Andrew Graves (Earth-616)

Spoor
Name	Andrew "Amos" Hamish Graves
Current Alias	Spoor
Affiliation and Relationships
Affiliation	Acolytes
Relatives	Unnamed father Unnamed mother (deceased)
Marital Status	Single
Physical Characteristics
Gender	Male
Height	5′6″ (1.68 m)
Weight	150 lbs (68.04 kg)
Hair	Brown
Unusual Features	Covered with fur, claws instead of fingers
Origin and Living Status
Origin	Mutant
Living Status	Deceased
Reality	Earth-616
Personal Information
Identity	Secret
Citizenship	Scottish British
Occupation	Former terrorist
Creators and Appearances
Creators	Scott Lobdell, John Romita, Jr., Brandon Peterson
First	Uncanny X-Men #300 (March, 1993)
First	Uncanny X-Men #300 (March, 1993)
Death	New X-Men #115 (July, 2001)
Death	New X-Men #115 (July, 2001)

History

Andrew Hamish Graves' mutation was already visible at a young age. His father was abusive and blamed the child's mother for birthing a mutant. He killed his wife and told the child that his mother had left them. His father forced the child to eat garbage and when he grew up, he developed an intense hatred of both himself and all humans. He discovered his mutant power to release mood-altering pheromones, allowing him to control others and used these powers to have people kill each other.

Taking the name Spoor, he was recruited by Fabian Cortez into the Acolytes, a group of mutants following the philosophy of Magneto that mutants are superior to humans. As part of the Acolytes, Spoor was involved in an attack on a hospital and killed many human patients. He deliberately allowed himself to be captured in order to lure Quicksilver into a confrontation with the Acolytes.

While being transported to Muir Island for research purposes, Spoor escaped. In a fight with the British X-Team called Excalibur, Spoor tried to manipulate Nightcrawler into killing him, but Nightcrawler managed to resist. It turned out that Spoor hated himself just as much as other humans and in his mind felt that killing humans was wrong and that he therefore deserved to be killed himself.

For a time, he was a prisoner of Excalibur and stayed on Muir Island. Excalibur-ally Doctor Rory Campbell wanted to cure Spoor, but during the treatment Rory's latent hatred of mutants got the better of him and Spoor manipulated Rory into an aggressive attack on him. The automatic security systems in Spoor's cell, known as the Pen, activated and a laser beam severed one of Campbell's legs. Spoor remained on Muir Island for a while, but was then transferred to a facility on the main land.

Spoor resurfaced with the Acolytes under Exodus's control when they were at war with the High Evolutionary. However, he later chose to join Fabian Cortez's splinter team of Acolytes instead of remaining with Magneto. These Acolytes attacked Genosha after Magneto took control of the nation, but were captured.

Later, Spoor died in the Sentinel attack on the island. Spoor was later resurrected by the Transmode Virus from Selene, along with some other Acolytes.

Attributes

Power Grid

Powers

Spoor's primary ability was his production of mood-altering, airborne pheromones that heightened the aggression of others around him. He could direct this aggression, but would often leave it uncontrolled, hoping that his victims would turn against him as well. His physical mutations, possibly bestial in nature, thickly covered his whole body with long hair and may have possibly given him superhuman animal-like abilities.

Paraphernalia

Transportation

Acolytes vehicles.

See Also

• 16 appearance(s) of Andrew Graves (Earth-616)
• 1 appearance(s) in handbook(s) of Andrew Graves (Earth-616)
• 3 minor appearance(s) of Andrew Graves (Earth-616)
• 1 mention(s) of Andrew Graves (Earth-616)
• 1 mention(s) in handbook(s) of Andrew Graves (Earth-616)
• 5 image(s) of Andrew Graves (Earth-616)

Links and References

• Marvel Encyclopedia Vol 2: X-Men
• The Unofficial Handbook to the Marvel Universe