ROMEO

Real Name: Romeo

Identity/Class: Sub-species of humanity (Inhuman) mutate

Occupation: Empath

Group Membership: None

Affiliations: Doris Bray, Crystal (Crystal Amaquelin), Flint (Jason), Christian Frost, Gorgon (Gorgon Petragon), time-displaced Iceman (Robert Drake), "moth Inhuman", Naja, Julian Quintero, Sasha, X-Men (time-displaced Angel/Warren Worthington, time-displaced Beast/Henry McCoy, time-displaced Cyclops/Scott Summers, Genesis/Evan Sabah Nur, Oya/Idie Okonkwo, Wolverine/Laura Kinney)

Enemies: Anuxa

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: New Attilan

First Appearance: Spider-Woman VI#10 (December, 2016)

Powers/Abilities: After undergoing Terrigenesis, Romeo developed skills as an emotional empath, able to sense the emotions of others and manipulate them, focusing mostly on making people calm and happy. The full extent of his abilities is likely unrevealed.

Height: Unrevealed (5'7"; by approximation)
Weight: Unrevealed (130 lbs.; by approximation)
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Black

History: (All-New X-Men II#13 (fb) - BTS) - As a teenager, Romeo realized he was gay and he joined the wrestling team because he had a crush on the wrestlers. After flirting with one boy for three months, he finally kissed him but the wrestler punched Romeo in the mouth. Romeo dropped out of school the next day and got his G.E.D. A few years later, the wrestler came out of the closet and tracked Romeo down to apologize. Romeo found himself interested in running, gaming and even pick-pocketing for a time but he eventually quit.

(Spider-Woman VI#10 (fb) - BTS) - After undergoing Terrigenesis, Romeo discovered his ability to manipulate emotions. He was recruited by Crystal's team of Inhumans (including Naja, Flint, Grid and Gorgon) to seek out new Inhumans and calm them down so they could adjust to their powers.

(Spider-Woman VI#10) - Outside Tucson, Arizona, Romeo arrived with Crystal's team to help calm down a new reality-manipulating Inhuman, Doris Bray.

(All-New X-Men II#13 (fb) - BTS) - Romeo was sent to Miami by Crystal to find a newly hatched Inhuman.

(All-New X-Men II#13) - At a gay club in Miami, Romeo flirted with the time-displaced Bobby Drake. When the new Inhuman, a monstrous moth creature, revealed itself, Bobby, as Iceman, joined Oya and Genesis in fighting it until Romeo could calm it down. Crystal's team arrived to pick Romeo up and he snuck Iceman's phone out of his pocket to put his own phone number in it. He asked Bobby to call him sometime.

(All-New X-Men II#17 (fb) - BTS) - Iceman and Romeo began spending more time together but Iceman seemed hesitant to make the relationship more physical.

(All-New X-Men II#17 (fb) - BTS) - Romeo and Iceman had a few dates together, going running together and riding on Iceman's ice slides, but Iceman still seemed hesitant to kiss Iceman. On one date, they joined their friends at the water park, where Iceman met Romeo's Inhuman friend Sasha.

(All-New X-Men II#17) - When the X-Men attacked New Attilan, Romeo was kept in his room, as non-combatants were to be kept out of combat. Iceman broke into Romeo's room and finally kissed him, and Iceman said he wasn't siding with the mutants. Romeo asked if they could just leave the city and they skated away on Iceman's ice slide.

(All-New X-Men II#19) - At a motor lodge motel, Romeo flirted with Iceman while they started the grill for dinner, interacting with the X-Men (Wolverine/Laura Kinney, time-displaced Angel, time-displaced Cyclops, time-displaced Beast, time-displaced Cyclops, Oya, Genesis). Romeo made them tacos then they had a dance party.

(Iceman III#1) - Romeo and Iceman went on a date, interacting with the older Iceman, who made bad dad jokes as they left.

