Vincente (comics)
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Vincente Cimetta is a mutant
Mutant (Marvel Comics)
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villain from the Generation X
Generation X (comics)
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title belonging to Marvel Comics
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. He was created by writer Scott Lobdell
Scott Lobdell
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and first appeared in the Main Marvel Universe
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in Generation X #12.
Fictional character biography
First appearing alongside the vampiric mutant EmplateEmplate
Emplate is a fictional character, a mutant supervillain appearing in the Marvel Comics universe. He first appeared in Generation X #1, and was created by Scott Lobdell and Chris Bachalo. Emplate would serve as one of the major antagonists to the Generation X comic book series during its...
, Vincente belonged to a group of evil mutants which—only in advertising—was known as the Hellions. Vincente battled Generation X alongside Gayle Edgerton
Gayle Edgerton
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, Murmur, D.O.A., and Bulwark
Bulwark (comics)
Bulwark is a fictional mutant character in the Marvel Comics Universe who first appeared as an antagonist of Generation X in Generation X #11.-Fictional character biography:...
.
On the team's first strike against the young mutants, Vincente hid himself inside of a pot of soup at a restaurant. When M
M (comics)
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opened the lid to smell it, he entered her lung
Lung
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s and tried to suffocate
Asphyxia
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her. He succeeded in knocking most of the team unconscious
Unconsciousness
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, but not before M let out a telepathic
Telepathy
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cry for help. Her cry was heard by Bishop
Bishop (comics)
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of the X-Men
X-Men
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, who came to her rescue.
Oddly enough, the mutant from the future had a connection to Emplate, as a group of parasitic
Parasitism
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mutants calling themselves the Emplates plagued Bishop's future timeline. This gave him the sign he needed to rescue the teens in danger. Vincente tried to attack Bishop in the same manner he did Generation X, but the mutant's natural ability of absorption began to digest Vincente in his mist form. He was able to escape with his life, and left with his teammates after they were beaten.
Vincente made one more appearance with Emplate's gang (this time sporting new members) when the villain tried once again to reclaim Penance as his possession. Vincente had learned the ability to make his vapor form poisonous, but that didn't stop him from being beaten yet again. After his ignominious defeat, he never appeared in the Main Marvel Universe
Earth-616
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again. His status after the recent depowering of most of the Earth's mutant population
Decimation (comics)
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has yet to be revealed.
Age of Apocalypse
In the Age of ApocalypseAge of Apocalypse
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, Emplate never formed his Hellions, so Vincente, in this universe green rather than the purple of the main Marvel Universe, was free to join Generation Next (the AoA version of Generation X led by Colossus
Colossus (comics)
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and Shadowcat
Kitty Pryde
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), instead of fighting them.
Nuclear power
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and internment camp
Internment
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for humans—Vincente and Husk
Husk (comics)
Husk is a fictional character from Marvel Comics. Guthrie is a superhero associated with the X-Men.A mutant, Husk has the ability to remove one layer of skin - or "husk" - revealing an epidermis of a different composition beneath...
decided to try and sneak in the back door by posing as the foreman Quietus. They snuck in to Quietus' office as a sexually interested girl with a flask of wine
Wine
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(Vincente in liquid form). Once Quietus drank the wine, Vincente forced his way out of the man's body, effectively killing him. Because Husk didn't have enough mass to become Quietus by herself, she required Vincente to fill out the remainder of the body with his vaporous form. On their way to find Illyana Rasputin
Magik (comics)
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, they unfortunately ran in to Sugar Man
Sugar Man
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. Although they attempted to shoot the maniac, he stabbed the pair with his razor-sharp tongue, almost killing Husk and delivering a fatal blow to Vincente, even though he was in his gaseous form at the time. He might have survived if the group of youngsters had not become trapped in the Core and overwhelmed by their adversaries.