TEDDY MATSON
Real Name: Teddy Matson
Identity/Class: Human mutant
Occupation: Student
Group Membership: None
Affiliations: Tom Corsi, Dwayne, Sister Ignazio,
Sharon Friedlander, X-Men (Archangel/Warren Worthington III, Lucas
Bishop, Gambit/Remy LeBeau, Jean Grey, Storm/Ororo Munroe), other Mother
of the Sacred Heart students
Enemies: Acolytes (Frenzy/Joanna Cargill,
Eric, Harlan & Sven Kleinstock, Carmella Unuscione)
Known Relatives: None
Aliases: None
Base of Operations: St. Mary's Boys Home, New York;
formerly Our Mother of the
Sacred Heart School, Middleborough, New York
First Appearance: Uncanny X-Men I#298 (March, 1993)
Powers/Abilities: Teddy was a mutant, but his
powers were not revealed. In addition to being X-gene positive, Teddy
has Down Syndrome. In what manner this genetic, developmental disorder limits
him is not known.
Height: 5'2" (by approximation)
Weight: 130 lbs. (by approximation)
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Brown
History:
(Uncanny X-Men I#298 (fb) - BTS) - Young mutant Teddy
Matson was born with Down Syndrome and cared for at the Our Mother of
the Sacred Heart School in Middleborough, New York. Through unrevealed
ways, the Acolytes learned of Matson's existence and decided to forcibly
recruit him, unaware he was developmentally challenged.
(Uncanny X-Men I#298 - BTS) - Teddy and his classmates were on their way
back to the school, riding on the school bus driven by X-Men associate
Tom Corsi who was working at the school, along with his lover Sharon
Friedlander. The Acolytes attacked the school, fatally wounding Sharon
and causing commotion that alerted Professor Xavier to their presence as
well. He sent in the X-Men while the Acolytes figured out the mutant
they'd come to find was about to return. The villains laid an ambush.
(Uncanny X-Men I#298) - Teddy and his friends Dwayne and others were
unaware of what awaited them at the school, casually singing the classic
Wheels On The Bus when Tom
Corsi realized there was something very wrong when he approached Sacred
Heart. He tried to back the bus away just as the Acolytes blew up the
school. They then focussed their attention on the bus. The overeager new
recruit Eric, one of the Kleinstock triplets, attacked the vehicle.
Reaching for the energy weapon he carried with him, Corsi shot the
Acolyte through the chest in self defense. Before the other Acolytes
could kill Corsi, the X-Men arrived to engage Magneto's followers. As
the fight raged on, Unuscione entered the bus and used her psionic
powers to locate the mutant they'd come to collect. She was appalled
when she found out about Teddy's condition, calling him "flawed even by
human standards" and announced there was no place for him in their new
order. Archangel, still recovering from getting blasted by the
Kleinstocks, tried to reason with Unuscione was relentless and returned
Teddy to his classmates still stuck in the vehicle before ordering the
Kleinstocks to "purify them". The X-Men couldn't prevent the composite
Acolyte from blowing up the bus, but did get Teddy and the other
children to safety. Their mission a failure, though 14 school employees
were killed in the explosion, the Acolytes teleported away.
(Uncanny X-Men I#299) - With the Sacred Heart destroyed, Teddy (and his
classmates, presumably) were taken to St. Mary's Boys Home. There, he
was briefly visited at night by Archangel, who came to check on the
sleeping mutant boy. Amused that Matson had fallen asleep before the TV,
Worthington thought to himself that whatever the boy's mutant powers
were, they certainly didn't include the ability to stay up past his
bedtime to watch the news. As he lifted Teddy up and put him to bed,
wondering why the Acolytes deemed him unfit for their new world order.
After all, as mutants they, more than anybody, should know diversity is
something to be celebrated, not ashamed of.
Comments: Created by Scott Lobdell (writer), Brandon Peterson (pencils), Al Milgrom (inks).
Incidentally, the letters column of Uncanny
X-Men I#298 included a letter from one Jami Johnson who wrote
in complaining about a speech on tolerance and acceptance Charles Xavier
gave in #294. Johnson was outraged that Scott Lobdell had the professor
claim that everyone was equal: man, woman, black, Hispanic, Jew, Asian,
Native American, homosexual, mutant, everyone." Jami felt it was an
insult to every man, woman and minority to be "lumped in with the
learned cultural trait of homosexuality." Sigh... To complain about
embracing diversity when you're a fan of the X-Men is beyond ironic, and
a bit tragic as well. It also mirrors the Acolytes' stance when they
considered Teddy was an abomination by their misguided, narrow minded
standards. All in all, it's comforting to see the massive strides same
sex equality has made since 1993.
Profile by Norvo.
CLARIFICATIONS:
Teddy should not be confused with
images: (without ads)
Uncanny X-Men I#298, p14, pan4 (main image)
Uncanny X-Men I#298, p16, pan3 (saved by Archangel)
Appearances:
Uncanny X-Men I#298 (March, 1993) - Scott Lobdell
(writer), Brandon Peterson (pencils), Al Milgrom (inks), Bob Harras
(editor)
Uncanny X-Men I#299 (April, 1993) - Scott Lobdell (writer), Brandon
Peterson (pencils), Dan Panosian (inks), Bob Harras (editor)
Last updated: 07/08/15
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