Archangel

For other uses of Angel, see Angel (disambiguation)

For another character with the same name and/or powers that exists in the same universe, see Angel.

Deadpool & Wolverine uses the designation Earth-10005 for the revised timeline, which is the same designation used for the original timeline. As such, the wiki is currently operating on the basis that Wolverine overwrote the same timeline without creating a branch. Despite the overwrite, certain pages have been marked with "/Revised Timeline" to distinguish events that occurred pre-timeline rewrite with those that occurred post-rewrite.

Archangel
Alias(es)	Angel Archangel The Winged Warrior The Bird of Prey The Angel of Death Pigeon Wings Death
Species	Mutant
Citizenship	British
Gender	Male
Date of Death	May 1983
Affiliation	Horsemen of Apocalypse
Status	Deceased
Appearances
Movie	X-Men: Apocalypse
Actors/Actresses
Portrayed by	Ben Hardy

"You'd think the studio would throw us a bone. They can't just dust off one of the famous X-Men? How 'bout that putz with the giant pigeon wings? What do those do anyway, huh?"

―Deadpool

Angel, also known as Archangel, was a mutant who had the ability to fly with large, white-later-metallic wings.

Biography

Cage Match against Nightcrawler

"Fight! Or they'll kill us both!"

―Angel to Nightcrawler

Angel as a cage fighter in the revised timeline

In May 1983, Angel is part of a fight club in Berlin in which mutants are pitted against each other. He manages to take down his tenth opponent Blob. He is later put up against a fearful Nightcrawler who keeps evading Angel instead of fighting, which forces Angel to tell him to fight or they will both be killed. Nightcrawler builds up the courage to fight Angel and takes him down, but in the process causing him to hit the electric fence surrounding them and frying and damaging one of Angel's wings. Angel and Nightcrawler escape, with the latter being rescued by Mystique.

Horsemen of Apocalypse

Angel is ordered by Apocalypse to fight off the X-Men.

Angel hides away and turns to boozing until he is approached by Apocalypse to become one of his four horsemen. His broken wings are fixed when Apocalypse grafts metal to them. He accompanies the Horsemen to Xavier's Mansion to kidnap Charles. In Cairo, when the X-Men come to stop Apocalypse and the Horsemen, Angel and Nightcrawler have a rematch, as Angel is tasked with guarding Apocalypse's body and Nightcrawler is trying to rescue Professor X. During the fight, Nightcrawler manages to trap Angel but the mutant eventually escapes from his confines.

Angel attacks the X-Men on their jet

When the X-Men retrieve Charles and are escaping on their jet, Angel carries Psylocke to help confront them. Psylocke cuts through the roof and they both enter; however, Nightcrawler teleports them away as Jean Grey sabotages the jet's controls. Psylocke manages to escape but Angel is trapped in the jet when it crashes. A furious Apocalypse later comes across Angel, his eyes closed and blood on his face, calling him useless.

Personality

During his cage fights, Angel would revel in his glory and show off his wings to the crowd as he poses. This appears to be a façade for the audience, as he informs Nightcrawler to fight back or they both will be executed. The trauma of becoming crippled leads Angel to end up harboring a strong hatred of others, especially humans (who forced him to fight other mutants for their entertainment), Nightcrawler (for severely injuring his wing and thus damaging his pride) and to a lesser extent some mutants.

In a similar manner to Wolverine rejecting Professor X and Magneto, Angel immediately tells Apocalypse, Psylocke, and Storm to "piss off" and only accepts Apocalypse's allegiance when the god-like mutant enhances Angel's power. Angel is notably the only horseman to refuse Apocalypse and only accepts his offer after being empowered, implying Archangel saw this allegiance as a debt to be paid. Despite his angry nature and insistent to be left alone, he never leaves Apocalypse's side until ordered to protect him. He also calls out to Psylocke so the two of them can attack the X-Men together, showing Archangel can work with others. It is implied that Psylocke and Angel were already on friendly terms before his injury.

Powers and Abilities

Powers

• Techno-Organic Wings: Angel possessed two large, white-feathered wings that enabled him to fly. Each wing had a razor-sharp talon that could inflict major damage on an opponent. However, after a cage match with Nightcrawler, Angel's left wing was injured from being teleported against an electric cage. When Apocalypse made him into a Horsemen, Angel was given a set of metallic wings.
  • Flight : The Angel's normal cruising speed averages around 70 miles per hour (112 kph), though he is capable of diving swoops that reach up to 180 miles per hour (290 kph). He can fly at 150 miles per hour (240 kph) without the help of a tail wind for up to half an hour at a time before tiring to an appreciable degree. Though he generally flies beneath the height of the clouds (6,500 feet/1981 meters), he can reach a height of 10,000 feet (3000 meters) with little effort.

    

• Metallic Feather Projectiles: After being given metallic wings by Apocalypse, Angel had the ability to fire metallic feathers from his wings.

Abilities

• Expert Combatant: In the revised timeline, Angel was capable of beating 10 mutants including Blob (who is former military and a boxer) and is almost equal to the more superior skilled Nightcrawler.
• Bilingualism: Angel appears to know English and German when profanely telling Apocalypse, Psylocke, and Storm to "piss off" in both languages.

Relationships

Friends

• Apocalypse † - Former Leader
  • Horsemen of Apocalypse
    • Psylocke - Former Friend and Teammate

Enemies

• Blob - Enemy and Rival
• X-Men - Enemies
  • Kurt Wagner/Nightcrawler - Archenemy and Rival
  • Hank McCoy/Beast - Enemy
  • Scott Summers/Cyclops - Enemy
  • Alex Summers/Havok † - Enemy
  • Jean Grey - Enemy
  • Erik Lehnsherr/Magneto - Former Teammate turned Enemy
  • Moira MacTaggert - Enemy
  • Raven Darkholme/Mystiqye - Enemy
  • Charles Xavier/Professor X † - Enemy
  • Peter Maximoff/Quicksilver - Enemy
  • Ororo Munroe/Storm - Former Teammate turned Enemy

Trivia

• Archangel and Nightcrawler's rivalry is based off the fact that they are rival mutant sub-species. In the comics, Archangel is believed to be a descendant of the Cheyarafim (Angelic Mutants) whilst Nightcrawler and his father Azazel are descendants of the Neyephem (Demonic Mutants).
• Archangel's death in X-Men: Apocalypse is a reference to his false death in the comics where Angel was believed to have killed himself due to depression after losing both of his wings. The event was planned by Apocalypse and Mr. Sinister to turn him into Archangel.
• Archangel is the first and the only of New Horsemen of Apocalypse to die.
• In Deadpool 2, while at the X-Mansion Deadpool asks where the main X-Men are including the one with "pigeon wings." This is an inconsistency, considering that Archangel was killed by Apocalypse in 1983.

External links

• Archangel on Marvel Database
• Angel on Wikipedia