Who Is Vargas? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Vargas is a Marvel comic book character, the alter ego of Nigel Bennington, with over 111 comic issue appearances. Vargas claims to be the next step in human evolution, the true Homo Superior.

Who is Vargas?

Origin No one was aware of Vargas existence until Storm and her team were looking for Destiny 's Diary in X-treme X-men #1. Vargas kills Psylocke with his incredible sword skills and wounds Rogue and Beast . Vargas disappears with one of the diaries and to his surprise, saw his death predicted by the diary. He tries to prevent this from happening by killing Rogue during the Madripoor invasion. Vargas returns to the city to retrieve his sword when he is confronted by Rogue wearing Psylocke's costume. The two battle each other and Rogue eventually won, meaning the prediction of the diary was going to be correct. However, it was later revealed that Rogue let Vargas live so as to not allow the diaries prediction come true. During the storyline "Blinded by the Light", as per Mr.

Key facts

Vargas is of human origin and first appeared in "Now, It Begins". The character is published by Marvel. With 111 recorded issue appearances, Vargas ranks among the most featured characters in comics.