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Fictional character biography

Early life

Victor is a sixteen-year-old mutant and born and raised in small-town America, he lived a normal life despite his reptilian features. The close-knit community accepted the boy for who he was until anti-mutant sentiment began to spread. For his own safety, his parents sent him to the Xavier Institute where he quickly excelled academically. The X-Men (Back row: Nightcrawler, Rachel Summers, Iceman, Rogue. ...

Alpha Squadron

When the advisor system was set up at the Xavier Institute, Victor chose Karma as his advisor. However, during the formation of training squads throughout the school, he was reassigned to Northstar's Alpha Squadron. At first, he was quite friendly with Julian Keller and the other Hellions, but later became closer to his teammates. He was especially close to Northstar and was deeply affected by his death. (He, like most of the students, was unaware of Northstar's resurrection until the Children's assault on the Institute, during which a brainwashed Northstar knocked him out.) Victor is gay, and Northstar helped him to come to terms with his sexuality. It is uncertain whether or not he has yet come out to the rest of the school. Victor's chosen foreign language is French. Karma (Xian Shan Coy Manh) is a fictional superheroine from Marvel Comics created by Chris Claremont and Frank Miller. ... The fictional character Northstar (born Jean-Paul Beaubier, formerly Jean-Paul Martin) is a Marvel Comics superhero, a member of Alpha Flight and the X-Men. ... Alpha Squadron is one of the teams of mutants in the comic book series New X-Men: Academy X, in the Marvel Universe. ... Hellion (Julian Keller) is a fictional character, a mutant in the Marvel Comics Universe, a member of the student body at the Xavier Institute, and a member of the Hellions squad therein. ... The Hellions were the names of several groups of fictional characters in the Marvel Comics universe. ... Look up Resurrection in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The Children of the Vault are a group of superhuman beings with Spanish codenames. ... GAY can mean: Gay, a term referring to homosexual men or women The IATA code for Gaya Airport Category: ... A foreign language is a language not spoken by the indigenous people of a certain place: for example, English is a foreign language in Japan. ...

Post M-Day

Anole was revealed to be one of only 27 students at the Institute who didn't lose his mutant powers in the aftermath of House of M. The squad system was dissolved, and the remaining students were merged into one group. Shortly afterwards, Emma Frost set up an all-out brawl amongst the remaining students to determine who would become the team of X-Men trainees; Victor was not selected, yet still resides and trains at the Institute. When Northstar attacked the Institute, Anole found him and was able to temporarily snap him out of the mind control set in place by the Children of the Vault. However, Victor's joy at seeing his former mentor was short-lived, as Jean-Paul returned to his mind-controlled status and viciously beat him. Decimation event logo, as shown on the covers of tie-in comics Decimation is the name of the late 2005 Marvel Comics storyline spinning out of the House of M limited series, that focuses on the ramifications of the Scarlet Witchs stripping nearly all of the mutant population of... House of M was an eight-part comic book crossover storyline published by Marvel Comics in 2005. ... Emma Grace[1] Frost, formerly known as the White Queen, is a fictional character appearing in the Marvel Comics Universe. ... The X-Men are a group of comic book superheroes featured in Marvel Comics. ... The Children of the Vault are a group of superhuman beings with Spanish codenames. ...

Quest for Magik

Anole as depicted by Skottie Young.

Victor is seen with many of the other "supporting cast" of students and Rockslide, all listening to a tale Blindfold is making up for them. Soon they realize that her story isn't make-believe, and she apologizes just before the group is sucked down into the dimension of Limbo. They are soon attacked by a large group of demons, and Victor argues with Rockslide, saying that he's supposed to lead them, since he's a "New X-Man". When Rockslide mysteriously is shattered, Victor attempts to take charge, rallying the students around the defenseless Blindfold, only to have his right arm severed at the shoulder by a demon. He wonders why he is not dead from losing too much blood and why it doesn't hurt. Later trapped in stone by the machinations of Darkchilde, Victor manages to break himself free and stop her from stealing all of Pixie's soul thanks to encouragement from Blindfold, who claimed that he had "strength inside of him." Anole now has a huge reptilian arm replacing the one he lost. It seems his mutation also endows him with the ability to recover limbs, though they emerge as more completely mutated/reptilian versions of the originals. The arm itself is spikey, resembling his scalp, with razor sharp claws and appears to be immensely powerful. After defeating Belasco, Anole and Pixie are made members of the New X-Men squad on recommendation of Rockslide, who threatened to quit if they weren't appointed. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Rockslide is the codename of Santo Vaccarro, a fictional character, a mutant in the Marvel Universe, one of the student body in the Xavier Institute and a member of the former Hellions squad therein. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Limbo can refer to potentially multiple fictional dimensions in the Marvel Comics multiverse. ... For the other comic characters known as Pixie see Pixie (Morlocks) and Pixie (eternal) Pixie (Megan Gwynn) is the name of a fictional character in comic books of the Marvel Universe // Megan Gwynn is a Welsh teenager. ... Belasco is a fictional supervillain in the Marvel Comics Universe. ...

