36 Facts About Fantomex

Fantomex is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

Fantomex resembles the titular character of the Italian comic book Diabolik and its film adaptation Danger: Diabolik.

Fantomex's name, Jean-Phillipe, is a reference to actor John Phillip Law, star of Danger: Diabolik.

In July 2013, Marvel announced the character's first solo series, Fantomex MAX, written by Andrew Hope, and illustrated by Shawn Crystal.

Fantomex then made sporadic guest appearances with the X-Men until October 2010 when he has a permanent member of the new Uncanny X-Force with Rick Remender and Jerome Opena as the creative team.

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Fantomex was created by the Weapon Plus Program to serve as a super-sentinel against Earth's mutant population.

Fantomex explains to Professor X and Jean Grey that he is being hunted because he is one of the most wanted thieves in Europe.

Fantomex then leads Professor Xavier and Jean Grey to the Chunnel disaster.

Fantomex confesses to Jean Grey that he is not the master thief that he had claimed, but is set out to earn that reputation.

Fantomex assures Jean Grey that he refuses to be anyone's soldier, and as a result Jean Grey allows Fantomex to disappear into the Chunnel before the authorities arrive.

Back on Earth, Fantomex joins Cyclops and a group of X-Men students in their fight against Magneto, who had taken the identity of Xorn.

Fantomex had gathered a new Brotherhood of Mutants and had taken over New York City.

Later on, Fantomex tries to track down John Sublime, the director of the Weapon Plus program.

However, Fantomex manages to survive and some time later is contacted by the diminutive mutant Shortpack who seeks his help in assassinating mutant arms dealer Steinbeck, known as the Quiet Man, in revenge for his killing of an agent under Shortpack's care.

Fantomex refuses, not wanting to become responsible for allowing the good-natured Shortpack to become a killer.

Fantomex is not affected by Allgod because nanites in his neocortex render him incapable of believing in anything greater than himself.

Fantomex then uses a shrink-ray he reportedly stole from Doctor Doom to shrink the World and take it for his own.

Fantomex saves the team from a group of John Sublime's associates and later takes them home.

Fantomex remains with the X-Men on Utopia and is later seen in San Francisco fighting alongside the X-Men against Bastion's army of Nimrod sentinels.

Fantomex is later abducted by Captain Britain who brands him a dimensional threat and take him to Otherworld, where an interdimensional court sentences him to erasure from existence itself.

Fantomex is rescued by his teammate Psylocke, who turns against her brothers.

Fantomex is captured and killed when the Skinless Man cuts out his heart.

Fantomex agrees to stay with him only if he allows her to kill Fantomex, who betrayed her during a heist at the Louvre.

Fantomex then betrays the team, but is shot in the head by Domino.

Fantomex is tricked again by Cable by agreeing to meet at various spy organization or organized crime locations for showdowns, but X-Force never shows; however, Fantomex still destroys the enemy bases, which ultimately helps X-Force's missions.

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Fantomex eventually finds X-Force, but is tricked by ForgetMeNot into teleporting near Hope Summers, who copies his super-powers.

Fantomex once kissed his X-Force colleague Doctor Nemesis in surprise on the lips in thanks for calling him "the best", showing that he is open to same-sex intimacy.

Fantomex has microtechnology laced into his blood; with nanites in his brain prohibiting him from believing in anything greater than himself, such as gods or any supernatural beings to the concept of true love.

Fantomex possesses a computerized mind similar to Sage which worked in tandem with his alternate minds and the Nano-Blood in his system to increase his intellect and analytical prowess.

Fantomex can enter a trance state and perform crucial tasks such as performing surgery on himself.

Fantomex is a very skilled hand-to-hand combatant and a master of stealth techniques.

Fantomex once contained three brains with distinct personas and characteristics that were used for parallel and independent thinking in conjunction with his Nano-Active Blood.

Fantomex lost these facilities after he was resurrected; said three minds, along with some of his abilities as a consequence, being splintered amongst his two alter ego's.

Fantomex would seek to curb his flawed state by incorporating a super soldier serum derivative which had afflicted Nathan and Hope Summers while a part of Cable's X-Force team.

Whatever happened to Fantomex is never explicitly explained in the storyline, though it is strongly hinted that Beast's U-Man follower, Apollyon the Destroyer, is actually Fantomex.

Fantomex is depicted briefly in X-Men: The End as part of X-23's dream induced by the Ladies Mastermind, as she is stated to be in love with him in this reality.