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Bishop (Lucas Bishop | Earth 1191) (Comic Book Character)

  • Bishop aka Lucas Bishop | Earth-1191

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Real Name: Lucas Bishop
Current Alias: Bishop
Identity: Public
Alignment: Good
Affiliation: Currently X-Men, formerly XSE (Xavier's Security Enforcers)
Relatives: Shard (sister, deceased), grandmother (unnamed), Gateway (grandfather), Aliyah(daughter)
Universe: Earth-1191
Base Of Operations: Xavier Institute, Salem Center, Westchester County, New York
Gender: Male
Height: 6' 6"
Weight: 275 lbs (125 kg)
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Black
Unusual Features: "M" tattoo over right eye; Sometimes dyes hair Red
Citizenship: American
Marital Status: Single
Occupation: (current) Adventurer, (former) Commander in the XSE (Xavier Security Enforcers)
Origin: Bishop came to the past and was able to help the legendary team his grandmother told him about.
Place of Birth: A mutant relocation camp in an undisclosed location on an alternate 21st Century Earth. (Earth-1191)
First appearance: Uncanny X-Men #282 (November, 1991)

Powers

Energy Absorption: Bishop is a mutant who can absorb most types of energy directed toward him. He can then rechannel it through his body for concussive blasts or in the same form that was absorbed, including Storm's weather effects. This rechanneled energy is apparently able to damage beings normally immune to their own powers. The nature of his powers makes it difficult to damage him with energy-based attacks, while also enabling him to work well with any energy-using teammates. Bishop can also store absorbed energy within his personal reserves, whereupon the energy increases his strength and recuperative abilities, as well as affording him a measure of invulnerability. The upper limits of his ability to enhance his own physical abilities with absorbed energy is not exactly known but is well into the level of being super human.

Concussive Blasts.
Healing.
Enhanced Strength.
Near-Invulnerability.


Cybernetic Arm: After the events of "Messiah Complex" in which Bishop loses an arm, he resorts to breaking into Forge's laboratory to find a replacement. According to the sign which identified the cybernetic arm that was stolen by Bishop, it is a "nuclear-powered battle-ready arm". All of the capabilities have not yet been revealed at this time, however Bishop has been shown to be able to release two clawed tendrils from the arm which he used to ensnare and strangle Cable. The arm was also revealed to have been modified to include Forge's time travel technology allowing Bishop to time-jump. Judging from the nature of the arm, not to mention its nuclear power source it is likely to have a considerable amount of superhuman strength, as well as, perhaps, abilities not yet revealed.

He is learning to use his energy to temporarily increase his physical attributes in a manner similar to Shaw and North.

Bishop recently has shown the ability to determine his exact location at all times. This may have to do with the chronal energies he absorbed . Bishop is a trained police officer, skilled in the homicide branch. Bishop has also had many years of armed and unarmed combat training has made him a devastating unarmeed combatent, and a superb marksman with firearms, both from his own time, some of which he brought with him from the future when he originaly arrived in our present, and also both heavy duty military and conventional guns and weapons of the present time.

Equipment: Sunglasses that display information and allow communication with the rest of the X-Men.

Weapons: XSE guns that fire laser beams and plasma charges. He is able to recharge them with his own stored energy.

Weaknesses

Originally unlike Black King (Sebastian Shaw) and Agent Zero, Bishop was unable to absorb energy from inertial impacts such as hitting walls. This does not mean he was incapable of absorbing kinetic energy. Kinetic effects such as an exploding card from Gambit were absorbable. It would seem that as of late he is learning to absorb inertial impact energy, however he still cannot do so with anywhere near the efficency of Shaw or Agent Zero. Whether it is possible to increase this ability in time with practice is unknown.

Some energy types are more difficult to absorb than others. Bishop can be overloaded by trying to absorb too much energy.
Although he can absorb psionic energy from blasts or telekinetic attacks, Bishop is not immune to telepathic attacks.

History

Back to the Future
The mutant known only as Bishop was born in the 21st Century A.D. of alternate timeline Earth-1191 in which the mutant-hunting robots called the Sentinels had taken control of North America. In this timeline, Professor Charles Xavier and most of the members of the mutant team he founded, the X-Men, were killed by the Sentinels. Mutants were killed or were imprisoned within "mutant relocation camps."

Bishop and his sister Shard were both born in one of the "mutant relocation camps." Like other mutants they were branded with "M" tattoos over their right eyes for identification.

