Angel Salvadore

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Angel Salvadore
Brotherhood of Evil Mutants
New Warriors
Teen Brigade
Notable aliasesAngel
Tempest
Abilities
  • Insectoid physiology granting:
  • Acid generation and projection
  • Sonic vibrational capacities
  • Flight via insectoid wings
  • Temperature-controlling gauntlets
  • Anti-gravity discs

Angel Salvadore is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Grant Morrison and Ethan Van Sciver, the character first appeared in New X-Men #118 (November 2001). She belongs to the subspecies of humans called mutants, who are born with superhuman abilities. Angel is also known by her codename Tempest.

Publication history

Angel Salvadore first appeared in

Marvel Universe: The End
#1 and #5. In 2004, she makes two appearances in Exiles with issues #46 and #48. One year later, she makes on appearance in volume 2 of New X-Men in issue #11. Then, she appears in the story "House of M: World Tour" in Exiles #69–71 and "The Day After" in Decimation: House of M #1 (January 2006).

Angel Salvadore is depowered. From 2007 to 2009, under the codename Tempest, she appears in New Warriors #2–7 and #10–20.

In 2011, she appears in Heroic Age: X-Men #1 (February 2011) and an alternate version appears in Age of X: Universe #2 (June 2011). Angel appears in Vengeance, a six-issue 2011 miniseries by writer Joe Casey and penciller Nick Dragotta.[1][2]

Fictional character biography

Rescue

Angel Salvadore is fourteen years old when her

cocoon. She emerges with a pair of insect wings. She is later captured by U-Men, humans who harvest mutants for their body parts for their own use.[3][4][5] Wolverine rescues her from a mobile operating theater. He kills all the U-Men and offers to escort her to the Xavier Institute for Higher Learning. They stop at a diner along the way, but the owner becomes aggressive towards them because of his fear of mutants. The owner attacks them when he sees Angel digesting her food like a fly.[6][7] Finally, Wolverine brings Angel to the Xavier Institute and they watch Jean Grey expel an army of U-Men from the school.[8][9]

Xavier Institute

At first Angel does not fit in well, especially with Emma Frost. However, Emma takes Angel's attitude to be a challenge, instead opting to take Angel under her wing as a mentor and mold Angel into a sophisticated young woman. Angel later helps the X-Men fight the menace of Cassandra Nova by working with the Stepford Cuckoos and stealing needed DNA samples.[10]

After accepting a bet to kiss

Beak,[11] her classmate in the Xavier Institute's Special Class, Angel grows close to him, and they begin to see each other romantically and sexually.[12] Angel, Beak, and the other Special Class students are part of another confrontation with the U-Men, deep in the woods on the Xavier Mansion grounds. Angel is the only one to see Xorn brutally murder the U-Men. He convinces her to keep it their secret by bribing her with candy.[13]

Emma and Angel's relationship deepens after Emma and the Stepford Cuckoos come to differences. During a shopping spree, Angel tries to tell a distracted Emma that she is pregnant. Angel and Beak's efforts are recognized in an awards ceremony held by the institute. The two sneak outside, not realizing they had any chance of winning, and Angel reveals to Beak she is pregnant, fearing that Emma will have them expelled.[14] Due to her fly morphology, her pregnancy rate is accelerated, and she lays insect-like eggs in Wolverine's old shack. Her fear of their children being discovered and destroyed and of their possible expulsion make Angel a suspect in the "murder" of Emma Frost, who is found shattered in her diamond form by a diamond bullet.[15] Angel is cleared of those suspicions when Emma is revived and names Esme as the perpetrator. In actuality, Esme had taken telepathic control of Angel.

Despite Angel and Beak's fears, the X-Men welcome their children, who look mostly human but with some of Angel's fly characteristics (such as insect-like wings) or Beak's chicken morphology (such as feathers or a beak).

