Kevin Sydney
| Morph (Earth-1081) Changeling (Earth-616) |
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance |
Changeling X-Men (vol. 1) #35 (August 1967) Morph Exiles #1 (August 2001) |
| Created by |
Roy Thomas Werner Roth |
| In-story information | |
| Alter ego | Kevin Sydney |
| Species | Human mutant |
| Team affiliations |
X-Men Factor Three X-Humed Exiles |
| Notable aliases | #2, Kevin MacTaggert, John Askegren, Jack Bolton, Martina Johanssen, Werner Reiman, Charles Sage, Francisco Zerilli, Professor Charles Xavier |
| Abilities |
Shapeshifting Telepathy Levitation Skilled actor Highly trained and efficient organizer Good prankster Expert computer engineer |
Kevin Sydney is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The Changeling has been depicted as a member of the X-Men. Created by writer Roy Thomas and artist Werner Roth, the character first appeared in X-Men #35 (August 1967).
Kevin Sydney first appeared as Changeling, a mutant shapeshifter. He was a short-lived adversary for the X-Men who subsequently joined Professor X and died shortly after, making him the first member of the X-Men to die in action. The character was reintroduced as Morph in the 1990s for the X-Men Animated Series and later as part of The Exiles in 2001. Despite sharing the same alter ego, Changeling and Morph are distinctly separate characters and exist in different realities in the Marvel Multiverse.
The first run of appearances occurred in 1967–1968 when he appeared in X-Men #37-42 as Changeling. Although dying at the end of this run he was thought to have been seen as a ghost in Excalibur: The Possession (1991) and returned as a zombie in Sensational She-Hulk #34-35 (1991–1992).
The character was later recreated as an easygoing comic-relief character for the X-Men Animated Series. Sydney's codename was changed to Morph as DC Comics owned the trademark to "Changeling" when the series debuted.
Inspired by the character in the animated series, a new Morph character was featured in the X-Men Age of Apocalypse crossover event. The character underwent a drastic change in appearance for the comic. Several years later, Marvel introduced a new version of Morph from Earth-1081. He first appeared in Exiles #1 in August 2001.
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