Neal Shaara

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Neal Shaara is a male comic superhero who features in Marvel Comics.

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Biography

Origin

Neal Shaara was a male human Mutant born as the son of the Chief of Police in the port city of Calcutta located in eastern India. (X-Men Unlimited v1 #27)

One day, he came home to find his parents worried about his brother Sanjit who had gone missing. After checking his computer, Neal came to determine that his brother was looking into the disappearances of people in impoverished area of the city. He looked to find his sibling but his father urged him to leave the matter to the police. However, Neal refused and went out to find Sanjit where on the rough streets he was attacked by a gang of delinquents. At first, his skills in self-defense allowed him to fight them off but he was overwhelmed by their numbers. Neal was only saved by the intervention of Karima Shapandar who had been asked by Police Chief Shaara to shadow his son. (X-Men Unlimited v1 #27)

X-Men

House of X

After the establishment of Krakoa, the living island was declared a sovereign nation that was to be a homeland for Mutantkind. Thunderbird came to be among those that accepted the invitation to reside on it where he participated in the celebration over the creation of the new country. (X-Corp v1 #2)

Overview

Personality and attributes

Shaara was noted for his handsome features which drew the attention of women. (X-Men Unlimited v1 #27)

He claimed that being Indian meant that his instinct was to assume that disaster struck when people succumbed to their human nature. (X-Men v2 #100)

Neal had said that he loved speed which made him feel alive with the faster being the better for him. (X-Men Unlimited v1 #27)

He was noted for being the son of the Chief of Police in Calcutta. It was known that he also had a brother by the name of Sanjit Shaara. Their father was said to had been overprotective of his children. (X-Men Unlimited v1 #27)

During the search for his brother, he came to meet Karima Shapandar who had been a police officer. The two worked together where they had a mutual attraction to one another. Neal came to say that he had never met a woman quite like her. (X-Men Unlimited v1 #27)

Powers and abilities

As the son of a police chief, he came to be trained in the art of self-defense. (X-Men Unlimited v1 #27)

He was able to transform himself into solar plasma that was the raw substance of stars themselves. (X-Men v2 #100) A by-product of his Mutant abilities was that his body radiated heat. (X-Men Unlimited v1 #27)

The Shaara family maintained a tea plantation situated in the lush highlands below the Himalayas. It was the finest and most prosperous in the state of Assam in the port city of Calcutta located in eastern India. (X-Men Unlimited v1 #27)

Notes

  • Neal Shaara was created by Chris Claremont and Leinil Francis Yu where he made his first appearance in X-Men v2 #100 (May, 2000).
  • The character was originally going to be called Agni but it was decided to name him Thunderbird.

Appearances

  • X-Men v2: (2000)
  • X-Men Unlimited v1:
  • X-Treme X-Men v1:
  • X-Corp v1: (2021)

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