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Proteus (Marvel Comics)
Kevin MacTaggert, also known as Proteus and Mutant X, is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics and is commonly associated with the X-Men as an antagonist.
Kevin was the mutant son of Scottish genetic researcher Moira MacTaggert and politician Joseph MacTaggert. Kevin had reality-warping and possession powers, and had lived most of his life in forced seclusion at his mother, Moira's Muir Island research facility.
Kevin's attempt to escape Muir Island and find his father, Joseph made up a 1979–80 Uncanny X-Men storyline that was adapted in X-Men: The Animated Series. In 2009, Proteus was ranked as IGN's 77th-greatest villain of all time.
Created by writer Chris Claremont and artist/co-writer John Byrne, Proteus first appeared in The Uncanny X-Men #125 (September 1979), though hints to his character appeared in earlier issues. He was referenced off-panel in The Uncanny X-Men #104, and appeared already possessing a host in The Uncanny X-Men #119.
Kevin MacTaggart was the son of Moira and Joseph MacTaggert and was conceived after Joseph severely beat and raped his wife. Moira left Joseph without telling him she was pregnant and raised Kevin at her mutant research centre on Muir Island, off the coast of Scotland. Kevin eventually began manifesting his mutant abilities, becoming a danger to everyone around him. To protect herself and others, Moira was forced to confine Kevin in a specialized cell and referred to him only as Mutant X.
Kevin remained confined for several years until his cell was damaged in a fight between Magneto and the X-Men, at which point Kevin escaped by possessing the body of multiple locals, including Phoenix, but was unable to overcome her psychic powers. Without the esoteric energy fields of his cell to sustain him, Kevin began to burn his body out, and so began to possess human host bodies, one after another. He went after Polaris next.
The X-Men arrived to confront Kevin, so he fled to the Scottish mainland, but was caught by Wolverine and Nightcrawler. In the ensuing fight, Kevin rejected the Mutant X label and named himself Proteus after the Greek god of myth and the cell in which he had been confined. He attempted to possess Storm.
Proteus fled to Edinburgh, where he possessed his father, Joseph, and made a last stand against the X-Men. His host body was destroyed in the battle, but before Proteus could take another host, he was punched by Colossus, disrupting his energy form and apparently killing him.
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Proteus (Marvel Comics)
Kevin MacTaggert, also known as Proteus and Mutant X, is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics and is commonly associated with the X-Men as an antagonist.
Kevin was the mutant son of Scottish genetic researcher Moira MacTaggert and politician Joseph MacTaggert. Kevin had reality-warping and possession powers, and had lived most of his life in forced seclusion at his mother, Moira's Muir Island research facility.
Kevin's attempt to escape Muir Island and find his father, Joseph made up a 1979–80 Uncanny X-Men storyline that was adapted in X-Men: The Animated Series. In 2009, Proteus was ranked as IGN's 77th-greatest villain of all time.
Created by writer Chris Claremont and artist/co-writer John Byrne, Proteus first appeared in The Uncanny X-Men #125 (September 1979), though hints to his character appeared in earlier issues. He was referenced off-panel in The Uncanny X-Men #104, and appeared already possessing a host in The Uncanny X-Men #119.
Kevin MacTaggart was the son of Moira and Joseph MacTaggert and was conceived after Joseph severely beat and raped his wife. Moira left Joseph without telling him she was pregnant and raised Kevin at her mutant research centre on Muir Island, off the coast of Scotland. Kevin eventually began manifesting his mutant abilities, becoming a danger to everyone around him. To protect herself and others, Moira was forced to confine Kevin in a specialized cell and referred to him only as Mutant X.
Kevin remained confined for several years until his cell was damaged in a fight between Magneto and the X-Men, at which point Kevin escaped by possessing the body of multiple locals, including Phoenix, but was unable to overcome her psychic powers. Without the esoteric energy fields of his cell to sustain him, Kevin began to burn his body out, and so began to possess human host bodies, one after another. He went after Polaris next.
The X-Men arrived to confront Kevin, so he fled to the Scottish mainland, but was caught by Wolverine and Nightcrawler. In the ensuing fight, Kevin rejected the Mutant X label and named himself Proteus after the Greek god of myth and the cell in which he had been confined. He attempted to possess Storm.
Proteus fled to Edinburgh, where he possessed his father, Joseph, and made a last stand against the X-Men. His host body was destroyed in the battle, but before Proteus could take another host, he was punched by Colossus, disrupting his energy form and apparently killing him.