Olivia williams previously portrayed moira in xmen. After proteuss powers burned out his original body, he existed in a. Give our search a try, take a look at the menu to the left to see how you can help us improve the site, or use to track and manage your comic collection. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. Cyclops is someone that defines the multilayered characters that exist in the xmen franchise. Proteus, the dreaded mutant x, appeared in 1979 in the uncanny xmen. Wiki authority control authority control is a method of creating and maintaining index terms for bibliographical material in a library catalogue. History for compositecharactercomicbooks tv tropes. The character was created by writer and artist steve ditko. Marvel comic character, comic book characters, marvel characters, comic books art, comic art, book art, marvel x, marvel heroes, comics. Proteus is one of the marvel universes most powerful mutants. He is the mutant son of professor charles xavier and gabrielle haller.
To that point the following comic book stories are the best place to start understanding why cyclops is both the ultimate leader and a flawed character who is synonymous with the xmen. Proteus heads a international conglomerate, and is secretly the head of the secret proteus organization which works behind the scenes on just causes worldwide. Proteus was once a member of the new olympians and fought the original incarnation of the outsiders. Discover a characters comic book appearances, and browse issues containing your favorite marvel characters. She was most notably portrayed by rose byrne in the xmen film series, appearing in first class and apocalypse. Kevin was the mutant son of scottish genetic researcher moira mactaggert and politician joseph mactaggert. The 15 weirdest crossovers in comic book history cbr. Proteus was known as mutant x and killed many people in his search for the perfect host body. Packaged in a very attactive box with the proteus on the cover, and a detailed description on the back panel of what the premise of the fantastic voyage motion picture. He is particularly noted for his shapeshifting skills to the point of having no stable form. Kevin mactaggert was created by chris claremont and john byrne. So, they experience it second hand through those that wear the black hat.
Proteus comic villains, marvel comics artists, spiderman. Subscribe to marvel unlimited to read proteus comic lists by marvel experts. Wolverine and moiras pasts haunt them as they battle proteus, a being who must possess the bodies of others to survive. Proteus exists in a state of pure psionic energy and hence has no physical powers. This arc was a sudden swerve into horror tropes, with the xmen attempting to stop the immensely powerful and horribly murderous proteus despite seeming outmatched. Some of the xmen have theorized in the past that proteus merely creates illusions in peoples minds that he manipulates reality, but the preponderance of evidence is that proteuss realitywarping powers are indeed real. While many senators were rich jerks, he was one step above the rest, being known to manipulate events behind the scenes to benefit the. Subscribe to marvel unlimited to read proteus ultimate comic lists by marvel experts. Proteus is a novel by morris west which was published in 1979. Depicted as a version of the hulk from an alternate future designated by marvel comics as earth9200, the maestro possesses bruce banners.
Browse a comprehensive az list of marvel comic characters. Proteus is a noble prince and the tritagonist of the dreamworks film sinbad. Legion david charles haller is a fictional character appearing in american comic books published by marvel comics. In later years, proteus, along with his teammates, was executed by william matthews, also known as gog. Browse marvels comprehensive list of proteus comics. Legion takes the role of an antihero who has a severe mental illness including a form of dissociative identity disorder. The character is justly famous for his monologues on the subject of his ungrateful, illbehaved dog, crab. Proteus was the name given to a marvel comics character, also known as mutant x and featuring in the xmen comics. Proteus one of the five is one of the most powerful omegalevel mutants in all of xmen canon. Proteus remington cord was created by writer and artist steve ditko in 1968. Because proteus could assume whatever shape he pleased, he came to be regarded by some as a symbol of the original matter from which the world was created. Find out what other deviants think about anything at all. The fact that darth vader is the face of the star wars franchise, or that heath ledger won an academy award for his role as. The prometheus comic book line is a series of comic books published by dark horse comics based on the 2012 film prometheus.
Browse marvels comprehensive list of proteus ultimate comics. That theme is no less than the worlds tyranny and violencespecifically the plight of political prisonersand the unbelievable character crusading against it is big john spada, an anthonyquinnish. The story goes that she told menelaus a character from the book the odysseywhile he was on his way back home from the trojan war her fathers secret that her father, proteus, would be forced to have to tell the truth or the future about something or someone if they were able to catch or capture him after he changed shapes. The captor in homers version odyssey, book iv was menelaus. Proteus aka remington cord is a supervillain, that appears in comic books published by dc comics as an enemy of the superhero the creeper. While moiras character has been completely revitalized thanks to. The grand comics database gcd is a nonprofit, internetbased organization of international volunteers dedicated to building an open database covering all printed comics throughout the world. Ultimate proteus is david xavier, son of moira and professor x. This video explores the abilities, powers, and origin of the marvel comics character proteus. As a major supporting character to the xmen mythos, moira has appeared frequently in other media. Shortly thereafter proteuss plans change, because of his fathers insistence, and he too heads for milan after proclaiming his undying love and fidelity to julia.