Children of X-Men

Victor is seen playing pool while Rockslide and X-23 try and convince him to cut off his other arm. When he refuses Rockslide calls him a sissy. Anole fights with him and pushes him out the window while Rockslide proclaims " I swear I didn't know! Don't be so sensitive!" After Rockslide refuses to blow himself up Anole calls him a sissy to get him to do it. He then offers to try and blow up Santo himself. Rockslide is the codename of Santo Vaccarro, a fictional character, a mutant in the Marvel Universe, one of the student body in the Xavier Institute and a member of the former Hellions squad therein. ... For information on the experimental aircraft, see X-23 PRIME. X-23 (Laura Kinney also known as Laura X) is a fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe. ... Rockslide is the codename of Santo Vaccarro, a fictional character, a mutant in the Marvel Universe, one of the student body in the Xavier Institute and a member of the former Hellions squad therein. ... Rockslide is the codename of Santo Vaccarro, a fictional character, a mutant in the Marvel Universe, one of the student body in the Xavier Institute and a member of the former Hellions squad therein. ... Rockslide is the codename of Santo Vaccarro, a fictional character, a mutant in the Marvel Universe, one of the student body in the Xavier Institute and a member of the former Hellions squad therein. ... Rockslide is the codename of Santo Vaccarro, a fictional character, a mutant in the Marvel Universe, one of the student body in the Xavier Institute and a member of the former Hellions squad therein. ...

Powers and abilities

Victor's reptilian mutation gives him green scaly skin, a spiked head carapace instead of hair, a prehensile sticky tongue, the ability to stick to solid surfaces, and enhanced agility, speed, reflexes, coordination, balance. He can also blend in with his surroundings to become "invisible". Anole seemingly has trouble controlling his powers when emotionally unstable. He can also grow back lost limbs but they appear like his "hair" and grant him with a higher level of strength. His new arm has sharp claws at the ends of his fingers that he can use to attack with(as seen in New X-Men #40). Rockslide theorizes that whenever Anole loses a limb, a stronger version of that limb grows in. Orders  Crocodilia - Crocodilians scary crocodiles. ... New X-Men refers to two superhero comic books published by Marvel Comics within the hugely popular X-Men franchise. ...

Trivia

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• Victor's codename "Anole" is a type of lizard also popularly known as American chameleon although the two are not closely related at all.
• His codename was given to his creators (Christina Weir and Nunzio DeFilippis) by a fan via a post on their forum.
• It was clearly implied through dialogue that Victor was gay. His sexual orientation was confirmed by the writers online, and reaffirmed in The X-Men: 198 Files. Rockslide once called him a "sissy", greatly offending Victor, who then threw Rockslide out a window - Rockslide claimed his innocence, saying he didn't know Vic was gay.
• A divergent story plot involved Anole committing suicide after coming out at parent's day and being shunned by his parents and two closest friends, Josh and Julian. Weir and DeFilippis had to scrap this New Mutants storyline at the last minute due to the wishes of Marvel not to show such a controversial matter in the book. Weir and DeFilippis later stated that they were happier with losing this plot, as they did not like the direction it would have taken Julian, also noting that "The Julian who developed since then is not a guy who'd have a problem with Victor being gay. In fact, he'd wipe the walls with anyone who did." [1]
• In the New X-Men: Yearbook Special #1 it's listed he likes theatre, frisbee, and basketball and dislikes traditions and bad action movies. He was voted Best Actor by the student body.
• The regrowth of Victor's arm as a scaly dragon arm and his reluctance to risk further transformations is reminiscent of Dragonhide, an illness that afflicts the protagonist in Alasdair Gray's first novel, Lanark.

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Appearances

• Astonishing X-Men #13, 18
• New Mutants v2, #2, 7-8, 10, 13
• New X-Men: Academy X #1, 4-5, 7, 10, 13-14, 16
• New X-Men: Academy X: Yearbook Special
• New X-Men v2, #20-21, 23, 29-30, 32, 34-35, 37-42
• X-Men v2, #165, #190, 192
• X-Men: The 198 Files

Despite only rare appearances, Anole has developed quite a fan following and has been the only student outside of the New Mutants and Hellions squads to be featured regularly. He has made numerous appearances during the new creative team's run on the title, having a more active role in the plots than most of the other background characters. The New Mutants is the name of two defunct Marvel Comics superhero teams, as well as the title of two series featuring those teams. ...

External links

• Anole on the Marvel Universe Character Bio Wiki