Match (Marvel Comics)

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Publication information
Match
Match by Skottie Young
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	New Mutants vol. 2, #5
Created by	Nunzio DeFilippis Christina Weir
In story information
Alter ego	Ben Hammil
Species	Human Mutant
Team affiliations	Xavier Institute The 198 Paragons Training Squad
Abilities	Fire manipulation, Immunity to extreme heat.

Match (Ben Hammil), a fictional character in the Marvel Universe. A mutant, Hammil attends the Xavier Institute.

1 Fictional character biography
2 Powers and abilities
3 Footnotes
4 External links

[edit] Fictional character biography

[edit] Paragons Squad

Ben Hammil is a mutant teenager who attends the Xavier Institute. After enrolling at the Institute, Hammil was assigned to the Paragons training squad under the tutelage of Rahne Sinclair. When it was revealed that Sinclair had been in a romantic relationship with a student, Josh Foley, she abruptly departed from the school, leaving the Paragons without an advisor. Ultimately, former New Mutant, Magma stepped in to become the Paragons' mentor. Though hot-tempered (even voted "Shortest Temper"^[1]), Hammil is a natural leader, and consequently, was named as the field leader for his squad and is still viewed as such by his former teammates after the dissolution of the squad system.

[edit] Post M-Day

Following the events of House of M, only 27 of the school's students retained their powers. All squads were dissolved, and the remaining students were merged into one group. Ben and his fellow former Paragons Trance, Wolf Cub, and Pixie were revealed to be among the handful of still-powered Xavier students^[2].

[edit] Quest for Magik

Match, along with several of his fellow students, is sucked down into the realm of Limbo. When attacked by demons, he quickly joins the fight, showing a great amount of control over his powers, killing several demons while trying to protect Pixie and Blindfold. ^[3]. Ben participated in the final fight against Belasco, survived, and is now back at the school with the rest of the students.

[edit] Divided We Stand

After the Xavier Mansion was destroyed and the X-Men disbanded, all the students were sent back to their homes, including Ben.

[edit] Powers and abilities

Ben's abilities are Pyrokinesis , enabling him to produce and manipulate flame. In addition, he is seemingly immune to fire and high temperatures. As a side effect of his powers, Ben's head remains constantly aflame. Ben's body is always glowing, and emits heat, however it is not hot enough to burn his clothing. Interestingly, the flame on his head is also not as hot as normal fire, and as such, it does not burn what it touches. This was confirmed by his creators, Nunzio DeFilippis and Christina Weir. Despite this we see it does have heat enough to toast smores.