John Lopez (Earth-616)

Washout
Name	John Lopez
Current Alias	Washout
Affiliation and Relationships
Affiliation	Underground; Weapon X
Marital Status	Single
Physical Characteristics
Gender	Male
Height	5′10″ (1.78 m)
Weight	180 lbs (81.65 kg)
Eyes	Irises: Brown
Hair	Black
Unusual Features	Originally a liquid form; body cracked as it dehydrated
Origin and Living Status
Origin	Mutant
Living Status	Deceased
Reality	Earth-616
Personal Information
Identity	Secret
Citizenship	American
Occupation	Agent of Weapon X
Creators and Appearances
Creators	Peter Milligan, Mike Allred
First	X-Force #129 (June, 2002)
First	X-Force #129 (June, 2002)
Death	Weapon X (Vol. 2) #11 (July, 2003)
Death	Weapon X (Vol. 2) #11 (July, 2003)

History

Young John Lopez was a chronic child bed-wetter, until he discovered that he had the mutant ability to generate a spurt of water from his body on touch. Having no friends and no family, John wanted to try his luck at an audition to join the new media-savvy X-Force team. Taking on the codename Washout, John competed in a contest but was not recruited.

Soon after, John was approached by Malcolm Colcord to join the Weapon X project. Accepting the offer, Washout underwent a process that enhanced his mutant ability to the point where Washout had the ability to transform his body into water, project high pressure jets of water from his arms, shape the water into any form, and even manipulate or siphon off the water within another person's body. However, the process had a severe side effect in that Washout's powers now gradually began to dehydrate him.

The more frequently he used them, the closer he would come to killing himself. His body was slowing cracking apart. Washout found out about these side effects and joined fellow Weapon X agent Brent Jackson in a conspiracy against the Director. They later started to work with Nathan Summers' Underground movement.

Washout helped the Underground infiltrate the Weapon X compound by temporarily shutting down the power. At the same time he attacked and attempted to kill the Director. He caused the water within the Director's body to boil, but the side effects from his powers caused Washout to die before he could finish off the Director.

Washout's remains were taken by Mister Sinister.

Attributes

Power Grid

Powers

Hydrokinesis: John was able to turn his body into water and control the water at will.

• Among the applications of his powers were the ability to boil the water within living people.

Trivia

• According to his X-Force audition sheet, Jon was born into a polygamous cult. Where this is true or just something he invented to stand out remains unrevealed.

See Also

• 11 appearance(s) of John Lopez (Earth-616)
• 3 appearance(s) in handbook(s) of John Lopez (Earth-616)
• 1 minor appearance(s) of John Lopez (Earth-616)
• 7 image(s) of John Lopez (Earth-616)
• 1 quotation(s) by or about John Lopez (Earth-616)