Fictional character biography Origin įantomex was created by the Weapon Plus Program to serve as a super-sentinel against Earth's mutant population.
Fantomex's was added to the roster of the fourth volume of Astonishing X-Men with his apparent death in issue #6 and final appearance in issue #7. Fantomex returned to the X-Men in The Uncanny X-Men vol. Fantomex then was added to the short-lived X-Force vol. That series ran for 35 issues and explored Fantomex's background and developed his character. įantomex then made sporadic guest appearances with the X-Men until October 2010 when he has a permanent member of the new Uncanny X-Force with Rick Remender and Jerome Opeña as the creative team. In this series, the character of Fantomex is a more literal take on the Diabolik character, with a storyline less influenced by traditional superhero plots, skewing more towards the concepts of intrigue and James Bond-tinged adventure. The series does not take place in current Marvel continuity, and the character is not affiliated with any other Marvel characters.
In July 2013, Marvel announced the character's first solo series, Fantomex MAX, written by Andrew Hope, and illustrated by Shawn Crystal.
In addition, his Weapon X designation-"Weapon XIII"-is a reference to the secret agent protagonist of the Franco-Belgian comic XIII. Fantomex's name, Jean-Phillipe, is a reference to actor John Phillip Law, star of Danger: Diabolik. The character of Diabolik was in turn loosely based on the character Fantômas, the subject of a series of early-20th century French detective thrillers and a popular Mexican comic book adaptation, whose name is more directly reflected in Fantomex's own name. Initially introduced as a character similar to Fantômas and Diabolik, he is later revealed to be an escaped experiment from the Weapon Plus Program.įantomex resembles the titular character of the Italian comic book Diabolik and its film adaptation Danger: Diabolik. Fantomex first appeared in New X-Men #128 (August, 2002) and was created by Grant Morrison and Igor Kordey. The character is commonly associated with the X-Men titles. External nervous system manifested as techno-organic flying shipįantomex is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.Skilled marksman, acrobat, and hand-to-hand combatant.
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