Scanner (comics)

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Scanner

Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	Avengers vol. 1 #357 (as Screener) Uncanny X-Men #300 (as Scanner)
Created by	Scott Lobdell & John Romita jr (X-Men issue)

Characteristics
Alter ego	Sarah Ryall
Species	Human Mutant
Affiliations	Acolytes
Notable aliases	Screener
Abilities	Depowered, formerly: Mutant detection, Energy blasts, Ability to assume electro-transitional state, Intangibility, Telepathy

Scanner (Sarah Ryall), otherwise known as Screener, is a mutant super-villain in the Marvel Comics universe

[edit] History

As a member of the Acolytes, Scanner served as a scout that would survey the area before the others arrived, using her mutant ability to project an astral form to travel great distances. She was often seen as weak by the other Acolytes, and she lacked the confidence that the others had. During the Fall of Avalon, the Acolytes' space station, Scanner survived with teammates Unuscione, Cargill, the Kleinstocks, by the help of Cyclops. After crashlanding in the Australian Outback, the group found the X-Men's former base thanks to Scanner's scouting. Scanner requested to stay at the Xavier Institute but was declined. She served alongside the Acolytes in many of their other missions.

Scanner was one of the very few mutants to survive Cassandra Nova's Sentinel attack on Genosha. Her activities since then are unknown. Recently, however, she was revealed to have been depowered along with 90% of mutants after the events of M-Day.

[edit] Powers

Scanner is a telepath and possesses an array of psionic and bioelectrical abilities. She is able to sense the unique presence of mutant bio-rhythms, detecting them from at least a few hundred feet away. It is not clear if she can only detect mutants, or can detect all humans in her range and distinguish between powered and non-powered individuals. Scanner can also sense astral forms, seeing and hearing these psychic projections which are normally undetectable. She can release bioelectric feedback into an astral form on contact, forcing the person's consciousness to return to its physical body and often rendering them unconscious. Her primary ability is to assume an electro-transitional state, effectively becoming a living hologram. In this energy form, Scanner is able to travel at light speed across the planet's surface, is intangible, and normally undetectable to human senses. She communicates with others psionically in this state, and can become transparently visible to others if she wishes to.