Famine (comics)

Famine
Famine attacks Beast in X-Force #16
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	X-Factor vol. 1 #12 (January 1987)
Created by	Louise Simonson Walter Simonson
In-story information
Alter ego	Autumn Rolfson
Species	Human Mutant
Team affiliations	Four Horsemen of Apocalypse
Abilities	Ability to disintegrate organic matter

Famine (Autumn Rolfson) is a fictional character, a Mutant supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. She is most notable for being one of the original four horsemen of the villain Apocalypse.

Autumn Rolfson was a young, spoiled anorexic girl who lived with her parents in Cleveland, Ohio. Her parents were upset that she was not eating, because that meant she might have to go to a hospital again, leading to her grades slipping. They also pointed out that if the neighbors knew she was a mutant that disintegrated food, they would think they were all freaks.

Autumn was upset by this, thinking her parents did not care about her, just the way other people saw her. Apocalypse waited in her room and told her she could get revenge on her parents and on those who hate and fear her. She agreed, and was teleported away to his ship, where she cut off her hair and wore a green mask. Apocalypse had her trained as a warrior and terrorist, and she took the name Famine. She often bickered with the man chosen to be War, much to Apocalypse's annoyance.

During their first mission, the Horsemen were torn, not wanting to take orders from each other. With War and Pestilence, she battled X-Factor for the first time. The Horsemen eventually learned to ride as one, after Death was picked and chosen as the leader. Apocalypse sent the Horsemen to attack New York City, and battled X-Factor. Although the Horsemen were ultimately defeated by X-Factor, Famine battled Marvel Girl (Jean Grey) and easily defeated her. As a reward Apocalypse teleported her to the Midwestern grain fields or America's farm belt, so she could disintegrate the crops and cattle, but was defeated by Captain America, D-Man, the Falcon, and Nomad.