Wolf Cub (comics)
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Wolf Cub (Nicholas Gleason) is a fictional character in the Marvel Universe. A mutant, Wolf Cub attends the Xavier Institute.
Character Biography
After the deaths of his parents, Nicholas Gleason, a young mutant who possesses a werewolf-like appearance, became the target of anti-mutant assassins. Gleason was rescued by the X-Men known as Chamber and Cyclops and was subsequently enrolled at the Xavier Institute.
Though still a youth, Gleason has had to struggle with his feral nature. On one occasion, he attacked Havok, severely injuring him in the process. In the wake of this attack, Gleason ran away from the Xavier Institute and was confronted by Maximus Lobo, and other members of the werewolf pack, Dominant Species. Lobo urged the boy to leave the school and instead, join Dominant Species. Though Gleason was tempted to surrender to his feral nature, he resisted those urges and assisted the X-Men and the reality-traveling team, the Exiles in defeating Dominant Species.
After the institution of the training squad system at the school, Gleason was placed onto the Paragons squad, along with fellow students, Match, Trance, Preview, DJ, and Pixie. After the squad lost their original advisor, Wolfsbane, they were assigned a new mentor, Magma.
In the wake of House of M, the student population of the school was dramatically reduced, causing the squad system to be dissolved and the remaining students to be merged into one group. Gleason is one of a handful of students to retain their abilities.
Powers
Gleason possesses a permanent werewolf-like form that imbues him with enhanced strength, endurance, speed, senses, and agility. Additionally, Gleason possesses razor-sharp claws.
Trivia
In the New X-Men: Academy X: Yearbook Special, Gleason was voted “Most Likely to Cry at a Movie.”
Bibliography
Chamber #1 by Brian K. Vaughn
Chamber #4 by Brian K. Vaughn
Exiles # 28-30 by Chuck Austen
New X-Men: Academy X: Yearbook Special by Nunzio DeFilippis and Christina Weir
The X-Men: 198 Files by Eric J. Moreels, Marc-Oliver Frisch, and Brian E. Wilkinson
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