Real Name: Samuel Guthrie

Biography by Shockwave, Leader of the Marauders

Summary:

  Cannonball is a blond haired, blue eyed, Kentucky farmboy. His real name is Samuel Guthrie. His family lives in Cumberland Kentucky. He has lots of younger siblings including the Generation X Husk. His father is dead so his mother takes care of all his sib's on their farm. His mutant power is a thermochemical blasting field that renders him almost invulnerable and allows him superfast flight speed. These powers first manifested in a coal mine collapse that he was in but blasted out with his mutant power. Since then Sam has been on several teams. He formed part of Profesor Xavier's New Mutants and was co-leader of the team along with Dani Moonstar. The team changed a lot, not only in roster but in their instructor too. The time traveling mutant Cable was in charge of the team and brought about the name change to X-Force. Cable wasn't always around so Sam found himself being in charge of X-Force several times. And even though Cable would return to the team Sam was their leader. During this time on the New Mutants and X-Force Sam stablished a special relationship with a mutant named Tabitha Smith. She was called Boom Boom, Boomer and then Meltdown in that order.On X-Force Sam also learns that he is an external. A mutant that is immortal and can only be killed by decapitation. But time passes and things change. In issue 44 of X-Force Sam graduates to the X-Men. He is now the X-Men's youngest member but no longer the newest because of the recent additions of Marrow, Maggot, and doctor Reyes. Our little farmboy seems to get along quite well with Marrow. He never actually speaks to her or anything but he is very curious about her. He dislikes Maggot though. It seems like one of those male dominence things. It could also be that the chivalrous Sammy doesn't like the lewd comments Maggott makes. In recent action over on X-Force, Sammy caught his best-friend Sunspot and his girlfriend Meltdown kissing. He flew off in a huff, but the effects, if any, that this will have on him in X-Men still haven't been shown.

Opinion:

  Now I'm gonna give you my opinion on Cannonball. He is one of my favorite characters. Why? Because he proved himself a good leader in X-Force, he is honest and down to earth, he is very caring and considerate, and although he can get intimidated by his idols the X-Men he can still hold his own. This character lost a lot of his srength when he was put on the X-Men. He became too intimidated by the other characters and I really didn't like that. But Sam did prove himself in his stint with Wolverine and when he defeated Gladiator. If he sticks with X-Men he can develop into a real strong character. His recent friendliness toward Marrow and the confrontations it caused seem to point to Sam becoming less of the timid little X-Man he was and into a real think for himself kind of guy. Of course I really hope ths thing with Marrow doesn't go to far like some are suggesting. Sam took a stand against Feral in X-Force who acted a lot like the way Marrow does now. Still, Sam's wanting to give Marrow a second chance is admirable and truly in the X-Men spirit.

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