Icarus is the brother of Cannonball, Husk, Aero and Elizabeth Guthrie.

Origin

The Guthrie family was never very popular in their hometown of Cumberland, KY. Due to his family's large number of mutants (Cannonball, Husk, Aero and Jeb) the towns population wanted nothing to do with them. After Sam left to go to Xavier's school Joshua resented having to give up his musical dreams to help care for his family in the absence of his father. When Paige manifested her powers and left as well he began to have a negative attitude towards mutants. Luckily this had changed when his mutant powers developed. Originally hiding his wings from his families he revealed them to his band and used them as a stage gimmick. Falling in love with a waitress, Julia Cabot, only brought heartache to the young mans life. The Guthries and Cabots had been feuding for years and when her father found out he attacked Joshua (now calling himself Jay) with super powered armor. Believing Jay dead, a distraught Julia dragged him to the river and sank to the bottom of it. It was at this time his mutant healing power kicked in. He awoke at the bottom of the river with Julia in his arms. Bringing her to the riverbank he discovered she was dead & attempted to kill himself but was stopped by his healing ability. Jay was found by Angel who helped him bring Julia's body back to the Guthrie home. After trying to kill himself several more times, hoping his healing ability would fail, his mother sent him to the Xavier Institute despite his protests.

At the Institute Jay was roommates with Squidboy and was a part of the Hellions. He later traded places with Wither and joined the New Mutants. Jay was a quiet, sullen boy who did not often take part in the teams fights. Yet they often came to him to talk about their problems. Icarus was one of the few New Mutants to retain their powers after M-Day. Unfortunately this only caused him more problems, he was found on Emma Frost's doorstep with his wings cut off. When he was unable to heal himself Beast discovered that his healing ability was linked to his wings and without them he would not recover. It was later revealed that William Stryker had tricked Jay after finding him praying in church for Julia. Stryker convinced him that if he gave his wings "back to god" his friends would be saved by Stryker. This lead to Jay having his wings cut off. Still convinced of Stryker's good intentions Jay made the phone call that lead to the bombing of the bus carrying the depowered students. It also lead to Wallflower's death at the hands of Nimrod who believed her to cause the death of the Purifiers in the future. Not trusting Jay because he smelled like death. X-23 was given the address to Stryker’s church by Dust. Using one of Dust's burqas as a disguise she went to the church and was gunned down. It was there that William Stryker revealed to Jay that he had killed Julia Cabot before shooting Jay.

Powers

Icarus has multiple powers, the most prominent of which would be the pair of wings that have grown out of his back. These wings give him abilities much like those of Angel, another X-man. He is able to use his wings to fly with considerable speed and agility, or stun or knock down opponents with more force than he could do with his fists or feet. Along with his wings, Icarus has a body that is naturally adapted for flight. His bones are hollow like those of a bird, and he has nearly peak human strength since his body naturally uses all nutrients to build muscle.

Another of Icarus's powers is his healing factor. He is able to heal from wounds far more quickly than any human could. It is believed that his healing factor actually comes from his wings. during a time when Icarus's wings had been cut off, his healing factor also seemed to have left him. It should be noted that Icarus's healing power is not perfect, since he claim's that there is a scar near his heart that has never fully healed. Icarus's final power is superhuman vocal cords. He is able to perfectly mimic any sound that he has ever heard before, or he can use his voice to hypnotize people.

Characteristics

Gender--Male

Height--5' 9"

Weight--193 lbs (77 kg)

Eyes--Green

Hair--Red