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Warpath (character)

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Warpath
Warpath
Art by Clayton Crain
Publication information
PublisherMarvel Comics
First appearanceNew Mutants #16 (June 1984)
Created byChris Claremont (writer)
Sal Buscema (artist)
In-story information
Alter egoJames Jonathan Proudstar
SpeciesHuman mutant
Team affiliationsX-Men
X-Force
Hellions
New Mutants
X-Corporation
Weapon X
Weapon X-Force
Notable aliasesThunderbird, Running Sun[1]
Abilities
  • Trained armed/unarmed combatant
  • Skilled hunter and tracker
  • Peak physical condition
  • Superhuman strength, senses, agility, reflexes/reactions, flexibility, speed, stamina, resilience, and resistance to injury
  • Regeneration
  • Flight
  • Use of a pair of vibranium bowie knives

James Jonathan Proudstar, known first as Thunderbird and then as Warpath, is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, commonly in association with the X-Men. Proudstar first appears as the second Thunderbird in New Mutants #16 (June 1984).[2]

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.

Publication history

James Proudstar first appeared as Thunderbird in New Mutants #16 (June 1984),[3] 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.

Fictional character biography

Early life

James Proudstar was born on the Apache reservation at Camp Verde, Arizona.[3] 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 geneticist Edwin Martynec secretly researching radiation mutation who was finally foiled by his brother John Proudstar and his reporter friend.[4]

Operating as Thunderbird

Seeking revenge for his brother's death while serving in the X-Men, 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 the adult X-Men.[5] 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 the Hellions.[6]

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.[7]

Operating as Warpath

James joins the New Mutants, hoping to track down the Hellions and gain revenge.[7] The New Mutants cut ties with the X-Men and become the militant adventurers X-Force, and James changes his codename to Warpath. As a member of X-Force, James becomes more calm and controlled and strikes up a close friendship with his teammate Theresa Cassidy. Despite his strong attraction to her, Theresa only sees James as a friend.[volume and issue needed]

Warpath meets Risque, who helps James with his confidence, and the two begin a love affair.[volume and issue needed] However, Risque is being blackmailed by Sledge, and she drugs Warpath and brings him to his lair. Sledge's partner, Vanisher, has disappeared in the Darkforce dimension while teleporting. Sledge reveals to James that his enhanced senses would allow him to survive in the Darkforce dimension without going insane.[volume and issue needed] James locates and rescues the Vanisher, who is being held captive by natives of the Darkforce, and in turn Sledge gives information on one of his tribesman, Michael Whitecloud, whom James had presumed deceased.[8] Whitecloud tells him that Stryfe, X-Force's adversary, was behind the killing of his tribe.

After X-Force's disbanding, Warpath joins 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.[9]

Warpath is one of the few mutants to retain his powers after the events of Decimation. Shortly afterwards, he joins the X-Men at Professor X's request.[10] Warpath and Hepzibah confront one of the X-Mansion's guardian Sentinels when Caliban enters the grounds.[11] 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.[12] After the Morlock encounter, Hepzibah and Warpath begin a relationship.[13]

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 the city into a hippie paradise.[volume and issue needed] 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.[volume and issue needed] They begin to reestablish the X-Men organization in San Francisco.[14]

Warpath is one of the founding members of the new X-Force, Cyclops's covert wetwork team, charged with finding and eliminating Purifier cells. Warpath joins out of a desire for revenge for the death of Caliban at the hands of the Purifiers.[15] During X-Force's encounter with the Purifiers, James comes across Eli Bard attacking X-23; after rescuing her, Bard swears a personal vendetta against him.[16]

James takes a break from duty to make peace with the deaths he has caused and visit his brother's grave.[17] En route, his truck is destroyed by the Demon Bear.[18] He is badly beaten before being rescued by Ghost Rider.[19] 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.[20][21]

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.[22] After taking them out, James is confronted by his ex-girlfriend, Risque, where she pleads with him to get away before she is controlled again by the techno-organic virus.[23] 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.[24] 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.[25] There he fights and kills his deceased brother John. With the help of ancient rituals from his tribe and Selene's knife, James stabs Selene in the heart and frees his brother's soul. After the battle, James quits X-Force with Wolverine, claiming that he "has made his peace".[26]

Warpath appears as a target for the newly revamped Weapon X program and is opted to join Old Man Logan's new team.[27]

Warpath is among the mutants residing on Krakoa. After Thunderbird rescues some of his people from Heritage Initiative operatives funded by Orchis, Warpath comes through the Krakoan Gate planted on the Apache reservation and meets his grandmother Lozen.[28]

Powers and abilities

Physical characteristics

Warpath is 7 feet 2 inches (2.18 m) in height and weighs 350 pounds (160 kg).[3]

Physical capabilities

Warpath is a mutant who possesses superhuman physical ability in virtually all areas. He possesses superhuman strength, allowing him to easily destroy Sentinels and hold his own against Juggernaut.[29][30] Warpath possesses superhuman resistance to injury, enough to withstand short-range gunfire,[31] grenade explosions,[32] and direct telekinetic attack from Exodus.[33] He also repairs, and regenerates damaged and destroyed tissue much faster than a normal human.[34]

He possesses superhuman agility and flexibility. He can "move with the grace an Olympic gold-medalist would envy"[35] and "swim with the ease of a porpoise."[36]

Warpath's power of flight was discovered by his one-time mentor and team leader Pete Wisdom, who analyzed his mutation after the High Evolutionary devolved and re-evolved all mutants on Earth. Wisdom forced Warpath to incorporate this ability in his fighting style.[37] This power was ignored for a while, as writer Ed Brubaker did not understand how Warpath's speed and strength would allow it.[citation needed] However, Warpath's fighting style in the Messiah Complex storyline showed his flight powers,[29] and X-Force shows him flying for long distances.[volume and issue needed] Writer Christopher Yost suggested that Warpath felt "rather embarrassed by the whole flying thing."[38]

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.[39] His hearing 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.[citation needed]

After nearly being killed by Reignfire,[volume and issue needed] 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 the bare concrete.[39] He can even evade weapon fire with rapid reflexes and reactions.[40]

Training

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 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.[41] He wields a pair of bowie knives composed of vibranium, given to him by Storm,[10] with which he has proved to be highly proficient.

