Everything about Stryfe totally explained
Stryfe is a
supervillain that appears in the fictional
Marvel universe. The character was created by
Louise Simonson and
Rob Liefeld, and first appears in
The New Mutants #87 (
March 1990). Stryfe is the main
antagonist in the
1990's crossover,
X-Cutioner's Song.
Fictional character biography
Stryfe is the clone of Nathan Christopher Summers, also known as
Cable, the son of
Cyclops and
Jean Grey's clone
Madelyne Pryor; when the immortal mutant
Apocalypse infects the infant Nathan with a
techno-organic virus, a woman from the distant future introducing herself as
Askani appears to Cyclops and Jean Grey, telling them that she can save the child. Once the infant Nathan arrive in the future, Askani clones the baby, hoping to salvage something if he dies. The clone's growth was greatly accelerated until he was the same age as Nathan himself. The Askani succeeded in halting the spread of the techno-organic virus in Nathan's body, thereby saving his life. However, Apocalypse and his forces attacks the Askani's hiding place and steals the cloned infant. Apocalypse takes the child as his own, raising him himself and naming him Stryfe, intending to use him as his next host body. As Apocalypse is about to transfer his essence into Stryfe, he discover that Stryfe is in fact a clone, thus unfit to house his essence. A teenage Cable and the time-traveling Cyclops and Jean confronts Apocalypse, leaving him unable to transfer into any host body, this causing his essence to discorporate. Apocalypse's second in command, Ch’vayre, raises Stryfe afterwards.
Stryfe grows up to be an insane madman, wanting vengeance on both what he thought were his real parents (Cyclops and Jean) and his spiritual parent, Apocalypse. He raises an army and became a fierce opponent of both Cable's Clan Chosen and the
New Canaanites, a despotic regime that replaced Apocalypse’s. During these wars he kills Cable's wife, Jenskot, including kidnaps and brainwashes their son,
Tyler.
In
AD 3806, the New Canaanites takes full control of the planet, but Stryfe manages to travel back in time two thousand years. He sows chaos in the ranks of the X-Men, posing as Cable and attacking
Professor X, as well as forming a
mutant terrorist group, the
Mutant Liberation Front alongside many powerful mutants including
Tamara Kurtz. During this time, he fights a weakened Apocalypse and nearly destroys him. As a final insurance, Stryfe gives
Mister Sinister a canister that he claims holds genetic material from two thousand years worth of Summers descendants; in truth, it held the deadly
Legacy Virus. Stryfe battles Cable until the latter opens a temporal rift, destroying his body. Stryfe's however consciousness enter Cable's mind, in which he stays until he voluntarily leaves.
While physically dead, Stryfe attempts to return to life through the body of
Warpath. After a brief return to villainy, Stryfe seemingly dies once more, battling an extraterrestrial creature alongside
Bishop and
Gambit. In the end, Stryfe regrets the path and choices he'd made in his life, and sacrifices himself to save the Earth from La Bete Noir, an entity trapped within the Earth at the beginnings of the universe by the
Phoenix Force.
Other versions
Ultimate Stryfe
In
Ultimate X-Men, Stryfe is also the leader of the Mutant Liberation Front. He appears to be a mutant supremacist convinced that Xavier was killed by the United States government and that mutants should fight against it. However when Psylocke scanned his mind she sensed that he'd no real conviction in what he said, suggesting that much of his mutant supremacist attitude is an act, meaning his real motives are unknown. At his side is the ultimate version of
Zero, a young mutant teleporter. It is revealed that Stryfe is actually a con man, working with Fenris to promote mutant unrest so they can sell Sentinels to the government.
In other media
Television
Video games
Stryfe appears as a boss in voiced by Dan Riordan.
Stryfe is the final boss in the Sega Game Gear game .Further Information
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