Katu Kath was a fictional character

Fictional character

A character is the representation of a person in a narrative work of art . Derived from the ancient Greek word kharaktêr , the earliest use in English, in this sense, dates from the Restoration, although it became widely used after its appearance in Tom Jones in 1749. From this, the sense of...

 who first appeared in Uncanny X-Men

Uncanny X-Men

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#300.

Fictional character biography

He was a member of the Acolytes

Acolytes (comics)

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, a fanatical group of mutants

Mutant (Marvel Comics)

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. It was established that he is a long-hated enemy of Omega Red

Omega Red

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, who had in the past murdered Katu's entire family and ripped off his arm.

Katu has not been seen after Cassandra Nova's Sentinel destroyed Genosha

Genosha

Genosha is a fictional country that has appeared in numerous comic book series published by Marvel Comics. It is an island nation that exists in Marvel's main shared universe, known as "Earth 616" in the Marvel Universe. The fictional nation served as an allegory for slavery and later for South...

, killing 16 million mutants. Though not shown, Katu was one of the millions of mutants who died during this assault.

Necrosha

Katu is among the dead mutants that Eli Bard

Eli Bard

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 resurrects in Genosha for Selene

Selene (comics)

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 using the techno-organic virus.

Powers and abilities

He had limited weather control

Weather control

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 powers and could absorb electromagnetic fields and release them as blasts from his cybernetic arms. A running gag

Running gag

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from his earlier appearances is that his powers were never shown on panel because of their complicated explanation. Cyclops remarked as he blasted Katu in Excalibur #72 that someday he'd like to see Katu use his powers.

External links

• Katu at Marvel Appendix