chainlink-928-fullishchainlink-928-linkfirst CHAINLINK
(Earth-928 circa 2099 A.D.)

Real Name: Unrevealed

Identity/Class: Alternate reality (Earth-928) human;
    active circa 2094 A.D. (at least)

Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Group Membership: Apparently the Massive Curs

Affiliations: Elysium Biomedical Corporation;
    presumably multiple other employers

Enemies: Broken Haiku, Victor Ten Eagles, Xi'an Chi Xan;
    presumably numerous other targets

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: Aspen, Colorado circa 20XX A.D. (at least)

First Appearance: X-Men 2099#22 (July, 1995)

Powers/Abilities: Chainlink appeared to be a normal human who wrapped himself in chains and used chains to whip, beat and/or ensnare others.

    The chains also provided him some level of physical protection.

    He apparently liked to taunt others with various nicknames

Height: Unrevealed (approximately 5'10" - 6'2")
Weight: Unrevealed (180-200 lbs. )
Eyes: Unrevealed (his eye were never shown in sufficient detail to assess his iris color)
Hair: Reddish-brown

History:
chainlink-928-past(X-Men 2099#22 (fb) - BTS) - The 13-year-old Xi'an Chi Xan's parents had Peaceful Grove Genetic Lab take their son away, as having a mutant son would look bad for them and they did not know what to do with him.

(X-Men 2099#22 (fb)) - Disintegrating the restraints on his hands, Xi'an escaped out of the back of the van, where he was confronted by Chainlink, who mockingly called him "Scroogy Boy" and asked what he was doing on Massive Cur turf. He further warned Xi'an, "Daddy's credit cards don't buy nothin' here 'cept trouble."

(X-Men 2099#22 (fb) - BTS) - From Chainlink and his associates, Xi'an -- who had previously led a somewhat sheltered life with his wealthy family -- learned the harsh realities of the real world and that life was not fair, but rather cold and unforgiving.

(X-Men 2099#22 (fb) - BTS) - Chainlink considered that Xi'an was always dreaming.

(X-Men 2099#22 (fb) - BTS) - Xi'an had reason to believe Chainlink to be dead.chainlink-928-doublespin

(X-Men 2099#22 - BTS) - As part of his efforts to conscript Xi'an into the Theatre of Pain, Brimstone Love had his controller prime, Charon, extract memories from Xan's mind and then create the illusions of returning Xan to the respective locations of those memories. Charon further used her powers to make Felicity, commander of the Theatre's Norns, appear to be foes from each of those previous memories.

    Seemingly transporting Xan to Aspen, Charon made Felicity appear to be Chainlink, who attacked Xan, taunting him as "Meatrag," "Monkey Boy" and "Ketchup Man" (the latter apparently a reference to not paying attention and telling him to "catch up").

    After Xi'an had been repeatedly battered by chains and then had his foot caught in chains (which his powers could not disintegrate), Brimstone had Charon advance to the next illusionary scenario.

Comments: Created by John Francis Moore, Ron Lim and Harry Candelario.

    Chainlink first encountered Xi'an when Xi'an was 13, but I'm not sure how old Xi'an was in 2099.

    Xan thought Chainlink was dead, and perhaps he was indeed dead. We really don't know much about Chainlink's past and/or his relationship with Xi'an. Did he attack Xi'an only to be fought off or have Xi'an escape? Or did he invite Xi'an into his Massive Curs for a time...did they become allies and then enemies, or were they enemies all along?

    It would really be nice to have a Lawless 2099 limited series to flesh out the histories of the various characters, including Chainlink. We've really only got four panels of actual flashback to go on, and two of those are just Xi'an and Victor fleeing from Gearbox.

    On that same note, the fully-colored images are either from the cover of X-Men 2099#22 or they were Felicity posing as Chainlink.
    Only the shadowy image where he is standing over young Xi'an was actually him.

    This profile was completed 09/29/2024, but its publication was delayed as it was intended for the Appendix 25th anniversary's celebratory event.

Profile by Snood.

CLARIFICATIONS:
Chainlink should be distinguished from:


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chainlink-928-coverX-Men 2099#22 cover---->
       pg. 6, panel 1 (fullish; illusion);
           panel 2 (chain swing; illusion);
       pg. 7, panel 5 (double-swinging chains);
       pg. 8, panel 4 (Chainlink confronting young Xi'an)

Appearances:
X-Men 2099#22 (July, 1995) - John Francis Moore (writer), Ron Lim (penciler), Harry Candelario (inker), Joey Cavalieri (editor), Bobbi Chase (executive editor)

First posted: 09/12/2026
Last updated: 09/29/2024

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