Who Is Abyss? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Abyss is a Marvel comic book character, the alter ego of Nils Styger, with over 225 comic issue appearances. A Genoshan born mutant with dimensional powers tied to the Brimstone Dimension. He is a half-brother of Nightcrawler.

Who is Abyss?

Origin Very little is known about Abyss; he was first seen on the island of Genosha , where he was the bodyguard of the Genoshan researcher Renee Majcomb , who was investigating the Legacy virus . Major Story Arcs X-Corps Prisoner of X-Corps. Later, Abyss appeared in Berlin , fighting the mutant Fever Pitch who was trying to kidnap him. Abyss and Fever Pitch were both captured by the X-Corps , a mutant militia group founded by Banshee . Nils was held in a containment prison; from which he witnessed the death of Sunpyre , who was killed by Mystique . He then escaped from his confinement thanks to Banshee and to protect him Nils sucked Mystique into the void within his body. Family Revelations The next thing we know about Abyss is that he joined forces with Nightcrawler , his half brother, and the X-Men to stop Azazel from invading the Earth with his other-dimensional army. M-Day & X-Cell Abyss, as a member of X-Cell, battles X-Factor's Strong Guy.

Key facts

Abyss is of mutant origin and first appeared in "Een nieuw begin...". The character is published by Marvel. With 225 recorded issue appearances, Abyss ranks among the most featured characters in comics.