Proteus is a mysterious old guy with lots of secretslike nereusbut even more mysterious with even more secrets. West can be a grand storyteller, but here hes mostly a grim preacher, sacrificing all craftsmanship and all believability of character or plot in order to pursue a theme beyond his grasp. Kevin mactaggert prime marvel universe earth616 alternate reality versions movies television. Proteus was a disturbed mutant supervillain originating in marvels popular xmen series. Kevin mactaggert, best known as proteus and also called mutant x, is a character appearing in american comic. Former marvel executive and writers share details on the. When he inhabits a host body he possesses whatever physical. This is a fascinating high finance high wire thriller that although at times it may seem a bit dated. Proteus is first seen escorting the legendary book of peace to syracuse, its rightful place, where it will help restore the world to order.
While spawn is the most wellknown image character here, he only appears on one page. Was this your homage to the original jla proteus comic book, in which zatanna was turned into a derelict. This includes a short, canon character biography and my own opinionated sage rating, which i use to give ratings of comic book and science fiction characters. Proteus, the old man of the sea, is an olympian deity of the sea.
Everyone can appreciate good drawings, so do we and this is why we will display the artwork of russian artist roman amok papsuev and his view of russian and slavic in general mythological beings. He can shapeshift, elongate his limbs, and grow birdlike wings. Proteus personality is possibly inspired off of that of proteus, one of the two main characters in the play the two gentlemen of verona, given that gargoyles heavily utilized shakespearean elements in its storytelling although not a child of oberon, for all intents and purposes, proteus was a manipulative trickster much in the same manner as raven, anansi and coyote. Slavic fairy tales in perfectly detailed sketches by roman papsuev. Learn all about proteus both on screen and in comics. He is a noble prince of syracuse and an unlikely friend to sinbad he is voiced by joseph fiennes. Proteus thomas the tank engine and friends, a legendary narrow gauge steam engine with a big, flashing lamp in thomas and friends. His primary abilities are to warp reality according to his will, and possession of others by psychic. The links produced by the authority control template on wikipedia go to.
Proteus the two gentlemen of verona, a character from william shakespeares play the two gentlemen of verona. Kevin mactaggert, best known as proteus and also called mutant x, is a character appearing in american comic books published by marvel comics. The insane son of moira mactaggert, proteus is a mutant with the power to warp the fabric of reality itself. Proteus is a shapeshifter, able to stretch his limbs and body, turn his hands into spiked maces, grow wings to fly, and takes on a handsome appearance to hide his true face. Stan lee helped shape the story of what it is to be american smithsonian curator eric jentsch weighs into the legacy of the comicbook mastermind. What this book is really about is the question of how much power, what kind of power, and when power is justifed to be used for which purposes. The maestro is a fictional supervillain appearing in american comic books published by marvel comics. Proteus was the chairman of the corrupt senate on pregreat war cybertron and a heavy supporter of the functionism system segregating cybertronian society. Marvels most wellknown villains include the green goblin. Stan lee helped shape the story of what it is to be.
He must constantly hop from body to body, as the energies he controls burn out living. Aptly named, proteus was a mutant possessing the ability to manipulate and alter reality, allowing him to transmute matter and bend the laws of physics according to his imagination. Finally, after much anticipation, the mobeus models proteus, has arrived. Together with launce, he offers a comic reflection of the concerns of the main characters. Marvel comics is a comic book publishing house famous for creating notable super heroes such as spiderman, iron man, captain america, hulk, thor, the avengers, the guardians of the galaxy, the xmen, the fantastic four, and deadpool. The last stand, wherein she resembled her comic book. Proteus ultimate comics proteus ultimate comic book. Paul proteus, the main character in player piano by kurt vonnegut. Xmen proteus is the first comic book i have purchased and i was not disappointed. The character is commonly associated with the xmen. Proteus is a composite of the original franchisemarveluniverse proteus kevin mctaggart, son of moira and joseph mctaggart and legion david haller, son of professor x and gabrielle haller. He was an extremely powerful being capable of reshaping reality itself in horrific ways at will.