Bloke also known as Rainbow, is a fictional character

Fictional character

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, a mutant

Mutant (Marvel Comics)

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 in the Marvel Universe

Marvel Universe

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. He was created by Peter Milligan

Peter Milligan

Peter Milligan born in London, a British writer, best known for his comic book, film and television work.-Early career:Milligan started his comic career with short stories for 2000 AD in the early 1980s. By 1986, Milligan had his first ongoing strip in 2000AD called Bad Company, with artists Brett...

 and Mike Allred in X-Force (vol. 1) #117 (2001).

Fictional character biography

Bloke works as a vigilante in San Francisco, where he is known by the code-name of Curtis Aston. There, he gains control over his skin color, but seemingly prefers pink while in action. He is described, somewhat stereotypically, as being big, pink and having impeccable taste in soft furnishings as well as a penchant for musical theater. He is recruited for the X-Force team and accepts, hoping to gain "fame… money… a place in history and the opportunity to put a four-hundred pound guy like me on the cultural map. And chicken would be nice." According to X-Force intelligence, Bloke kills an average of six people per mission and has done so over two years, mainly from his own side. Part of his career includes being deployed against a Balkan terrorist group. He is shown pulling off the head of a tank

Tank

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 driver.

His first X-Force mission involves a trip to the South America

South America

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n nation of Bastrona. Their goal is to gain control of a refugee child named Paco Perez who has the mutant potential to cure many diseases; the mission commander, Coach

Coach (comics)

The Coach is a fictional mutant character in Marvel Comics' shared universe, the Marvel Universe. He was the "leader" and member of the second team of X-Force and was created by Peter Milligan and Mike Allred . His first appearance was in X-Force #116...

, wants to sell Paco to The Hand

Hand (comics)

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. The Greenpeace forces learn of the mission and attack. While outside, Bloke leaps to protect their informant, taking several mortal wounds.

Bloke's body is burned by his teammates; the child Paco Perez is secretly sent to live with the father of Saint Anna

Saint Anna (comics)

Saint Anna is a fictional character, a mutant in the Marvel Universe. She was created by Peter Milligan and Mike Allred in X-Force vol. 1 #117 .-Fictional character biography:...

, Bloke's teammate, who also dies saving Perez.

Powers and abilities

Bloke's mutant powers give him superhuman strength, endurance, reflexes, and durability, as well as the ability to blend in with his surroundings by changing the color of his skin, like a camouflage

Camouflage

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 similar to a chameleon

Chameleon

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's. However, when using this camouflage, his strength is temporarily reduced to that of a normal human.