MC2 Mystery: Who are the X-People's Fathers?
Disclaimer: When I was researching the X-People, I noticed people online made profiles for them and assigned them names for their secret identities. In turn, other web sites contributed to the confusion and stated those names as fact on their X-People profiles. Who knew the Internet thrived on misinformation, confusion and plagiarism? So in these MC2 mystery posts where I speculate on who the parents of various individuals are, I'm not stating that as a fact. Only Tom DeFalco and his collaborators can do that. My posts are meant to entertain and tie together Marvel history in an organic way.
The X-People were a team of young mutants formed by Jubilee. For the X-People, I could only think of possible fathers, but no mothers I'm sorry to say.
Spanner-She has elastic/stretching abilities.
Reed Richard a.k.a. Mr. Fantastic--Reed, you dog. Stepping out on Sue? I'm not serious about this theory.
Flatman--Member of the Great Lakes Avengers, who in addition to appearing 2-D, also had stretching abilities. This would be my preferred choice.
Bruce Dickson a.k.a. Thin Man--A hero active during WWII as a member of the Liberty Legion. Spanner could be a possible descendant.
Torque--He has super speed and can whirl around at high speed.
Whirlwind--When he fought Torque, J2 commented that Torque's cyclonic abilities resembled a human top, which was the first supervillain name Cannon used before becoming Whirlwind.
Simian--He has ape-like strength and agility.
Henry "Hank" McCoy a.k.a. The Beast--Simian does have the same pose as the Beast on the cover of X-Men #3, which the cover of J2 #2 is an homage to. His powers and appearance are similar to Hank's before he transformed into his more well known blue furred appearance. Hank transformed back into his humanoid form a few times, which would have given him time to conceive with a woman if she wasn't into furries.
Jerome Beechman a.k.a. Mandrill--A villain who resembled the primate from west central Africa. Mandrill was the son of a white nuclear scientist and was born with black skin and tufts of hair on his body. His mutation eventually made him resemble a mandrill and gave him the ability to project pheromones that he used to enslave women. Being both repulsive in attitude and appearance, any child he sired would have been born under tragic, non-consensual circumstances.
Martin Blank a.k.a. Gibbon--A mutant orphan with the build, abilities and superficial appearance of a primate (he accentuated the appearance by wearing a costume) , Martin Blank was an orphan (the last name was his choice) who tried to team up with Spider-Man and became a pawn of Kraven the Hunter. He later went straight and teamed up with The Grizzly (another reformed Spider-Man villain) to stop the White Rabbit. He would be my preferred choice for Simian's father.
Angry Eagle--He has the ability to fly and throws stun darts.
Warren Worthington a.k.a. The Angel and Archangel--Based on their powers, Warren does seem to be a likely candidate. After getting mutated by Apocalypse, he did develop a chip on his shoulder like Angry Eagle has.
James Proudstar a.k.a Thunderbird and Warpath--I saw a fan profile that stated without canonical evidence that Angry Eagle is Native American. Angry Eagle is a person of color. It would fit if he was the son of James Proudstar, the second Thunderbird, who was later called Warpath. James and his older brother John, the first Thunderbird, did have chips on their shoulder, probably somewhat justified due to the historical and contemporary treatment of Native Americans in the United States. This would be my preferred choice.
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