EVANGELINE WHEDON
Real Name: Evangeline Whedon
Identity/Class: Human mutant, American citizen, public identity
Occupation: Attorney, mutant-rights advocate;
formerly prosecutor
Group Membership: Mutant Rights League (founding
member, also known as the Mutant Rights Coalition)
Affiliations: Marie D'Ancanto, Kavita Rao, Wither (Kevin Ford), Manoli Wetherell, X-Corporation (Skitz, Stringfellow), X-Men (Bishop/Lucas Bishop, Callisto, Cannonball/Sam Guthrie, Cyclops/Scott Summers, Empath/Manuel de la Rocha, Hope Summers, Lila Cheney, Magma/Amara Aquilla, Marvel Girl/Rachel Summers, Mirage/Danielle Moonstar, Nightcrawler/Kurt Wagner, Primal/Teon Macik, Rogue/Anna Marie Raven, Sage/Teresia Karisik, Shadowcat/Kitty Pryde, Skids/Sally Blevins, Skitz, Storm/Ororo Munroe, Sunspot/Roberto da Costa, Wolverine/James Howlett)
Enemies: Elias
Bogan and his agents (Manacle, Revenant);
unidentified anti-mutant extremists
Known Relatives: unidentified father and mother, former fiancé
Aliases: Vange
Base of Operations: Washington, D.C.;
formerly Utopia, San Francisco Bay, California;
formerly Xavier Institute, Westchester, New York;
formerly Valle Soleada, California
First Appearance: X-Treme X-Men I#21 (April, 2003)
Powers/Abilities: Whedon is a mutant a metamorph
whose mutation allows her to transform from an otherwise normal human
woman into a massive red dragon. Her dragon form possesses vastly
greater mass, superhuman strength and endurance, heavy scales that
provide substantial resistance to injury, sharp claws and teeth,
functional wings enabling sustained flight and the ability to breathe
fire. Initially, she was a "trancer", her transformation was involuntary
and triggered by contact with blood. The change temporarily overwhelmed
Whedon's rational mind, leaving her in a frightened, animalistic frenzy
until the transformation subsided. She subsequently gained considerably
greater control over the process. Whedon is an accomplished prosecutor
and attorney, specializing in mutant civil-rights and criminal cases.
Whedon has a dragon tattoo on her back.
Height: 5'7" (human); 18' (by approximation, dragon
form)
Weight: 115 lbs. (human); 800 lbs. (by approximation, dragon
form)
Eyes: Blue (human); yellow (dragon)
Hair: Black
History:
(X-Treme X-Men I#40 (fb) - BTS) - Evangeline Whedon grew up an only
child. During puberty, she realized she was a mutant but decided to keep
her powers a secret.
(X-Treme X-Men I#40 (fb) - BTS) - Whedon built a life for
herself while hiding the fact she was a mutant. She became a successful
prosecutor working for the homicide bureau and was engaged to be
married. After it became public knowledge that she was a mutant,
everything changed. Her employers fired her, her landlord evicted her
and her fiancé broke off their engagement by e-mail. Even her parents
wanted nothing to do with her, feeling she had become a monster.
(X-Treme X-Men I#40 (fb) - BTS) - Rather than lash out at the world for
rejecting her, Evangeline decided to find a better way to live her life:
a way to build and not destroy.
(X-Treme X-Men I#21 (fb) - BTS) - Evangeline Whedon studied to become a
lawyer. After passing the bar, she went to work for the Mutant Rights
League, an advocacy organization dedicated to providing legal counsel
for mutants.
(X-Treme X-Men I#21 - BTS) - After Bishop and Sage were
taken into police custody in New York City, Whedon vowed to challenge
their arrest and made her way to Midtown Station House.
(X-Treme X-Men I#21) - Whedon and other members of the Mutant Rights
League demonstrated outside the station house, which ultimately led to
an altercation with pro-human protesters. When a protester struck police
officer Cardones with a brick, Whedon went to the injured man's aid.
However, her mutation was involuntarily triggered when some of his blood
came into contact with her. She transformed into a giant dragon.
Terrified and unable to think rationally in her transformed state,
Whedon lashed out as police and protesters fled.
(X-Treme X-Men I#21 - BTS) - All the commotion outside drew the
attention of Bishop and Sage, who sprang into action.
(X-Treme X-Men I#21) - Sage used her computer mind to locate and strike
a crucial nerve cluster in Whedon's dragon form. This briefly paralyzed
Whedon while Sage got ready to deliver a killing blow. She was stopped
by Bishop who had realized that the dragon was still a frightened human
being. He managed to calm Whedon down, even as she was climbing a nearby
skyscraper while he held on to her for dear life. As soon as she allowed
herself to regain control, Whedon shifted back to her human form. After
the transformation subsided, a horrified Whedon apologized for the
destruction she had caused. Although officer Cardones did not blame her,
Whedon voluntarily submitted herself to police custody. She felt mutants
seeking the protection of society's laws also had a responsibility to
obey them.
