WALL WALL
Real Name: Sgt. Lemuel
Sullivan
Identity/Class: Human mutate
Occupation: Unrevealed;
patriotic volunteer/government test subtest;
presumably a former member of the U.S. military (most
likely the Army, as he referred to himself and the group as soldiers)
Group Membership: X-Force
(Bedlam/Bermuda Schwartz (formerly Havok), Tempest/William Read (formerly Storm);
formerly Dazzler/Kimberly
Schau, Longshot/Roger Welton, Psylocke/Matt Coris, Rogue/Victor
Barlow, Wolverine/Ryan
LaPorto)
Affiliations: Cloak (Tyrone Johnson), Dagger (Tandy
Bowen), Dr.
Ilsa Moon;
formerly M Branch (Roland
Blaisdell)
Enemies: M Branch (Roland Blaisdell)
Known Relatives: None
Aliases: Sarge;
formerly Colossus
Base of Operations: Unrevealed:
formerly the Mid Town Hospital, Manhattan, New
York City;
formerly an unidentified US government research
facility
First Appearance: (Mentioned)
Cloak and Dagger III#9 (December, 1989);
(full) Mutant Misadventures of
Cloak & Dagger#10 (February, 1990);
(mutated form) Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe
A-Z Update#2 (August, 2010);
Powers/Abilities: The Wall is superhumanly strong (perhaps lifting 2 tons; possibly more, but he did not demonstrate any prodigious feats of strength) and likely somewhat durable, as well as possessing exceptional height.
He is an experienced military sergeant.
He wears corrective eyeglasses, although his exact vision issues are unspecified.
Height: Unrevealed; approximately 7'
Weight: Unrevealed; approximately 450 lbs.
Eyes: Unrevealed (they are never shown clearly and are
consistently shown through eyeglasses)
Hair: Strawberry blond? (early receding hairline)
History:
(Mutant
Misadventures of Cloak & Dagger#10 (fb)) - Sgt. Lemuel Sullivan had the nickname of the Wall
in his military troop, of which Pvt. Bermuda Schwartz was a member.
(Mutant Misadventures of Cloak & Dagger#10 (fb) - BTS) - During the Acts of Vengeance, the US government was given reason to question the loyalty of Freedom Force, their agents at the time. As a result, a fanatical faction of the government (which was behind the failed Super-Powers Registration Act) formed a scientific offshoot called M Branch.
M Branch head Roland Blaisdell handpicked eight recruits from the ranks of patriotic volunteers, eager to serve their country.
The scientists at
M Branch subjected the enlistees to cosmic rays, gamma rays, and
combinations of both in an effort to produce mutagenic changes like
those which empowered the Fantastic Four and the Hulk.
The group was christened X-Force, issued uniforms, and assigned the names of the X-Men -- with Sgt. Sullivan being dubbed Colossus; the others were Dazzler, Havok, Longshot, Psylocke, Rogue, Storm, and Wolverine -- who had recently seemingly died in battle against the demonic Adversary.
(Mutant Misadventures of
Cloak & Dagger#10 (fb)) - However, during the training
period, all began to exhibit signs of radiation poisoning to various
degrees. Blaisdell brought them to Mid Town Hospital in Manhattan to
receive care under Dr. Ilsa Moon.
Despite her efforts, the subjects continued to deteriorate, and Longshot and Psylocke died. Blaisdell then made it clear that he was no longer interested in trying to prolong the lives of the others, but instead wanted Dr. Moon to collect data on their progression and eventual death, so that he might make other attempts in the future.
(Mutant Misadventures of Cloak & Dagger#9 - BTS) - A chart of the door of the room containing the X-Force members listed Psylocke and Longshot as deceased.
As a member of X-Force demanded to be let out, the M Branch agents called for sedatives, and a nurse rushed in, after which things quieted down.
Making a wrong turn in the hospital, Father Micheal Bowen walked by during the commotion. He asked what was going on, but was told it was highly classified, and he was swiftly escorted out. He asked the Lord to be with the poor, tortured souls in that room.
(Mutant Misadventures of Cloak & Dagger#10 (fb) - BTS) - Wolverine was the third to die.
(Cloak &
Dagger III#10 (fb) - BTS) - The remaining members of X-Force --
Colossus/Sarge, Dazzler/Pvt. Schau, Havok/Pvt. Schwartz, Rogue/Pvt.
Barlow, and Storm/Pvt. Read -- refused to allow themselves to die just
so the government could learn from their mistakes. Under the direction
of Colossus, they attempted to break out of the hospital. A large number
of M Branch troops tried to contain them with shock-batons.
(Cloak & Dagger III#10) - Dressed in fatigues, the Sarge repeated his insistence that they not be given any more sedatives: If they were going to die, they wanted to face the end on their feet, like proper soldiers, not slipping away quietly in bed, doped up, like their friends did. Overwhelmed, the M Branch troops called for reinforcements. Tossing a pair of men around, Colossus repeated that they did not want to fight with them but just wanted to be left alone.
