Elijah Cross is a fictional comic book

Comic book

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 character

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 in the Marvel Comics

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 universe

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. He first appeared in 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...

vol. 3 #17 as a de-powered mutant

Mutant (Marvel Comics)

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, who lost his powers as a result of M-Day

Decimation (comics)

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Fictional character biography

Little is known about Elijah Cross, other than his role as leader of the terrorist group of former mutants called X-Cell

X-Cell

X-Cell is a terrorist organization in the Marvel Comics universe.-Fictional team biography:Made up of ex-mutants, the group targets government authorities in an attempt to regain their lost powers after the Decimation event, which de-powered over 90% of the world's mutant population and which they...

, who believe mutants lost their powers as a result of a government conspiracy

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Cross was to be apprehended by S.H.I.E.L.D.

S.H.I.E.L.D.

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 to face allegations of sending a government official a toy elephant that nearly choked him to death, but Rictor and Wolfsbane

Wolfsbane (comics)

Wolfsbane is a Marvel Comics superheroine, associated with the X-Men.A Scottish mutant, Wolfsbane possesses the ability to transform into a wolf or into a transitional state somewhere between human and wolf...

 intervened, believing the agents to be the criminals in the altercation.

Afterwards, Cross went to former mutant 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...

, asking him if he could return his powers to him using the Terrigen Crystals

Terrigen Mist

The Terrigen Mist is a fictional substance from the Marvel Comics universe. It plays a prominent role in the stories of the Inhumans, a fictional race of super-humans...

embedded in Quicksilver's skin. Cross regained his powers for a short time afterward and used them to fight X-Factor. In the middle of the fight, Cross began to smoke and then exploded as a result of the Terrigen Crystals.

Powers and abilities

Elijah Cross had the ability to increase his mass without being constrained by gravity, allowing him to move at speeds normal to a person of his regular body weight. He was depicted bowling through a small army of Jamie Madrox's dupes.

External links

• Elijah Cross at Marvel.com