James is also a skilled hunter and tracker in his native Apache tradition.

Supernatural capabilities

Ghost Rider activated limited Apache shaman abilities within James to help him fight the Demon Bear. He could perceive the creature's wounds and the resulting spirit energy when it was destroyed.[20]

Reception

  • In 2014, Entertainment Weekly ranked Thunderbird and Warpath 62nd in their "Let's rank every X-Man ever" list.[42]
  • In 2018, CBR.com ranked Warpath 9th in their "X-Force: 20 Powerful Members" list.[43]

Other versions

Ultimate Marvel

In the Ultimate Comics: X-Men storyline, James Proudstar is a member of the mutant liberation in the Southwest.[44]

What If

James Proudstar appears in the What If story "What If the X-Men Died on their First Mission?". This version joined the X-Men after Thunderbird and the original X-Men were killed in battle with Krakoa.[45]

In other media

References

  1. ^ Uncanny X-Men #498
  2. ^ DeFalco, Tom; Sanderson, Peter; Brevoort, Tom; Teitelbaum, Michael; Wallace, Daniel; Darling, Andrew; Forbeck, Matt; Cowsill, Alan; Bray, Adam (2019). The Marvel Encyclopedia. DK Publishing. p. 402. ISBN 978-1-4654-7890-0.
  3. ^ a b c "Warpath: At A Glance". Marvel.com. Marvel. Archived from the original on October 24, 2013. Retrieved January 30, 2014.
  4. ^ X-Force #-1 (July 1997)
  5. ^ The New Mutants #16-17 (June - July 1984)
  6. ^ Uncanny X-Men #193 (May 1985)
  7. ^ a b The New Mutants #99 (March 1991)
  8. ^ X-Force #71 (November 1997)
  9. ^ New X-Men #133 (December 2002)
  10. ^ a b Uncanny X-Men #475 (September 2006)
  11. ^ Uncanny X-Men #487 (August 2007)
  12. ^ Uncanny X-Men #488 (September 2007)
  13. ^ Uncanny X-Men #491 (December 2007)
  14. ^ Uncanny X-Men #499 (August 2008)
  15. ^ X-Force (vol. 3) #1 (April 2008)
  16. ^ X-Force (vol. 3) #6 (October 2008)
  17. ^ X-Force (vol. 3) #7 (November 2008)
  18. ^ X-Force (vol. 3) #8 (December 2008)
  19. ^ X-Force (vol. 3) #9 (January 2009)
  20. ^ a b X-Force (vol. 3) #10 (February 2009)
  21. ^ X-Force (vol. 3) #11 (March 2009)
  22. ^ X-Necrosha one-shot (December 2009)
  23. ^ X-Force (vol. 3) #21 (January 2010)
  24. ^ X-Force (vol. 3) #22 (February 2010)
  25. ^ X-Force (vol. 3) #23 (March 2010)
  26. ^ X-Force (vol. 3) #24-25 (April - May 2010)
  27. ^ X-Men Prime (vol. 2) #1 (May 2017)
  28. ^ Giant-Size X-Men: Thunderbird one-shot (June 2022)
  29. ^ a b Uncanny X-Men #493 (February 2008)
  30. ^ X-Force #3 (October 1991)
  31. ^ X-Force #115 (June 2001)
  32. ^ Deadpool (vol. 2) #12 (January 1998)
  33. ^ X-Force #25 (August 1993)
  34. ^ Weapon X (vol. 3) #2 (June 2017)
  35. ^ X-Force #65 (April 1997)
  36. ^ X-Force #81 (September 1998)
  37. ^ X-Force #104 (July 2000)
  38. ^ George, Richard (March 15, 2008), Fraction Joins Brubaker On Uncanny, Plus more news from the Marvel's X-Men panel, IGN Entertainment, retrieved January 30, 2014
  39. ^ a b X-Force #51 (February 1996)
  40. ^ X-Force #94 (September 1999)
  41. ^ X-Force #52 (March 1996)
  42. ^ Franich, Darren (June 9, 2022). "Let's rank every X-Man ever". EW.com. Retrieved January 26, 2023.
  43. ^ Wyse, Alex (April 11, 2018). "X-Force: 20 Powerful Members Ranked From Weakest To Strongest". CBR. Retrieved January 25, 2023.
  44. ^ Ultimate Comics: X-Men #18
  45. ^ What If vol. 2 #9 (1990)
  46. ^ Singer, Bryan (24 April 2013), Every mutant needs a place to sit #XMen #DaysOfFuturePast, Twitter
  47. ^ White, Brett (8 August 2013), 'X-Men: Days Of Future Past' Footage Leaks, Shows Bishop, Warpath, Sunspot And More, Splash Page, archived from the original on August 11, 2013
  48. ^ Nieves, Davey (March 21, 2019). "MARVEL FUTURE FIGHT Adds Another Chapter to X-Force Vs. Brotherhood of Evil Mutants Battle". The Beat. Retrieved April 26, 2026.
  49. ^ Sandoval, Andrea (March 1, 2023). "10 Best Marvel Snap Cards In Pool 2". CBR. Retrieved April 26, 2026.

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