Stryfe is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, most commonly in association with the superhero team X-Force.
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Stryfe is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, most commonly in association with the superhero team X-Force.
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Years later, as Apocalypse is about to transfer his essence into Stryfe, he discovers that Stryfe is in fact a clone, thus unfit to house his essence.
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Stryfe grows up to be an embittered madman, wanting vengeance on both what he thought were his real parents and his spiritual parent Apocalypse.
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Stryfe raises an army and for years became a fierce opponent of both Cable and his Clan Chosen, and the New Canaanites, a despotic regime that replaced Apocalypse's.
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Stryfe then has the Mutant Liberation Front free the captive mutants Hairbag and Slab, and turns them over to Mister Sinister before ordering an MLF attack on a clinic.
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Stryfe confronts and defeats Kane, and eventually declares his enmity for Apocalypse.
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Stryfe's consciousness enters Cable's mind, in which he stays until he voluntarily leaves.
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Stryfe is opposed by Cable and Nate Grey, and at first beats them easily, even going as far as to siphon off all of Nate's power.
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Stryfe reappears, controlling the activation sequence for the Prime Sentinels.
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Stryfe uses them to hunt down Lady Deathstrike, who holds the complete codes for all the Sentinels in her cybernetic systems.
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Bishop propositioned a chance to kill Apocalypse, if Stryfe aided him in killing Cable, who Stryfe said he no longer cared about.
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Stryfe stole his Celestial Ship and technology and used it to raise an army that gave him total control over the people, save for a small rebellion.
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Stryfe placed Ship in Westchester County, New York and renamed the city, New Celestial City.
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However, when Stryfe was reminded by Wolverine that he already "died a hero" to just become a villain again, Stryfe claims to not know what he is talking about.
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Cable and Hope travel further into the future, X-Force return to the present, and Apocalypse drags Stryfe away, intending to use him as a new host body for his essence.
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Stryfe appears and kidnaps them both and brings them to an old, abandoned Mutant Liberation Force base.
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Stryfe explains to Bishop how he wants him to suffer after he betrayed him during Messiah War and claims that he was imprisoned and tortured by Apocalypse for years until he planned a successful escape and killed him.
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Hope sees that Stryfe is trying to undo the lessons which Cable taught her and refuses to kill Bishop but she does severely injure him.
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Stryfe is defeated by Cable and both X-Force teams, but before escaping he telepathically forces Hope to mimic his vast and nearly uncontrollable psionic power in the hope that she will destroy her friends.
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Stryfe is a clone of the mutant Cable and, as a result, possesses Cable's natural vast psionic abilities of telepathy and telekinesis.
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Stryfe has far more control over his massive psionic abilities than Cable or Nate Grey, apparently from having a whole lifetime of experience of learning how to use his powers which his alternate counterparts never had.
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Stryfe possessed other abilities through genetic manipulation similar to those that Cable achieved through cybernetic augmentation, including superhuman strength and durability.
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Stryfe wears battle armor of unknown composition that is highly impervious to damage.
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Stryfe has been known to wield a blade capable of harming Apocalypse.
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Stryfe has used various advanced weaponry and technology from the 39th century of his alternate future, including his time-vortex field generator.
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Stryfe has received extensive training in military combat techniques and the martial arts, and is a master marksman with firearms.
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Stryfe appears to be a mutant supremacist convinced that Professor X was killed by the United States government and that mutants should fight against the government.
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Stryfe is a younger, corrupt General, who alongside Cable and J Edgar Hoover hire Wade Wilson to get back a stolen nuclear briefcase.
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