Xorn's Brotherhood and later

Shortly afterwards, Xorn, instructor of the Special Class, apparently reveals himself to be the mutant terrorist Magneto (later his true identity is retrospectively revised). He has been responsible for corrupting Esme, and he has been teaching the class pro-Magneto propaganda under the guise of Xorn all along.

Angel is convinced to serve as a member of his latest incarnation of the

Brotherhood of Evil Mutants
. The school is demolished and conquered. Manhattan itself is taken over by Magneto. Angel and her children come along as part of the Brotherhood. Beak rebels early on, not wanting to see captured humans killed. Beak is seemingly killed for his efforts, dropped from a levitating car. He survives and joins with the X-Men. Angel herself feels the need to rebel when Magneto threatens her classmate Martha. Beak leads the X-Men back to Magneto's stronghold, using the key nobody had bothered to take from him before he was attacked. Magneto/Xorn is swiftly defeated and decapitated by Wolverine.

Later, Beak is made an honorary X-Man, and he, Angel, and their children lived in a home on the Xavier property. Beak is unhinged from time and joins the Exiles, ostensibly to prepare him for a future event during which several worlds will be threatened. As a result of this displacement, he is for a time unable to interact with beings from his home timeline, and Angel and their family believed him to have run away. Only by serving with the Exiles could he win them back.[16][17][18] According to a 2010 retcon, during this time period Angel served as a member of Beast's squad of X-Men trainees, the Exemplars Squad, though the identities of her teammates are currently unknown.[19]

Following the House of M event, Angel, Beak (thanks to the Exiles now back to his base reality) and their children (except Tito) lose their powers and unusual appearance and are now able to live happily together once more.[20]

New Warriors

Angel and Beak later resurface as members of the New Warriors. Now going by the name Tempest, Angel has gained fire, ice, and wind/flight powers given to her through technological means by Night Thrasher.[21] Angel and Beak have an apartment and are still in custody of their six children. Despite losing her powers during the House of M event, Angel regained her mutant powers through unknown means.[22][23]

Powers and abilities

Angel is able to produce and vomit a corrosive acid that can melt most substances.[24][22][23] With her insectoid wings, she has the ability to fly and vibrate them at high speeds to create powerful sonic blasts.[24] Additionally, Angel uses a pair of gauntlets that can generate heat and cold.[25] Her anti-gravity discs also grant her flight.[26]

Reception

Accolades

  • In 2014, Entertainment Weekly ranked Angel 37th in their "Let's rank every X-Man ever" list.[27]
  • In 2014, BuzzFeed ranked Angel 66th in their "95 X-Men Members Ranked From Worst To Best" list.[28]
  • In 2020, Scary Mommy included Angel in their "Looking For A Role Model? These 195+ Marvel Female Characters Are Truly Heroic" list.[29]
  • In 2021, Screen Rant included Angel in their "Marvel: 10 Incredible Latinx Characters" list.[30]

Other versions

House of M

In the "House of M" storyline, Angel was a famous supermodel. She was possessed and nearly killed by Proteus.[31]

Age of X

In the

Velocidad before being teleported to Fortress X.[32][33]

