Post by Z451 on Jun 10, 2014 20:21:11 GMT
Warren Worthington III
Warren Worthington III was born in Centerport, New York, to Kathryn Worthington and Warren Worthington Jr.
He attends Phillips Exeter Academy in his adolescence when white feathered wings begin to grow from his shoulder blades.
At first, Warren feels he is a freak, but he soon learns that he can use his wings to fly and to help people.
When there is a fire in his dormitory, he borrows some props from the school's drama department, dresses up as a heavenly angel, and rescues his friends.
He soon learns that he is in fact a mutant.
He dons a mask and costume, calls himself the Avenging Angel, and becomes a solo adventurer, before being recruited by Professor Charles Xavier into joining the X-Men.
Warren's status as a wealthy playboy, as well as being an outspoken individual who chafes at the notion of being told what to do, is the subject of much tension within the X-Men.
In particular, Warren is in love with Jean Grey, who is in love with Scott Summers.
Though he ultimately concedes Jean to Scott, Angel still harbors an unrequited love for Jean even as he finds himself a girlfriend of his own, Candy Southern.
While pursuing Sauron in the Savage Land, Angel is attacked by pteranodons and falls to his death.
He would have remained dead if not for the "Creator", who is Magneto without his costume.
Magneto provides the necessary medical treatment needed to revive Angel from death and provides Angel with a new blue and white costume.
Unknown to Angel, the costume also has a device installed that lets Magneto gain control over Angel, which he does months later when he makes an attack on the X-Men.
Around this time, Angel publicly reveals himself as a mutant after discovering that not only has his uncle, Burt Worthington (who goes by the name of the Dazzler — though he is in no way related to Alison Blaire, a later mutant heroine and brief love interest for Warren in her own comic series who also uses the name), murdered Warren's father, Warren Worthington, Jr., but also poisoned his mother in order to ensure his inheritance of the Worthington fortune.
When the original X-Men are captured by the mutant island Krakoa, Professor X creates a new team of X-Men to rescue them.
When this new team of X-Men decides to stay, Angel and the rest of the original team, with the exception of Cyclops, leave the team.
He and Iceman go to Los Angeles, where they found the Champions with Hercules, the Black Widow, and the original Ghost Rider.
Following the apparent death of Jean Grey and Cyclops' subsequent exile from the team, Warren rejoins the X-Men to help pick up the slack.
During this time, Angel unsuccessfully pursues pop star Alison Blaire, also known as Dazzler.
He grows increasingly disturbed by the behavior and actions of Wolverine, and before long, quits the team in protest.
He is at one point kidnapped by the Morlock leader Callisto, who intends to force Angel to be her lover.
Storm, Nightcrawler, Colossus, and Sprite arrive in time to stop Callisto from cutting off Angel's wings (believing that without them, Angel will be unable to flee from her).
Storm fights and defeats Callisto for the right to be the leader of the Morlocks, effectively freeing Angel in the process.
Shortly thereafter, Angel joins the Defenders, with his fellow former X-Men Beast and Iceman and girlfriend Candy Southern as members.
Using Angel's Colorado penthouse as their base, the group has several adventures before most of the group (excluding Angel, his girlfriend, and his fellow ex-X-Men) are killed freeing fellow New Defender Moondragon from being possessed by a malevolent spirit.
Angel ponders retirement following the collapse of the Defenders team, but the return of Jean Grey (having been in stasis while a cosmic entity impersonated her and ultimately died) once again keeps him from stepping away from the limelight.
Jean Grey is furious at the increase in anti-mutant hysteria in the two years she has been away, let alone the X-Men's decision to align themselves with the villain Magneto.
To appease Jean's desire for action, Warren organizes X-Factor.
He recruits his old prep school friend Cameron Hodge to run the team, unaware that Cameron hates mutants and, in particular, Warren.
Since Cyclops is still married to Madelyne Pryor at the time, Angel's love for Jean finds its way to the surface as Jean turns to Warren for emotional support in lieu of Cyclops' coldness towards her.
This in turn destroys Warren's relationship with Candy Southern, after Candy catches Warren consoling Jean after she discovers Cyclops' marriage.
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