Gateway (comics)
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Gateway is a fictional character in the Marvel Comics Universe, an Australian mutant with the ability to teleport objects and people from one location to another. He is considered an unofficial member of the X-Men.
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[edit] Fictional character biography
Much of Gateway's past remains a mystery to this day, including where exactly he was born and even his name. It is known that he is an Aborigine who appears to have grown up in the Outback.
It is known that he was forced to join the criminal group known as the Reavers after they discovered his powers and threatened to destroy a place sacred to the Aborigines if he didn't follow their orders. They called him "Gateway" in reference to his ability to create gateways between two points in space. Some time later, the X-Men, who had been believed by the world to have been killed in Dallas, Texas, appeared in the Outback and battled the Reavers in their own headquarters. One of the Reavers, Skullbuster, in attempting to escape the fracas, told Gateway that he would release him of all his obligations to them if he helped them escape, which Gateway did.
Afterward, the X-Men took up residence in the Reavers' former hideout, and Gateway began voluntarily using his powers to assist them. Since he seemed to be unable or unwilling to speak, Psylocke used her telepathic powers to communicate to Gateway where the X-Men wished to go. However, the X-Men eventually went back to the United States, and were discovered by the rest of the world to be alive, and Gateway's close association with them ended.
More recently, he appeared at the Xavier Institute in Massachusetts, where Generation X was training, with a young girl. When he encountered Banshee, he simply spoke her name, "Penance", much to the surprise of Generation X member M, who also apparently knows him, and disappeared. This may have something to do with his feelings of guilt over his part in the downfall of the Hellions.
Gateway appeared briefly to Storm's X-Treme X-Men team, shortly after the death of Psylocke, and revealed that he is Bishop's great-grandfather. Here it was also revealed that he is virtually omniscient, as he is described as "the repository of the knowledge of humanity, the living index of every hard earned scrap of information gleaned in our ascent from mindless savagery." What he has been doing since then is largely unknown, but he has been revealed to be one of the mutants to have retained his powers after the M-Day. [issue # needed]
[edit] Alternate versions
[edit] Age of Apocalypse
In the Age of Apocalypse, Gateway is an ally of Weapon X and Carol Danvers. He is the complete opposite of his 616 counterpart as he is talkative. He is seen trying to absorb all the knowledge from old media sources.
[edit] In other media
[edit] Video Games
- Gateway has a small role in the game X-Men Legends. The Brotherhood was forcing Gateway to make a portal to the equator so they make it to the teleporter to Magneto's lair. Gateway then helped the X-Men chase after the Brotherhood.
