Lifeguard (comics)
| Lifeguard | |
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Lifeguard. Art by Salvador Larroca.
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance |
(as Heather Cameron) X-Treme X-Men #7. |
| Created by | Chris Claremont and Salvador Larroca |
| In-story information | |
| Alter ego | Heather Cameron |
| Species | Human Mutant / Shi'ar hybrid |
| Team affiliations |
X-Men X-Corporation |
| Abilities | Reactive adaptation |
(as Heather Cameron)
X-Treme X-Men #6.
Lifeguard (Heather Cameron) is a fictional character, a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character is primarily associated with the X-Men. Created by writer Chris Claremont and artist Salvador Larroca, she first appeared in X-Treme X-Men #6 (December 2001).
She is a mutant, gaining whatever superhuman abilities are needed in a life-threatening situation. She and her brother Slipstream were briefly members of the segment of X-Men featured in the series X-Treme X-Men.
Heather and Davis Cameron were a lifeguard and a surfer, respectively, living in Surfers Paradise in Australia. Unbeknownst to them, their father is an underworld crime lord known as Viceroy, and upon his death they were attacked. Together with Storm and Neal Shaara (the new Thunderbird), they managed to defeat their attackers. Heather discovered she was a mutant with the power to manifest whatever was necessary to save the life of someone in danger around her, including her own. Her power enabled her to manifest wings, golden armor, the ability to breathe underwater, and many other less noticeable adaptations. Heather soon joined the splinter team of X-Men, and formed a romance with Thunderbird.
During a mission to infiltrate the ship of the intergalactic warlord, Khan, Heather's appearance changes to resemble the alien Shi'ar race, and it was theorized that she and Davis had some Shi'ar heritage. Jean Grey notes that the cranial markings on her head and the crest of feathers she had manifested indicated Heather is of Shi'ar royal ancestry. Also, an entry from Destiny's diary seems to imply that Heather and Davis were "Mothered by War," or Deathbird. The entry shows a picture of Deathbird and some of the X-Treme team. Her brother, unable to see past her new, alien appearance, leaves the team. Lifeguard and Thunderbird travel in search of him.
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