Plague (comics)

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comic_color = background:#ff8080
character_name = Plague
publisher = Marvel Comics
debut = "Uncanny X-Men" #169 (May 1983)
creators = Chris Claremont
Paul Smith
alliance_color = background:#c0c0ff
alter_ego = unrevealed
species=Human Mutant
status = Dead
alliances = Horsemen of Apocalypse
previous_alliances = Morlocks
aliases = Pestilence
relatives = **
powers = adapt to and absorb any disease, then spread it through touch

Plague was a fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe. She was originally a member of the Morlocks before joining the Horsemen of Apocalypse.

Publication history

Plague first appeared in "Uncanny X-Men" #169-170 (May-June 1983), and was created by Chris Claremont and Paul Smith.

The character subsequently appears as Pestilence in "X-Factor" #10 (November 1986), #15 (April 1987), #17 (June 1987), #19 (August 1987), #22-25 (November 1987-February 1988), "Power Pack" (February 1988), and "Daredevil" #252 (March 1988.

Plague appeared as part of the "Morlocks" entry in the "Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition" #9.

Fictional character biography

Plague is an old woman with the power to adapt her immune system to any virus or disease and then mutate it so that she can transmit it to another living being through touch. After she survives the Mutant Massacre of the Morlocks, Apocalypse chooses her to join his Horsemen as Pestilence. ["X-Factor" #10] She flies alongside her team during the assault on Manhattan, and kills countless humans. She eventually dies after Julie Power knocks her from her electric flying horse. ["Power Pack" #35]

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