“Adam X was INTENDED to be the illegitimate offspring of D'Ken and Kate Summers. Taken from D'Ken and raised on a farming planet. BUT–and it's a big but–since I never had the opportunity to tell the entire story, what I intended is worth the screen it's printed on."
-Fabian Nicieza
ADAM X, THE X-TREME (Adam Neramani)
Created By: Fabian Nicieza & Tony Daniel
b]First Appearance:[/b] X-Force Annual #2 (Oct. 1993)
Role: '90s EXTREEEEEEEEEME Hero
Group Affiliations: None
PL 10 (148)
STRENGTH 5 STAMINA 5 AGILITY 7
FIGHTING 11 DEXTERITY 2
INTELLIGENCE 1 AWARENESS 2 PRESENCE 2
Skills:
Acrobatics 8 (+15)
Athletics 5 (+10)
Close Combat (Unarmed) 1 (+12)
Intimidation 4 (+6)
Investigation 2 (+4)
Perception 4 (+6)
Ranged Combat (Thet'je Spikes) 4 (+11)
Technology 3 (+4)
Vehicles 3 (+5)
Advantages:
Accurate Attack, Agile Feint, All-Out Attack, Defensive Attack, Defensive Roll, Equipment 3, Evasion 2, Improved Aim, Improved Critical (Thet'je Blades) 2, Improved Defense, Improved Initiative, Power Attack, Precise Attack (Ranged/Cover), Quick Draw, Ranged Attack 5, Takedown 2, Tracking, Uncanny Dodge
Powers:
"Mutant Powers: Flash-Fry Bloodstreams"
"Burn!" Affliction 10 (Fort; Dazed/Stunned/Incapacitated) (Extras: Area- 30ft. Burst) (Flaws: Limited to Exposed Blood) Linked to Damage 5 (Extras: Area- 30ft. Burst, Fortitude Damage) (Flaws: Limited to Exposed Blood) [20]
"Human/Shi'Ar Hybrid"
Senses 2 (Extended & Low-Light Vision) [2]
"Hollow Bones" Leaping 1 (15 feet) [1]
Equipment:
"Thet'je Spikes" Blast 5 (Feats: Split 2) (12) -- (13)
- AE: "Large Spike" Strength-Damage +2 (Feats: Improved Critical) (3)
Unarmed +12 (+5 Damage, DC 20)
Thet'je Slash +11 (+7 Damage, DC 22)
Thet'je Spikes +11 (+5 Ranged Damage, DC 20)
Flash-Fry +10 Area (+10 Affliction & +5 Damage, DC 20 & 20)
Initiative +11
Defenses:
Dodge +12 (DC 22), Parry +12 (DC 22), Toughness +5 (+6 D.Roll), Fortitude +7, Will +5
Complications:
Motivation (Finding His Origins)
Reputation (Too 90s For His Own Good)
Total: Abilities: 70 / Skills: 34--17 / Advantages: 27 / Powers: 23 / Defenses: 11 (148)
-This guy... I mean, you want somebody who EXEMPLIFIED the 1990s of comics? Look no further. It took us as a society quite a while to finally nail down the "decade that had everything", but nearly ten years hence, it's become a bit more obvious. With the dying of bubblegum & kiddie stuff, the "Nirvana Era" meant everything had to be cooler, scarier, more bad-ass, and in the realm of comics, full of claws, swords and bleeding. Backwards ball-caps, ponytails, spikes on everyone, etc., were the name of the game.
-Adam X (aka THE X-TREME, just in case his appearance wasn't '90s enough for you) was a character introduced by Fabian Nicieza & Tony Daniel for X-Force- released during a summer-wide sales tactic to have each of Marvel's 1993 Annuals produce a single "Collector's Card" of a brand-new character that would debut in that Annual. The characters are, as a rule, COMPLETELY TERRIBLE, and many were just haphazardly thrown in there to satisfy Marvel's editorial edict. Just think- if that entire crew, Adam X is BY FAR the most famous and notable.
-Adam X had vague Shi'ar traits, and there was evidence that he was the fabled "Third Summers Brother" (before we actually got one in Vulcan). He leapt around, fought X-Force a bit, then turned on his evil employer (a fin-limbed tiny mutant hiding in a super-powered artificial body). Then in a later story he fought Shatterstar (himself among the most '90s characters ever created) on the whims of Arcade (who did his trademark "I act like a goofball and make fun of you while you do stuff", though he used a LOT less of the usual Deathtraps, and instead focused on Mojoworld mooks), before AGAIN turning on the villain in the end. This is pretty much how he spent every story he was in, I think, as the writers were SO desperate to get some of that "Image Vibe" going. He was given some info by Arcade in the end; the name "Milbury" on a piece of paper (this was a hint that Mr. Sinister was involved, and of course we know Sinister's obsession with the Summers Family Tree...). Adam X hadn't made an appearance in over ten years until recent times (which use him as a background nobody), which is a pretty good sign of how well the character went over.
-Adam-X has a fairly good array of Advantages, and is a heavily-themed Accuracy/Defense guy rather than muscling it out or being tough, but he's no slouch in those areas either. His key tactic is to make tiny nicks and cuts on people with his "Thet'je" Spikes, shout "BURN!" while his eyes glow, and "Flash-Fry" them. While this attack seems devastating enough, and was certainly feared by every character who'd seen it before, it only KO'd X-Force for like a minute while he made his escape, so it doesn't seem to be any more powerful than a standard Blast. In game terms, it's a Burst Area Damage/Affliction set-up, Limited to people he's scratched with his blades- note that he doesn't have to hurt them BAD- even little nicks on super-toughies like Warpath was enough to activate it. The trick thing is that it doesn't MISS, and can hit dozens of guys at once once they've been cut. The Affliction part is the only thing that makes him a PL 10- the rest of the time, he's a PL 9.