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==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
Kevin Sydney was a male human [[Mutants (Marvel)|Mutant]] who had been born in the modern age on [[Earth-616]]. | Kevin Sydney was a male human [[Mutants (Marvel)|Mutant]] who had been born in the modern age on [[Earth-616]]. | ||
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| + | The time came when Factor Three captured Xavier, and soon, Banshee and the X-Men as well when they tried to locate him. However, Changeling began to suspect that the Mutant-Master was hiding something from his followers. Yet, whenever he tried to voice his concerns or questioned his leader’s actions, the Mutant-Master threatened the Changeling into submission with his advanced weapons. Not daring to tell the other villains about his suspicion, as he had no real proof, the Changeling waited until the X-Men broke free. During the confusion, he adopted the guise of Professor Xavier and outright accused the Mutant-Master of not being loyal to his followers. Indeed, during the following battle, the Mutant-Master was outed as a Sirian alien who had wanted to create a nuclear holocaust on the planet, leaving it uninhabitable for man or mutant. Once that threat was dealt with, the X-Men and Factor Three parting ways under an uneasy truce. (X-Men v1 #39) | ||
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| + | While the X-Men noted a change in 'Xavier’s' behavior, they had little time to worry about it, as several days later they were busy fighting Grotesk, the sub-human. His underground home and fellow subterranean people having been destroyed by atomic radiation, he wanted to cause similar destruction on the surface world. However, Grotesk proved near invulnerable. Not even the combined powers of the X-Men were able to stop him from triggering a machine that would set off tremors on a planetary scale. When “Xavier” slowed down the device by bombarding it with mental energies, Grotesk went on a rampage, causing the machine to explode. Still wearing Xavier’s face, the Changeling died in the X-Men’s arms and was later buried and mourned under the professor’s name. (X-Men v1 #42) | ||
He divulged to Professor X that he was suffering from an unspecified terminal illness with only a few months left to live and wished to atone for his misdeeds. Professor X recruited Changeling to act as a stand-in, unbeknownst to the X-Men, while the Professor isolated himself to prepare a defense against the alien [[Z'Nox]]'s invasion. (X-Men v1 #65) | He divulged to Professor X that he was suffering from an unspecified terminal illness with only a few months left to live and wished to atone for his misdeeds. Professor X recruited Changeling to act as a stand-in, unbeknownst to the X-Men, while the Professor isolated himself to prepare a defense against the alien [[Z'Nox]]'s invasion. (X-Men v1 #65) | ||
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==Alternate Versions== | ==Alternate Versions== | ||
| + | *In X-Men: Alpha v1 #1 (1994), an alternate version of Kevin Sydney appeared in the [[Age of Apocalypse]] reality that was designated as [[Earth-295]] in the Multiverse. Kevin Sidney was originally a morose individual who called himself Changeling until he was found by the X-Men and developed a sense of humor. Morph was among the X-Men hiding out in the ruins of the old Guthrie family farm in Kentucky. The group had recently rescued young Clarice Ferguson from the Slave Pens. Clarice's teleportation powers were the only means for the X-Men to reach Apocalypse, who was recuperating from battle on the Blue Area of the Moon. She was too frightened to use her powers, and it took Morph posing as Sabretooth to convince her to help. On the moon, the group was attacked by Apocalypse's defenders, the evil clones of the Inhuman Royal Family led by the mad Maximus. Morph and the others were rescued by Blink and returned to Earth, slaying Maximus in the process. Morph aided Magneto, Forge, and the time displaced X-Man in preventing Sugar Man from unleashing a powerful virus that could have wiped out all human life on Earth. | ||
==In other media== | ==In other media== | ||
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Kevin Sydney is a male comic superhero who features in Marvel Comics.
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Biography
Kevin Sydney was a male human Mutant who had been born in the modern age on Earth-616.
