Garrison Kane
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Notable aliases | Weapon X |
Abilities | Ability to transform weapons attached on body armor Ability to access all recorded mutant powers and use them |
Garrison Kane, also known as Weapon X and Kane, is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.
Publication history
Kane was created by Fabian Nicieza and Rob Liefeld, and debuted in X-Force #2 (1991).
Fictional character biography
Kane was a former member of
Alongside
Kane returned to the 20th Century with Cable.
Kane later rejoined the Weapon X program and his cybernetic material was once again upgraded, giving him the ability to duplicate the abilities of any member in Weapon X. Kane became the team's hitman. In a battle with the group known as the Underground, Kane's mind was shut down by Cable, after which he regained his sanity.[19] Kane then absorbed the powers of former Alpha Flight member Madison Jeffries, who had been brainwashed into working for the murderous leader of Weapon X, Malcolm Colcord. Kane absorbed Weapon X's technology into himself, apparently dying in the process.[20]
Powers and abilities
Kane originally had a pair of cybernetic arms which provided him with superhuman strength. After he was sent to Cable's 40th Century alternate future his bionics were modified so that he gained new cybernetic appendages, which included synthetic-organic liquid metal arms, hands, and shoulders. The left and right sides of his torso have also been replaced by synthetic-organic metal parts, although the middle section is still organic. Ordinarily the metal parts of his body appear as flesh, but he can cause the metal to appear by willing a "synthorg transfer". Kane also has bionic legs and a bionic left eye. Kane's artificial hands are detachable and can be shot from his arms. He can also fire plasma from his metal arms. The arms can also produce large organic metal shields for protection. He can see in the infrared portion of the spectrum and project holograms from his eyes. His bionic parts contain a wide variety of devices, most of which have yet to be identified. He can generate electricity from his metal parts to
Due to the enhancements that the newest incarnation of Weapon X has given him, Kane now has numerous bionic appendages which house various weapons. He now has the ability to see in various spectra of light, project holograms, and he has a computerized targeting system. His strength was also upgraded and he is now more resistant to damage. He could download super powers such as toxic emissions, metal control, and various other abilities. It has been shown that when Kane was blown up by Deadpool, Weapon X was able to reconstruct him perfectly. It is unknown if he can always be rebuilt or if it was just that one incident.
Kane is an excellent hand-to-hand combatant, highly trained in armed and unarmed combat. He has extensive knowledge of the 40th Century A.D. of the alternate future in which Cable was based. Kane formerly used various firearms, but now mainly relies on the weapons installed in his bionic body parts, as well as an "ion blade" that generates destructive energy.
Kane suffers from claustrophobia.
Other versions
Exiles
An alternate version of Kane appeared in
House of M
Garrison Kane is shown to be a commander in S.H.I.E.L.D. in the House of M reality.[21]
Ultimate Marvel
Kane's ultimate version was introduced in Ultimate X-Men #76, where he is once again a partner to Cable, Domino and the other Six Pack team members. This version, like his 616 counterpart, is a Caucasian male, but with brown instead of black hair. He was seen in the battle with the X-Men using his robotic arms to launch his fists like missiles as he does in the 616 Marvel Universe.[22]
In other media
Television
- Garrison Kane makes a non-speaking cameo appearance in the X-Men: The Animated Series episode "Time Fugitives" as a member of Cable's resistance group against Apocalypse.[citation needed]
Film
- Garrison Kane was originally intended to appear in Deadpool, but was ultimately scrapped due to budgetary concerns over the CGI required to depict his cybernetic arms.[23]
Merchandise
- Two action figures of Garrison Kane were produced by Toy Biz as part of their X-Force line. The first Kane debuted in the 1992 debut X-Force set and was packaged with a gun accessory and a snap-back hand, while the second Kane debuted in the 1993 X-Force set and was packaged with a removable vest, another gun accessory and a propeller shield fist.
- Garrison Kane (under his Weapon X codename) is a playing piece in the Heroclix game system. He has the Robot, Six Pack, Soldier, and Weapon X keywords, and is played at 91pts.[24][25]
References
- ^ revealed in X-Force #8
- ^ revealed in Cable: Blood and Metal #2
- ^ revealed in Deadpool #2
- ^ X-Force #2
- ^ X-Force #7
- ^ X-Force #11-12 (1993)
- ^ Cable: Blood and Metal #1
- ^ Cable vol. 2 #1
- ^ Cable vol. 2 #2
- ^ Cable vol. 2 #3
- ^ Cable vol. 2 #4
- ^ Alpha Flight #115-116
- ^ Deadpool #1
- ^ Deadpool #2
- ^ Cable #1-4
- ^ Nomad #20
- ^ Wolverine Vol 2 #142-143
- ^ Wolverine vol. 2 #88 (Dec. 1994)
- ^ Weapon X Vol 2 #2
- ^ Weapon X Vol 2 #12
- ^ House of M #6
- ^ Ultimate X-Men #76
- ^ Williams, Owen. "Exclusive Deadpool Trailer Breakdown". Empire. Retrieved August 11, 2015.
- ^ HCRealms
- ^ Wizkids / NECA
External links
- Garrison Kane at Marvel.com