Archer, who later took the identity of deceased wife abuser, Judd Black, is a fictional mutant character in the Marvel Comics Universe. He was a member of the second group of X-Factor. His first appearance was in X-Factor (1st series) #140. Marvel Comics is an American comic book line published by Marvel Entertainment, Inc. ... In comic books, first appearance refers to the date or issue of a characters first appearance. ... Howard Mackie is an American comic book editor and writer. ... It has been suggested that A-Z of mutants be merged into this article or section. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... It has been suggested that X-Factor Investigations be merged into this article or section. ... // Marvel Comics In Marvel comic books, particularly those of the X-Men franchise, a mutant is a human being who is born with genetic modifications that allow for abilities not possessed by regular humans. ... Marvel Comics is an American comic book line published by Marvel Entertainment, Inc. ... It has been suggested that X-Factor Investigations be merged into this article or section. ...

Fictional character biography

In his future, Archer was part of an elite group of mutants called the Xavier's Security Enforcers (X.S.E), where he was teamed up with Greystone, Fixx, Bishop, Shard and many others. Once a "perfect soldier", the turning point in Archer's life was when his wife and daughter were killed by fugitive mutants in cold blood, after which he decided that X.S.E. was ineffective and joined the Xavier's Underground Enforcers (X.U.E.) and rose to become the leader of the group. Xaviers Security Enforcers are a Marvel Comics superhero team from the 2080s. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Fixx is a fictional mutant character in the Marvel Comics Universe from an alternate future (Earth-1191). ... Bishop (Lucas Bishop), is a fictional character, a Marvel Comics superhero who is a member of the X-Men. ... Shard (Shard Bishop) is a mutant character in the Marvel Comics universe. ...

A brilliant strategist in combat with vast knowledge of his future, he used Fixx's psi-link with Shard to time travel to the present-day in the hope of preventing certain atrocities from happening in the Marvel Universe's timeline. The only way that he and his team could travel to the past was by being transformed into one of Fixx's psychic fairies and, fortunately for them, they were able to inhabit the bodies of three recently deceased victims of a bus crash. Archer took over the body of a man named Judd Black and along with Fixx and Greystone set out to find a man they all despised. Shard (Shard Bishop) is a mutant character in the Marvel Comics universe. ... Time travel is a concept that has long fascinated humanity—whether it is Merlin experiencing time backwards, or religious traditions like Mohammeds trip to Jerusalem and ascent to heaven, returning before a glass knocked over had spilt its contents. ... In the fictional Marvel Universe, Earth-616 or Earth 616 is the name used to identify the primary continuity in which most Marvel Comics titles take place. ... It has been suggested that Trooping fairies be merged into this article or section. ... The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ...

He was one of the officials who tortured mutants—named Micah—and was essential to creating their hellish timeline, but in the present he was only a child. Greystone set out to kill the boy—seeing it as the only solution—but Fixx and Archer eventually came to realize that it is unethical to sentence someone to a crime they have not yet committed. They convinced Greystone of this also, and later joined X-Factor but their tenure was short-lived. It has been suggested that X-Factor Investigations be merged into this article or section. ...

Greystone slowly developed temporal insanity, believing that his mission was accomplished, and he could go home to a better world and be reunited with his mother, who might theoretically be alive. In an attempt to return to his own time, Greystone built a flying time machine, but due to shoddy craftmanship and unsound theories, the craft exploded, seemingly killing Greystone and Havok, who was attempting to stop him. Archer later discovered that Judd Black had a family, and—wanting to have a second chance as a father—Archer quit X-Factor to go and live with them, hoping to replace the family he lost years before in the future. Apparently, Archer retained his mutant abilities during the M-Day. Decimation event logo, as shown on the covers of tie-in comics Decimation is the name of the late 2005 Marvel Comics crossover 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...

Powers and abilities

Archer can transmute his body into pure energy, and can shoot plasma bolts, control almost all forms of energy, and fly in energy form.

He is an expert tracker, tactician and hand-to-hand combatant. Tactics is the collective name for methods of winning a small-scale conflict, performing an optimization, etc. ...

External link

• Uncannyxmen.net character bio on Archer