Morph

Publication History

Origin

In his original reality, Earth-1081, Morph was a mutant hero and member of his world's New Mutants, X-Men, and, later, the Avengers. He liked to make people happy and, being a shape shifter, he could always be what his friends wanted. After losing his mother, Morph became the character we know now, the comic relief, always trying to make others laugh.

Exile

On an X-men mission, Morph became unhinged from his reality by the Timebroker, and became one of the founding member of the Exiles. He was basically forced to join the team, as were the other Exiles, or else something horrible would happen to each of them--in Morph's case, he wouldn't be able to maintain a solid form and would have to be contained in a jar. When he first met soon-to-be-teammate Blink she thought he was the Morph from her own reality, because they looked exactly the same.

He went through many missions as an Exile and outlived many other members, he fell in love with teammate Mariko Yashida--Sunfire, but nothing came of it because she was a lesbian. He even turned down an opportunity to leave the team and go back to his reality.

Proteus

After the Exiles gained control over the Panoptichron, one of the first things they did was to return Blackwing to his home reality--Earth-616. However when they arrived at Earth-616 it had been altered into Earth-58163 (see House of M for details) and, as a result Proteus, the body-stealing, reality-warping, evil mutant son of Moira MacTaggert had been brought back to life.

The Exiles confronted Proteus, who took over the body of teammate Mimic, killing him in the process. After possessing several others Proteus possessed Morph, taking total control over him.

Since Proteus gains all the memories and abilities of the person he possesses, Spider-Man 2099, another member of the Exiles, came up with the idea to use a mind-altering device to make Proteus/Morph only have access to Morph's memories and personality, so he would think he was the real Morph.

Currently the real Morph is gone, but Proteus is essentially the same as the original Morph. If he ever finds out what he really is, he could destroy the Exiles and the multiverse.

Powers

Morph being silly

• Omnimorph

Morph is an amazing shape-shifter, He is an omnimorph, one of the most powerful shape-shifters in the Marvel universe, capable of altering his shape, size, color, and even reattaching severed limbs. His body is composed of unstable molecules. He often uses his shapeshifting as comedic relief or as annoyance/distraction for his enemies.

• High Resistance and Amorphous Recovery

He is very hard to injure physically and impervious to most physical attacks. He possesses a healing factor and has healed from severe burns by making a sort of cocoon. He can survive for weeks without food and water and is immune to poisons and diseases.

• Super Strength

Morph is capable of temporarily enhance his strength to super-human levels, able to lift twenty tons.

• Flight

Morph is also capable of flight of speeds of around 40mph. This ability is said to be psionic although no further explanation has been given.

• Scentless

Morph also has no scent, which greatly annoyed the Wolverine of his reality, however Wolf Cub of Earth-616 managed to track him on his scent one time...

With Proteus in his body, he uses the same powers. Proteus' own powers are blocked.

It is possible that Morph may survive being possessed by Proteus due to the fact that he has a unique physiology, allowing his body to not burn out. However his status is listed as 'Presumed Deceased' in various handbooks.

Characteristics

Height--5'10" (Variable)

Weight--175 lbs (80 kg)(Variable)

Eyes--Pupil/Iris-less
Hair--None
Skin--White
Unusual Features--No pupils, No apparent nose

Alternate Realities

Earth-295

The Morph of Earth-295 (Age of Apocalypse) is very similar to the Morph of Exiles, so much so that Blink thought it was the AoA Morph of her reality when she first met Exiles Morph. AoA Morph was a member of Magneto's X-Men. He went missing after the original Age of Apocalypse series, and was never seen in any of the later comics that took place in Earth-295. He has many of the same powers as Exiles Morph, but is unable to fly.

Earth-33629

There is also a Morph on Earth-33629, part of an alternate team of the original Exiles.

Other Media

X-men Animated Series

X-Men Animated Series

Mr. Sinister then had his body resurrected by bringing his body back to life but his memories are brainwashed. He had two personalities. One that loves his team mates and one that blames them for his death. Later, Morph helped the X-Men in defeating Mr. Sinister. His implants were then destroyed by Professor X but this was not enough and he still needs more time for rehabilitation.

Moira McTaggert then cured his mental problems. As he fights the Sentinels again, he remembered everything before his death and was so much terrified. Professor X then was abducted by Master Mold but he was able to overcome his fear and save Professor X even with the concern of his team mates.

He then disguised as Professor X while the original is sick and almost dying. After that, he was back to the team as he stated that he is now mentally healthy.