Predator X

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Frank Castle vs. a Predator X from Astonishing Tales v2 #2.

Predator X are creatures that feature in Marvel Comics.

History

Predator X were genetically engineered organisms that were created by the Facility which was an offshoot of the Weapon X program. Before dying William Stryker commissioned the Facility to create a living weapon to aid in his crusade to eradicate the Mutant race. One of the Facility's lead scientists, Adam Harkins, began development and dubbed his creation Predator X. Adam Harkins believed that these creatures were the finest creation of The Facility's research. (New X-Men v2 #36)

Since Stryker’s death, the Purifiers had been taken over by Matthew Risman, who was keen to resume from where his predecessor left off. The Facility had been tracking the remaining Predator X and soon discovered it was doing exactly what it was designed for when they found the eviscerated remains of an unknown mutant. Since capturing the creature was too risky, they decided to bait it instead with clothes of the mutant they wanted it to kill next. Risman had been scarred by an attack from the X-student Dust and so, in a fit of vengeance, he dressed a dummy up in one of her old burkas and placed it in Predator X’s path. Sure enough, the animal caught her scent from the clothes and its tracking instinct kicked in. It raced across the country towards the unsuspecting girl’s location. (New X-Men v2 #43)

When Magneto went off on his own to tackle the threats to mutantkind in his own way, he heard word of mutants being taken off the streets and never returning. Travelling to Hong Kong, he allowed himself to be captured and taken to the mysterious organization’s base. There he discovered that mutants were being pitted against Predator Xs for the sport of human spectators. Magneto was forced to battle one of the creatures and found it a formidable adversary, thanks to his weakened state. Remembering their weakness from last time he fought them, he summoned up enough strength to expose some flesh on the animal’s skull and then used a metal spike to stab it in the head, killing it instantly. He then revealed who he really was to the organizers of the bloodsport. He soon discovered two more Predator Xs deeper in the compound, which he also killed, but not before throwing the leader in with them to be fed upon. (Magneto v2 #8)

Overview

It was noted that they had an insatiable hunger for the X-Gene within Mutants and knew that they would die if they did not consume it. (New X-Men v2 #36)

Whilst normally hunting Mutants, they could be reprogrammed to hunt and kill other specific targets as well as bloodlines. It was believed that these genetically engineered creatures could be sent to seek out other genetic signatures. (Astonishing Tales v2 #2)

Notes

• The Predator X was created by Christopher Yost, Craig Kyle and Paco Medina where it made its first appearance in New X-Men v2 #34 (March, 2007)

In other media

Television

• In Marvel Disk Wars: The Avengers, a Predator X was used by the Celebrity Five at Techno Isle Tokyo where it was deployed against Wolverine who was looking for the kidnapped Noriko Ashida. The creature attacked Logan where it projected a purple fluid from its mouth that made him sluggish as well as negated his natural healing ability.

Video games

• In Marvel Heroes, multiple Predator X's appeared in the MMORPG video game where they worked alongside the Purifiers.

Appearances

• New X-Men v2: (2007)
• Astonishing Tales v2:
• Magneto v2:

External Link

• Marvel Database Entry
• Comicvine Entry
• Wikipedia Entry

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