Lucifer

Lucifer is a mysterious villain who desires power and conquest. He has a past connection to Professor X, and is responsible for the latter losing the use of his legs, though their exact relationship is unclear.

Biography

Beginning in the 1950s, Lucifer began constructing a large thermal bomb that could be fired at Antarctica, causing the icy continent to break apart and melt, producing catastrophic tidal waves across the world. It appears that he wished to use this weapon as a deterrent to achieve power rather than simply as a means of destruction. He carried out the construction in an underground cavern beneath the Balkans in Bavaria. He completed the bomb in 1964, connecting it to his vital signs such that any interruption of his heartbeat would cause it to launch. His old foe Professor X caught wind of his plans, and singlehandedly sought him out using specialized spelunking equipment. Charles Xavier made his way to Lucifer's base, but was put off of his revenge by the bomb's connection to Lucifer's heartbeat. As Xavier's students, the X-Men, approached from above, he used a surgical mental strike to knock Lucifer unconscious without altering his heartbeat. Professor X and Cyclops of the X-Men defused the bomb, and Xavier let the recovering Lucifer free, reminding him that the X-Men would stop him once more should he ever act up again.