G-TYPE
G-Type onboard Lilandra's Superdestroyer

Real Name: G-Type

Identity/Class: Extraterrestrial mutate & alien technology user (unnamed Shi'ar Galaxy race)

Occupation: Superguardian

Group Membership: Imperial Superguardian Elite

Affiliations: Lilandra, Neosaurus;

formerly Araki-6

Enemies: Araki-6, Cyclops, Cassandra Nova, Xorn (Kuan-Yin)

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: Mobile through the galaxy onboard Empress Lilandra's Superdestroyer

First Appearance: New X-Men I#124 (May, 2002)

Powers/Abilities: Engineered in the stellar nurseries of Hodinn, G-Type was constituted of living solar plasma and his skin burned at a constant 6,000 degrees Kelvin. Only his black eyes, black lips and nostrils could be seen against the yellow glow of his face, which also included a type of gem on his forehead through which he could fire heat blasts. He could also generate strong heat from his hands and had nozzles mounted at his wrists, which could presumably project super-hot plasma. He stood about 7' tall in armor. G-Type was a fiercely loyal knight of the Shi'ar Empire.

G-Type's armor must have been incredibly insulated for it to stop his skin temperature incinerating people around him. It was fashioned with various inverted crucifixes, notably a big glowing rosy cross on his chestpiece, and was mostly blue and gold. He also wore a tubular semi-transparent helmet.

Height: 6'2"
Weight: Indeterminate

G-Type about to execute Cyclops and XornHistory: (New X-Men I#125 (fb) - BTS) - Araki-6 knew the infant G-Type in the stellar nurseries of Hodinn where the latter was engineered to serve the Shi'ar Empire.

(New X-Men I#124 - BTS) - The Shi'ar Empress, Lilandra, her mind controlled by the villainous Cassandra Nova, who inhabited Charles Xavier's body, arrived in lower Earth orbit with a team of Superguardians, including G-Type. Cassandra Nova used Lilandra to enforce the power of the Imperial Superguardian Elite to attack the X-Men, using a lie that the mutants were infected and had to be exterminated.

(New X-Men I#124 - BTS) - Cyclops and Xorn were captured by Arc, Monstra and Squorm, and were transported back to Lilandra's Supedestroyer, which was then in orbit around the Earth, and placed inside a huge double-barreled cannon pointing at the planet.

(New X-Men I#124) - Standing before Cassandra Nova (in Charles Xavier's body) and Lilandra, G-Type attempted to recite the Hymn of Purification before shooting Cyclops and Xorn into Earth's atmosphere to be immolated, but was interrupted by the bound Cyclops. Such was the loyalty of the crew and so strong was Cassandra Nova's control over Lilandra that they would not listen to the mutant. Instead, G-Type blasted Cyclops' head with a heat ray from his forehead, leaving Cyclops' head smoking.

G-Type began to officiously announce the execution; however, Cyclops reminded Xorn that he had a star for a brain, and so Xorn caused a reactor failure in G-Type's plasma core. The solar knight collapsed, as did the Shi'ar guards, and Cyclops and Xorn escaped their restraints.

(New X-Men I#125) - The Empress Lilandra commanded her forces to destroy themselves, and Shi'ar guards fired at fellow Shi'ar on the bridge of the Superdestroyer; at last Araki-6 rebelled against the monstrosity of Cassandra Nova. G-Type, having recovered, arrived quickly and informed Lilandra that the captives had escaped and that contact had been lost with the Superguardians invading the Xavier Institute. Cassandra Nova was angry at this turnaround and used Lilandra to accuse Araki-6 of causing the destruction and that the sage was infected. G-Type was then asked to burn out Araki's apparent contagion.

G-Type's gauntleted hands grabbed Araki's head and began to make the Shi'ar sage's head smoulder, but Xorn and Cyclops appeared at that point. Xorn seemed to dissipate G-Type's energy, drawing it into himself. G-Type called to his Empress for help as he perished.

Comments: Created by Grant Morrison (writer) and Igor Kordey (artist).

Cyclops indicated that he had met G-Type before.

G-Type probably knew Superguardians other than Neosaurus, but this is not actually confirmed.

G-Type's name probably refers to a type of sun, with yellow G-Type suns being conducive to life (as we know it). The surface temperature of the Earth's sun is 6,000 degrees Kelvin (apparently about 10,000 degrees Fahrenheit or 5,730 degrees Celsius).

Profile by Grendel Prime

Clarifications:

G-Type has no known connections to

images:
New X-Men I#124, p1 (main)

p22, panel 3 (head shot)

New X-Men I#124 (May, 2002) - Grant Morrison (writer), Igor Kordey (artist), Mark Powers (editor)
New X-Men I#125 (June, 2002) - Grant Morrison (writer), Igor Kordey (artist), Mark Powers (editor)

Last updated: 02/05/06

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