The time came when Factor Three captured Xavier, and soon, Banshee and the X-Men as well when they tried to locate him. However, Changeling began to suspect that the Mutant-Master was hiding something from his followers. Yet, whenever he tried to voice his concerns or questioned his leader’s actions, the Mutant-Master threatened the Changeling into submission with his advanced weapons. Not daring to tell the other villains about his suspicion, as he had no real proof, the Changeling waited until the X-Men broke free. During the confusion, he adopted the guise of Professor Xavier and outright accused the Mutant-Master of not being loyal to his followers. Indeed, during the following battle, the Mutant-Master was outed as a Sirian alien who had wanted to create a nuclear holocaust on the planet, leaving it uninhabitable for man or mutant. Once that threat was dealt with, the X-Men and Factor Three parting ways under an uneasy truce. (X-Men v1 #39)
While the X-Men noted a change in 'Xavier’s' behavior, they had little time to worry about it, as several days later they were busy fighting Grotesk, the sub-human. His underground home and fellow subterranean people having been destroyed by atomic radiation, he wanted to cause similar destruction on the surface world. However, Grotesk proved near invulnerable. Not even the combined powers of the X-Men were able to stop him from triggering a machine that would set off tremors on a planetary scale. When “Xavier” slowed down the device by bombarding it with mental energies, Grotesk went on a rampage, causing the machine to explode. Still wearing Xavier’s face, the Changeling died in the X-Men’s arms and was later buried and mourned under the professor’s name. (X-Men v1 #42)
He divulged to Professor X that he was suffering from an unspecified terminal illness with only a few months left to live and wished to atone for his misdeeds. Professor X recruited Changeling to act as a stand-in, unbeknownst to the X-Men, while the Professor isolated himself to prepare a defense against the alien Z'Nox's invasion. (X-Men v1 #65)
Overview
Personality and attributes
He came to operate under the name of Changeling. (X-Men v1 #35) It was shown that he had also operated under the code name of Morph. (X-Men Adventures v1 #1)
Powers and abilities
Changeling was a mutant with the ability to alter his physical appearance at will to resemble that of any person he chose. He could psionically alter the formation of his biological cells at will. As a result he can cause himself to look and sound like an exact duplicate of any human, humanoid, or semi-humanoid being of either sex, wearing virtually any kind of clothing.
Notes
- The character of Changeling was created by Roy Thomas and Werner Roth where he made his first appearance in X-Men v1 #35 (August, 1967).
- His popularity grew as a result of the animated television series where he was reinvented as Morph by writer Mark Edward Edens.
- Kevin Sydney was created for the comics in Exiles v1 #1 (August, 2001).
Alternate Versions
- In X-Men: Alpha v1 #1 (1994), an alternate version of Kevin Sydney appeared in the Age of Apocalypse reality that was designated as Earth-295 in the Multiverse. Kevin Sidney was originally a morose individual who called himself Changeling until he was found by the X-Men and developed a sense of humor. Morph was among the X-Men hiding out in the ruins of the old Guthrie family farm in Kentucky. The group had recently rescued young Clarice Ferguson from the Slave Pens. Clarice's teleportation powers were the only means for the X-Men to reach Apocalypse, who was recuperating from battle on the Blue Area of the Moon. She was too frightened to use her powers, and it took Morph posing as Sabretooth to convince her to help. On the moon, the group was attacked by Apocalypse's defenders, the evil clones of the Inhuman Royal Family led by the mad Maximus. Morph and the others were rescued by Blink and returned to Earth, slaying Maximus in the process. Morph aided Magneto, Forge, and the time displaced X-Man in preventing Sugar Man from unleashing a powerful virus that could have wiped out all human life on Earth.
In other media
Television
- In X-Men, Morph appeared in the setting of the 1990s animated television series where he was voiced by actor Ron Rubin.
Video games
- In Marvel Heroes, a version of Morph appeared in the setting of the MMORPG where he was voiced by actor Tom Kenny.
Appearances
- X-Men v1: (1967)
- X-Men Adventures v1:
- Exiles v1:
External Links
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