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Lila Cheney

Lila Cheney is a fictional interstellar British rock star and mutant who makes appearances as a guest character in X-Men titles. Created by Chris Claremont and Bob McLeod, she made her debut in The New Mutants Annual #1 (November 1984).

Cheney possesses the power of teleportation, but only at interstellar distances. During one of her tryouts, she discovers an abandoned Dyson sphere, which she uses as a home base for her teleports. She is well known for her romantic connection to X-Man Cannonball, as well as her friendship with Strong Guy.

Lila Cheney was created by Chris Claremont and Bob McLeod, and introduced in The New Mutants Annual #1 (November 1984).

In the 1980s and 1990s, Lila made frequent appearances in The New Mutants, X-Factor, X-Force, and X-Men titles, with an alternate version of the character appearing in Gambit and the X-Ternals.

She appeared in 8 issues of X-Treme X-Men, and in X-Men: Legacy (vol. 2) as an ally of Legion. She additionally appeared in Captain Marvel (vol. 8), Ms. Marvel: Mutant Menace, the 2025 Dazzler limited series, and the Concert of Champions one-shot.

Born in England, Lila used her mutant ability of teleportation to adventure across the universe at a young age. During an adventure, she arrives on the alien planet Aladna, where she becomes engaged to Prince Yan. At some point in Lila's life, she was, allegedly, sold by "Earth" to aliens as a slave, before escaping to tour the galaxy as a rockstar and thief, during which she found an abandoned Dyson sphere, which she would make her base.

Lila made a deal to, in turn, sell Earth to an alien race called the Vrakanin. Just before she could execute her plan, she met the New Mutants at her New York concert. Cannonball (Sam Guthrie) saves Lila from a falling speaker, and Lila is instantly attracted to him. When the Vrakanin double-cross her and are defeated, she gives up her thieving career and enters into a romantic relationship with Cannonball.

She later moved to Malibu, and hired Dazzler (Alison Blair) as a backup singer and Guido Carosella (Strong Guy) as a bodyguard. When Cannonball and Magik approached Lila for help, she used her connections to help rescue Sunspot and Magma. She also aided Magneto in battling the Beyonder.

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