Andreas Strucker

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Swordsman
Andreas von Strucker as the Swordsman. Also pictured is Songbird. Art by Mike Deodato.
Publisher Marvel Comics First appearance Uncanny X-Men #194 (as Andreas Strucker) Uncanny X-Men #200 (as Fenris) New Thunderbolts #2 (as Swordsman) Created by Chris Claremont John Romita, Jr.
Characteristics Alter ego Andreas von Strucker Affiliations Thunderbolts Notable aliases Fenris (with Andrea), Abilities (as Fenris) force blasts and flight while in physical contact with sister Andrea (as Swordsman) sword bound with Andrea's tanned flesh grants him which gives him his superhuman abilities

Andreas von Strucker is a fictional character in the Marvel Comics Universe. He and twin sister Andrea were known together as Fenris; when she was killed, he became the new Swordsman.

Andreas first appeared in Uncanny X-Men #194, though his powers and codename were not revealed until #200. His first appearance as the Swordsman was in New Thunderbolts #2, though the Swordsman's identity remained a mystery until #17 when it was revealed he was Andreas.

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Main article: Fenris (comics)

Andreas and his twin sister Andrea were the children of Baron Wolfgang von Strucker, the leader of the Nazi terrorist organization HYDRA. While the two were still in their mother's uterus they were genetically modified, giving them bio-energy powers that they could use when in physical contact with one another (usually when holding hands). Because of their father, Andreas and Andrea grew up to believe in white supremacy, Nazism, and the Fourth Reich.

When Andrea discovered that Citizen V was secretly Baron Zemo, he killed her to prevent her from telling anyone the truth.