SUNFIRE

Real Name:

Shiro Yoshida

Universe/Timeline:

Marvel Universe

Status:

Active

Additional Status Info:

Arakko

Category:

Mutant

Alias:

Famine IV.

Nationality:

Japanese

First Appearance:

X-Men (1st series) #64

Powers & Abilities:

ionization beam transforms matter into plasmetic solar fire, projects light-flashes which induce feelings of starvation, absorb solar energy and electromagnetic radiation in augment his powers, generate radiation shielding psi-field, sense objects through heat signatures, flight

Affiliation:

Alpha Flight, Avengers, Avengers - Unity Division, Beta Flight IV, Big Hero 6, Clan Yashida, Four Horsemen of Apocalypse, Marauders, The Twelve, Unknown Champions, X-Corporation Mumbai, X-Men, New Tian

Avengers Membership:

Recruited for the Unity Division in Uncanny Avengers (1st series) #5.

Notes:

Sunfire was once exposed to the Zero Fluid that give Jack of Hearts his power. Shiro briefly gained enhanced strength, endurance, and reflexes, a charge of bio-kinetic energy that built up in his cells, and one entire side of his body turned pitch black. Sunfire wore an amplification suit from Uncanny X-Men (1st series) #284 til X-Men (2nd series) #25 which was equipped with solar panels to increase his power levels, energy blasters that channeled his solar fire into laser-like discharges, and stabilizers that increased his flight speed and maneuverability. He became Famine in X-Men (2nd series) #183. Famine I belonged to a set of Horsemen that battled the Fantastic Four.

Alternate Versions:

SUNFIRE (Ultimate), SUNFIRE (Exiles) and SUNFIRE (AoA).

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SUNFIRE

Last Updated:

13th January 2023 by Monolith