SHREW
SHREW
Real Name: Marilyn Maycroft
Identity/Class: human mutant
Occupation: currently unrevealed;
former mercenary/assassin
Group Membership: formerly Hell's Belles
Affiliations: X-Factor (Havok, Multiple Man,
Quicksilver, Strong
Guy, Wolfsbane);
formerly Cyber and an unnamed drug cartel
Enemies: Hell's Belles
Known Relatives: none
Aliases: none
Base of Operations: unrevealed
First Appearance: (pictured) X-Factor I#79
(June, 1992);
(fully seen) X-Factor I#80 (July, 1992)
Powers/Abilities:
She can transform into a rodent-like form with enhanced strength,
speed, agility, and senses, as well as razor sharp claws and
teeth.
History:
(X-Factor I#79 (fb) - BTS) - Shrew formerly worked as one of
Hell's Belles, trained by Cyber, and employed by a drug cartel.
Tiring of this existence--perhaps after being arrested--she
turned in evidence against her old allies in exchange for being
given immunity from criminal trial. She was to enter the witness
protection program after her testimony, but when her old allies
came after her, the US government commissioned X-Factor to
protect her.
(X-Factor I#80) - While Havok, Strong Guy, and Wolfsbane watched over Shrew at the Barclay Hotel in Virginia, Hell's Belles and Cyber came after her. While X-Factor was occupied against her former teammates, Shrew was left to face Tremolo.
(X-Factor I#81) - X-Factor managed to temporarily drive off Hell's Belles, but Cyber had poisoned Strong Guy and demanded Shrew in exchange for an antidote. The US government's toxicologist provided his own antidote, and X-Factor and the Shrew confronted Cyber and the Belles. X-Factor--joined by Multiple Man and Quicksilver--overpowered their attackers, and Shrew herself gathered the courage to knock Cyber into the path of an oncoming subway train.
Comments: Created by Peter David, Larry Stroman, Jim Fern, and Al Milgrom
Another lost mutant I'd like to see again.
CLARIFICATIONS:
No known connection to:
images:
X-Factor I#80, p29, panel 1;
p27, panel 6;
#79, p30, panel 3
First Posted: 05/02/2004
Last updated: 09/17/2023
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