Real Name: Thomas Williams
Identity/Class: Presumably human mutant
Occupation: X-Force tryout
Group Membership: None
Affiliations: Anti-Matter,
Lightning
Bug, Wash-Out, other X-Force tryouts
indirectly
Spike
Freeman, X-Force
(The Anarchist,
Dead Girl,
Doop,
the Orphan,
Phat,
Vivisector)
Enemies: Sycamore, presumably other tryouts
Known Relatives: None
Aliases: None
Base of Operations: The Mojave Desert X-Force tryout arena
First Appearance: X-Force I#129 (August, 2002)
Powers/Abilities:Mant had an insect-like appearance, which included mandibles with enough crushing strength to break through wood. His other insect-like traits included giant, insect-like eyes (which possibly gave him 360-degree vision) and a seemingly segmented body. He also had antennae on his head and small spines on his forearms and abdomen.
Comments: Created by Peter Milligan
and Duncan Fegredo.
Mant's real name and codename were revealed in Anarchist's entry in OHotMU A-Z Hardcover#1.
History: (X-Force I#129) - When
X-Force visited their bush leagues in an attempt to find a replacement mutant
for the recently deceased U-Go Girl, they arrived in time to see "Mant" battling
against Sycamore in hopes of becoming the new team member. When Sycamore
reached at Mant with his root-like hands, "Mant" used his insect-like mandibles
to bite off Sycamore's fingers.