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Riptide

Real Name: Janos Quested
Affiliation: Marauders
Status: Perpetually clonable
Alternate-X Versions: None
Codename Etymology: Pronounced rĭp'tīd [Middle English rippen + From Old English tīd]; A stretch of turbulent waters.
Powers & History: Riptide spins at an incredibly fast rate. Upon reaching top speed, he throws out shuriken (Chinese stars) at such high velocity that they can punch through steel. Riptide seriously wounded both Colossus and Nightcrawler in the Mutant Massacre. Colossus then snapped his neck, but Sinister has cloned him repeatedly.
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