![]() Running away from home, she gives herself the alias "Time Bomb" and meets the cosmic entity known as the Beyonder. Her mutant powers manifest at age 13, and her parents immediately show their disgust, with her father even beating her. Tabitha Smith was born in Roanoke, Virginia and is depicted as a rebellious but normal teenager, and the daughter of divorced parents, in her first appearance. To further complicate matters, Nextwave's entry in Civil War: Battle Damage Report states: "Recent intelligence suggests some or all Nextwave members unknowingly had their memories and/or personalities altered by their new employers (H.A.T.E.)."įictional character biography Early life However, Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe and Civil War: Battle Damage Report consistently place Nextwave's activities in mainstream continuity. Especially when played against the others." ĭespite the appearance of Nextwave characters in other Marvel titles, in 2006 Editor-in-Chief Joe Quesada stated that Nextwave's setting was in a universe separate from the main Marvel continuity. But a skinny-ass blonde mutant with a kleptomaniac streak had both plot and entertainment value to me. I mean, these are characters who no-one at Marvel had any use for, and I could have been stopped at any time, Jen. But mostly I wanted a character who could blow things up. I liked her white-trash criminal background, which had uses in the plot set-up. "I was also looking for a team structure where the women outnumbered the men. "I wanted a character who could blow things up," he said of his choice of Boom-Boom. ![]() Writer Warren Ellis said that he picked Boom-Boom to be in Nextwave because Boom-Boom is his favorite superhero name in the history of comics for its sheer oddness and silliness, and he loved it when she was in Uncanny X-Men when Joe Madureira was the artist. Sometime later, she appears as a member of Nextwave throughout the Nextwave series. The team then became X-Force and she remained a member of the team for most of the X-Force series. Following this series, she appeared in The New Mutants, initially guest-starring as a member of the X-Terminators, and eventually becoming a member of the titular group. This led to her becoming a supporting character in the X-Factor series beginning with issue #11, which then led to a co-star role in the X-Terminators limited series. She next appears as a main character in the 1987 limited series Fallen Angels. 1985), in which she and the Beyonder are the primary characters. Publication history Ĭreated by Jim Shooter and Al Milgrom, the character first appeared in Secret Wars II #5 (Nov. Since her first appearance, she has used a number of different codenames, including Time Bomb, Boom-Boom, Boomer, and Meltdown. Tabitha is mentally able to create variably-sized yellow orbs of pure energy that explode with concussive and destructive force. She then appeared as a member of X-Force and later as a member of Nextwave. Created by Jim Shooter and Al Milgrom, the character first appeared in Secret Wars II #5 (Nov. Tabitha Smith is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, commonly in association with The X-Men and related titles. Ability to create variably-sized yellow orbs of pure mental energy that explode with concussive and destructive force.Tabitha Smith on the cover to Weapon X #11.
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