Burner (comics)

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Burner

Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	Captain America Annual #4 (1977)
Created by	Jack Kirby

Characteristics
Alter ego	Byron Calley
Species	Human Mutant
Affiliations	Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, Resistants
Notable aliases	Crucible
Abilities	Pyrokinesis

Burner (Byron Calley), also known as Crucible is a fictional mutant character in the Marvel Comics Universe whose first appearance was in Captain America Annual #4.

1 Fictional character history
2 In other media
3 Bibliography
- 3.1 As Crucible
4 References

[edit] Fictional character history

Byron Calley was a life long member of Magneto's second Brotherhood of Mutants team, however nothing has been revealed of Burner's past. He was last seen fighting against the New Warriors but was defeated by the young heroes.^[1]

[edit] In other media

Burner made a guest appearance in the X-Men animated series from the 1990s, though as a member of the Acolytes, and using his real name: Byron Calley. In the two-part episode Sanctuary, Calley was one of the many mutants that Magneto's offer to live in Asteroid M. Calley was in charge of overseeing the defensive missiles Magneto had gathered to prevent an attack on the Asteroid. When Fabian Cortez attempted to fire the missiles to destroy Earth, Calley opposed him. It was also revealed that he was an old friend from Gambit.