Briquette is a fictional mutant

Mutant (Marvel Comics)

In comic books published by Marvel Comics, a mutant is an organism who possesses a genetic trait called an X-gene that allows the mutant to naturally develop superhuman powers and abilities...

 super villain in the Marvel Comics

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 universe.

Fictional character biography

Briquette is a member of the Hell's Belles

Hell's Belles

Hell's Belles is a fictional super villain team in the Marvel Comics Universe, composed of female mutant terrorists. They were formed by Cyber to commit acts of extortion, and worked for a notorious drug cartel...

, a group of female terrorists employed by the villainous Cyber

Cyber (comics)

Cyber is a fictional comic book supervillain appearing in books published by Marvel Comics, usually as an enemy of Wolverine of the X-Men. Created by writer Peter David and artist Sam Kieth, he first appeared in Marvel Comics Presents #85 , though his appearance was obscured by a trench coat and hat...

. Her mutant ability gave her super strength, as well as molten hot skin. Through skin contact, she could melt any object. During the group's battle with X-Factor

X-Factor (comics)

X-Factor is an American comic book series published by Marvel Comics. It is a spin-off of the popular X-Men franchise, featuring characters from X-Men stories. The series has been relaunched several times with different team rosters, most recently as X-Factor Investigations.X-Factor launched in...

, Briquette went up against the mutant Strong Guy

Strong Guy

Strong Guy is the alias of Guido Carosella, a fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe. He was created by Chris Claremont and Bill Sienkiewicz in New Mutants volume 1 #29 , and was reinvented as Strong Guy by Peter David and Larry Stroman in X-Factor #71 .-Early life:Born in Rhinebeck,...

. Their clashing caused them to fall to the basement of a hotel, where Briquette aptly caused the entire building to explode by heating up the boiler. Later, during their second encounter, Briquette grabbed Quicksilver

Quicksilver (comics)

Quicksilver is a fictional character that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character first appears in X-Men #4 and was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby...

 and began to melt his body until a heat-insulated Strong Guy took her out. Presumably, Briquette was taken into custody and remains there. She's the only Hell's Belle whose current mutant status is unknown, while the other Belles have been confirmed depowered after the M-Day

Decimation (comics)

Decimation is the late 2005 Marvel Comics storyline spinning off from the House of M limited series. It focuses on the ramifications of the Scarlet Witch stripping nearly all of the mutant population of their powers, thereby reducing a society of millions to one of scant hundreds.This event, which...

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