- Tag (comics)
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caption=Tag, byClayton Henry
comic_color=background:#ff8080
character_name=Tag
real_name=Brian Cruz
species=Human Mutant
publisher=Marvel Comics
debut="New Mutants" (volume 2) #7
creators=Nunzio DeFilippis Christina Weir Carlo Barberi
alliance_color=background:#ffc0c0
alliances=Xavier InstituteHellions
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powers=Depowered. Previous abilities were to force others to run away from the subject or flock to them|Tag (Brian Cruz) is a
fictional character , a Puerto Rican mutant in theMarvel Universe , one of the student body in the Xavier Institute, and a member of theHellions squad therein. He first appeared in "New Mutants " vol. 2 #7.Fictional character biography
After most of the world's mutants lost their powers during the Decimation, headmistress
Emma Frost decided it would be best if non-powered students left the school. While some left early, Tag stuck around the mansion as long as possible. After he and several other mutants (including Dryad and Network) said goodbye to their friends, they climbed on a bus out of Xavier's. Unfortunately the bus was destroyed by a missile launched by William Stryker's Purifiers. Tag and the others that were in the bus were killed.Powers and abilities
Tag could "tag" other people, originally causing them to emit a psionic signal compelling others to run away from the tagged subject. In the "Hellions" mini-series he further developed his abilities to cause people to flock to a tagged individual as well. His powers were removed during the 2005 miniseries "
House of M ", in which Brian and several other mutants were turned into "baseline" humans.Other versions
House of M
Tag appeared in the House of M and was trying to be a good friend of
Quentin Quire . When Quire committed suicide, Cruz doubted it and started investigating his friends death. Cruz ends up saving Douglas Ramsey and Shan Coy Manh from Sean Garrison by "tagging" him.Bibliography
*"Hellions" #1-4
*"New Mutants" vol. 2 #10,
*"New X-Men: Academy X" #2, 13-19
*"New X-Men: Academy X Yearbook"
*"New X-Men" vol. 2 #20
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