Who Is Cypher? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Cypher is a Marvel comic book character, the alter ego of Douglas Aaron Ramsey, with over 1,546 comic issue appearances. With the cerebral ability to understand all languages, Cypher was considered to be one of the weakest New Mutants. He was best friends with Warlock, but was killed while defending Wolfsbane in battle. He was forcibly resurrected during Necrosha, and soon returned to the X-Men as a powerful strategist.

Who is Cypher?

Origin When Kitty Pryde moved to New York she attended Stevie Hunter's dance lessons. It was considered a good influence that she should meet & befriend other kids her age. One of those friends was Douglas Ramsey. It just so happened that Doug also happened to be a computer genius, on a par with Kitty's own intellect. So when she wasn't caught up in the X-Men's fights, Kitty began to hang out with Doug. Neither of them realized that Doug's natural gift for computers was due to his mutant ability to understand and communicate in any language. On one occasion they were using the computers at Doug's house to hack into something Top Secret. Kitty used Doug's natural ability to hack into the government computers at Project: Wideawake and activated a Sentinel .

Key facts

Cypher is of mutant origin and first appeared in "School Daysze". The character is published by Marvel. With 1,546 recorded issue appearances, Cypher ranks among the most featured characters in comics.