Plague (comics)

Plague
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	Uncanny X-Men #169 (May 1983)
Created by	Chris Claremont Paul Smith
In-story information
Species	Human Mutant
Team affiliations	Horsemen of Apocalypse Morlocks
Notable aliases	Pestilence
Abilities	adapt to and absorb any disease, then spread it through touch

Plague is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. She was originally a member of the Morlocks before joining the Horsemen of Apocalypse.

Plague first appeared in Uncanny X-Men #169-170 (May-June 1983), and was created by Chris Claremont and Paul Smith.

The character subsequently appears as Pestilence in X-Factor #10 (November 1986), #15 (April 1987), #17 (June 1987), #19 (August 1987), #22-25 (November 1987-February 1988), Power Pack (February 1988), and Daredevil #252 (March 1988.

Plague appeared as part of the "Morlocks" entry in the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition #9.

Plague is an old woman that was a member of a large community of mutants who felt they were outcasts who live in the underground tunnels beneath New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut known as the Morlocks.

Plague was present during the Morlock massacre by the Marauders and was terrorized by Sabretooth, who was unaware of her abilities and left weakened and might have died if not for his healing factor.Apocalypse arrived and saved Plague from the massacre, stating that he had plans for her to serve him as the Horseman Pestilence.

After being transformed into Pestilence, Plague, War, and Famine battled X-Factor in Central Park and were defeated by Iceman, but not before they killed countless humans. After the fourth Horseman, Death, was revealed, Apocalypse had the Horsemen battle each other, to find the leader and Death beat them all.

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