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Vanisher

This article is about the Marvel Comics character. For the Slavic fairy referred to as the vanisher, seeBies.

Vanisher(Telford Porter) is a fictional character andmutantsupervillainappearing inAmerican comic bookspublished byMarvel Comics.Vanisher's primary ability is teleportation. He is usually depicted as an opponent of theX-Men.The character was created byStan LeeandJack Kirby,and first appeared inThe X-Men#2 (November 1963).[1]

Vanisher
Cover toX-Force#69
Publication information
PublisherMarvel Comics
First appearanceThe X-Men#2 (November 1963)
Created by
In-story information
Alter egoTelford Porter
SpeciesHuman mutant
Team affiliations
Notable aliasesEl Hombre que Desaparece
Abilities

Brad Pittportrays him in a cameo in the live-action filmDeadpool 2.

Publication history

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The Vanisher first appeared inThe X-Men#2 (November 1963), created by writerStan Leeand artistJack Kirby.

Fictional character biography

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Born inMilton, Massachusetts,the Vanisher is amutantand a professional criminal with the ability to teleport to any place imaginable. He commits a series of spectacular crimes including: building a large criminal organization, stealing confidential defense plans and attempting to extort millions of dollars from the U.S. government.[2]With support from a large group of non-mutant followers, he goes to the front lawn of theWhite Houseto await his payment.Professor Xavierand theX-Menare able to intervene when Xavier inducesamnesiaupon the Vanisher. Forgetting his powers, the Vanisher is taken into police custody and the X-Men defeat the Vanisher's mob.[3]

The Vanisher regains his memory and joinsFactor Three,a subversive organization of mutants who seek world domination. Factor Three attempts to startWorld War IIIbetween the United States and theSoviet Union.TheMutant Master,leader of Factor Three, is revealed to be an alien of theSirisrace with a plan to conquer Earth. The rest of Factor Three, including the Vanisher, team up with the X-Men to defeat him.[4]The Vanisher is later held prisoner by theSentinels,but is saved by the X-Men.[5]

The Vanisher disappears for a period, but comes out of hiding to fight theChampionsby joining theBrotherhood of Mutantsand using reprogrammed Sentinels. He is defeated by the Champions and is trapped in mid-teleportation byDarkstar.[6]TheDarkforcestrands half of him in another dimension, with the other half inPoughkeepsie, New Yorkwhere he is found by the X-Men. WhenNightcrawlertouches him they become stranded in another dimension. After returning to Earth,[7]the Vanisher organizes a group of young mutant thieves, known as theFallen Angels.Eventually the Fallen Angels disband, and the Vanisher is left to his own devices.[8]Later, he joins a group of villains to challenge the Fantastic Four but is defeated.[9]

The Vanisher withdraws again until he is mentally controlled by Asylum to attack theNew Warriorsand other superheroes. Darkling, asuperhumanwho uses energies from theDarkforceDimension, is defeated and the Vanisher regains his free will.[10]He later joins a second incarnation of theEnforcers,called theNew Enforcers.Along withEeland a woman named Blitz, the Vanisher is part of the Outer Circle of the Enforcers that becomes involved in a clash between the criminal organizationsA.I.M.andHYDRA.The New Enforcers are confronted and eventually defeated bySpider-Man.[11]

X-Teams

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The Vanisher seeks to understand his powers in greater detail. He visits theDarkforce Dimension,resulting in his capture by its inhabitants. He is forced to read them stories until he is rescued byX-Force'sWarpath,who had been manipulated into performing the mission.[12]

The Vanisher resurfaces as a leader of aSouth Americandrug cartel,which is producing and distributing drugs such as mutant growth hormone throughout theAmericas.Stacy X,IcemanandArchangelare instrumental in stopping hisNorth Americanoperations.[13]

X-Force

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The Vanisher is one of the few mutants that retained their superhuman powers afterM-Day.Hired to steal a vial of the long-thought-destroyedLegacy Virusfrom one of Mr. Sinister's labs, he resurfaces in Japan.CyclopsorderedX-Forceto recover it at all costs. In a confrontation with X-Force, the Vanisher is injured and given a terminal brain tumor byElixir,in order to secure his co-operation in retrieving the virus.[14]He transports the team to one of the bases, only to be attacked by clones of the Marauders and soldiers ofThe Right,under command of the resurrectedCameron Hodge.During the battle, he teleports away, and is later forcibly inducted into the ranks of X-Force for use as transport and extraction.[15]

