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Crosta

Crosta

An Atlantean mutant secreted away by his mother after the abandonment of Atlantis. He has since been forced to become Namor's ward and join the ranks of the X-Men. He is currently enrolled at the Jean Grey School for Higher Learning.

Name:
Crosta
Publisher:
Real name:
Aliases:
Birth date:
None
Gender:
Male
Powers:
  • Sub-Mariner
  • Vibration Wave
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Origin

Crosta is an Atlantean that developed a mutantion that allowed him to create sonic booms. He was also disfigured because of this mutation.

Creation

Crosta was created to show Namors strength and leadership during Namors tenure in the Cabal.

Character Development

Once a regular Atlantean his powers would manifest after his parents seperation. His mother and him went into hiding and he became close enough to his mother that when Namor tried to seperate the two, Crosta blasted Namor in defiance.

Major Story Arcs

Crosta's parents had gotten a divorce when he was very young. His father wanted to raise their child to be a soldier, while his mother wanted a different life for her son. Eventually (presumably at puberty), he developed a mutation that not only altered his physical appearance, but also gifted him with the ability to induce shock waves. When Atlanteans were ordered to take up life on land, the young mutant's mother remained undersea with her son, against Namor's wishes, feeling that her son would never know freedom on land.

Attacking Namor
Attacking Namor

Later, Crosta's father took his ex-wife to court, demanding custody of his son; he cited her disobedience of Namor as endangerment. Namor, however, decided that Crosta would join the X-Men and took the boy in himself. Upon learning of this, Crosta was furious, and attacked Namor, who stopped him with ease.

When Utopia was starting to sink back into the ocean, Magneto asked Namor for help in keeping it afloat. Namor had the Atlanians that were now in the area to build a pillar underneath the "Island" to keep it aflaot. When the X-Club heard about this, they went to see what was happening, they had no ideas how to keep the island afloat and going back to the mainland wasn't an option after the X-Men's battle with the Dark X-Men and Dark Avengers. Crosta is the one that greets the X-Club and goes to Namor.

Powers

Crosta seems to have the power to cerate sonic booms. It is unclear if he would still have his powers while on land.

Issues

June 2009

April 2010

December 2011

January 2012

July 2012

August 2012

October 2012

December 2012

April 2013

June 2013

July 2013

December 2013

February 2014

September 2014

October 2014

January 2015

June 2015

Volumes

1981

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

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