Who Is Mercury? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Mercury is a Marvel comic book character, the alter ego of Cessily Kincaid, with over 1,050 comic issue appearances. A former member of the Hellions training squad, Mercury was a junior member of the X-Men. Her mutant power transformed her entire body into living liquid metal. Although continually struggling to accept her mutant form, she has made strong friendships with other young mutants under the X-Men's care. She is currently enrolled at the Jean Grey School for Higher Learning.

Who is Mercury?

Origin First Sight of Mutation Before her powers manifested, Cessily Kincaid was a popular high-school cheerleader in an Irish-American family. When her powers manifested at age sixteen, her body began to transmute from tissue to metal and she turned into a polymorphic puddle on the floor. She and her parents were horrified at her mutant "condition" which seemingly left her body inorganic. However, her powers went deeper than that, and had actually changed her entire physiology into a malleable metal substance. Embarrassed by this, they kept her inside and out of public view before sending her to the Xavier Institute for Higher Learning. Her parents never accepted Mercury after the activation of her X-Gene and were deeply ashamed of her. Creation Mercury first appeared in New Mutants Vol.2 #2 (August 2003). She was created by Nunzio DeFilippis , Christina Weir and Keron Grant .

Key facts

Mercury is of mutant origin. The character is published by Marvel. With 1,050 recorded issue appearances, Mercury ranks among the most featured characters in comics.