Adam Neramani (Earth-616)

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Adam X-Treme

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Real Name

Adam Neramani

Current Alias

Adam X-Treme

Aliases

Adam-X

Identity

Secret

Alignment

Good

Affiliation

Strong Industries, Shi'ar Empire

Relatives

Philip Summers (step-grandfather)

Deborah Summers (step-grandmother)
Corsair (step-father, deceased)
Deathbird (paternal aunt)
Lilandra (paternal aunt)
D'Ken Neramani (father, deceased)
Katherine Anne Summers (mother, deceased)
Cyclops (maternal half-brother)
Havok (maternal half-brother)
Vulcan (maternal half-brother)
Jean Grey (half-sister-in-law)
Goblyn Queen (former half-sister-in-law, deceased)
Marvel Girl (half-niece)
X-Man (half-nephew)
Cable (half-nephew)
Stryfe (half-nephew's clone/half-nephew)
Jenskot (half-niece-in-law, deceased)
Jonathan Richards-Summers (half-grandnephew)
David Richards-Summers (half-grandnephew)
Dream Richards-Summers (half-grandniece)

Genesis (half-grandnephew, deceased)

Universe

Earth-616

Characteristics

Gender

Male

Height

6' 1"

Weight

180 lbs (82 kg)

Hair

Blonde

Unusual Features

Metal stubs on the back of his hands; pointed ears; royal Shi'ar markings.

Status

Citizenship

Shi'ar

Marital Status

Single

Origin

Origin

Half-Alien Mutant

Creators

Fabian Nicieza, Tony Daniel

First appearance

X-Force Annual #2

History

As a child, Adam-X was an orphan surrounded by whispers and rumors, rumors that the mad Emperor D'Ken had abducted a woman from Earth to be his consort. Though this Earth woman was later executed, it was said that a child was born from the forced union. The child was abandoned to the planet of Ch'Ylaritha.

As a young man, Adam served in the Shi'ar Imperial Forces as a starship pilot. His duties brought him to Earth, where, during a firefight, his craft was shot down, stranding him on the planet.

After his stranding, Adam was briefly employed by Strong Industries in their efforts against X-Force. During his conflict with the mutant team, he realized that they were not the enemy and ceased his attack. Later, Adam befriended Genis-Vell.

Desiring to learn the truth about his parents, Adam ended up in Alaska. There he encountered Philip Summers who, while piloting an airplane, crashed as a result of a sudden loss of vision. After happening upon Phillip, Adam cared for him until help arrived.

Just before leaving, Jean Grey arrived and sensed that there was a connection between Adam and the Summers family. Adam allowed Jean to transfer memories of his days as a Shi'ar combat pilot to Phillip. Afterwards, Adam disappeared.^[1]

Adam-X is presumed to be the son of Katherine Anne Summers by Emperor D'Ken based upon a number of suggestions: Adam's blonde hair, the remark made to Cyclops by Sinister (there is uncertainty about whether or not Sinister would have had any knowledge of Gabriel Summers), the connection felt by Adam towards Phillip, Jean Grey's psionic sensation, and the fact that D'Ken kept Katherine as a concubine in his harem prior to ordering her execution.

As a result of the Scarlet Witch's actions during the "House of M" event, nearly all of the mutants in the entire world have been stripped of their mutant abilities, including X-Treme.

Powers and Abilities

Powers

X-Treme is half-human and half-Shi'ar - a mix that bestows upon him several abilities.

Enhanced Agility: His physical agility is about 10 times that of a normal human.

Enhanced Reflexes: His reflexes and ability to move are far superior to both human and Shi'ar.

Enhanced Strength: Adam's hybrid physiology enables him to lift about 500 lbs.

Spontaneous Combustion: Adam can cause the electrolytes present in blood to ignite, causing a person to burn from the inside out. The intensity of the burn is variable; he is capable of producing merely a warming sensation, to incinerating a person within a matter of seconds. X-Treme can affect multiple targets with this power, the average intensity of which is enough to stun. Doing so, however, takes a tremendous effort, usually leaving Adam in a weakened state. For this reason, his abilities are not often used against multiple targets. Also, in order for Adam to ignite an individual's electrolytes, he must first oxygenate their blood. This is usually done by cutting his opponent, thus exposing their blood to air. Adam uses the trigger word "Burn" to activate his power. When employing his power, his eyes glow with a reddish light.

X-Treme's costume is covered with razor-sharp blades for this purpose.

Abilities

Adam is an extremely accomplished fighter. He is also skilled at piloting Shi'ar starships. Other abilities include: tracking, acrobatics, blade combat, and knife throwing.

Strength level

Peak Human

Weaknesses

None known.

Paraphernalia

Equipment: None known.
Transportation: None known.
Weapons: Adam wields cybernetic, retractable blocking blades named Thet’je that are forged of an unknown Shi'ar metal. He also uses throwing knives.

Notes

• While he apparently has royal markings, he does not seem to have feathers as is common among Shi'ar royalty.

• ===Summers brother===

From X-Men #39 on, Adam was intended to be the additional brother to Cyclops once mentioned cryptically by Mister Sinister (Sinister mentioned that he didn't want Cyclops or "[his] brothers" to succumb to the Legacy Virus), but the plans for this were dropped when Fabian Nicieza left Marvel's various X-Titles in 1995. He was supposed to be the son of D'Ken and Katherine Anne Summers, the mother of mutants Vulcan, Cyclops, Havok, who had been captured by the Shi'ar. While this origin was never confirmed in the comics themselves, Adam is half-human, and Katherine was the only known human woman in Shi'ar space at the time. X-Men #39 (Dec. 1994) featured a story about Adam discovering Philip Summers (father of Christopher Summers and grandfather of Cyclops and Havok) in the Alaskan wilderness and feeling an unusual connection to the old man.

Nicieza later confirmed that he intended Adam X to be the half-brother of Cyclops and Havok: "ADAM X was INTENDED to be the illegitimate offspring of D'Ken and Kate Summers. Taken from D'Ken and raised on a farming planet. BUT--and it's a big but--since I never had the opportunity to tell the entire story, what I intended is worth the screen it's printed on." ”

— rec.arts.comics.marvel.xbooks, August 1998

Nicieza left the X-Men office in 1995, and many of his plots were taken in new directions. With the emergence of the comic series X-Treme X-Men in 2001, the reappearance of the character X-Treme was made even more unlikely, due to the likelihood of confusion. Except for a brief appearance in Nicieza's aborted Captain Marvel series (1995), he has not been seen since.

While it was always intended that Adam X is in fact the "third Summers brother", the idea has been retconned in favor of a new character introduced by Ed Brubaker in the mini-series X-Men: Deadly Genesis: Vulcan. Yet, like Adam X, Vulcan does have a mysterious connection to the Shi'ar.

However, Adam could still be the brother to Cyclops and Havok mentioned by Sinister (since he was intended to be their half-brother on their mother's side, he would never have been a "Summers brother" despite the fan-term). Sinister mentioned only "your brothers." In addition, Vulcan, in-stasis and believed dead while the Legacy Virus was a problem, could not have been the brother mentioned by Sinister. Also Sinister never says how many brothers Scott and Alex have, so they may have more than one other brother. Adam, being a brother to the Summers, could explain Sinister's interest in him earlier on.

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