Angel Salvadore

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Angel

Cover to New X-Men #119. Art by Frank Quitely.

Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	New X-Men (first series) #118 (2001)
Created by	Grant Morrison Ethan Van Sciver

Characteristics
Alter ego	Angel Salvadore
Species	Human Mutant
Affiliations	Brotherhood of Mutants Xavier Institute Special Class
Abilities	None, formerly: Flight Acid spit Insectoid physiology.

Angel Salvadore, often simply called Angel, is a fictional character created by Grant Morrison and Ethan Van Sciver. She first appeared in New X-Men (first series) #118.

1 Fictional character biography
2 Fan Disappointment: Great But Unused Potential... So Far
3 Alternate Versions
4 Powers and abilities
5 Bibliography
6 References
7 External links

[edit] Fictional character biography

Angel Salvadore was fourteen years old when her mutant nature first manifested itself and she was driven out of her home by her abusive step-father. The following morning, she awoke and discovered that she had formed a cocoon about herself while she slept and had emerged after sprouting a pair of wings. She was then attacked by U-Men, humans who sought to harvest mutant body parts to graft onto themselves. Angel was rescued by Wolverine who took her to the Xavier Institute where she reluctantly enrolled as a student. After accepting a bet to kiss Beak^[1] , her classmate in the Xavier Institute's "Special Class", Angel grew close to him and they began to see each other romantically. Angel would later reveal to Beak that she was pregnant^[2] and she laid pods on the ceiling of a shed on the school grounds. Her pods hatched^[3] during an investigation for the murder of Emma Frost where Angel was implicated as being the shooter. Shortly afterwards, Xorn, instructor of the Special Class, revealed himself to be the mutant terrorist Magneto, and Angel was convinced to serve as a member of his latest incarnation of the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants. Under the leadership of Beak, Angel and other members of the Special Class would rise up against Magneto and help guide the regrouping X-Men back to Magneto's stronghold where he was defeated. Later on Beak was unhinged from time^[4] in order to gain experience from every harsh lesson he would learn with the Exiles in order to prepare him for a future event where several worlds will hang in the balance. As a result of his unhinging, he was for a time unable to interact with beings from his home timeline and his family believed him to have run away. Only by serving with the Exiles could he win them back. As a result of the effects of the House of M event, Beak (who got back to his home reality thanks to the Exiles), his wife Angel and their children (except Tito) have lost their powers and thus, their "hideous" appearance, and are now finally able to live happily together again^[5].

[edit] Fan Disappointment: Great But Unused Potential... So Far

Angel Salvadore was immediately and immensely popular with readers. Unlike other, previous young female mutants (such as Shadowcat and Jubilee) who had joined Xavier's to be trained by the X-Men, Angel was no goodie-goodie. At age 14, she smoked, drank, had sex (she aggressively seduced Beak, unknown to him all on a paid bet from other students at Xaviers) and had a rebellious and deeply abrasive personality. New ground in comics was broken when Angel revealed she was pregnant at age 14 by Beak. It was hinted (and, in fact, stated outright in the comic) that she possibly had the potential to be a great super-hero. After Grant Morrison ended his writing duties of New X-Men after issue 154, many fans were disappointed to not see Angel, Beak or their children anywhere in the X-Men books for many, many months. When they finally appeared in Exiles, but were shown to be depowered, many fans were saddened and angered that one of the best plotlines/characters of Morrison's outstanding run had been dropped. Fans have expressed interest in Angel and Beak and their brood regaining their mutations and returning to Xaviers (and the main X-Men books).

[edit] Alternate Versions

In the House of M, Angel was a famous supermodel.^[6]

[edit] Powers and abilities

As of M-Day, she possesses no superhuman powers. Formerly, she had a partially insectoid anatomy along the lines of the housefly that gave her corrosive spit and insectoid wings that allowed her to fly. To give birth, she laid eggs with a short gestation period.