(Iceman III#8 - BTS) - Romeo stopped texting Iceman back after a time, distressing Iceman.

(Marvel's Voices: Iceman Infinity Comic#2 (fb) - BTS) - "An accident with a royal Inhuman diplomatic mission" got Romeo caught up in alternate dimensions, where he was stuck as a nomad in different dimensions for a decade before finding his way home.

(Marvel's Voices: Iceman Infinity Comic#1) - Romeo reached through a portal and pulled Iceman through it.

(Marvel's Voices: Iceman Infinity Comic#2) - Romeo and Iceman kissed, then slept together, as they caught up on their intense histories. After meeting Julian Quintero, Romeo helped Iceman fight the giant alien monster Anuxa.

(Marvel's Voices: Iceman Infinity Comic#3 - BTS) - Hearing that Iceman's father had died, Romeo called to check on him.

(Marvel's Voices: Iceman Infinity Comic#4) - When Iceman was frozen in a block, pushing everyone away, Romeo joined Christian Frost, Firestar, and Northstar in reaching out to him and pulling him out of his frozen state. Romeo charged Bobby with the feeling that he was loved, then Bobby sobbed as Romeo held him. Later, Iceman and Romeo agreed to shift to dating.

Comments: Created by Dennis Hallum, Javier Rodriguez and Veronica Fish.

Profile by Chadman.

CLARIFICATIONS:
Romeo has no known connections to:

• Romeo - Death's Head ally--Dark Angel I#13
• Romeo - Rhino foe--Tangled Web of Spider-Man I#5
• Tony Romeo - former mutant--Generation M I#1
• or any other "Romeo" characters
  

"moth Inhuman"

(All-New X-Men II#13) - A newly hatched Inhuman emerged from his cocoon with green and yellow fur, huge fangs and large wings, as well as antennae that could discharge electrical energy. Disoriented, the creature seemingly attacked a crowd at a gay club in Miami and the X-Men (time-displaced Iceman, Oya, Genesis) responded with force until Romeo of the Inhumans calmed the moth-man down. The Inhuman was taken aboard the R.I.V. by Crystal, Gorgon, Flint, Naja and Grid.

--All-New X-Men II#13

Sasha

(All-New X-Men II#17 (fb)) - An Inhuman living in New Attilan, Sasha was a green-skinned lizard-like girl capable of generating electric blasts who was friends with Romeo. He took Sasha with him to hang out with a young team of X-Men and she confessed to the time-displaced Iceman that Romeo had feelings for him.

--All-New X-Men II#13

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Marvel's Voices: Iceman Infinity Comic#4 (adult Romeo)
All-New X-Men II#13, p19, pan1 (face)
All-New X-Men II#19, p1, pan1 (with Iceman)
All-New X-Men II#13, p13, pan1 (moth Inhuman)
All-New X-Men II#17, p13, pan4 (Sasha)

Appearances:
Spider-Woman VI#10 (October, 2016) - Dennis Hallum (writer), Javier Rodriguez (penciler), Veronica Fish (inker), Nick Lowe (editor)
All-New X-Men II#13 (November, 2016) - Dennis Hallum (writer), Mark Bagley (penciler), Andrew Hennessy (inker), Daniel Ketchum (editor)
All-New X-Men II#17 (March, 2017) - Dennis Hallum (writer), Mark Bagley (penciler), Andrew Hennessy (inker), Daniel Ketchum (editor)
All-New X-Men II#19 (May, 2017) - Dennis Hallum (writer), Paco Diaz (artist), Daniel Ketchum (editor)
Iceman III#1 (August, 2017) - Sina Grace (writer), Alessandro Vitti (artist), Daniel Ketchum (editor)
Iceman III#8 (February, 2018) - Sina Grace (writer), Robert Gill (artist), Darren Shan (editor)
Marvel's Voices: Iceman Infinity Comic#1-4 (June, 2022) - Luciano Vecchio (writer/artist), Tom Brevoort (editor)