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Character · Earth-616

Firestar

Angelica "Angel" Jones

  • Firestar
  • Known to Authorities

Angelica Jones is a mutant who discovered she could generate microwave energy and was recruited by Emma Frost into the Hellions at the Massachusetts Academy, where she was groomed as a pawn. Breaking free of Frost, she became a founding member of the New Warriors and later served with the Avengers. Originally created for the Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends cartoon, she has since joined the X-Men, gone undercover inside the anti-mutant group Orchis, and battled cancer brought on by her own radiation.

Powers and abilities

  • Microwave generation: projects and controls microwave radiation
  • Flight: propels herself through the air with her energy
  • Heat and flame: superheats targets or generates bursts of fire
  • Energy shields: forms protective microwave barriers
  • Electronics disruption: scrambles or overloads electronic devices
  • Electromagnetic sensing: detects electromagnetic signatures
  • Psionic interference: can disrupt telepathic powers

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