27 Facts About Fabian Cortez

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Fabian Cortez is a fictional mutant supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

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Fabian Cortez is unaware that Magneto had recently been mindwiped by Charles Xavier; and Exodus comes to Genosha in his place, seemingly killing Fabian Cortez.

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Fabian Cortez reappears months later, claiming to have been badly injured, yet not actually killed, despite all appearances.

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Fabian Cortez manipulates Joseph into posing as Magneto, pitting him against Exodus in an attempt to regain control of the Acolytes.

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5.

Fabian Cortez leads one group, but they abandon him during a battle with the X-Men, upon realising how he has been using them for his own purposes.

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Alone again, Fabian Cortez is surprised to be recruited by Magneto himself, to whom the United Nations has given control of Genosha.

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Fabian Cortez has three of her recently resurrected mind-controlled soldiers—Acolytes Cortez, Delgado, and Mellencamp—hunt down Magneto.

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8.

Fabian Cortez was later revived with the help of Jean Grey, nude and confused as he remembered he requested a meeting with Magneto and the Quiet Council.

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9.

Fabian Cortez almost succeeded in getting Gorgon to kill everybody there but when Nightcrawler teleported into an ice-cream stand trying to stop them, everyone started laughing calming the confused Gorgon down.

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Fabian Cortez begged Nightcrawler not to report this to The Quiet Council but instead Kurt dragged him to Planet Arakko and forced him to confront one of his former victims, Lost who's parents were killed in one of the Acolytes attacks.

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11.

Fabian Cortez told Fabian if he made an attempt to apologize to Lost she could use her gravity manipulation to unsure they all land safely, but if not he'll block her powers so all three will die.

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12.

Fabian Cortez tried to sincerely apologize to her and admitted there was something wrong with him but he was abruptly possessed by Onslaught and made to overload her with his power, burning her out.

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Fabian Cortez realized they were still falling and now as a result of Lost's power overload, the moon Phobos had fallen out of orbit and was about to crush the planet.

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When Kurt stopped their descent, Fabian Cortez begged him to teleport them to safety but he refused to leave without protecting the people still on the planet.

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15.

Fabian Cortez told Fabian to overload him with power as he did to Lost, so he could put Phobos back into orbit with his last dying breath.

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16.

Fabian Cortez broke down and in a shocking moment of humility, confessed that he believed he'd fail and that all he really wanted was for people to like and respect him, Kurt asked him how he expected people to like him when he clearly despised himself.

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17.

Fabian Cortez was now going to make every mutant kill themselves while Xavier deleted all their backups so they couldn't be resurrected.

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18.

Two months later Fabian Cortez and Lost were seen teaching Krakoan children Nightcrawler's philosophy of "The Spark" and later joined his team "The Legionarries" to protect Krakoa's laws and The Spark.

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19.

Fabian Cortez possesses a unique mutation that grants him the ability to enhance or diminish energy levels.

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20.

Fabian Cortez is a skilled martial artist and often carries a firearm.

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21.

Fabian Cortez was created toward the very end of Claremont's tenure writing the X-Men and was the last major character he introduced.

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22.

Fabian Cortez is entrusted with overseeing Asteroid M and preparing it to be the last outpost of humanoid life.

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23.

Decades later, in Marvel Zombies 2, Fabian Cortez's child regains control of the colony during a battle with cosmically powered zombies.

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24.

Eager to exploit the "burnout", the Consortium thought Fabian Cortez's powers were rife with the potential to weaponize the concept.

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25.

Weeks later, Fabian Cortez is rescued by Nick Fury and the X-Men, but is on the verge of death due to the experimentation he was forced to endure.

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26.

Fabian Cortez dies in the custody of the X-Men shortly thereafter.

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27.

Fabian Cortez appears in X-Men '92, when he overcharges Lila Cheney's teleporting powers; and she takes the X-Men to a distant planet inhabited by the mutant Brood.

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