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FOREARM

Real Name: Marcus Tucker

Identity/Class: Human mutant

Occupation: Student

Group Membership: X-Men Street Team (Choir/Irina Clayton, Cyclops/Scott Summers, Dust/Sooraya Qadir, Fantomex, E.V.A., Longneck/William Hanover, Three-in-One (Celeste, Mindee, Phoebe Cuckoo) possibly Crater/Erik Hallgrimsson and other unidentified)

Affiliations: Xavier Institute student body (Choir/Irina Clayton, Crater/Erik Hallgrimsson, Glob Herman/Robert Herman, Longneck/William Hanover, Mentat/Robert Zepheniah, Pako/Cirlio Crisologo, Stepford Cuckoos/Celeste, Esme, Mindee, Phoebe Cuckoo, possibly Butterfly/Lucy Priest, Skywalker see comments), Special Class (Angel/Angel Salvadore, Basilisk/Mike Columbus, Beak/Barnell Bohusk, Dummy/Dean Boswell, Ernst, No-Girl/Martha Johansson), X-Men (Beast/Henry McCoy, Cyclops/Scott Summers, Emma Frost, Nightcrawler/Kurt Wagner, Phoenix/Jean Grey, Professor X/Charles Xavier, Wolverine/James "Logan" Howlett), X.S.E. (Bishop, Sage)

Enemies: Brotherhood (Angel/Angel Salvadore, Esme Cuckoo, Ernst, No-Girl/Martha Johansson, Toad/Mortimer Toynbee, Beak and Angel's kids (Axel, Kara, Tito and others) ), Magneto (Kuan-Yin Xorn)

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: Longarms (see comments)

Base of Operations: Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters, Westchester County, New York

First Appearance: New X-Men I#117 (October, 2001)

Powers/Abilities: Marcus was a mutant who had extended forearms, his hands also appeared to be disproportionately large. It's not been revealed if his mutated limbs granted him any superhuman abilities.

Height: 5'8 (by approximation)
Weight: 139 lbs. (by approximation)
Eyes: Black
Hair: Black

History:

(New X-Men I#116 - BTS) - After Professor Charles Xavier (secretly Cassandra Nova who had switched minds with her twin brother) came out as a mutant on live TV, the Xavier Institute was opened to the public. Marcus was among the many young X-gene active teenagers that enrolled.

(New X-Men I#117) - Marcus was one of the many students seen walking the school grounds after the Beast had introduced Xavier's latest student: Barnell Bohusk, codenamed Beak.

(New X-Men I#140) - Marcus was among the students and X-Men present when Bishop and Sage showed them the diamond bullet used to shatter Emma Frost's body, seemingly killing her in the process. With everyone still considered a potential suspect, the Summer holiday vacation was cancelled until the case was solved. Sage started analyzing and interviewing the student body, including Marcus. Bishop and Sage eventually solved the case and identified Esme Cuckoo as Emma's killer. A little while later, Beast was able to reassemble Emma's shattered diamond form which allowed Frost to restore herself.

(New Mutants II#7) - Marcus was seen walking through the school hallways when Josh Foley had finished his class with the X-Man Archangel.

(New X-Men I#149) - Recent X-Men recruit and teacher Kuan-Yin Xorn eventually went insane, believing himself to be the team's biggest enemy Magneto. Dressing like the master of magnetism, the Chinese mutant assembled a Brotherhood made up of his former students (Xorn taught a special needs class which included Angel Salvadore, Beak, Ernst and others). With them at his side, he laid waste to most of Manhattan. Outraged by "Magneto" and ready to fight back, Marcus joined other students to form an impromptu X-Men street team. Setting up camp in New York's Mutant Town he was present when the Three-in-One brought in Beak and discussed what was going on.

(New X-Men I#150) - Marcus was present when the Three-in-One engaged in telepathic crowd control. They also used their powers to keep Fantomex and Cyclops up to date on other developments while fighting Xorn. The X-Men street team was also present during the final battle where Xorn (still disguised as Magneto) killed Jean Grey by causing her to have a fatal stroke. Marcus later witnessed how Xorn was beheaded by Wolverine.

(House of M#8 - BTS) - Marcus was one of the many millions mutants who lost their powers when a reality altering spell cast by the Scarlet Witch reduced the number of gene active mutants to a mere 300 worldwide.

Comments: Created by Grant Morrison (writer), Ethan Van Sciver (pencils), Prentiss Rollins (inks).

In 2006, Marvel released an official list of all depowered mutants which was printed in Wizard I#172. Marcus was called Longarms on that list, his first appearance as New X-Men I#117 checks out.

Marcus was identified in the the Xavier Student Body entry in the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A-Z HC#13.

Profile by MarvellousLuke

CLARIFICATIONS:
Forearm has no known connections to


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New X-Men I#117, p4, pan2 (main image)
New X-Men I#140, p15, pan2 (can't leave for summer vacation)
New X-Men I#150, p22, pan2 (witnessing Xorn's attacks)


Appearances:
New X-Men I#117 (October, 2001) - Grant Morrison (writer), Ethan Van Sciver (pencils), Prentiss Rollins (inks), Mark Powers, Pete Franco (editors)
New X-Men I#140 (June, 2003) - Grant Morrison (writer), Phil Jimenez (pencils), Andy Lanning (inks), Mike Marts, Mike Raicht (editors)
New Mutants II#7 (January, 2004) - Nuncio DeFilippis, Christina Weir (writers), Carlo Barberi (pencils), Juan Vlasco (inks), C.B. Cebulski (editor)
New X-Men I#149 (January, 2004) - Grant Morrison (writer), Phil Jimenez (pencils), Andy Lanning (inks), Mike Marts, Stephanie Moore (editors)
New X-Men I#150 (February, 2004) - Grant Morrison (writer), Phil Jimenez (pencils), Andy Lanning, Simon Coleby (inkers), Mike Marts, Stephanie Moore, Cory Sedimeier (editors)


Last updated: 02/23/14

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