Who Is Unus the Untouchable? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Unus the Untouchable is a Marvel comic book character, the alter ego of Angelo Unuscione, with over 299 comic issue appearances. Unus has a force field that covers his entire body. It can deflect objects and attacks. His force field can even deflect telepathic attacks.

Who is Unus the Untouchable?

History Origin Angelo Unuscione was born in Milan, Italy. He later changed his name to Gunther Bain when he came to the United States. Once in America he sought out the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants to join them and fought the X-Men alongside the group. During the battle his powers were enhanced by a shot fired from Beast's gun and because of that he couldn't even eat, and was forced to quit the Brotherhood, for a while. Later, he became a very good friend of the Blob and they teamed up together on various schemes, such as framing the X-Men for robbery, before both mutants went their separate ways. Creation Unus was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby in 1964 and first appeared in X-Men # 8. Factor Three/Brotherhood Factor Three Unus then joined the villainous organization Factor Three fighting the X-Men and later visiting Ogre at their Mt Charteris base. However, shortly after he was captured by Sentinels alongside several others mutants but was later released, after which he joined an incarnation of Magneto's Brotherhood of Evil Mutants.

Key facts

Unus the Untouchable is of mutant origin and first appeared in "Unus the Untouchable!". The character is published by Marvel. With 299 recorded issue appearances, Unus the Untouchable ranks among the most featured characters in comics.