(X-Treme X-Men I#25) - Whedon gave an interview to TV
reporter Manoli Wetherell about the apparent death of anti-mutant
preacher William Stryker. With news reports already suggesting mutant
involvement and attempting to connect the X-Men to the disaster, Whedon
publicly cautioned against assigning blame before any evidence had been
established.
(X-Treme X-Men I#34 -
BTS) - Bishop called for Whedon to come to Valle Soleada to defend Marie
D'Ancanto, a young anti-mutant activist whose recent actions had placed
her in legal jeopardy.
(X-Treme X-Men I#34) - When Whedon arrived in Valle
Soleada, she met Bishop at the local courthouse where she was also
introduced to Rogue. Whedon openly wondered why she would even want to
defend an anti-mutant activist, especially given her role as the head of
the Mutant Defense League. Bishop and Rogue convinced her that older
mutants had a responsibility toward the younger generations that might
otherwise regard violent delinquents as role models.
(X-Treme X-Men I#34) - Whedon accompanied Bishop and Rogue to her Valle
Soleada beach house.
(X-Treme X-Men I#34) - Later that night, Whedon was helping Bishop
investigate a case when they were attacked by Sage, who was being
influenced by Elias Bogan's accomplice Revenant.
(X-Treme X-Men I#34 - BTS) - After Rogue drove off Revenant and her
teammate Manacle, everyone inside the beach house returned to their
senses. Rogue chased the duo down to the local X-Corp office, run by
Sunspot.
(X-Treme X-Men I#35) - Whedon remained with Sage while
Rogue and Cannonball confronted Sunspot and his associates. When their
confrontation escalated, Bishop went out to rescue his teammates. At the
same time, Sage took Whedon to safety on her motorcycle, figuring the
fight would inevitably come to them at the beach if they stayed.
(X-Treme X-Men I#36) - Whedon was present at Rogue's beach
house when Storm and Gambit returned from Washington. She kept quiet
when the X-Men's leader announced they were now members of the new
government-sanctioned X-Treme Sanctions Executive (XSE).
(X-Treme X-Men I#40 (fb) - BTS) - Whedon negotiated a plea
bargain agreement for her client Marie D'Ancanto, who managed to avoid
jail time and was placed on probation. Acting as Marie's court-appointed
employer, Whedon hired her as her assistant.
(X-Treme X-Men I#40) - At Rogue's beach house, Whedon and
Sage worked through records in an attempt to uncover who had been
controlling attorney Jarod Malloy. Repeatedly encountering dead ends and
having a client who refused to talk infuriated Whedon to no end. When
Marie asked why Whedon had been willing to employ someone who had so
recently attacked mutants, Whedon explained the collapse of her own life
after she was exposed as a mutant. She understood what it meant to lose
virtually everything because of one revelation about herself. Despite
possessing enough raw power to respond destructively, Whedon had instead
chosen to rebuild her life, and she wanted Marie to have the same
opportunity. After ending work for the evening, Whedon deliberately
assumed dragon form and flew along the coastline.
(X-Treme X-Men I#40 - BTS) - Cannonball invited Whedon to the impromptu
clam-bake Gambit and Rogue were throwing on the beach.
(X-Treme X-Men I#40) - She arrived at the gathering in her dragon form,
carrying Sunspot and Magma on her back.
(X-Treme X-Men I#42 - BTS) - With Elias Bogan having taken
control of Bishop, the X-Men gathered their forces to come up with a
plan to handle the situation.
(X-Treme X-Men I#42) - When Skids, Sunspot and Magma arrived at Rogue's
beach house, Skids immediately recognized Delgado and objected to the
anti-mutant terrorist's presence. Whedon put an arm around Marie,
reminding Skids that Marie was on probation and now worked for her. She
then offered her services to help fight Bishop in his dragon form, but
since she lacked any actual combat experience it was decided she would
only drop off the various X-Men before flying to safety with Delgado.
Whedon complied and flew the X-Men where they needed to be, but she was
surprised by Sage who asked her to take a detour. Whedon landed on a
deserted stretch of highway, where they recruited Shadowcat as an
unexpected weapon against Bogan's telepathy.