In other media

References

  1. Marvel.com
    . Retrieved December 24, 2011.
  2. ^ Dave Richards (July 11, 2011). "Casey & Dragotta Hunger for "Vengeance"". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved December 24, 2011.
  3. Ethan van Sciver (p), "Germ Free Generation" (part 1), New X-Men
    #118 (November 2001)
  4. ^ Brian Cronin (July 19, 2011). "Comic Book Easter Eggs – New "Se"X-Men #118 Edition!". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on October 27, 2011. Retrieved December 20, 2011.
  5. ^ Hilton Collins. "Review: New X-Men #118". UncannyXmen.Net. Archived from the original on March 10, 2009. Retrieved December 20, 2011.
  6. Igor Kordey (a), "Germ Free Generation" (part 2), New X-Men
    #119 (December 2001)
  7. ^ Hilton Collins. "Review: New X-Men #119". UncannyXmen.Net. Archived from the original on January 12, 2002. Retrieved December 20, 2011.
  8. Igor Kordey (a), "Germ Free Generation" (part 3), New X-Men
    #120 (January 2002)
  9. ^ Hilton Collins. "Review: New X-Men #120". UncannyXmen.Net. Archived from the original on March 10, 2009. Retrieved December 20, 2011.
  10. ^ Grant Morrison (w), New X-Men #122-126 (March–June 2002)
  11. ^ Grant Morrison (w), John Paul Leon (p), Bill Sienkiewicz (i) "Some Angels Falling", New X-Men #131 (October 2002)
  12. ^ Mutants and Mystics: Science Fiction, Superhero Comics, and the Paranormal by Jeffrey J. Kripal, p. 176
  13. ^ Grant Morrison (w), Frank Quitely (p), New X-Men #135-136 (February–March 2003)
  14. ^ Grant Morrison (w), Frank Quitely (p), "The Prime of Miss Emma Frost", New X-Men #138 (May 2003)
  15. ^ Marvel graphic novels and related publications: an annotated guide to comics, prose novels, children's books, articles, criticism and reference works, 1965-2005 by Robert G. Weiner, p. 125
  16. ^ Exiles vol. 1 #48 (August 2004)
  17. ^ Mandeep Jangi. "Review: Exiles #48". UncannyXmen.Net. Archived from the original on May 25, 2011. Retrieved December 24, 2011.
  18. ^ Marvel graphic novels and related publications: an annotated guide to comics, prose novels, children's books, articles, criticism and reference works, 1965-2005 by Robert G. Weiner, p. 106
  19. ^ Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z vol. 13 (2010)
  20. ^ Exiles #71
  21. ^ New Warriors (vol. 4) #4
  22. ^ a b New Mutants Vol 4 #4
  23. ^ a b Harth, David (2022-08-28). "10 X-Men Who've Never Died". CBR. Retrieved 2022-11-27.
  24. ^ a b New X-Men #118
  25. ^ New Warriors Vol 4 #12
  26. ^ New Warriors Vol 4 #4
  27. ^ June 09, Darren Franich Updated; EDT, 2022 at 12:31 PM. "Let's rank every X-Man ever". EW.com. Retrieved 2022-11-27.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  28. ^ Perpetua, Matthew. "95 X-Men Members Ranked From Worst To Best". BuzzFeed. Retrieved 2022-11-27.
  29. ^ "Looking For A Role Model? These 195+ Marvel Female Characters Are Truly Heroic". Scary Mommy. Retrieved 2022-11-27.
  30. ^ Marlette, Heather (2021-10-08). "Marvel: 10 Incredible Latinx Characters". ScreenRant. Retrieved 2022-11-27.
  31. ^ Tony Bedard (w), Paul Pelletier (p), Rick Magyar (i), Exiles #69 (November 2005)
  32. ^ Simon Spurrier (w), Khoi Pham (p), "Dazzler", Age of X: Universe #2 (June 2011)
  33. ^ Steven Bishop. "Review: Age of X: Universe #2". UncannyXmen.Net. Archived from the original on January 20, 2012. Retrieved December 20, 2011.
  34. ^ McClintock, Pamela (August 17, 2010). "January Jones joins 'X-Men'". Variety. Archived from the original on August 5, 2011. Retrieved August 18, 2010.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link). .
  35. ^ "X-MEN FIRST CLASS Interview: Zoe Kravitz". Youtube.com. 2011-06-03. Retrieved 2014-05-27.
  36. ^ Hot Exclusive Pics from X-Men First Class Check out Emma Frost and Angel Salvadore in two revealing images from the upcoming X-Men prequel, IGN
  37. ^ #XMen #DOFP viral site ties mutant with JFK assassination; Angel & Azazel…DEAD! Archived November 28, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
  38. ^ "20th Century Studios | Home". Archived from the original on 2014-05-27. Retrieved 2013-11-27.
  39. ^ "11 questions about X-Men Days Of Future Past answered". Den of Geek. 2014-05-23. Retrieved 2014-05-27.
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