KMC Forums - Mutant Files: Nathan Grey (X-Man)

Quick Table of Reference.

Looking back at X-Factor #22. Nate is an immensely powerful, and dubbed as the only fully functioning Nate Grey in any reality. Part of the reason is due to his genetic donors.In AoA Beast realizes what Sinister was up to. And that was to take control of Jeans powers, by creating a vet grown hybrid using her tissue as a medium in hopes of cultivating a living weapon.
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AoA Beast, and Sinister only knew of Jeans outpouring of energy within each cell. Little did they know that AoA Jean is actually a descendent of Alpha the First Mutant, and the current Phoenix. This is confirmed in Age of Apocalypse #5&6. AoA Jean is no longer unique in the sense, that Nate would also be a descendant of Alpha. Nate has inherited her power, and her potential.
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Since X-Man #0, Nate was plagued with instability. This is confirmed when Nate asked Moira for help, since his powers where blinking in, and out (X-Man #12).
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Moria mapped out Nate�s power on issue 12. Nate�s body is eating itself away, with a life span of around 21...if Nate does not constantly beat himself, by the misuse of his ability.
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Cable v1 #29
Xavier, and Moira share their finding over Nate. Xavier comments Nate is the strongest psi he has ever encountered, Moira concludes with the computer reading. She states Nate�s psi matches that of the Dark Phoenix. And that if his power left unattended could consume him, and everyone around him.
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X-Man #16
Reader: Does Nate�s telekinesis really rival the Phoenix�s?
Writer: According to Moira�s calculation it does, and Blaquesmith wasn�t afraid of him for no reason.
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Nate played a crucial role in the Onslaught arc. Young Franklin, and Nate Grey where prime targets given that both where considered the most powerful being on Earth. When Onslaught absorbed Nate, it stabilized, and augmented his power.

X-Man #20
Reader: Is Nate more powerful than Franklin Richards?
Writer: Franklin, and Nates powers could vary well rival each others�
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X-Man #25
Nate begins to lose his hard psi-tk after his battle with Madelyn.
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Its actually a self defense mechanism caused by Nate's own subconscious to help preserve itself, by suppressing those massive powers. He does not recover his Hard Psi (TK), until issue 29.

X-Man #41
Nate losses his telepathy becoming Mind Blind. His telepathy does not return until issue 57.
X-Man #46
We see a glimpse of what Nate would be at full potential. By skipping several stages of evolutions he was not meant to survive, he becomes a being of raw energy. More or less the same abilities but more of it, much more of it.
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X-Man #59
Reed Richards maps out Nate Greys powers. Though his powers are staggeringly high, boundaries do exist. These boundaries are created by Nate subconscious, to protect himself. Otherwise lifting these boundaries will prove to be devastating.
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X-Man #61 marks the introduction of Nate as a mutant Shaman. A complete character overhaul, much more serious, mature, and with a new goal in mind. Marvel explains how Nate usurped the Shaman ideology in X-Man #67.

To summarize, Alternate Nate merged with X-Man. In doing so, they traded genetic traits, experience, and merged their power. The final result is Shaman X-Man, who has realized the full extant of his abilities.

The following is an example in the leap in Nates character
Nate vs. Queen Jean (Round 1)
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Shaman Nate vs. Queen Jean (Round 2)
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X-Man Returns
X-Man apparently dies when he taps into his full power, dispersing his being, and conscious onto every living being across the planet [X-Man #75]. Dark Beast theorizes that Nate is fully capable of reforming his dismantled body, and mind through his own mutant powers [X-Factor #22].
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Dark Beast theory is proven correct, when Nate does exactly that [See Dark X-Men].
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However such a feat proves to be vary crippling, taxing his mutant powers.
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Having a hard time reforming himself, and leaving the mindscape of the human unconscious. When H.A.M.M.E.R Psi Division attempts to mind link with Nate. Dozens of telepaths suddenly find themselves drained of their mental energies. This energy is used to reform his dismantled body, and return at full power.
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