(X-Treme X-Men I#45) - While Whedon and Marie were at Rogue's beach house, Storm and Callisto unexpectedly emerged through Lila Cheney's interstellar teleportation closet. Mistaking the two for attackers, Whedon immediately began transforming into her dragon form and ordered them to surrender. Callisto managed to prevent a fight before Shadowcat arrived and explained the situation. Later, when Bogan launched a psychic assault against the X-Men elsewhere in Valle Soleada, Rachel Summers sensed the attack and transported Whedon and the others inside Lila's house, whose unusual nature placed them beyond Bogan's reach.
(X-Treme X-Men I#46) - Whedon and the other Valle Soleada
residents watched news coverage of the devastation in New York and Jean
Grey's death. Whedon then told Storm that she and the others would
accompany the X-Men to New York and help with the relief effort.
(Uncanny X-Men I#444 - BTS) - Whedon relocated to the East
Coast and continued to work as an attorney with the Mutant Rights
Coalition while also serving as a spokesperson for the X.S.E.
(Uncanny X-Men I#444) - Whedon visited the Xavier Institute where she
caught up with Sunspot at the outdoor pool. They got splashed when Beast
decided to dive into the water.
(Uncanny X-Men I#445) - When members of Storm's newly
sanctioned X-Treme Sanctions Executive became involved in a fatal
incident at a school, Whedon served as the organization's public legal
representative. After authorities declined to bring charges against the
X-Men, Whedon addressed reporters on behalf of the X-Treme Sanctions
Executive, welcoming their exoneration while acknowledging the death of
teenager Tommy Reichert and the loss suffered by his family.
(New X-Men II#6 - BTS) - Danielle Moonstar contacted
Evangeline and secured her services to represent Xavier Institute
student Kevin Ford, alias Wither, whose uncontrollable decay powers had
led to the accidental death of his father.
(New X-Men II#6) - At Ford's hearing, Whedon submitted expert testimony
and argued that he had lacked criminal intent. The authorities dismissed
the charges and permitted Ford to return to the Institute.
(Uncanny X-Men I#466 - BTS) - Evangeline Whedon was one of
the few mutants who retained her powers after M-Day, but she lost most
of her clients. She moved to the Xavier Institute, now under permanent
guard by the O*N*E and its Sentinels. Whedon filed an injunction to get
this decision overturned.
(X-Men: The 198 Files I#1 - BTS) - Following M-Day, Evangeline Whedon
was listed in O*N*E*'s mutant database as one of the 198 X-gene active
mutants left on Earth. Her threat level was deemed significant.
(Uncanny X-Men I#466) - Whedon met with Marie D'Ancanto at
Storm's carriage house on the Xavier estate grounds. Whedon was
frustrated by the fact that the courts had refused her injunction. At
the same time, they discussed the effects of M-Day and the possible
impact it might have on the depowered mutant population. Marie D'Ancanto
seriously considered the possibility that a lot of humans might want to
settle some old scores.
(New Mutants III#14) - Whedon was among the mutants
present on Utopia when Bastion's forces sealed the island beneath an
energy dome and waves of Nimrod Sentinels attacked.
(Generation Hope I#8) - Whedon represented the X-Men when the parents of Teon Macik sought legal custody of their mutant son. After examining the available evidence, she privately told Cyclops and Hope that the X-Men appeared to have a poor case. However, Whedon refused to use legal delaying tactics to keep Teon on Utopia, feeling that would be beneath the X-Men. Instead, she helped prepare Teon for court as best she could, only to find he fancied her and bluntly expressed a desire to mate with her. She ignored his request, gently reminding him she could turn into a dragon and roast him. During the hearing, Whedon questioned a witness whose observations showed that Teon's behavior had improved while he lived with the X-Men. However, it was Teon who secured his own freedom when he unexpectedly took the stand and showed he was fully capable of rational thought and speech when circumstances required it. He explained that his mutation had fundamentally changed him and that he was happier living with Hope on Utopia. The judge ruled that Teon could remain, and his parents accepted his decision. Afterwards, Teon once again asked Whedon if she wanted to mate, but she told him to keep quiet.
(Uncanny X-Men V#17) - Years later, Whedon was among the
large gathering of friends, colleagues and former X-Men associates who
attended the funeral of Rahne Sinclair (see comments).
Comments: Created by Chris Claremont and Salvador
Larroca.
Chris Claremont always gets praised for creating strong female
(supporting) characters and Evangeline Whedon certainly belongs in that
category, though she never rose to the level of prominence that Stevie
Hunter or Moira MacTaggert did. You'd think the X-Men would have called
on their own dragon lady more often. Instead, Whedon last used her
powers in 2004. Beggars can't be choosers, the last time she actually
spoke on panel was in 2011. And heavens knows why she showed up to
Wolfsbane's funeral in 2019's Uncanny X-Men V#17... And she
never even met Rahne Sinclair!
