Surge

A Japanese mutant who fled to America after her uncontrollable electricity-absorption power emerged, Noriko Ashida survived on the streets before being taken in by Xavier's School, where specially designed gauntlets finally allowed her to regulate her constant intake of ambient electricity and channel it as devastating lightning blasts and superhuman speed.

Crackling onto the scene in 2004's New Mutants #9 — courtesy of writers Nunzio DeFilippis and Christina Weir and artist Carlo Barberi — Surge is a Modern Age Marvel creation who has proven far more than a fleeting introduction, racking up 78 catalog appearances across an impressive run that stretches all the way to 2026. She's built her reputation in the pages of Ultimate X-Men, New X-Men, and New Mutants, sharing those charged stories with heavy hitters like Wolverine, Psylocke, Spider-Man, and Scott Summers — serious company that speaks to how naturally she fits into Marvel's mutant world. With five key-issue appearances to her name and over two decades of publishing history, Surge is exactly the kind of character that rewards a deeper dive into your long boxes.