Who Is Shard? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Shard is a Marvel comic book character, the alter ego of Shard Bishop, with over 184 comic issue appearances. Shard was Bishop's younger sister, and was a member of the XSE with Bishop in the alternate reality Earth-1191.

Who is Shard?

Origin The young woman who would come to be known only as shard in the years to follow was born in an alternate time line some eighty years into the future. She was born at a time when mutants were an enslaved people her parents had fled from Australia in their youth right before it was bombed and she and her brother Bishop were born in a mutant concentration camp where they were branded for being mutants. Her parents soon died either shuffled off into other camps or during the Summers Rebellion . They were raised by their only surviving family member their grandmother. She was given the name Shard as a child because she was so fragile. After they finally gained freedom and their grandmother died she and bishop lived on the streets as thieves for awhile. On the streets they became embroiled with local gangs and almost ended up killed. She and her brother managed to get the attention of the XSE who offered Bishop membership.

Key facts

Shard is of mutant origin and first appeared in "The Gift Goodbye/Of Kings and Queens and Promises". The character is published by Marvel. With 184 recorded issue appearances, Shard ranks among the most featured characters in comics.