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Mondo (Earth-616)

Mondo

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Real Name

Current Alias

Mondo

Relatives

Mondo (clone, deceased)

Status

Alignment

Identity

Citizenship

Marital Status

Occupation

Student

Characteristics

Gender

Male

Height

6' 0" (Variable)

Weight

230 lbs (105 kg) (Variable)

Eyes

Brown

Hair

Black

Origin

Mutant

Universe

Earth-616

Place of Birth

Samoa

Created by

Scott Lobdell, Chris Bachalo

First appearance

Generation X #3
(January, 1995)

1 HistoryEdit
2 Powers and AbilitiesEdit
- 2.1 Powers
3 NotesEdit
4 LinksEdit
- 4.1 Discover and Discuss
- 4.2 Footnotes

HistoryEdit

Mondo was once friends with Cordelia Frost, Emma Frost's younger sister. In an attempt to make a bid for the position of White Queen of the Hellfire Club, Cordelia had Mondo contained and handed him over to the Inner Circle of the Hellfire Club. Cordelia's scheme backfired; the Hellfire Club kept Mondo but denied Cordelia membership. Cordelia went to Emma, headmistress of the Massachusetts Academy, for help and, soon after, Mondo was rescued by Generation X and subsequently accepted an invitation to join the school.

However, Generation X later learned that the Mondo they had rescued wasn't the real Mondo but a clone, a plant-based simulacrum created by Black Tom Cassidy who had infiltrated the Hellfire Club and rescued Mondo. After taking Mondo under his wing, Black Tom created a clone of the young mutant to infiltrate the Massachusetts Academy so that Black Tom could exact vengeance on his cousin, Banshee, who was the headmaster of the Academy. Years ago, Black Tom had raised and used Banshee's daughter, Siryn, in his crimes. Once the father and daughter met, though, the girl mended her ways. Black Tom has always blamed Banshee for taking Siryn away from him and now he planned to do the same with Banshee's students.

As Banshee and Emma Frost did battle with Black Tom, the Mondo clone began hunting down the members of Generation X. As the Mondo clone was about to attack Jubilee, however, it was shot dead by the anti-mutant militant Bastion, chief operative of Operation: Zero Tolerance.

Later, the real Mondo appeared alongside Black Tom and Juggernaut. Completely loyal to Black Tom, the real Mondo battled the members of Generation X. Generation X attempted to talk to Mondo into not fighting, but Mondo laughed at them, reminding them that he has never met them before. Generation X and their teachers were able to defeat their opponents, but the trio still managed to escape.

Mondo was not among the latest incarnation of the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants of which Black Tom was a member.

Powers and AbilitiesEdit

Powers

Matter Absorption: capable of taking on the properties of any organic or inorganic material he comes into contact. When using his power, Mondo is able to grow in mass with an assumed proportionate growth in strength to superhuman levels. Mondo can absorb matter into his body, gaining the mass, appearance, and other properties of the matter in question. This change will remain until Mondo's body "digests" the organic matter, which is then disintegrated.

Matter Manipulation
Strength Enhancement
Mass Enhancement
Appearance Change
Organic Travel: Mondo is also able to use his power to travel through organic matter, such as dirt, and can appear instantaneously in the immediate vicinity of where he entered the earth.