Gideon (comics)

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Gideon
Cover to X-Force#12 featuring Gideon (above) and Krule (below) Art by Mark Pacella
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	The New Mutants #98 (Feb. 1991)
Created by	Rob Liefeld, Fabian Nicieza
In-story information
Alter ego	Gideon
Species	Human mutant
Team affiliations	Externals High Lords
Abilities	Ability to copy and amplify the advanced skills, talents, or powers of nearby people or mechanical beings and redirect them

Gideon is a fictional character, a mutant supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He was created by Rob Liefeld and Fabian Nicieza. Gideon was a member of the Externals, a unique type of immortal mutant, and an adversary of the X-Men spin-off group X-Force. He first appeared in The New Mutants #98 (Feb. 1991).^[1]