Eventually, "normal" human beings and mutants joined forces and overthrew the Sentinels in the "Summers Rebellion." However, "normal" humans still resisted coexistence with mutants, and radical terrorist groups of mutants, such as the Exhumes, made war on "normal" humans.

One of the veterans of the Summers Rebellion, a mutant named Hecat'e, stated that it was unacceptable for humans to hunt down criminal mutants. Therefore, she said mutants should police themselves. Hence, Hecat'e and other mutant veterans of the Summers Rebellion formed the Xavier Security Enforcers. The XSE was named after Charles Xavier in honor of his dream of peaceful coexistence between mutants and "normal" humans. Hecat'e became the XSE's commanding officer.

Since their parents had apparently died, Bishop and Shard lived with their grandmother, who was herself a mutant, until she died. Their grandmother told them stories about the heroism of the X-Men and instructed them to follow Xavier's dream of peace between mutants and the rest of humanity.

One day, when Bishop and Shard were both still children, two XSE members were pursuing Virago, a member of the Exhumes, a radical group of mutants who hated "normal" humans. When Virago took Shard as a hostage, Bishop leapt onto Virago's back, making her release his sister. Infuriated, Virago was about to murder Bishop when Sureshot shot her dead. Until then, Bishop had regarded the XSE as his enemies and the Exhumes as heroes, but from then onward he wanted to join the XSE.

Bishop, Shard, and their grandmother's friend Hancock were attacked by criminal mutants called Billboy and Halftrack. The two criminals killed Hancock and were about to murder Shard. Bishop tried to save Shard, but it was two members of the XSE, Amazon and Recoil, who stopped Billboy and Halftrack.

Impressed by Bishop, Amazon and Recoil offered Bishop a position in the XSE. Bishop accepted on the condition that Shard be accepted in the XSE as well. By now Bishop's own superhuman power had manifested itself. Thus Bishop and Shard became cadets at the XSE Academy under Hecat'e's supervision. Among the other members of their class was Bishop's future enemy, Trevor Fitzroy.

Eventually, Bishop and Shard became officers of the XSE. Shard, however, became Bishop's commanding officer. Bishop contented himself with a lower rank so that he could work the streets alongside his friends and fellow XSE officers, Malcolm and Randall.

Around this time Bishop discovered remnants of the X-Men: A garbled message from Jean Grey warning about a traitor. Bishop confronted the only known survivor who called himself the Witness. Bishop did not trust him and wondered if he was the traitor.

Fitzroy Makes a Run For It
Fitzroy eventually turned criminal and was imprisoned. He broke free and escaped with other mutant criminals back through a time portal to the X-Men's own time. Bishop, Malcolm, and Randall followed, even though they were aware they had no means to return to their own time. The three eventually found and killed the criminals known as the 'Lifers', but Malcolm and Randall were killed and Bishop himself was severely wounded. He was taken to the Institute to recover.

During the fight that followed, Bishop defeated Fitzroy moments before he could complete his quest.

While his methods initially caused conflict with Storm, not to mention his accusations towards Gambit, Bishop joined the X-Men. He tended to act brashly, such as shooting through walls rather than using the door when an intruder alarm sounded.

During the quest to stop Legion from altering history, Bishop acted as a chronal anchor with Psylocke using her psychic knife to link them all. They were unsuccessful, triggering the Age of Apocalypse.

Age of Apocalypse
During the Age of Apocalypse, Bishop aged and saw the world change, retaining memories of the incident and beforehand. These memories of the 'real' timeline compelled Magneto and his X-Men to set things right. Using the M'Kraan Crystal, Destiny and Illyana Rasputin sent the elder Bishop to stop Legion. He briefly confronted his younger self, imploring him to 'remember this day.' The elder Bishop stopped Legion and both appeared to be destroyed by Legion's psionic energy. Bishop retained some of his elder self's memories.

Back in the present
Bishop managed to prevent the X-Men's death by Onslaught, absorbing an incredible amount of psionic energy. In light of Gambit not being the 'traitor', the two made peace and have learned to work together if not always agreeing on each other's methods.

While in space, Bishop was separated from the other X-Men and ended up with Deathbird. She apparently was to bring him to Apocalypse as part of the Twelve. However, Bishop has no memories of being part of the Twelve.

He remembers being ripped through time by a version of Fitzroy calling himself the Chronomancer. He also met the Witness again, who explained that he was not a future self of Gambit. Chronomancer also found Shard and reverted her to her normal form. The price of victory was high: Shard sacrificed her life for the ultimate good and Bishop found himself filled with chronal energy and hurled through time.

