LONGSHOT LONGSHOT
Real Name: Roger Welton
Identity/Class: Human mutate
Occupation: Unrevealed;
patriotic volunteer/government test subjest
Group Membership: X-Force
(Colossus/Lemuel
Sullivan (later the Wall), Dazzler/Kimberly Schau, Havok/Bermuda
Schwartz (later Bedlam), Psylocke/Matt Coris, Rogue/Victor
Barlow, Storm/William Read (later Tempest),
Wolverine/Ryan
LaPorto)
Affiliations: Dr.
Ilsa Moon;
formerly M Branch (Roland
Blaisdell)
Enemies: M Branch (Roland Blaisdell)
Known Relatives: None
Aliases: None
Base of Operations: Unrevealed:
formerly the Mid Town Hospital, Manhattan, New
York City;
formerly an unidentified US government research
facility
First Appearance: Cloak and
Dagger III#9 (December, 1989);
(mutated form) Offical Handbook of the Marvel
Universe A-Z Update#2 (August, 2010);
Powers/Abilities: Longshot was never seen in action, and so his abilities are unrevealed.
Logical assumptions include the ability to manipulate probabilities (luck), enhanced agility, reflexes, fighting skills, etc., but nothing has actually been confirmed in-story.
Height:
Unrevealed; approximately 5'9"
Weight: Unrevealed; approximately 165 lbs.
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Dark brown
History:
(Mutant Misadventures of Cloak &
Dagger#10 (fb) - BTS) - During the Acts
of Vengeance, the US government was given reason to question the
loyalty of Freedom Force, their agents at the time. As a result, a
fanatical faction of the government (which was behind the failed
super-powers registration act) formed a scientific offshoot called M
Branch.
M Branch head Roland Blaisdell handpicked eight recruits from the ranks of patriotic volunteers, eager to serve their country.
The scientists at
M Branch subjected the enlistees to cosmic rays, gamma rays, and
combinations of both in an effort to produce mutagenic changes like
those which empowered the Fantastic Four and the Hulk.
The group was christened X-Force, issued uniforms, and assigned the names of the X-Men (Colossus, Dazzler, Havok, Longshot, Psylocke, Rogue, Storm, and Wolverine) who had recently seemingly died in battle against the demonic Adversary.
(Mutant Misadventures of
Cloak & Dagger#10 (fb)) - However, during the training
period, all began to exhibit signs of radiation poisoning to various
degrees. Blaisdell brought them to Mid Town Hospital in Manhattan to
receive care under Dr. Ilsa Moon. 
Despite Moon's efforts, the subjects continued to deteriorate, and Psylocke died, followed by Longshot, and then Wolverine. Around this time, Blaisdell made it clear that he was no longer interested in trying to prolong the lives of the others, but instead wanted Dr. Moon to collect data on their progression and eventual death, so that he might make other attempts in the future.
Comments: Created by Terry Austin and Mike Vosberg.
There were not great images of the team
and there were no images of some of the characters in the original
stories.
Mike Vosberg was kind enough to provide us with
copies of original sketches of the characters, from which the main image
was drawn for their entry in the Official Handbook of the Marvel
Universe A-Z Update 2010#2.
The original picture of the first seven
members showed Longshot, who was mentioned as the second to die.
Psylocke was not shown initially, but was mentioned in their origin, and
was mentioned as the first to die. Another time, Longshot was listed as
the first to die. Longshot and Psylocke were listed as the two dead on
their hospital file, while Wolverine was still listed as alive at that
time.
Presumably, all three -- Longshot, Psylocke, and
Wolverine -- are all dead. Although X-Force's
handbook
profile in OHotMU A-Z Update 2010#2 speculated that Wolverina (from
Carnage: It's a Wonderful Life) was X-Force's Wolverine...somehow
femizined)
Real names for Longshot, Psylocke and Wolverine were revealed in X-Force's profile in OHotMU A-Z Update 2010#2.
This profile was completed 09/23/2021, but its publication was delayed as it was intended for the Appendix 20th anniversary's celebratory event.
Profile by Snood.
CLARIFICATIONS:
Longshotshould be distinguished from:
images: (without ads)
Mutant Misadventures of Cloak & Dagger#10, pg.
16, panel 7 (pre-mutation headshot);
panel 8 (Dr. Moon raising sheet over corpse);
Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A-Z Update
2010#2: X-Force main image
Appearances:
Mutant
Misadventures of Cloak & Dagger#9-10
(December, 1989 - February, 1990) - Terry
Austin (writer), Mike Vosburg (artist), Danny
Fingeroth (editor)
Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A-Z Update 2010#2
(August, 2010) -
Chris Biggs, Ronald Hugh Byrd Jr., Madison Carter, Jeff Christiansen,
Kevin Garcia, Richard Green, Michael Hoskin, Rob London, Sean McQuaid,
Mike O'Sullivan, Markus Raymond, Jacob Rougemont, Gabriel Shechter,
Stuart Vandal, David Wiltfong (writers), Alex
Starbuck (asssistant editor), John
Denning (associate editor),
Jeff
Youngquist (editor),
Mark D. Beazley, Jennifer Grünwald (editors, special
projects)
First posted: 09/25/2021
Last updated: 02/13/2022
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