When the Sapien League starts abducting mutants and infecting them with a modified version of the Legacy Virus, the Vanisher teams with Warpath. While at an anti-mutant rally, he tries to get Warpath to leave with him, offering to take him to a brothel in Portugal only to be told to be ready in case anything bad happened.[16]He teleports X-Force to the Leper Queen and manages to disarm her before being sent into the future by Cyclops.[17]

Messiah War

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Upon arriving in the future, the Vanisher tries to teleport but his powers are blocked. He is then shot in the neck byDeadpool.After being healed by Elixir, Wolverine makes him stay in front of the group in case there are more snipers.[18]When ambushed by Stryfe's forces, the Vanisher is ordered by Wolverine to protect Elixir and Hope Summers.[19]After defeating Stryfe's forces, the Vanisher,Domino,X-23and Deadpool investigate what has been blocking his powers and their time-travel devices.[20]During this time he begins showing signs of serious illness.[21]Together withLaurathey find the problem isKiden Nixon.The Vanisher tries to convince Domino to commit a mercy killing but Laura has difficulty with the situation.[22]When the timers run out, Domino kills Kiden but they're left wondering why they didn't automatically return to their present. When the Vanisher removes his timer he instantly appears in the present at the ruins of the Xavier Institute.[23]

Necrosha

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Returning from the future, the Vanisher's condition worsens. He teleports to Utopia for help and finds himself in the middle of the battle between Selene's forces and the X-Men. Cyclops rescues him from an attack byTarotand is ordered to takeEmma Frostto safety. Before the Vanisher can react, they're attacked by Banshee. He then teleports to the medical lab to search for Elixir.[24]Finding Elixir in a coma, the Vanisher watches over him until Josh awakens. He asks for the tumor to be removed but was told to teleport X-Force toGenosha.[25]There, Elixir reveals he removed the tumor in the future and that the Vanisher is actually suffering from stage-4 syphilis. Elixir tells him to leave because that's what he's good at and the Vanisher teleports into Selene's fortress to rescue Warpath. He engages in a battle withBlink,who teleports his arm off. Rescuing the other members of X-Force and getting them to safety, the Vanisher tells Elixir that Warpath was always nice to him and demands to be healed.[26]

During the final confrontation with Selene and her Inner Circle, he works alongside Archangel and Domino in taking out Blink. Once the mission is over, the Vanisher and Domino go to Brazil for some rest and relaxation.[27]

Second Coming

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UponCableandHope Summersreturn to the present, Cyclops orders Domino and the Vanisher to wait in San Francisco.[28]Learning that Bastion was targeting teleporters to prevent the reunion of the so-called "Mutant Messiah" with the X-Men, Cyclops gives Domino instructions to bring the Vanisher back to Utopia. Hearing this, the Vanisher teleports to his hideout inPortugalonly to find his girls dead and Steven Lang and his men awaiting him. The Vanisher is then shot multiple times before teleporting away, being left for dead in the middle of nowhere.[29]After this, the X-Men consider him missing in action.[30]

Regenesis

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The Vanisher appears in New York as a member of a group ofMaraudersthat are brainwashed to attack the X-Men.[31]

The Vanisher is later found by Juggernaut and is coerced into taking him to where the Gem ofCyttorakis located.[32]

As part of the 2016 "Marvel NOW!"branding, the Vanisher later begins smuggling stolenvibraniumout ofWakandain order to sell it to criminals. He is defeated byKasper Coleand taken into custody.[33]

Vanisher later joins the Hellfire club with Emma Frost as its Black King, but is killed by Robert Callahan.[volume & issue needed]

Powers and abilities

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The Vanisher is amutantthat possesses the ability toteleporthimself, his clothes, and an undetermined amount of additional mass. Apparently, the Vanisher traverses theDarkforceDimension when teleporting from one place on Earth to another. His power appears to bepsionicin nature. The limits on the Vanisher's teleportation range and the maximum amount of mass he can teleport with himself are unknown, but he was able to teleport himself and several others from southern California to New York without any visible strain. The Vanisher has a subconsciousextrasensoryability that prevents him from materializing part or all of his body within a solid object, even if he has never before been to the area he is teleporting to. This allows the Vanisher to teleport with greater ease than Nightcrawler. His powers once interacted with those of Nightcrawler, sending them both into alternate dimensions.[34]

The Vanisher has used guns which shoot gas or energy beams. He also once reprogrammedSentinelrobots to do his bidding and can fluently speak Portuguese.