The Mutant Rights League and Mutant Rights Coalition appear to be two
names for the same organization.
Profile by Norvo
CLARIFICATIONS:
Evangeline Whedon should not be confused with
Images: (without ads)
X-Treme X-Men I#21, p7, pan1,2,3 (main)
X-Treme X-Men I#21, p3, pan3 (protesting)
X-Treme X-Men I#36, p9, pan4 (taken to safety)
X-Treme X-Men I#40, p14, pan5 (dragon form)
X-Treme X-Men I#45, p4, pans4&5 (midway transformation)
New X-Men II#6, p21, pan3 (defending Wither)
Generation Hope I#8, p25, pan4 (mate now)
Appearances:
X-Treme X-Men I#21 (April, 2003) - Chris Claremont (writer), Salvador
Larroca (pencils & inks), Nova Ren Suma (assistant editor), Andrew
Lis & Mike Raicht (editors)
X-Treme X-Men I#25 (July, 2003) - Chris Claremont (writer), Igor Kordey
(pencils), Scott Hanna (inks), Mike Raicht & Mike Marts (editors)
X-Treme X-Men I#34 (January, 2004) - Chris Claremont (writer), Igor
Kordey (pencils), Scott Hanna (inks), Stephanie Moore & Mike Marts
(editors)
X-Treme X-Men I#35 (January, 2004) - Chris Claremont (writer), Igor
Kordey (pencils), Greg Adams (inks), Stephanie Moore & Mike Marts
(editors)
X-Treme X-Men I#36 (February, 2004) - Chris Claremont (writer), Igor
Kordey (pencils), Scott Hanna (inks), Stephanie Moore, Cory Sedlmeier
& Mike Marts (editors)
X-Treme X-Men I#40 (March, 2004) - Chris Claremont (writer), Igor Kordey
(pencils), Scott Hanna (inks), Stephanie Moore, Cory Sedlmeier &
Mike Marts (editors)
X-Treme X-Men I#42 (April, 2004) - Chris Claremont (writer), Igor Kordey
(pencils), Greg Adams, Andrew Pepoy & Norm Rapmund (inks), Stephanie
Moore, Cory Sedlmeier & Mike Marts (editors)
X-Treme X-Men I#45 (June, 2004) - Chris Claremont (writer), Igor Kordey
(pencils), Greg Adams, Andrew Pepoy & Norm Rapmund (inks), Stephanie
Moore, Cory Sedlmeier & Mike Marts (editors)
X-Treme X-Men I#46 (June, 2004) - Chris Claremont (writer), Igor Kordey
(pencils), Greg Adams, Andrew Pepoy & Norm Rapmund (inks), Stephanie
Moore, Cory Sedlmeier & Mike Marts (editors)
Uncanny X-Men I#444 (July, 2004) - Chris Claremont (writer), Alan Davis
(pencils), Mark Farmer (inks), Stephanie Moore, Cory Sedlmeier &
Mike Marts (editors)
Uncanny X-Men I#445 (August, 2004) - Chris Claremont (writer), Alan
Davis (pencils), Mark Farmer (inks), Stephanie Moore, Cory Sedlmeier
& Mike Marts (editors)
New X-Men II#6 (December, 2004) - Nunzio DeFilippis & Christina Weir
(writers), Michael Ryan (pencils), Rick Ketcham (inks), Stephanie Moore,
Sean Ryan & Mike Marts (editors)
Uncanny X-Men I#466 (January, 2006) - Chris Claremont (writer), Chris
Bachalo (pencils), Jonathan Holdredge, Jaime Mendoza, Victor Olazaba,
Sean Parsons, Norm Rapmund, Tim Townsend & Al Vey (inks), Mike
Marts, Nick Lowe & Sean Ryan (editors)
X-Men: The 198 Files (March, 2006) - Eric J. Moreels, Marc-Oliver Frisch
& Brian E. Wilkinson (writers), Jeff Youngquist (editor)
New Mutants III#14 (August, 2010) - Zeb Wells (writer), Ibraim Roberson,
Lan Medina & Nathan Fox (pencils & inks), Daniel Ketchum &
Nick Lowe (editors)
Generation Hope I#8 (August, 2011) - Kieron Gillen (writer), Salva Espin
(pencils & inks), Jordan D. White & Nick Lowe (editors)
Uncanny X-Men V#17 (July, 2019) - Matthew Rosenberg (writer), Carlos
Gómez (pencils & inks), Jordan D. White & Chris Robinson
(editors)
First Posted: 10/17/2026
Last Updated: 10/17/2026
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