Cerebra's Files
Mountjoy
Affiliation: None
Alternate-X Versions: None
Codename Etymology: Pronounced mount'joi [Origin unknown].
Powers: Mountjoy is a shape-stealer, who can take a form in one oftwo ways.
First, he can "ride" a host body for a period of time, during which he has control
over their actions and access to their memories (and powers). Eventually he digests
the host into himself, so this cannot be done indefinitely. The other way is for
Mountjoy to simply absorb his victims directly into himself, providing him with
energy and their memories. This action is not instantaneous, and there is a span
of time during which it it possible to divest Mountjoy of his victims, but once
they are digested completely, they are gone for good. Born nearly 100 years in
the future, Mountjoy was riding a criminal when Fitzroy
opened his escape portal to our time. He then jumped hosts, escaping termination
by Bishop and his team. After regaining his strength, Mountjoy
attempted to kill Bishop, absorbing some of the X-Men in the process. Bishop beat Mounjoy and made him
divest his teammates, but Mountjoy himself escaped. Mountjoy next appeared in
London, where he was involved in the Hellfire Club's plot to release a demon from its
crypt and gain power from it. After that failure, Mountjoy was revealed to have
been riding Scribe, the London HC recorder, by Madelyne Pryor, who somehow pulled him bodily out of his
host. Mountjoy's current whereabouts are unknown.
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