Tether is a fictional mutant

Mutant (Marvel Comics)

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 character in the Marvel Comics

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 Universe. Her first appearance was in Uncanny X-Men '97 Annual.

Fictional character biography

Tether was a member of Gene Nation

Gene Nation

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, the group of second generation Morlocks

Morlocks (comics)

The Morlocks are a group of several fictional comic book mutants associated with the X-Men in the Marvel Comics universe. Created by writer Chris Claremont and artist Paul Smith, they were named after the subterranean race of the same name in H. G. Wells' novel The Time Machine. They first appeared...

 whom Storm encountered and relocated to Africa

Africa

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.

When Humanity's Last Stand

Humanity's Last Stand

Humanity's Last Stand was a Marvel Comics radical anti-mutant fringe group and enemies of the X-Men. The group's first appearance was in Uncanny X-Men Annual 1995. They were behind the creation of a false Mutant Liberation Front, formed by human members of H.L.S. posing as mutant. The humans use...

 attacked the Gene Nationals, Storm and the X-Men

X-Men

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 arrived to help. Unfortunately, so did Havok's Brotherhood of Mutants who offered the Gene Nationals protection against Humanity's Last Stand. Humanity's Last Stand were eventually defeated, and Tether (along with fellow Gene National Boost

Boost (comics)

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) sought to leave, helping the Brotherhood escape in return for being dropped off at an unrevealed place of their choosing.

Powers and abilities

Tether is a mutant with a reptilian appearance. She possesses razor-sharp claws and fangs and an electrified tail.