Fantomex

Fantomex
Fantomex on the cover of New X-Men #143. Art by Chris Bachalo
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	New X-Men #128 (2002)
Created by	Grant Morrison (writer) Igor Kordey (artist)
In-story information
Alter ego	Charlie-Cluster 7
Species	Human Mutant/Sentinel hybrid (cyborg)
Team affiliations	X-Force X-Men Weapon Plus Program Super-Sentinels
Notable aliases	Jean-Phillipe, Weapon XIII
Abilities	Illusion casting; Possesses multiple brains; nano-active blood; skilled marksman, acrobat, and hand-to-hand combatant; able to read body language; auto-hypnosis;

Fantomex is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character is commonly associated with the X-Men titles. Fantomex first appeared in New X-Men #128 (August, 2002) and was created by Grant Morrison and Igor Kordey. Initially introduced as a character similar to Fantômas and Diabolik, he is later revealed to be an escaped experiment from the Weapon Plus Program.

Fantomex resembles the titular character of the Italian comic book Diabolik, whose film adaptation was released as Danger: Diabolik, Diabolik's lover being named Eva. The character of Diabolik is loosely based on the character Fantômas, the subject of a series of early-20th century French detective thrillers and a popular Mexican comic book adaptation, whose name is more directly reflected in Fantomex's own name. Fantomex's name, Jean-Phillipe, is a reference to actor John Phillip Law, star of "Danger: Diabolik". In addition, his Weapon X designation -- "Weapon XIII"—is a reference to the secret agent protagonist of the Franco-Belgian comic XIII.

After Morrison's run, the character made sporadic appearances in Weapon X #23–25, Mystique #20–21, 24, the Dark Reign: The List—Wolverine one-shot and in Uncanny X-Men #515-522 during the "Nation X" storyline before becoming a founding member of new covert X-Force as seen in the monthly Uncanny X-Force series.