WIPEOUT
Real Name: Unrevealed
Identity/Class: Human mutant, citizen of Genosha
Occupation: Magistrate, servant of Genoshan
government
Group Membership: Genoshan Magistrates (Magistrate
Anderson, Magistrate Summers, unnamed others)
Affiliations: Cameron
Hodge, Genengineer
(David Moreau), Press Gang
(Hawkshaw, Pipeline, Punchout)
Enemies: Charlotte Jones, New Mutants
(Boom-Boom/Tabitha Smith, Cable/Nathan Dayspring Summers, Cannonball/Sam
Guthrie, Rictor/Esteban Richter, Sunspot/Roberto DaCosta, Warlock,
Wolfsbane/Rahne Sinclair), X-Factor (Archangel/Warren Worthington,
Beast/Hank McCoy, Cyclops/Scott Summers, Jean Grey), X-Men (Banshee/Sean
Cassidy, Colossus/Peter Rasputin, Dazzler/Alison Blaire, Forge,
Gambit/Remy LeBeau, Havok/Alex Summers, Longshot, Psylocke/Betsy
Braddock, Rogue/Anna Marie, Storm/Ororo Munroe, Wolverine/James 'Logan'
Howlett)
Known Relatives: Unrevealed
Aliases: 'Gran'pa' (nickname used by Rogue),
'tubby' (nickname used by Cameron Hodge)
Base of Operations: The Citadel, Hammer Bay,
Genosha
First Appearance: Uncanny X-Men I#236 (Late
October, 1988)
Powers/Abilities: Wipeout was a mutant who
possessed the power to suppress or neutralize metahuman abilities in
others. Wipeout did not need to be in physical contact with his targets;
simply focusing on them from a short distance was enough to affect them.
Wipeout was able to undo the negating process. When he used his powers,
flashes of bright yellow light emanated from his hands.
Height: Unrevealed (approximately 5'10")
Weight: Unrevealed (approximately 190 lbs.)
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Grey
History:
(Uncanny X-Men I#236 (fb) - BTS) - The Genoshan known only as Wipeout
was revealed to be a mutant at the age of 13, a result of mandatory
genetic testing. Rather than being turned into a slave, his abilities to
manipulate the powers of other X-gene-positive people allowed him to
join the Magistrates. Over the years, he became an invaluable member of
the organization. He was kept stationed at the Citadel in Hammer Bay
and called in to wipe the powers of all new mutant arrivals before
they were processed (see comments).
(Uncanny X-Men I#238 (fb) - BTS) - Wipeout was on hand to neutralize
the potential mutant powers of Madelyne Pryor and Jenny Ransome when they were
processed into the Genoshan prison system. However, he concluded
Madelyne had no metahuman powers to begin with.
(Uncanny X-Men I#236) - When Pipeline transported Rogue and
Wolverine to the Citadel, the Magistrates had a hard time containing the
two X-Men. Wipeout was summoned to handle the situation, calmly shutting
down their mutant abilities.
(Uncanny X-Men I#238) - Wipeout attended a meeting with the Genengineer
and several Magistrates to discuss how their captive Madelyne Pryor had
been able to psionically slaughter the team trying to question her.
Wipeout, fearing for his position, assured the furious Genengineer that
he had indeed subjected Pryor to the neutralization process. Some time
later, after the X-Men had invaded the Citadel to free Madelyne, Rogue
and Wolverine, Wipeout was captured and mentally forced by Psylocke to
restore Rogue and Wolverine's mutant powers.
(Uncanny X-Men I#264 - BTS) - Wipeout accompanied the Press Gang and a
battalion of Magistrates to New York where they were tasked to kidnap
the fugitive mutate Jenny Ransome, currently staying with X-Factor.
(Uncanny X-Men I#264) - Wipeout managed to use his powers to affect
X-Factor's headquarters Ship. By remaining in constant contact with the
living vessel, he negated its defensive systems. This allowed Pipeline
to transport the Press Gang and the Magistrates inside. The Genoshan
assault was foiled by the arrival of Forge and his newfound ally
Charlotte Jones. The New York police officer took down Wipeout. Jones
did not have any powers for him to negate, a fact she reminded him of
while pointing her Smith & Wesson handgun at him. Without Wipeout's
interference, Ship's security systems were rebooted and the Genoshan
intruders were taken care of. Wipeout was brought inside where Jean Grey
questioned why he and the Press Gang were serving a state that enslaved
mutants. Hawkshaw answered for Wipeout and the others: "I serve my
country, lady. And proudly! You're the villains here, not us!"
(Uncanny X-Men I#264 - BTS) - Shortly after they were arrested, Wipeout
and the other Genoshans were repatriated home for national security
reasons.
