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Opening Biography of Designate: Havok. . .
Code Name: Havok
Real Name: Alex Mendoza
Identity: Secret
Occupation:
Student-Adventurer
Legal Status: Citizen
of the United States with a criminal record
Place of Birth:
Honolulu, Hawaii
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: Luis Mendoza (adoptive father); Denise Mendoza (adoptive mother); Scott Summers (brother); Christopher Summers (birth father, deceased); Katherine Anne Summers(birth mother, deceased)
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 180
lbs.
Hair: Blonde
Eyes: Blue
Gender: Male
Age: 15
Racial/Ethnic Background: Caucasian
Distinguishing Features: None
First Appearance: Ultimate
X-Men #16
Powers/Skills: Cosmic
energy absorption into the cells of his body, transform it in an
unknown manner, and release it as waves of energy that heat the
air in their path enough to turn it into plasma.
When Havok strikes an object with the waves of intensity of hot
plasma, the sudden vast jump in temperature will often cause
objects to shatter, explode, or seemingly disintegrate, and an
observer might therefore wrongly think that the object had been
struck by a concussive force. When directing his energy at the
lowest level, he can project it towards a human being and his
target will suffer a severe headache but will not burn up.
Havok's body is constantly in the process of absorbing cosmic
radiation.
History: Alexander Summers
is the younger of the two sons of Christopher Summers, a United
States Air Force Major and test pilot, and his wife Katherine
Anne. Alex and his mother and older brother Scott were flying
back from a vacation in Christopher's vintage airplane when the
plane crashed into a scout ship of the Shi'ar Empire, setting the
wooden plane ablaze. Katherine Anne Summers pushed Scott and Alex
out of the burning plane with the only available parachute. Thus
the two boys escaped the Shi'ar while their parents did not.
Scott and Alex both believed their parents had been killed. The
two boys were hospitalized for injuries they sustained during
their landing, since their overburdened parachute had been unable
to slow their decent safely enough. Scott and Alex both suffered
traumatic amnesia regarding the plane incident. Alex left the
hospital after two weeks and was placed in an orphanage in Omaha,
Nebraska. Soon adopted, Alex moved to Arizona to
start a new life. But this was not so. After a few years living
in Arizona, Scott showed up on Alex's doorstep and offered him a
chance to join him as a part of the X-Men.
Personality: Alex for the
most part is easy going, but he also has a bit of a temper. He
feels the need to prove himself to those he meets and while go
out of his way to try and impress people. Alex has a very joking
sense of humor which covers up his insecurities.
picture taken from the fan art section of Ultimate X. picture done by snafu.