Ernst (comics)

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Ernst

Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	New X-Men #135
Created by	Grant Morrison (writer) Frank Quitely (artist)

Characteristics
Alter ego	unknown, possibly Ernst
Species	Human Mutant
Affiliations	Xavier Institute, The 198, Brotherhood of Evil Mutants IV, Special Class
Abilities	superhuman strength.

Ernst is a fictional character, a mutant in the Marvel Comics Universe. Her first appearance was in New X-Men (1st series) #135. Don't confuse Ernst with Cassandra Nova who take the form of Ernst's body and name in another reality.

The curiously-named Ernst, whose physical appearance suggests that she may be a teenage girl suffering from progeria, became a student at the Xavier Institute not long after the psionic entity called Cassandra Nova had disappeared there. While Nova's disappearance and Ernst's subsequent appearance may or may not be connected, no information on Ernst's life before becoming a student in Charles Xavier's so-called Special Class could be obtained, nor could the nature of her genetic mutation be identified. Ernst, who appears to have befriended her disembodied fellow student Martha Johansson, briefly joined the so-called Brotherhood assembled by the mutant Xorn when he went on a drug-induced, destructive rampage in New York. Ernst did not show any signs of aggression herself. Ernst is one of the few mutants who have retained their powers after the events of "M-Day". She continues living at the Xavier Institute.