Anole (Marvel)
Real Name: Victor Borkowski
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Powers: Reptilian mutation gives him green skin, a spiked carapace instead of hair, a prehensile and elastic tongue, the ability to stick to solid surfaces, enhanced agility and the ability to camouflage himself, blending into his surroundings. Anole seemingly has trouble controlling his powers when emotionally unstable.Anole-like Physiology:
Spiked Carapace on Head
Enhanced Agility
Long Elastic Tongue: incredibly long tongue (apparently longer than his own body length) which he is capable of rapidly and abruptly extending out of the mouth. The tongue has a sticky tip on the end, which serves to catch anything that he would otherwise never be able to reach. Scales, Wallcrawling,
Camouflage.
Bio: Victor is a sixteen-year-old mutant. Born and raised in small-town America, he lived a normal life despite his reptilian features. The close-knit community accepted the boy for who he was until anti-mutant sentiment began to spread. For his own safety, his parents sent him to the Xavier Institute where he quickly excelled academically.
When the advisor system was set up at the Xavier Institute, Victor chose Karma as his advisor. However, during the formation of training squads throughout the school, he was reassigned to Northstar's Alpha Squadron. At first, he was quite friendly with Hellion and the other Hellions, but now seems closer to his teammates. He was especially close to Northstar and was deeply affected by his death. (He, like most of the students, is unaware of Northstar's resurrection until Northstar was sent by Serafina to kill the X-Men.) Victor is gay, and Northstar helped him to come to terms with his sexuality. It is uncertain whether or not he has yet come out to the rest of the school. Victor's chosen foreign language is French.
Anole was one of only 27 students at the Institute who didn't lose his mutant powers in the event known as the M-Day. The squad system was dissolved, and the remaining students were merged into one group. Shortly afterwards, Emma Frost set up an all-out brawl amongst the remaining students to determine who would become the team of X-Men trainees; Victor was not selected, yet still resides and trains at the Institute.
When Northstar attacked the Institute, Anole found him and was able to temporarily snap him out of the mind control set in place by the Children of the Vault. However, Victor's joy at seeing his former mentor was short-lived, as Jean-Paul returned to his mind-controlled status and viciously beat him.
Victor is seen with many of the other "supporting cast" of students and Rockslide, all listening to a tale Blindfold is making up for them. Soon they realize that her story isn't make-believe, and she apologizes just before the group is sucked down into the dimension of Limbo. They are attacked by a large group of demons, and Victor argues with Rockslide, saying that he's supposed to lead them, since he's a "New X-Man". When Rockslide mysteriously is shattered, Victor attempts to take charge, rallying the students around the defenseless Blindfold, only to have his right arm severed at the shoulder by a demon. Apparently Anole has a ability shared by some reptiles that has allowed him to "regrow" his severed arm.
Notes: Despite only rare appearances, Anole seems to have developed quite a fan following and has been the student outside of the New Mutants and Hellions squads to be featured regularly. It is unclear what direction Anole's character will take under the new creative staff, but he appeared in New X-Men #21 alongside the regular cast members.
In the New X-Men: Yearbook Special #1 it's listed he likes theatre, frisbee and basketball and dislikes traditions and bad action movies. He was voted Best Actor by the student body.
Anole was supposed to commit suicide in a jettisoned New Mutants storyline. Writers have been trying to figure out what to do with him next, despite him having become one of their (and many fans') favorites.
It was clearly implied through dialogue that Victor was gay, and his sexual orientation was confirmed by the writers online and was recently reaffirmed in The X-Men: 198 Files.
One reason why he may not have taken the name "Chameleon" is because there is a Spider-man villain of the same name. Created by Carlo Barberi, Nunzio Defilippis, & Christina Weir.
