She was created by Jonathan Hickman and Jerome Opeña. Ībyss (alien) Publication history Ībyss debuted in The Avengers (vol. The Age of Apocalypse incarnation of Abyss appears in X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse, voiced by Quinton Flynn.Seeking revenge, Abyss faced Banshee and Quicksilver at the Temple of the Madri, though Abyss died when Banshee sacrificed himself by flying inside of the Horseman's void and activating his powers. He joined them in their attack against refugees escaping from North America and was defeated by Quicksilver and Storm. Abyss became attached to the religious institutions of Apocalypse's regime: the Brotherhood of Chaos and The Madri. But instead of rebelling against Apocalypse, he joined his forces, attaining the rank of Horseman after killing Bastion. Abyss was rumored to have been a prisoner of Sinister's Breeding Pens, from which he broke out. This Abyss has a slightly different appearance but essentially the same powers. He was one of Apocalypse's Horsemen, a nihilist with a warped sense of humor. Other versions īefore his introduction in the mainstream Marvel universe, a variant of Abyss appeared in the alternate timeline Age of Apocalypse. He has limited psionic empathy, able to feel the emotions of people contained within him and those in his immediate vicinity. He is able to drain the lifeforce of the captives he holds in his form and can deposit them in this dimension permanently, but it is unknown if anything can survive there. His body is actually a portal to the same dimension that Nightcrawler temporarily enters when he teleports, later dubbed the "Brimstone Dimension". While holding them he can absorb anything within the shadowy confines of his form, akin to what the superhero known as Cloak does. Powers and abilities Ībyss is a mutant who can unwind his body into highly tensile strands that can be stretched or used to ensnare a victim. Hoffman was defeated, Abyss remained silent as Fatale and Reaper vowed to make Quicksilver pay for their near death. After the three ex-mutants were rescued and Dr. Terrence Hoffman later used a machine to extract them and drained them of their energies. The three of them were frozen within the Brimstone Dimension. When the side effects of the Terrigen Mist began to take effect, he flung Fatale and Reaper into the Brimstone Dimension and followed them. As a result, he joined the X-Cell, a group of ex-mutants who blamed the government for the loss of their powers. Styger was one of scores of mutants who lost their powers after the Scarlet Witch wished mutants out of existence. He was subsequently revealed to be Nightcrawler's half-brother, as both were sons of Azazel. Ībyss later resurfaced when his father Azazel psychically summoned his many children to attempt to release his army from the Brimstone Dimension that he had been banished to hundreds of years before. Abyss admitted that he had no idea where Mystique was transported to or if she would ever return. The timely arrival of some other members of X-Corps stopped that, however. Abyss then sucked Mystique through his interdimensional void, and, unable to shut off his power, almost swallowed Banshee also. When the terrorist Mystique revealed herself and her intentions to use the X-Corps, the wounded Banshee freed Abyss from his confinement. While being held by the X-Corps, he witnessed Sunpyre's murder. Both mutants were captured by Banshee's mutant militia known as the X-Corps. Ībyss was later seen in Berlin, Germany battling the former Gene Nation member known as Fever Pitch. However, he did not die due to the actions of Colossus, who sacrificed himself to release an airborne cure to the virus which had taken his little sister Illyana's life several years prior. Nils Styger was a protector for Genoshan researcher Renee Majcomb whom he had been assisting with research into the Legacy Virus from which Abyss suffered. Abyss was created by Scott Lobdell, Mark Waid, Roger Cruz, and Steve Epting. Abyss (Nils Styger) Ībyss, also known as Nils Styger, is a mutant who is the son of Azazel and the half-brother of Nightcrawler and Kiwi Black.Īn alternate universe's counterpart of the character first appeared in X-Men: Alpha, and the heroic Marvel Universe version of the character first appeared in Cable (vol. The existence of Galactus prevents him from emerging.
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