Amphibius

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comic_color = background:#ff8080
character_name = Amphibius
real_name = unrevealed
species=Savage Land Mutate
publisher = Marvel Comics
debut = "Uncanny X-Men" vol. 1 #62 (Nov 1969)
creators = Roy Thomas and Neal Adams
alliance_color = background:#ffc0c0
status = Active
alliances = Savage Land Mutates
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powers =Superhuman leaping ability|

Amphibius is a fictional character, a mutate, owned by Marvel Comics who exists in that company's Marvel Universe.

Publication history

Amphibius's first appearance was in "Uncanny X-Men" vol. 1 #62-63 (November-December 1969), and he was created by Roy Thomas and Neal Adams.

The character subsequently appears in "Avengers" #105 (November 1972), "Marvel Fanfare" #1-4 (March-September 1982), "Uncanny X-Men Annual" #12 (1988), "Uncanny X-Men" #249-250 (September-October 1989), #274-275 (March-April 1991), "Wolverine" #69-71 (May-July 1993), "X-Men: Hidden Years" #1 (December 1999), #3-4 (February-March 2000), #9-12 (August-November 2000), "X-Treme X-Men: Savage Land" #1-4 (November 2001-February 2002), "New Avengers" #1-2 (January-February 2005), #4-5 (April-May 2005), "Uncanny X-Men" #457-459 (May-July 2005), "Sentinel Squad O*N*E" #3-4 (May-June 2006), "Cable & Deadpool" #49 (March 2008), and "Marvel Comics Presents" #6-7 (April-May 2008).

Amphibius appeared as part of the "Savage Land Mutates" entry in the "Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition" #11.

Fictional character biography

Amphibius is a mutate, a human that lived in the Savage Land, a tropical preserve hidden in Antarctica. He is saved from hostile tribesmen by Magneto, and changed into a humanoid frog-like mutate. He is the first of the Savage Land Mutates to see the X-Men, and has fought not just the X-Men but also Ka-Zar, who is a human inhabitant of the Savage Land. He has also fought Spider-Man. Amphibius is one of Magneto's first Savage Land Mutates, and has been involved in all the Mutates' subsequent activities. Presumably, Amphibius remains with the Mutates in the Savage Land.

Powers and abilities

Amphibius is a humanoid frog-like mutate who can leap great distances, breathe underwater, and control aquatic life. On his left hand he sometimes wears a glove with razor-sharp claws.

Other versions

Amphbius appears in a two-part "What If?" story: #46 (February 1993) - 'What If... Cable Had Destroyed The X-Men?' and #47 (March 1993) - 'What If... Magneto Took Over The USA?'

External links

*http://www.marveldatabase.com/Amphibius
* [http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix4/amphibiusslm.htm His profile in the Appendix to the Handbook of the Marvel Universe]