FENRIS (Andreas)

Real Name:

Andreas von Strucker

Universe/Timeline:

Marvel Universe

Status:

Active

Additional Status Info:

Mutant Liberation Front

Category:

Science-Based Mutate

Alias:

Fenris, Swordsman III, Black Knights (with Andrea).

Nationality:

German

First Appearance:

Uncanny X-Men (1st series) #194

Powers & Abilities:

generate concussive plasma bolts while in physical contact with his sister

Affiliation:

Assembly of Evil, Upstarts, Thunderbolts, Strikeforce, HYDRA, Fenris Organization, Hellfire Trading Company, Orchis, Mutant Liberation Front III

Notes:

The Fenris Twins are artificial mutants, somehow bio-engineered to possess the mutant gene. In Thunderbolts: International Incident, Andreas revealed he was born in Madripoor, not Germany. The twins first assumed the Fenris identity in Uncanny X-Men (1st series) #200. Andreas was first seen as Swordsman in New Thunderbolts #2, and his identity revealed in #17. As Swordsman he carries a dagger, one long sword whose blade is a wire-guided projectile spike, and another whose hilt is wrapped in the tanned skin of his dead sister, letting him focus his mutant power through it.

Andreas was murdered by Norman Osborn in Secret Invasion: Dark Reign #1. He later resurfaced in The Illuminati #2. Baron Wolfgang von Strucker had previously made arrangements for him and his children to be cloned and resurrected by Arnim Zola. This is presumably how Andreas survived.

Check our in-depth Character entry:

FENRIS / SWORDSMAN III

Last Updated:

25th September 2023 by Monolith