Tower is a fictional mutant

Mutant (Marvel Comics)

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 character in the Marvel Comics

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 Universe. His first appearance was in X-Factor #2.

Fictional character biography

Tower was born in Atlanta, Georgia

Atlanta, Georgia

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Tower was one of the Alliance of Evil

Alliance of Evil

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, a group of mutants banded together by Apocalypse

Apocalypse (comics)

Apocalypse is a fictional character who is an ancient mutant that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character first appeared in X-Factor #5 , created by writer Louise Simonson and designed by artist Walter Simonson...

, and fought the original X-Factor

X-Factor (comics)

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 team. Eventually the Alliance disbanded and Tower found his way to South America

South America

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 where he was terrorizing a small village. He was tracked down and killed by the high-tech vigilante known as the X-Cutioner

X-Cutioner

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Tower is resurrected by means of the Transmode Virus to serve as part of Selene

Selene (comics)

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's army of deceased mutants. Under the control of Selene and Eli Bard

Eli Bard

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, he takes part in the assault on the mutant nation of Utopia

Utopia (comics)

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Powers and abilities

Draws on additional extra-dimensional mass to shrink his dimensions or augment his physical size, strength, and density.

Tower is notable as one of the few Marvel size-changing characters whose powers were not originally derived from Pym particles

Henry Pym

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