(New Mutants I#95) - Wipeout was summoned by Genosha's new leader
Cameron Hodge to neutralize the powers of the New Mutants and Storm, who
had just been kidnapped.
(X-Factor I#60) - Wipeout joined a battalion of
Magistrates sent to oppose X-Factor, the X-Men and what remained of the
New Mutants when they came to Genosha. Wipeout was sent out in the early
stages of the fight, approaching the heroes through the air with his
flying harness. He was spotted by Jean Grey, who swiftly took him down
before the old mutant could affect them.
(New Mutants I#96 - BTS) - Wipeout recovered and returned to the
Citadel.
(New Mutants I#96) - During an altercation in Hammer Bay, Wipeout
accompanied Cameron Hodge to confront the X-Men and their allies. Under
orders from Hodge, Wipeout neutralized the powers of Cable, Forge,
Gambit, Psylocke, Sunspot and Marvel Girl.
(X-Factor I#61) - When Forge collapsed the second he was brought into
the Citadel with the others, Cameron Hodge blamed Wipeout. The mutant
swore that he wasn't responsible for this unexpected turn, but Hodge
furiously sent him away.
(Uncanny X-Men I#272 - BTS) - Wipeout made sure the
powers of all the captured members of the New Mutants, X-Factor and X-Men
were neutralized before their televised trial began.
(Uncanny X-Men I#272) - Having learned that magistrate Alex Summers was
actually the mutant X-Man Havok, Cameron Hodge set up an elaborate ploy
to frame him. He summoned Wipeout to the Genengineer's laboratory in the
Citadel where he callously shot the mutant with a high-energy plasma
rifle that was reminiscent of Havok's plasma blasts.
(New Mutants I#97) - The Genengineer was forced by Rictor, Jubilee and
Boom-Boom to take them to Wipeout so he could restore their powers. When
they arrived at the Genengineer's lab, they were perturbed to find
Wipeout's corpse waiting for them.
(New Mutants I#97 - BTS) - Even without Wipeout, all the mutants had
their powers restored thanks to Storm who had undergone an altered
version of the Genengineer's mutate process. This allowed her to
manipulate genetic structures, thereby jumpstarting the powers of her
friends and teammates.
Comments: Created by Chris Claremont, Marc Silvestri, Dan Green.
You have to wonder why the Genoshans didn't subject
Wipeout to the Genengineer's mutate process. His powers are
exceptionally rare and invaluable to a society built on the slave labor
of mutants; it'd be more prudent to control his every move rather than
leave him as one of the privileged happy few.
Speaking of the mutate process: it was developed by the Genengineer
(and, as a later retcon revealed, Earth-295's Sugar Man). Sugar Man
first arrived on Earth-616 twenty years in the past. Even back then,
Wipeout was at least middle-aged, so that means there were no mutates
around when his powers manifested themselves. It's never explained what
Genosha did to its mutant population prior to the rise of the
Genengineer, but it seems clear Wipeout had little to no problems
serving the anti-mutant government. He was 'one of the good ones', in
the eyes of the Genoshan leadership at least.
Profile by Norvo
CLARIFICATIONS:
Wipeout should not be confused with
Images: (without ads)
Uncanny X-Men I#236, p8, pan5 (main)
Uncanny X-Men I#238, p6, pan3 (closeup)
Uncanny X-Men I#272, p11, pans2&3 (killed)
Appearances:
Uncanny X-Men I#236 (Late October, 1988) - Chris Claremont (writer),
Marc Silvestri (pencils), Dan Green (inks), Bob Harras (editor)
Uncanny X-Men I#238 (Late November, 1988) - Chris Claremont (writer),
Marc Silvestri (pencils), Dan Green (inks), Bob Harras (editor)
Uncanny X-Men I#264 (Late July, 1990) - Chris Claremont (writer), Mike
Collins (pencils), Josef Rubinstein (inks), Bob Harras (editor)
New Mutants I#95 (November, 1990) - Louise Simonson (writer), Rob
Liefeld (pencils), Josef Rubinstein (inks), Bob Harras (editor)
X-Factor I#60 (November, 1990) - Louise Simonson (writer), Jon Bogdanove
(pencils), Al Milgrom (inks), Bob Harras (editor)
New Mutants I#96 (December, 1990) - Louise Simonson (writer), Rob
Liefeld (pencils), Josef Rubinstein, Art Thibert (inks), Bob Harras
(editor)
X-Factor I#61 (December, 1990) - Louise Simonson (writer), Jon
Bogdanove & John Caponigro (pencils), Al Milgrom (inks), Bob Harras
(editor)
New Mutants I#97 (January, 1991) - Louise Simonson (writer), Guang Yap
(pencils), Joe Rubinstein (inks), Bob Harras (editor)
First Posted: 10/06/2026
Last Updated: 10/06/2026
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