Who Is Xorn? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Xorn is a Marvel comic book character, the alter ego of Kuan-Yin Xorn, with over 402 comic issue appearances. Xorn is a mutant with a tiny star inside his head. After joining the X-Men, he became addicted to the drug Kick and began to believe himself to be Magneto.

Who is Xorn?

Origin A benevolent being, with the best intentions, who unfortunately spent the majority of his life in fear and captivity, due to his vast power, Xorn manifested his special gifts during puberty, and was almost immediately incinerated, as a result. Over half a century afterward, the X-Men managed to make contact with him, and their leader, Scott Summers, a.k.a. Cyclops , offered him a place to the group, an offer which Kuan-Yin Xorn accepted. Creation Xorn was created by Grant Morrison and Leinil Francis Yu and first appeared in New X-Men Annual 2001 issue 1. Although Morrison had (seemingly) always intended the character to be the X-Men's arch-nemesis Magneto , Marvel was unhappy with this decision and Chris Claremont and Chuck Austen are responsible for retconning Xorn into a different character entirely. Major Story Arcs The Man from Room X Xorn's first appearance Xorn first appeared in New X-Men Annual 2001 , by Grant Morrison . He was being held within the Feng Tu facility (Feng-Tu being a Chinese underground prison designed to hold mutants), and was used without his consent for the murder of two young mutants that Ao Jun, the Feng Tu prison warden, and John Sublime consider.

Key facts

Xorn is of mutant origin and first appeared in "The Man From Room X". The character is published by Marvel. With 402 recorded issue appearances, Xorn ranks among the most featured characters in comics.