Riptide (Marvel Comics)
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Publisher | Marvel Comics |
First appearance | Uncanny X-Men #210 (October 1986) |
Created by | Chris Claremont John Romita Jr. |
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Alter ego | Janos Quested |
Species | Human Mutant |
Team affiliations | Marauders |
Abilities | Spins his body at greatly increased speeds, creating a vacuum suction that draws in nearby objects and also acts as a high-powered sling for objects which he generates out of calcified substances |
Riptide (Janos Quested) is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, usually those related to the X-Men franchise.
He was portrayed by Álex González in the film X-Men: First Class.
Publication history
Riptide first appeared in Uncanny X-Men #210 (as shadow only) in October 1986. He made his first full appearance in Uncanny X-Men #211 in November 1986. The character was created by Chris Claremont and John Romita Jr.
The character subsequently appears in The Uncanny X-Men #240-241 (January–February 1989), #243 (April 1989), X-Man #13 (March 1996), Gambit #9 (October 1999), X-Men and Power Pack #4 (March 2006), X-Men #200-203 (August–November 2007), New X-Men #44-45 (January 2008), X-Men #205-206 (January–February 2008), New X-Men #46 (March 2008), and X-Factor #27 (March 2008).
Riptide appeared as part of the "Marauders" entry in the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition #18.
Fictional character biography
Riptide is a member of the Marauders, a team of villains brought together by the mutant thief Gambit at the request of Mister Sinister.
After Sinister dispatched the Marauders into the sewers under New York City to kill the subterranean mutant collective known as the
Another band of cloned Marauders, including Riptide, later attacked the mutant known as
After M-Day
After the events of
Riptide assists Mister Sinister in his attempts to eliminate mutants with knowledge of the future. Riptide kills Quiet Bill while both are in an elevator.[volume & issue needed]
Later, during the storyline "
Powers and abilities
Riptide is a mutant with the ability to spin his body at an incredibly fast rate. He also has the ability to generate calcium growth from his bones that protrude through his skin, often taking the form of shurikens and spikes. When he spins, Riptide can release these growths at will from his skin, the additional velocity that comes from his spinning making them lethal missiles that can even punch through steel.
In other media
- Riptide makes a non-speaking cameo appearance in a flashback in the Marvel Anime: X-Men episode "Armor - Awakening". This version is a young boy from South America who was trained by Emma Frost.
- Riptide appears in X-Men: First Class, portrayed by Álex González.[3] This version is a member of the Hellfire Club. He assists the group in their plot to instigate the Cuban Missile Crisis and World War III until they are foiled by Charles Xavier and Erik Lensherr's fledgling X-Men and defects to Lehnsherr.
References
- ^ Uncanny X-Men #211
- ^ X-Men vol. 2 #200
- ^ Keyes, Rob (2010-09-19). "Relative Unknown Mutant Named Riptide Joins X-Men: First Class". screenrant.com. Retrieved 2010-09-20.