| Trish Tilby | |
|---|---|
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | X-Factor vol. 1 #7 |
| Created by | Louise Simonson Jackson Guice |
| In-story information | |
| Alter ego | Patricia Tilby |
| Team affiliations | X-Men (honorary) |
| Abilities | none, is a baseline human |
Patricia "Trish" Tilby is a fictional character in the Marvel Comics Universe and first appeared in X-Factor vol. 1 #7
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Trish Tilby is a television news reporter, and predominantly seen working for NCBC (an obvious allusion to CNBC, due to the logo, as well as accidentally being called CNBC in an issue of X-Men vol. 2) News Network. She is the on-again/off-again ally of the X-Men.
She originally appears investigating X-Factor when the team were pretending to be mutant-hunters as a way of gathering persecuted mutants into the fold. With aide from Mystique, she reveals that Warren Worthington, secretly the hero known as Angel, was backing the team. Trish also reports on the team's battle with the villain Apocalypse. Around then she meets Hank McCoy, the Beast. They soon begin what would be a very rocky relationship.
During part of the time Hank was part of X-Factor, Trish Tilby works for W-ARC TV, alongside her older ex-husband Paul Burton. This, of course, causes tension in the relationship. Beast becomes depressed after he misinterprets a friendly peck on the cheek shared between Trish and Paul.
Beast has actually returned to the human-like form he had when he first joined the X-Men. This has also affected his intelligence-level, making it rather low, but eventually he reverts back to his blue-furred appearance and his high-intellect. He also readopts his wisecracking sense of humour. Trish becomes a little distant from him at this stage claiming that, although she "could get used to the fur", she finds his attitude of literally laughing in the face of danger disconcerting.
Trish and Beast's relationship becomes further strained when she tells the world of the Legacy Virus, especially how the long-term ally of the X-Men, Moira MacTaggert, a human, has become infected.[1] They have an intense argument in Trish's workplace, in which she blames Hank for not curing the virus fast enough.
Hank dumps her over this situation. They end up getting back together after they are both kidnapped by the murderous alternate-universe double of Hank called the Dark Beast. Trish redeems herself soon after. During a Christmas trip with the X-Men, Trish is taken away also Shi'ar alien Gladiator teleports away the entire team. She works with the X-Men to fight the threat of the Phalanx, who are devastating the Shi'ar empire. When the team returns to Earth, Trish (and the other X-Men who return) become unwilling participants in a 'trial' holding Gambit accountable for his past crimes. The entire adventure earns her honorary X-Men status.
Tilby makes a brief cameo in Venom Carnage Unleashed #3 of 4, reporting on the mysterious death of a computer expert and the escape of Carnage from the Ravencroft facility. Events of this series spill over into Venom: Sinner Take All #1, where Trish is an on-scene witness to the shotgun murder of a video game CEO and his cowardly lawyer. The murders are committed by a vigilante calling himself the Sin-Eater. Trish also witnesses the shooting of Ann Weying, the wife of Eddie Brock. Ann survives her wounds.
Around this time, Magneto, in control of Genosha, sees his sick and dying mutants cured by the eradication of the Legacy Virus. He reveals his plans for a new army in an exclusive interview with Trish.
Around this time, Trish is featured in the back-up story for the second 'X-Men' annual. Her interviewee, a doctor, is attack by a delusional mutant. She is slightly injured as well. Beast saves them both, along with nearby security guards.[2]
A beating by Vargas and a power-adjustment by Sage leads to Beast looking much more feline, just in time for the villain Cassandra Nova. Impersonating Professor X, she exposes the X-Men to the world and Trish's relationship with Hank comes to light. A news article uses the word 'bestiality' three times in referring to their relationship. This causes Trish to break up with Hank via an answering machine, right before a big date.
After the Scarlet Witch's reality warp wiped out most mutant's powers, Trish is seen reporting on the status of the residents of Mutant Town, New York. She sees Bishop and worried, asks about Beast[3].
Tilby is seen reporting on the various disasters befalling the Earth in a magically-created incident. [4]
Trish appears in the House of M, still a reporter and reports the tension between humans and mutants[5]
In the 'Ultimate' universe, Trish is also a teleivision reporter, she is seen reporting on the release of Hank Pym to Tony Stark. [6]