Avalanche (Marvel)
Avalanche is a male comic supervillain who features in Marvel Comics.
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Biography
Origin
Dominikos Petrakis
Brotherhood
In one of the earliest known actions of this incarnation of the Brotherhood, Mystique ordered Avalanche and his teammate, Pyro, to kill Carol Danvers who was the superhero known as Ms. Marvel. Avalanche and Pyro arrived at the hotel Carol was staying at in Hong Kong and attacked her. During the battle, despite his apparent disregard for the lives of passers-by, Avalanche betrayed a concern for the well-being of his teammate, Pyro, and intervened to stop Ms. Marvel from pummeling him. The Greek mutant was determined to fulfil his mission and kill Ms. Marvel by any means necessary, even at the cost of his own life. Upon realizing that Avalanche was about to bring the hotel down using his seismic waves, Ms. Marvel knocked him out. (Marvel Super-Heroes v2 #11) Shortly afterwards, Mystique gathered together the Brotherhood for a new mission: the assassination of mutant-hating politician Robert Kelly. The team stormed into the US Senate, only to find themselves facing the X-Men. The Brotherhood was quickly defeated and Avalanche and most of his teammates, including Blob and Pyro, were taken into custody. (X-Men v1 #142)
Avalanche ended up at the Ryker’s Island prison for super-powered criminals, where he was reunited with his Brotherhood teammates. Shortly afterwards, Mystique and Rogue broke into prison to help them escape. At that exact moment, the Avengers arrived on the scene, tipped off by Spider-Woman. Following a difficult battle, Avalanche and the rest of the incarcerated Brotherhood were again defeated, their prison break foiled. (Avengers Annual v1 #10)
Legacy
Avalanche was captured by the Red Skull and his S-Men, who lobotomized him, removing his frontal cortex and replacing it with a machine that turned Avalanche into a murderous puppet. Avalanche was made to go berserk in New York, creating a terrorist attack to renew the populace's hatred and fear of mutants. After a brief fight with Captain America, Avalanche was made to jump off a cliff, unwillingly killing himself. (Uncanny Avengers v1 #1)
House of X
Overview
Personality and attributes
It was noted that he had an illegitimate daughter who became a supervillain named Dancing Water. (Uncanny Avengers v1 #1)
Powers and abilities
He did manage to create large enough waves to cause great damage to city as big as Paris. (Uncanny X-Men v1 #406)
Notes
- Avalanche was created by Chris Claremont and John Byrne where he made his first appearance in Uncanny X-Men v1 #141 (January, 1981).
Alternate Versions
In other media
Television
Video games
Toys and collectables
Appearances
- Uncanny X-Men v1: (1981)
- Uncanny Avengers v1:
- X-Men: Gold:
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