Match (born Ben Hamill) is a mutant with the ability to generate and manipulate fire. He was a student at Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters.
Biography[]
Revised Timeline[]
In 1992, Match was present at the Party in the Woods with the other students of Xavier's School following the X-Men's mission in space.
The Westchester Incident[]
In 2028, Charles Xavier developed Alzheimer's and suffered a massive seizure that injured 600 people, and killed 7 mutants, including several members of the X-Men. It is unknown if Match was among those who were either killed or injured.
Powers and Abilities[]
- Fire Generation - Match has the mutant ability to psionically manipulate molecules in the air, exciting them to burst into flame. Once created, he has absolute control of it. Match can manipulate fire to great extents thus granting him the ability to execute a number of different fire based attacks.
- Fire and Heat Immunity - Match is seemingly immune to fire and high temperatures.
Relationships[]
Allies[]
- Professor X † - Teacher and Mentor
- Beast - Teacher and Mentor
- Mystique † - Teacher and Mentor
- Storm - Teacher
- Cyclops - Teacher
- Nightcrawler - Teacher
- Quicksilver - Teacher
- Jean Grey - Former Teacher & Friend Turned Enemy
- Dazzler - Friend
- Kid Omega - Classmate
Trivia[]
- Rodney Alexandre was a stunt double for Lamar Johnson in the role of Match.
- Match's creators, Nunzio DeFilippis and Christina Weir, had no idea that the character was going to be used in Dark Phoenix. They found out when he suddenly received payment for the character's use. DeFilippis stated "Totally grateful and excited...but...Match? Really?"[1]
References[]
External Links[]
Match on Marvel Database
Match on Wikipedia