Absalom is a fictional character

Character (arts)

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, a supervillain

Supervillain

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 in the Marvel Universe

Marvel Universe

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. He was created by writers Rob Liefeld

Rob Liefeld

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 and Fabian Nicieza

Fabian Nicieza

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, and penciller Mark Pacella. His first appearance was in X-Force

X-Force

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#10.

Character's background

Little is known of Absalom's past prior to him joining the immortal mutant group known as the Externals

Externals

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. It is known he lived sometime in the Old West, where he was to be hanged

Hanging

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 for the murder of the renowned lawman and gunfighter Caleb Hammer

Caleb Hammer

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. Upon his first death his spines grew, cutting himself free and scaring away the crowd. At some point in time he joined another group of Externals. It was later revealed that Absalom is infected with the deadly disease known as the Legacy Virus

Legacy Virus

In the fictional Marvel Universe, the Legacy Virus was a devastating plague that ripped through the mutant population, killing hundreds and mutating so that it affected baseline humans as well....

. Before the virus could claim him though, he is killed by Selene

Selene (comics)

Selene Gallio is a fictional character, a comic book supervillainess from the Marvel Comics universe. She is a mutant, and an enemy of the X-Men often associated with the Hellfire Club's Inner Circle.-Publication history:...

, who is killing all the other Externals.

Powers and abilities

Absalom possessed superhuman agility, balance, coordination, endurance, reflexes, speed, strength, and the ability to grow razor-sharp bone spines from all over his body.