Spiraling through time, Bishop emerged in the present, deep in space. The so-called "Last X-Man" crashed into a Shi'ar space station, where Professor Charles Xavier and his "Cadre K" of mutant Skrull students were searching for Deathbird -- the Shi'ar criminal who appears to be Bishop's chronal anchor in the present day. A pan-galactic committee had transformed Earth into a prison planet, and Deathbird held a key to penetrate the panel's maximum-security energy barrier. Bishop almost killed the terrorist before she opened an airlock and was blown into space. He then allowed himself to be captured and sent to Earth on a mission, where he reunited with the X-Men.

Bishop joined Storm's team to search for Destiny's diaries. Along the way he revealed his first name, Lucas. Bishop agreed to stay on with Storm's new XSE team, whose goal is similar to those of the XSE of Bishop's own future.

Bishop also became a consultant in mutant-related matters in the area known as District X, working with Officer Izzy Ortega.

Following M-Day
Bishop found himself in agreement with the O*N*E's policy of tracking and re-locating mutants more often than with his teammates, causing some tension. Things further escalated after the SHRA passed, and Bishop volunteered his services to Val Cooper to track down the escaped "198" and the X-Men who went after them without sanction. Eventually, though, Bishop worked together with the X-Men and the 198 to stop General Lazer's remotely activated bomb from wiping out all the remaining mutants. However, he did not return to the Mansion and apparently remained in Mutant Town doing police work.

Later, when a mutant baby was finally born in Alaska and became the focus of a scramble among the X-Teams, the Marauders and the Purifiers, Bishop was recalled to action by Cyclops. However, unbeknownst to the X-Men, Bishop had an ulterior motive in finding the baby, who in his future caused the deaths of millions, including Bishop's parents. When the X-Men finally recovered the child and Cyclops was about to turn her over to Cable, who was going to take her into the future, Bishop attacked, trying to kill the baby. He was stopped by Predator X, who bit off Bishop's right arm. Bishop cauterized his wound and pressed the attack, aiming for Cable but shooting Professor X instead! Cyclops blasted Bishop through a wall and he got away. Bishop traveled to Forge's Aerie, knocked out Forge and stole a cybernetic arm and all Forge's time-travel technology and paperwork, following Cable into the timestream.

Ultimate Universe

First appearance: Ultimate X-Men #76

Powers
Bishop posseses a "mutant aura" that changes the weight and density of things he comes in contact with. He can use this to make the air around an object extremely heavy, enough so to crush it, seemingly giving him enhanced strength or even make himself light enough to float through the air.

History
Bishop arrived during Cable's assault on the X-Mansion, just after Cable abducted Jean Grey, he was then quickly subdued by Wolverine who was under the impression that he was allied with Cable. After he was brought back to consciousness he explained that he and Cable were once apart of a group that upheld the dream of Xavier above all else. Ellaborating that Cable started to form new ideas and piecing together unrelated past events to support his theory that Xavier was the direct cause of their apocalyptic world. He then took a team consisting of Wolverine, Storm, Iceman, Rogue, and Colossus on Cable's trail, ordering Cyclops to stay behind and protect the Professor, much to his dissmay. During the ensuing battle Bishop was berrated by his former teammates (who had recently arrived to aid Cable) for being a "traitor", Cable then destroyed his Chronal Displacer, effectively trapping him in the past. With no means to return home, Bishop returned to the Institute with the X-Men. He payed his respects at Xaviers "funeral", expressing deep regret for his apparent failure. He later tryed to get Iceman to excercise his potential, as he is a "legend" in the future, to which he got no where. He then goes to visit his past self in prison and informs himself that this [prison] is what he needs to change and become a better person. Upon his arrival back to the X-Mansion Cyclops informs him, along with the other X-Men, that as acting co-headmaster of the Institute he would be disbanding the X-Men. Bishop trys to tell him that Xavier's dream must be defended, to which Cyclops answers "..Bishop, if you want X-Men... go make your own."

New X-Men
After Cyclop's disbanding of the X-Men, many of it's members opted to leave the Mansion to find their own way. One night, Storm recieved a knock on the door of her aparment, it was Bishop. He told her that the world needs X-Men and that he needs her to help him find them, she agrees and they began on their search. Their first candidate being Pyro, who they rescue from the clutches of a recently reactivated sentinel. The trio then relocate to an undisclosed location in Australia, where Bishop takes Storm to pick up their next recruit, Dazzler.

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