Cloak and Dagger were in the hospital visiting Father Delgado and heard the struggle. They initially believed the members of X-Force to be criminals, and so they sided with the soldiers of M Branch; Cloak contained Colossus within his Darkforce dimension accessing cloak until Rogue ambushed and drained Cloak. Colossus was still struggling to free himself from Cloak when Blaisdell arrived and decided to terminate the entire group, and he ordered his soldiers to open fire. Dazzler and Rogue were shot, but the other three escaped further injury, after which Dr. Moon stepped between the soldiers and X-Force members and escorted them into the elevator; with Pvt. Read (Storm) still stunned from being struck by Dagger's light blasts, Sarge carried him upstairs.
When Cloak and Dagger met them up there, Dr. Moon explained X-Force's history.
(Mutant Misadventures of Cloak & Dagger#10 (fb) - BTS) - Dazzler apparently perished from her wounds.
After Blaisdell told Barlow/Rogue that it was time for him and his friends to make the supreme sacrifice, Barlow (who had suffered some degree of head wound) reversed his position and decided to follow orders.
(Cloak & Dagger III#10) - After learning the group's origins, Cloak and Dagger were quite sympathetic. Blaisdell and his soldiers then located them, along with Rogue, who told his teammates to fulfill their obligations to their republic or her would have to help M Branch kill them.
The Sarge tore off a chunk of a water wipe to use as a weapon, and Pvt. Read (Storm) magnified the rushing water into a rainstorm. However, in the decreased visibility, Rogue got his hands on the Sarge, agonizingly leaching the calcium from his bones.
Cloak and Dagger helped fight off Rogue and the soldiers and teleported Dr. Moon and the other three to the Holy Ghost Church, where the soldiers could not find them. Dagger then used her powers to clear the drugs and radiation from the former X-Force members' systems, apparently curing them.
The fugitives then took new names -- the Wall (formerly Colossus), Bedlam (formerly Havok), and Tempest (formerly Storm) -- and they decided to go out on their own. Dr. Moon joined them, planning to provide them with medical and financial assistance as they attempted to elude M Branch.
Comments: Created by Terry Austin and Mike Vosberg.
X-Force did make one more appearance: Marvel Age#102 (July, 1991), in Fred Hembeck's page. However, the Wall wasn't in it. You can read about it in the X-Force (M Branch) main profile.
There were not great
images of the team and there were no images of some of the characters in
the original stories.
Mike Vosberg was kind enough to
provide us with copies of original sketches of the characters, from
which the main image was drawn for their entry in the Official Handbook
of the Marvel Universe A-Z Update 2010#2.
Also included are the original notes from Terry
Austin:
The original picture of the first seven
members showed Longshot, who was mentioned as the second to die.
Psylocke was not shown initially, but was mentioned in their origin, and
was mentioned as the first to die. Another time, Longshot was listed as
the first to die. Longshot and Psylocke were listed as the two dead on
their hospital file, while Wolverine was still listed as alive at that
time. Given that Psylocke was never pictured, it seems more likely to me
that Psylocke was the first to die.
Presumably, all three -- Longshot, Psylocke, and
Wolverine -- are dead. Although X-Force's
handbook
profile in OHotMU A-Z Update 2010#2 speculated that Wolverina (from
Carnage: It's a Wonderful Life) was X-Force's Wolverine...somehow
femizined)
Real names for Longshot, Psylocke and Wolverine were revealed in X-Force's profile in OHotMU A-Z Update 2010#2.
This profile was completed 2/13/2022,
but its publication was delayed as it was intended for the Appendix 25th
anniversary 's celebratory event.
Thanks to Loki for cleaning up the main image and
reminding me to add the design sketch.
Profile by Snood.
CLARIFICATIONS:
The Wall was
originally named "Colossus" after
images: (without ads)
Mutant Misadventures of Cloak & Dagger#10, pg. 8
(battling M Branch operatives);
pg. 9, panel 4 (upper body);
pg. 10, panel 1 (full; rear view);
pg. 16, panel 2 (pre-mutation headshot);
Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A-Z Update
2010#2: X-Force main image
Original design sketches from Mike
Vosberg------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------->
Appearances:
Mutant
Misadventures of Cloak & Dagger#9-10
(December, 1989 - February, 1990) - Terry
Austin (writer), Mike Vosburg (artist), Danny
Fingeroth (editor)
Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A-Z Update 2010#2
(August, 2010) -
Chris Biggs, Ronald Hugh Byrd Jr., Madison Carter, Jeff Christiansen,
Kevin Garcia, Richard Green, Michael Hoskin, Rob London, Sean McQuaid,
Mike O'Sullivan, Markus Raymond, Jacob Rougemont, Gabriel Shechter,
Stuart Vandal, David Wiltfong (writers), Alex
Starbuck (assistant editor), John
Denning (associate editor),
Jeff
Youngquist (editor),
Mark D. Beazley, Jennifer Grünwald (editors, special
projects)
First posted: 09/04/2026
Last updated: 06/24/2026
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