Who Is Burnout? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Burnout is a Marvel comic book character, the alter ego of Kristine Calverly & Megan O'Toole, with over 3 comic issue appearances. Member of Simon Trask's Mutant Liberation Front. Pretends to be a mutant.

Who is Burnout?

Origin In order to deal with the mutant right's activist Reverend William Conover , Simon Trask , head of the anti-mutant organization known as Humanity's Last Stand, formed his own version of the Mutant Liberation Front , allowing him to capture Conover and discredit mutants at the same time. Kristine Calverly was a member of this fake MLF and was administered a drug that granted her superspeed. After Kristine died, she was replaced by Megan O'Toole, who became the new Burnout. Creation Burnout was created by John Ostrander , Darick Robertson , and Jeff Albrecht . Major Story Arcs Total X-Tinction Ashes, Ashes, All Fall Down Burnout was sent by the MLF to capture Conover as he was being escorted on a train by the Punisher , Carl Denti , and Kymberly Taylor . At first, Burnout was able to easily dodge the Punisher's bullets when he fired at her, but he soon started firing where she wasn't and managed to clip her in the shoulder. When Taylor attempted to flee with a Conover aboard a SHIELD motorcycle, Burnout abandoned the Punisher in order to chase after them. Unmasked Burnout quickly caught up with the motorcycle and slashed the front tire, bringing Taylor and Conover to a stop.

Key facts

Burnout is of human origin and first appeared in "Total X-Tinction Part 3: Ashes, Ashes, All Fall Down". The character is published by Marvel. With 3 recorded issue appearances, Burnout ranks among the most featured characters in comics.