- Holocaust (comics)
:"The character is not to be confused with the
Milestone Comics villain Holocaust (later renamed Pyre), who was once a member of theBlood Syndicate ."Superherobox|
caption="Holocaust", as depicted on the cover of "X-Man " #16 (June 1996). Art bySteve Skroce .
comic_color=background:#ff8080
character_name=Holocaust
real_name=
species=Human Mutant
publisher=Marvel Comics
debut="X-Men Alpha" (February 1995)
creators=Scott Lobdell Roger Cruz
alliance_color=background:#c0c0ff
alliances=Horsemen of Apocalypse
Dark Descendants
Exiles
aliases= Nemesis
powers=
Superhuman strength, agility and durability
Energy blastsLife-force absorption|Holocaust is a
fictional character that appears incomic books published byMarvel Comics . The character first appeared in "X-Men Alpha" (February 1995), and was created byScott Lobdell andRoger Cruz .Fictional character biography
Holocaust, originally known as Nemesis, ["X-Men Chronicles" #1] is the son of Apocalypse and also served as one of his Four Horsemen in the
Age of Apocalypse timeline. His physical form, nearly destroyed by Magneto, is contained in acrystalline armor ofphasing andshapeshifting properties. During the final battle in the Age of Apocalypse, Holocaust was transported into the main Marvel universe by theM'Kraan Crystal ["X-Men Omega"] . There, he continued to fight his archenemy,Nate Grey (who also had been transported from The Age of Apocalypse reality) while also acting as an agent for the psionic entity Onslaught. ["X-Man" #15-17-44] Holocaust is later forced to join the time-traveling group ofsuperheroes known as the Exiles, but is eventually killed by the genocidal version of Hyperion. ["Exiles" #60-62]In other media
Television
* Holocaust makes a brief
cameo appearance in the episode "One Man's Worth" of "".Video Games
* Holocaust appears in the
video game , "".Toys
*A Holocaust build-a-figure in the fourth series of
Marvel Legends is being released in 2008.References
External links
* [http://www.marvel.com/universe/Holocaust_%28Earth-295%29 Holocaust] at Marvel.com
* [http://www.uncannyxmen.net/db/characters/showquestion.asp?faq=71&fldAuto=1542 Uncannyxmen.net bio on Holocaust]
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