Omega-level mutant
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Omega-level mutant is a fictional designation for a certain powerful class of individuals in Marvel Comics to indicate mutants with the ability (or potential) to exist beyond the physical realm and consciously explore the mystical. Immortality is also a possibility, but not a requirement. Being able to control matter on the sub-molecular scale also seems to be a requirement.
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Omega defined
Omega implies unlimited and ultimate potential. The limited series spoke of how humanity sees the result of experiments the Celestials carried out on early lifeforms, on behalf of the abstract entities of the Marvel Universe (Eternity, Death, and so forth). The reason for these experiments was to ensure that a race of beings would eventually evolve that would surpass and in turn replace all of the Abstracts. This would bring about the end of the universe. By creating humanity the Abstracts are ensuring that the cycle of life continues to revolve. This final state of evolution is Phoenix, believed to be what all humanity will eventually become. If this is the same as the "Destiny Force" that the Supreme Intelligence of Kree claims the humanity has the evolutionary potential to reach, is uncertain. Jean Grey is the only person to become the Phoenix; her mutation is referred to as the "ultimate mutation" as a result. Those with omega (the last) potential are the ones closest to reaching this final stage of evolution. Whether their potential results in they themselves turning into Phoenixes (like Jean Grey and Quentin Quire have) or their descendants doing so, within Omega-level mutants lies the potential to bring about the end.Phoenix
The Dark Phoenix Saga is one of the first incidents dealing with an Omega mutant of sorts, a duplicate of Jean Grey hosting the Phoenix Force, which was described by the Shi'ar as "the nexus of all psionic energy which does, has, and ever will exist in all realities of the multiverse. During its time as a sentient entity, it was known to possess the psyche of mortals (particularly those who happen to be telepaths) and thus amplify their psychic abilities to a cosmic (and in some cases nearly incalculable) scale. Its primary form is that of a gigantic firebird."In X-Men - Phoenix: Endsong, the Shi'ar attempt to kill Jean Grey and Quentin Quire, both omega-level telepaths who are capable of hosting the Phoenix Force. It is then revealed that the Phoenix and Jean Grey are now one and the same, and that the Phoenix itself cannot be killed, it will always resurrect.
In the End of Grey storyline, the Shi'ar Death Commandoes kills every member of the Grey family, save for Rachel Grey, in an attempt to prevent the possibility of potential hosts for the Phoenix Force to be born.
Other mutant classifications
There are also more classifications of mutants in the Marvel Universe, though only mentioned briefly by Apocalypse, Sentinels, the US Government and during the Age of Apocalypse crossover. They are Alpha (Apocalypse classes himself, his "Horsemen", and a few other especially powerful mutants as Alpha level), Beta and Epsilon-Delta (Joey and Gailyn Bailey, the nephew and niece of Jean Grey, were regarded as Epsilon-Delta by Sentinels during "").Other media
In the movie , the mutants use a classification system to organize themselves according to the level of their powers, assigning each mutant a number from 1 to 5 (one being the least and five being the most powerful class). Callisto tells Magneto at the first meeting of the Brotherhood of Mutants that he and Pyro are the only ones in the building above a Class 3. Thus, Callisto, Quill, Arclight, Psylocke, and the many other mutants present are all apparently only mid-level in their abilities at best. Because Jean Grey is known as a Class 5 mutant, Class 5 in the movie may be considered equivalent to the Omega-level designation in the comics.
Current Omega-level mutants
| Name of confirmed Omega-Level Mutant | Revealed by |
|---|---|
| Elixir | (New Mutants vol. 2 # 12 by Beast) |
| Iceman | (X-Men: Forever) |
| Phoenix / Jean Grey | (X-Men: Forever by Professor X, also known as the White Phoenix of the Crown.) |
| Mister M | () |
| Franklin Richards | () |
| Kid Omega | (Phoenix Endsong #2 by various sources) |
| Rachel Summers | (Uncanny X-Men #208 by Nimrod. Once also held the Phoenix Force) |
| Vulcan | (X-Men: Deadly Genesis by Emma Frost) |
| Mr. Immortal | (GLA series and |
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