First Appearance: New Mutants (2003) #2 Favorite Characters:
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Issue Appearances: All-New X-Men (2013)
Amazing X-Men (2014)
Astonishing X-Men (2004)
#9 - 'Dangerous, Part 3' #13 - 'Torn, Part 1' #14 - 'Torn, Part 2' #18 - 'Torn, Part 6' #51#52 Avengers & X-Men: AXIS (2014)
#4 - 'Book Two: Inversion - Chapter 1: Altered Beast' Avengers Academy (2010)
Cloak and Dagger (2010)
Dark Avengers (2009)
#7 - 'Dark Avengers/Uncanny X-Men: Utopia, Part 3' #8 - 'Dark Avengers/Uncanny X-Men: Utopia, Part 5' Dark Avengers/Uncanny X-Men: Exodus (2009)
#1 - 'Dark Avengers/Uncanny X-Men: Utopia, Conclusion' Dark Avengers/Uncanny X-Men: Utopia (2009)
Dark Reign: The List - X-Men (2009)
Deadpool (2013)
Extraordinary X-Men (2016)
Generation Hope (2011)
Generation X (2017)
Giant-Size Astonishing X-Men (2008)
Heroic Age: X-Men (2011)
Hulk Team-Up (2009)
Iceman (2017)
#3#4#7 - 'Champions Reunited' #9 - 'The Apocalypse Seed Part 1' #10 - 'The Apocalypse Seed' Invaders Now! (2010)
#1 - 'Condemned to Repeat It' Magneto: Not A Hero (2012)
Marvel Digital Holiday Special (2008)
Marvel Holiday Spectacular Magazine (2009)
Marvel Spotlight: X-Men: Messiah Complex (2008)
#1 - 'Blinded by the Light' Nation X (2010)
New Mutants (2003)
#2 - 'A Place in the World' #4 - 'Freaks & Geeks' #7 - 'The Ties That Bind, Part 1: Higher Learning' #8 - 'The Ties That Bind, Part 2: Parents Week' #13 - 'The More Things Change...' New Mutants (2009)
#1 - 'Return of the Legion, Part 1: We Were Many, Once' #13 - 'Second Coming: Chapter 7' #15#24 - 'Age of X, Chapter 6' #27 - 'Unfinished Business 3 of 3' #44 - 'Out of Season' New X-Men (2004)
#1 - 'Here Is the House' #4 - 'Field Day' #5 - 'Above the Law' #7 - 'Haunted: Part 1' #13 - 'Into The Light' #14 - 'Dance Hall Days' #15 - 'School's Out Forever' #20 - 'Childhood's End: Part 1' #21 - 'Childhood's End, Part 2' #22 - 'Childhood's End, Part 3' #23 - 'Childhood's End, Part 4' #24 - 'Crusade, Part 1' #25 - 'Crusade, Part 2' #27 - 'Crusade, Part 4' #29 - 'Nimrod: Part 2' #30 - 'Nimrod: Part 3' #32 - 'Whatever Happened to Wither?' #33 - 'Mercury Falling: Part 1' #34 - 'Mercury Falling: Part 2' #35 - 'Mercury Falling: Part 3' #37 - 'Quest for Magik: Prelude' #38 - 'Quest for Magik: Part 1' #39 - 'Quest for Magik: Part 2' #40 - 'Quest for Magik: Part 3' #41 - 'Quest for Magik: Part 4' #42 - 'Children of X-Men: Part 1' #43 - 'Children of X-Men: Part 2' #44 - 'Messiah CompleX: Chapter Four' #46 - 'Messiah Complex, Chapter Twelve' New X-Men: Academy X Yearbook (2005)
Nightcrawler (2014)
Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z (2008)
Origins of Marvel Comics: X-Men (2010)
Psylocke (2010)
#1 - 'Kill Matsu'o: Chapter 1' #4 - 'Kill Matsu'o: Chapter 4' Runaways (2008)
Savage Wolverine (2013)
#12 - 'Come Conquer The Beasts' Scarlet Spider (2012)
#17 - 'Wrath Part 1' #18 - 'Wrath Part 2' Second Coming: Prepare (2010)
Secret Invasion: X-Men (2008)
#3 - 'Chapter 3' #4 - 'Chapter 4' Storm (2014)
Uncanny Avengers (2012)
Uncanny X-Force (2010)
Uncanny X-Men (1963)
#460 - 'Resurrections & Reunions' #493 - 'Messiah CompleX, Chapter Six' #506 - 'Lovelorn, Part 3' #513 - 'Dark Avengers/Uncanny X-Men: Utopia, Part 2' #517 - 'Nation X: Chapter 3' #523 - 'Second Coming: Chapter 2' #524 - 'Second Coming: Chapter 6' #525 - 'Second Coming: Chapter 10' #530 - 'Quarantine Part 1' #531 - 'Quarantine Part 2' #534 - 'Quarantine Part 5' #600 Uncanny X-Men (2013)
Wolverine (2010)
Wolverine (2013)
#8 - 'Killable, Part 1 of 6' #9 - 'Killable Part 2 of 6' Wolverine & The X-Men (2011)
#1 - 'Welcome To The X-Men! Now Die!' #2#4 - 'Just Another Day in Westchester County' #5 - 'Mutatis Mutandis Part One: Congratulations! It's A Brood!' #9 - 'Day of the Phoenix, Dark Night of the Soul' #10 - 'Avengers Vs X-Men ... Vs X-Men' #11 - 'Got Hope?' #12 - 'Hounded' #14 - 'My Dinner with the Phoenix' #15 - 'On the Eve of Battle' #17 - 'Wolverine's Secret Weapon' #18 - 'Dance Like There's No Tomorrow' #19 - 'More Pencils, More Books, More Teachers' Dirty Looks' #21 - 'The Greatest Freakshow on Earth' #29 - 'Key to the Future' #32 - 'The Hellfire Saga Part Two' #35 - 'The Hellfire Saga Conclusion' #42 Wolverine and Power Pack (2009)
