Feral (comics)

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Feral

Feral in X-Force #41.

Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	New Mutants #99 (March, 1991)
Created by	Rob Liefeld (co-writer and artist), Fabian Nicieza (co-writer)

Characteristics
Alter ego	Maria Callasantos
Species	Human Mutant
Affiliations	New Mutants, X-force, Morlocks, Mutant Liberation Front, Hellions, X-Corporation
Abilities	Formerly: Feline appearance, sharp claws and teeth, enhanced senses, night vision, agility, strength, accelerated healing, prehensile tail.

Feral is a fictional comic book superhero in the Marvel Comics universe, most recognizably associated as a member of the New Mutants and X-Force. In many ways, she was X-Force's counterpart to X-Factor's Wolfsbane, or the X-Men's Wolverine.

1 Fictional character biography
2 Powers
3 Bibliography
4 External link

[edit] Fictional character biography

The cat-like mutant Feral joined Cable's paramilitary group X-Force in New Mutants #100 (the final issue of the comic book series). She remained with the team from X-Force #1 and on throughout the early 1990s.

Feral was always the ticking time bomb of X-Force especially when it came to fellow teammate Siryn, barely capable of controlling her deadly temper. Prior to joining the group, Feral and her sister Thornn had to leave home and lived with the Morlocks. It was later discovered that both girls had been molested by their step-father and in retaliation Feral had killed the man and shoved his body into the wall. Her mother found out and sought vengeance on the girl by killing all of her pet birds. This infuriated Feral to the point where she also killed her mother in a fit of rage. It was also hinted at that she had purposely pushed their younger sister down the stairs, leading to her death, as well as allowed their younger brother to fall to his death from their roof. Ultimately, Feral betrayed X-Force and became the enemy of her former teammates, joining the terrorist group known as the Mutant Liberation Front, although her alliances would continue to shift.

X-Force #90 where Feral injures Siryn

After a brief stint with the MLF, Feral later resurfaced with a new incarnation of the Hellions led by King Bedlam. Although the team's criminal activities were limited to stealing the Armaggedon Man to use him as a weapon, Feral left her mark. All of the rage that she had felt for Siryn in the past boiled over in an argument where Feral sliced through Siryn's vocal cords, incapacitating her powers.

Feral spent some time in prison for her criminal actions as well as the murders of her family, but was obviously pardoned because the next time she was seen was in the company of X-Men. She, as well as her sister Thornn, were recruited to be members of X-Corporation Mumbai along with her former teammate Warpath and Sunfire. This did not bode well with fans because of all of the tensions between those relationships: Thornn hated her sister for killing their family, Warpath had an extreme disgust for Feral because of what she had done to Siryn, and Sunfire had sworn off working with the X-Men a long time before. Nevertheless, this appearance was a brief one. The team helped save Professor X from an assassination attempt by a crazed Empress Lilandra, who still believed that Charles Xavier was Cassandra Nova.

She once more disappeared into comic limbo and reappeared after the event of M-Day, where the Scarlet Witch caused the mutant gene to disappear from 90-95% of the mutant population worldwide, making them "baseline humans". Both Feral and her sister were shown to be depowered.

[edit] Powers

Formerly had a feline appearance that endowed her with a thin layer of orange and white fur covering her body, sharp claws and teeth, enhanced senses, night vision, agility, strength, and healing ability as well as a prehensile tail. Now depowered.