Bishop
Real name: Lucas
Other aliases: None known
Identity: No dual identity; the general public is unaware that Bishop
comes from the future of an alternate timeline
Occupation: (current) Adventurer, (former) Commander in the XSE
(Xavier's Security Enforcers)
Legal status: Citizen of the United States of America in an alternate
21st Century future with no criminal record
Place of birth: A mutant relocation camp in an undisclosed location on
an alternate 21st Century Earth
Marital status: Single
Known relatives: Shard (sister), grandmother (unnamed, deceased)
Group affiliation: (current) X-Men, (former) XSE (Xavier's Security
Enforcers)
Base of operations: (current) The Xavier Institute, Salem Center,
Westchester County, New York State, (former) XSE headquarters (in an
alternate 21st Century A. D.)
First appearance: X-MEN (first series) #282
History: The mutant known only as Bishop was born in the 21st Century
A.D. of an alternate timeline in which the mutant-hunting robots called
the Sentinels had taken control of North America. In this timeline,
Professor Charles Xavier and most of the members of the mutant team he
founded, the X-Men, were killed by the Sentinels. Mutants were killed or
were imprisoned within "mutant relocation camps."
Bishop and his sister Shard were both born in one of the "mutant
relocation camps." Like other mutants they were branded with "M" tattoos
over their right eyes for identification.
Eventually, "normal" human beings and mutants joined forces and
overthrew the Sentinels in the "Summers Rebellion." However, "normal"
humans still resisted coexistence with mutants, and radical terrorist
groups of mutants, such as the Exhumes, made war on "normal" humans.
One of the veterans of the Summers Rebellion, a mutant named Hecat'e,
stated that it was unacceptable for humans to hunt down criminal
mutants. Therefore, she said, mutants should police themselves. Hence,
Hecat'e and other mutant veterans of the Summers Rebellion formed the
XSE. The XSE was named after Charles Xavier in honor of his dream of
peaceful coexistence between mutants and "normal" humans. Hecat'e became
the XSE's commanding officer..
Since their parents had apparently died, Bishop and Shard lived with
their grandmother, who was herself a mutant, until she died. Their
grandmother told them stories about the heroism of the X-Men and
instructed them to follow Xavier's dream of peace between mutants and
the rest of humanity.
One day, when Bishop and Shard were both still children, two XSE members
were pursuing Virago, a member of the Exhumes, a radical group of
mutants who hated "normal" humans. When Virago took Shard as a hostage,
Bishop leapt onto Virago's back, making her release his sister.
Infuriated, Virago was about to murder Bishop when Sureshot shot her
dead. Until then, Bishop had regarded the XSE as his enemies and the
Exhumes as heroes, but from then onward he wanted to join the XSE.
Later, Bishop, Shard, and their grandmother's friend Hancock were
attacked by criminal mutants called Billboy and Halftrack. The two
criminals killed Hancock and were about to murder Shard. Bishop tried to
save Shard, but it was two members of the XSE, Amazon and Recoil, who
stopped Billboy and Halftrack.
Impressed by Bishop, Amazon and Recoil offered Bishop a position in the
XSE. Bishop accepted on the condition that Shard be accepted in the XSE
as well. By now Bishop's own superhuman power had manifested itself.
Thus Bishop and Shard became cadets at the XSE Academy under Hecat'e's
supervision. Among the other members of their class was Bishop's future
enemy, Trevor Fitzroy.
Eventually, Bishop and Shard became officers of the XSE. Shard, however,
became Bishop's commanding officer. Bishop contented himself with a
lower rank so that he could work the streets alongside his friends and
fellow XSE officers, Malcolm and Randall.
Fitzroy eventually turned criminal and was imprisoned. He broke free and
escaped with other mutant criminals back through a time portal to the
X-Men's own time. Bishop, Malcolm, and Randall followed, even though
they were aware they had no means to return to their own time. The
escaped outlaws killed Malcolm and Randall, but Bishop succeeded in
defeating the criminals. The X-Men found Bishop, and Professor Xavier
inducted him into the team. Feeling honored to serve in the team whose
members he had idolized since his childhood, Bishop has remained a
member of the X-Men ever since.
Height: 6'6"
Weight: 275 lbs.
Eyes: Brown, sometimes red
Hair: Black
Other distinguishing features: "M" tattoo over right eye
Strength level: Bishop possesses the normal human strength of a man of
his age, height, and build who engages in intensive regular exercise.
Known superhuman powers: Bishop is a mutant with the power to absorb
energy directed towards him and to project that energy from his hands in
concussive blasts.
Special weaponry: XSE guns that fire laser beams and plasma charges