Other versions

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Age of Apocalypse

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In the dark reality known asAge of Apocalypse,the Vanisher was part of Apocalypse's supremacist rulership. He was ordered to retrieve Magneto's child while Apocalypse kept the X-Men's leader busy. The Vanisher was able to locate Charles Lensherr in the Morlock Tunnels, but he was in the possession of the robotic French maid Nanny who killed the Vanisher to protect the baby Charles.[35]

House of M

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In the "House of M"reality, the Vanisher works withPyrounder the authority ofExodusas part of the mutant supremacist rulership of Australia. They are opposed by theHulkwho is mad that his native friends have been harassed.[36]

Exiles

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An alternate reality Vanisher appeared inExilesand demonstrated the ability to teleport from the Earth to a station in space.[37]

Ultimate Marvel

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In theUltimate Marveluniverse, the Vanisher is a member of the Brotherhood terrorist cell raided byCaptain Americaand the Ultimates inUltimate War.[38]He later reappears as a member of the Brotherhood.[39]

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References

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  1. ^DeFalco, Tom; Sanderson, Peter; Brevoort, Tom; Teitelbaum, Michael; Wallace, Daniel; Darling, Andrew; Forbeck, Matt; Cowsill, Alan; Bray, Adam (2019).The Marvel Encyclopedia.DK Publishing. p. 392.ISBN978-1-4654-7890-0.
  2. ^Rovin, Jeff(1987).The Encyclopedia of Super-Villains.New York: Facts on File. p. 361.ISBN0-8160-1356-X.
  3. ^X-Men#2
  4. ^X-Men#37-39
  5. ^X-Men#60
  6. ^The Champions#17
  7. ^Bizarre Adventures#27
  8. ^Fallen Angels#1-8
  9. ^Fantastic Four#335
  10. ^The New Warriors#33–34;The New WarriorsAnnual #3
  11. ^Web of Spider-Man#99–100
  12. ^X-Force#60–71
  13. ^The Uncanny X-Men#408–409
  14. ^X-Force(vol. 3) #7-8
  15. ^X-Force(vol. 3) #9-10
  16. ^X-Force(vol. 3) #12
  17. ^X-Force(vol. 3) #13
  18. ^X-Force/Cable: Messiah War#1
  19. ^X-Force(vol. 3) #14
  20. ^Cable(vol. 2) #14
  21. ^X-Force(vol. 3) #15
  22. ^Cable(vol. 2) #15
  23. ^X-Force(vol. 3) #16
  24. ^X-Force(vol. 3) #21
  25. ^X-Force(vol. 3) #22-23
  26. ^X-Force(vol. 3) #24
  27. ^X-Force(vol. 3) #25
  28. ^X-Men: Second Coming#1
  29. ^New Mutants(vol. 3) #13
  30. ^X-Force(vol. 3) #27
  31. ^Astonishing X-Men(vol. 3) #48–49
  32. ^Amazing X-Men(vol. 2) #15
  33. ^Black Panther: World of Wakanda#6
  34. ^Bizarre Adventures#27
  35. ^Amazing X-Men#3 (May 1995)
  36. ^The Incredible Hulk(vol. 3) #83-85
  37. ^Exiles#39–40
  38. ^Ultimate War#1
  39. ^The Ultimates 3#1-6
  40. ^"Vanisher Voice - Wolverine and the X-Men (TV Show) - Behind The Voice Actors".
  41. ^Fullerton, Huw (17 May 2018)."How Deadpool 2 pulled off THAT massive Hollywood cameo".Radio Times.Retrieved17 May2018.
  42. ^"How 'Deadpool 2' Landed a Cameo From the" Hardest Get in Hollywood "".The Hollywood Reporter.Retrieved2018-10-20.
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