Men with similar capabilities. In addition to his mainstream incarnations, Thunderbird has been depicted in other fictional universes . The most notable alternative version of

7921-585: Was trained in unarmed combat under the guidance of Emma Frost . He gained extensive training in the use of the staff by his long-time teammate Shatterstar , whom he eventually matched in a record time of only a dozen tries. He wields a pair of bowie knives composed of vibranium , given to him by Storm , with which he has proved to be highly proficient. James is also a skilled hunter and tracker in his native Apache tradition. Ghost Rider activated limited Apache shaman abilities within James to help him fight

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