Who Is Zeitgeist? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Zeitgeist is a Marvel comic book character, the alter ego of Axel Cluney, with over 46 comic issue appearances. Former leader of X-Statix, back when it was still called X-Force. Has the power to spit a deadly acid.

Who is Zeitgeist?

Origin Axel Cluney discovered his mutant-powers at the age of 14 when he got sick off of alcohol and vomited his super acid in a girl's face, melting it off and scarring her. The incident was as much traumatic for Axel as it was for the girl. He would spend years having nightmares of the incident, and feeling the guild of not even remembering the name of the girl. Creation Zeitgeist was created by Peter Milligan and Mike Allred in 2001 and first appeared in X-Force # 116. Mayor Story Arcs X-Force Teamleader Axel would later team up with Hollywood tycoon Spike Freeman and a former mutant named the Coach to create a team of celebrity mutant superheroes that would be accepted and even looked up to by society; X-Force was born (not to be mistaken for the X-force from the early '90's lead by Cable). This was Axel's enterance into superhero business and he took a codename; Zeitgeist. When Edie Sawyer aka U-Go Girl , joined the team Axel and Edie developed a romantic relationship. After various roster changes X-force began to become less popular with the public and the Coach and Zeitgeist decided to kill off the team and replace it with a fresher group of heroes.

Key facts

Zeitgeist is of mutant origin and first appeared in "Exit Wounds". The character is published by Marvel. With 46 recorded issue appearances, Zeitgeist ranks among the most featured characters in comics.