Yeti (comics)

Yeti is the name of two fictional comic book characters from the Marvel Comics universe.

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Brief information

The first Yeti is a huge humanoid and is believed to be an Inhuman that was mutated by the Terrigen Mist.

The second Yeti was a member of Weapon P.R.I.M.E., a covert Canadian superhuman team working for Department K, the agency responsible for the Weapon X project that created the X-Men character Wolverine.

Both are depicted as huge white beasts that resemble the Wendigo.

History

Inhuman Yeti

Yeti

Publication information
Publisher Marvel Comics
First appearance Fantastic Four #99 (1970)
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Team affiliations First Line

Yeti is an Inhuman mutated by the Terrigen Mist. He first appeared as a member of the superhero team First Line. During a battle while serving with the First Line he entered the fray but lost control and became a raging beast; his team mate Rapunzel used a piece of hair to distract him and he quickly calmed down. After this incident, he left the team in shame of his behavior. He tried to return to Attilan but wound up lost in the Himalayas. He set up in an abandoned temple in the Himalayas to survive. After this he was found by a Skrull woman named Khoyra. She manipulated Yeti into helping her with an invasion of Earth. The First Line repelled the attack, and Khoyra was killed by an unknown cause. Yeti took the body back to his temple and refused to leave it as it decayed. After this, little was seen of him for a while in comics. When Havok and Polaris were searching for a mutant that Cerebro had located, Yeti threw a boulder at them because he wanted to be alone. This knocked them out the sky. When they searched the temple, Yeti attacked them. The X-Men came to support Havok and Lorna but Yeti's rage overcame him. After a short battle, Pixie, another ex-member of the First Line arrived with the Inhuman royal family and turned Yeti to stone temporarily and explained the situation to the X-Men before allowing them to leave.

Weapon P.R.I.M.E. Yeti

Yeti

Publication information
Publisher Marvel Comics
First appearance X-Force #11 (1992)
In-story information
Team affiliations Department K
Weapon P.R.I.M.E.

The second Yeti is a member of the covert Canadian superhuman group Weapon P.R.I.M.E. who has fought X-Force and Northstar of Alpha Flight.

It has been speculated that this Yeti is either a mutant or an intelligent Wendigo. Originally, the character was actually given the codename of Wendigo. Despite their similar physical appearances, the second Yeti has no connection to the other one.

Powers and abilities

Yeti I possesses incredible strength. He also has razor sharp claws and teeth. He is easily angered and suffers from bouts of insanity when he becomes too angry. However this savage, animal nature in these situations makes him almost unbeatable. He has been calmed by pretty things that catch his eye.

In addition to superhuman strength and claws, Yeti II possesses a healing factor which enables him to recover from serious injuries.

Alternate Versions

Age of Apocalypse

Yeti appears as a member of the Brotherhood of Chaos.

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