Gideon

Gideon is an immortal External — one of a rare group of mutants who cheat death and are reborn — who used his centuries of life to amass enormous corporate power, eventually maneuvering himself into the orbit of the New Mutants by targeting the wealthy young mutant Sunspot.

Stepping out of the early '90s X-Men universe with immediate attitude, Gideon made his debut in The New Mutants Annual #7 in 1991, brought to life by writer Fabian Nicieza and artist Guang Yap right at the threshold of Marvel's explosive Copper/Modern Age. He carved out his niche primarily in the pages of X-Force, that era's hard-edged, adrenaline-charged corner of the Marvel Universe, sharing the page with heavy hitters like Domino, Cannonball, Sam Guthrie, Nathan Summers, and Vanessa Carlysle — serious company that speaks to how deeply embedded he became in that world. With 4 key collector issues to his name and a publishing presence stretching remarkably from 1991 all the way to 2024, Gideon is a character who rewards the dedicated reader hunting through back-issue bins for the full story of what made early X-Force such a thrilling, consequential run.