#2 - 'Kickin' It Old School' Wolverine and the X-Men (2014)
#2 - 'Tomorrow Never Learns Chapter 2: Storm Chasers' #6 - 'Tomorrow Never Learns Chapter 6: A Fate Far Worse' Wolverine and the X-Men: Alpha & Omega (2012)
#1 - 'Alpha & Omega part 1' #2 - 'Alpha & Omega part 2' #3 - 'Alpha & Omega part 3' Wolverine: The Dust From Above (2010)
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#1 - 'Hard Questions' #2 - 'Sworn to Protect' X-23 (II) (2010)
#1 - 'The Killing Dream, Part 1' X-Babies (2009)
#4 - 'All-Ages Revolution' X-Factor (2006)
#26 - 'Messiah CompleX: Chapter 7' X-Men (1991)
#165 - 'Hark How the Bells--!' #190 - 'Supernovas: Chapter 3' #192 - 'Supernovas: Chapter 5' #193 - 'Supernovas: Chapter 6' #200#201#202#205 - 'Messiah CompleX: Chapter 5' #207 - 'Messiah CompleX: Chapter 13' X-Men (2010)
#11 - 'Blood Hunt' #13 - 'First To Last Part 3' #14 - 'First To Last Part 4' X-Men (2013)
#1 - 'Primer Part 1 Of 3' #13#14#15#16 - 'Bloodline 4 of 5' #17 - 'Bloodline Conclusion' X-Men Legacy (2008)
Annual 01 - 'Devil at the Crossroads: Part 1' #227 - 'Suppressing the Fire: Part 2' #228 - 'Devil at the Crossroads: Part 2' #230 - 'Devil at the Crossroads: Part 4' #234 - 'The Telltale Heart' #238 - 'Collision: Part 1' #239 - 'Collision: Part 2' #240 - 'Collision: Part 3' #241 - 'Collision Conclusion' #242 - 'Fables of the Reconstruction: Part 1' #243 - 'Fables of the Reconstruction: Part 2' #246 - 'Age of X, Chapter 3' #247 - 'Age of X, Chapter 5' #260.1#261 - 'Lost Tribes, Part 1' #263#264#266#275 X-Men Prime (2017)
X-Men Vs. Agents Of Atlas (2009)
#1 - 'The X-Heist: / Atomic Age Heroes' X-Men: Battle of the Atom (2013)
#1 - 'Battle of the Atom, Chapter 1' #2 - 'Battle of the Atom Part 10' X-Men: Curse of the Mutants Saga (2010)
#1 - 'X-Men: Curse of the Mutants Saga' X-Men: Divided We Stand (2008)
X-Men: Gold (2017)
Annual 01#2 - 'Back to the Basics Part 2' #3 - 'Back to the Basics Part 3' #7 - 'Secret Empire Part 1' #13 - 'Mojo Worldwide Part 1' #14 - 'Mojo Worldwide Part 3' #15 - 'Mojo Worldwide Part 5' #16 - 'The Negative Zone War Part 1' #23 - 'Cruel and Unusual Part 1' X-Men: Hellbound (2010)
X-Men: Legacy (2013)
#6#7 - 'Holy Ghosts' #15 - 'The Place of Broken Things' #20 - 'The Epitaph' #24 - 'For We Are Many' X-Men: Manifest Destiny (2008)
#3 - 'Kill or Cure: Part 3' #4 - 'Kill or Cure: Part 4' X-Men: Messiah Complex (2007)
#1 - 'Messiah Complex: Chapter One' X-Men: Messiah Complex - Mutant Files (2007)
X-Men: Pixie Strikes Back (2010)
#1 - 'Pixie Strikes Back: Part 1' #2 - 'Pixie Strikes Back: Part 2' #3 - 'Pixie Strikes Back: Part 3' #4 - 'Pixie Strikes Back: Part 4' X-Men: Regenesis (2011)
X-Men: Return of Magik (2008)
X-Men: Schism (2011)
#2 - 'Schism Part Two' #3 - 'Schism Part Three' #4 - 'Schism Part Four' #5 - 'Schism Part Five' X-Men: The 198 Files (2006)
X-Men: To Serve And Protect (2011)
X-Treme X-Men (2012)
Young Avengers (2013)
#11 - 'Stage Nervous Breakdown Earth 616' #12 - '"Young Avengers" Part One' #13 - '*Young Avengers* Part Two' #14 - 'Resolution Part 1' #15 - 'Resolution Part 2' Young X-Men (2008)
#3 - 'Life Death' #6 - 'San Fransisco' #7 - 'The Other' #8 - 'The Y-Men: Part 1' #9 - 'The Y-Men, Part 2' #10 - 'Who The Hell Is Cipher?' #11 - 'End of Days: Part 1: Ashes to Ashes' #12 - 'End of Days: Part 2: Dust to Damned' Group Affiliation(s): None. Famous Quotes: - Add a Famous Quote "W're not even X-Men-in-training. We're...we're cannon foddler. This is why I didn't want to come back. Us? The junior team? The young X-Men? All we do -- the only thing we do -- is die."
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