Empath (comics)
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| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | New Mutants #16 (Jun 1984) |
| Created by | Chris Claremont and Sal Buscema |
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| Alter ego | Manuel Alfonso Rodrigo de la Rocha |
| Species | Human Mutant |
| Team affiliations | Hellfire Cult The 198 X-Corporation Hellions |
| Notable aliases | Mr. Roache |
| Abilities | Psionic ability to sense and control emotions of others |
Empath (Manuel Alfonso Rodrigo de la Rocha), is a fictional mutant appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.
Empath was created by Chris Claremont and Sal Buscema and first appeared in New Mutants #16-17 (June–July 1984) as a member of Emma Frost's original Hellions.
The character subsequently appears in The Uncanny X-Men #193 (May 1985), Firestar #2-4 (April–June 1986), The New Mutants #26 (April 1985), The Uncanny X-Men #193 (May 1985), The New Mutants #28 (June 1985), #31 (September 1985), Firestar #2-4 (April–June 1986), The New Mutants #38-40 (April–June 1986), #43 (September 1986), #53-54 (July–August 1987), #56 (October 1987), #62 (April 1988), The New Mutants Annual #4 (1988), The New Mutants #81 (November 1989), The Uncanny X-Men #281 (October 1991), The New Warriors #31 (January 1993), #45-46 (March–April 1994), X-Force #32-34 (March–May 1994), X-Universe #1-2 (May–June 1995) by Scott Lobdell and Terry Kavanagh, X-Treme X-Men #31-35 (November 2003-January 2004), The X-Men: 198 Files (March 2006) by Eric J. Moreels, Marc-Oliver Frisch, and Brian E. Wilkinson, X-Men: The 198 #1-5 (March–July 2006), and The Uncanny X-Men #500-501.
Empath appeared as part of the "Hellions" entry in the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition #5.
Manuel de la Rocha was born in Castile, Spain. He is a mutant who attended school at the Massachusetts Academy, where he was one of the original students of then villain, the White Queen. Frost's students, who were known as the Hellions, were rivals of Charles Xavier's students, the New Mutants. Manuel fancied Frost so much that during the night, he attempted to make one peek in her mind but she detected instantly, deciding to show him everything about her. De la Rocha described her as cold as ice. De la Rocha was one of the few Hellions, along with James Proudstar, Amara Aquilla, and Angelica Jones to survive an attack by time-travelling villain Trevor Fitzroy (although Empath's former teammate, Tarot would eventually be resurrected).
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