Blackbird (Marvel)
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The Blackbird is an aircraft that features in Marvel Comics.
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History
The Blackbird was an aircraft that came to be the primary mode of transportation for the X-Men. (X-Men v1 #104) Professor X through unknown means managed to acquire a working version of the RS-150 Blackbird from S.H.I.E.L.D. after the X-Men's Stratojet had been destroyed by Count Nefaria. (X-Men v1 #94)
Overview
Notes
- The Blackbird was created by Chris Claremont and Dave Cockrum where it made its first appearance in X-Men v1 #104 (April, 1977).
Alternate Versions
In other media
Television
- In X-Men: Pryde of the X-Men, the Blackbird appeared in the setting of the animated television series pilot.
- In X-Men, the Blackbird appeared in the setting of the 1990s animated television series.
Films
- In X-Men, the Blackbird appeared briefly in the setting of the live-action film. Not too long after Logan arrives at the X-Mansion, Charles Xavier gives him a tour of his school, including the X-Jet hangar. Later on, the X-Men take the X-Jet to Liberty Island to stop Magneto's plan to use Rogue to turn all of the gathered world leaders on nearby Ellis Island into mutates.
- In X2: X-Men United, the Blackbird appeared in the setting of the live-action film sequel. Jean and Storm take the X-Jet to Boston to capture Nightcrawler. After William Stryker's forces seize the X-Mansion, Jean and Storm meet up with Wolverine, Rogue, Iceman and Pyro in Boston with Bobby's family. As a result of Pyro's actions of attacking the police called to the house by Bobby's brother, the X-Jet was engaged in a dogfight with fighter jets from Hanscom Air Force Base. From within the jet, Storm and Jean utilized their respective powers to avert the course of the jets and their missiles, but one missile slipped through and caused the X-Jet to plummet. Luckily, Magneto used his powers to halt the jet's descent. With Magneto and Mystique alongside them, the X-Men head to Alkali Lake in the X-Jet and formulate a plan to stop Stryker's agenda. After Stryker is stopped, the X-Men try to take off in the X-Jet, but they are unable to do so. As a result, Jean leaves the X-Jet, lifts it up telekinetically, and saves them at the cost of her own life.
- In X-Men: First Class, the X-Jet appeared in the setting of the live-action film. The X-Jet was a modified Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird designed and built by Hank McCoy in the early 1960s and was used by the newly formed X-Men to travel to Cuba and stop the Hellfire Club's plans during the Cuban Missile Crisis. The Blackbird was destroyed when Riptide, using his whirlwind power to dislodge Erik Lehnsherr's hold on the Hellfire Club's submarine, caused both the submarine and the aircraft to crash onto the nearby Cuban beach.
Video games
- In X-Men: Children of the Atom, the Blackbird appeared in the setting of a stage of the fighting arcade video game.
Appearances
- X-Men v1: (1977)
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