Antaeus II

[Eric J. Moreels]

Antaeus II
Created by Chris Claremont and Leinil Francis Yu

<img src="http://comixfan.com/xfan/images/headshots/antaeus.jpg" align=left hspace=10 alt="Antaeus II">Real Name: Antaeus (presumed)
Known Aliases: Anteus
First Appearance: X-Men #101 (June 2000) (cameo), X-Men #102 (July 2002) (fully)
Group Affiliation: Warclan (Neo)
Major Enemies: X-Men
Not to be confused with: Antaeus I (ancient Greek warrior)

Antaeus is a representative of the race of 'supermutants' known as The Neo. A member of the Neo's Warclan, Antaeus assisted in battling Cecilia Reyes and the X-Men in the opening salvo of the Neo's war against both humans and mutants, sparked when the High Evolutionary removed all mutants' powers, causing untold devastation to the hidden Neo community.

Powers and Abilities:
Giant in size, as his name implies, Antaeus is possessed of superhuman strength and is also extremely fast.

APPEARANCES:
X-Men (2nd series) #101-102, 106, 110

[Monolith]

Antaeus could also apparently adapt to mutant powers used against him more than once.

[Janne Pietikainen]

This one's actually Antaeus II.

the original Antaeus was a mad giant in the ancient Greece. He was seen in a flashback in Avengers vol. 1 # 265.