Who Is Tusk? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Tusk is a Marvel comic book character, with over 117 comic issue appearances. Tusk is a native of Attilan and therefore an Inhuman. Employed by Apocalypse to join the Dark Riders, he is very large in stature, with heightened invulnerability and super strength, as well as an ability to create small duplicates (about 1/4 of his size) that have his same strength and resistance.

Who is Tusk?

Origin Not much is known about the origin of Tusk other then that he is a member of The Dark Riders , which is a team composed of Inhumans that where kidnapped by Apocalypse . They where brought together in order for them to serve him and by carrying out his "survival of the fittest," idealism by eliminating mutants that were deemed too weak. Creation Tusk was created by Whilce Portacio, Jim Lee and Chris Claremont and first appeared in the pages of X-Factor Volume 1 issue 65 (1991). Major Story Arcs Versus X-Factor Tusk has been one of the original members of the team and where sent towards Earth in order to infect an infant Nathan Summers with the techno-organic virus. In retaliation, Nathan Summers' father and his team, X-Factor, attacked the Dark Raiders and Apocalypse himself. While Tusk put up a big fight, he and the Dark Riders where eventually defeated. Tusk would encounter Cyclops and Jean Grey again during the X-Cutioners' Song event, but was then not seen or heard from in some time. Wolverine Tusk had been present in later incarnations of The Dark Riders.

Key facts

Tusk is of other origin and first appeared in "Endgame (Part 1): Malign Influence". The character is published by Marvel. With 117 recorded issue appearances, Tusk ranks among the most featured characters in comics.