In trying to defeat the X-Men for revenge, His hatred for the X-Men had not diminished, however, and sometime later he dressed up in his brother's costume and kidnapped the retired X-Man, Banshee, to lead the team into a trap. James took on the name and A member of the HellionsĬostume of Thunderbird. Major Story Arcs HellionsĮmma Frost, the White Queen of the Hellfire Club and Headmistress of her own school for mutants, took advantage of James' hatred and offered him a role in the Hellions. Warpath was created by Chris Claremont and Sal Buscema and first appeared in New Mutants #16 (1984). James' life was shattered and he blamed Charles Xavier for his brother's death. In his grief, James blamed Charles Xavier for his brother's death and vowed to get even with the X-Men’s leader one day. The X-Men brought his body back to Camp Verde for burial, but it was stolen by James, who took it out into the desert for a proper Apache warrior's funeral pyre. Tragically, though, Thunderbird was killed on his second mission, while trying to prevent the escape of crimelord Count Nefaria.
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John was offered a role in the X-Men for a mission to save the original team. James Proudstar grew up on a reservation and idolized his older brother John. Doctor Martynec blew up the Arroyo lab's to cover his escape, and John and James were able to confirm that their mother was actually in perfect health. The doctor turned out to be a wolfman creature himself, but, thanks to his blossoming mutant powers, John was able to hold his own with Martynec long enough to get the others to safety. It turned out that Martynec had been doctoring lab results in order to secure test subjects for his own illegal research in genetic enhancement. Looking for adventure, James stowed away in his brother's pickup truck and the three of them infiltrated Arroyo to look for evidence. When John's reporter friend, Michael Whitecloud, alerted him that something was amiss with the medical testing, John agreed to help investigate Martynec and the Arroyo Medical Laboratory running the lab work. James idolized his older brother, especially after he left for a two-year tour of duty with the US Marines.Īround the time John returned from service, Maria Proudstar was diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukemia, a terminal form of cancer, by Doctor Edwin Martynec. Both brothers would eventually develop mutant powers due to their mother's exposure to nuclear fallout after a nearby government test. Growing up on the Apache reservation, James spent his childhood at the Proudstar Ranch with his parents, grandfather and elder brother, John.
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Born in Camp Verde, Arizona, James Proudstar is the second and youngest son of Neal and Maria Proudstar.