 AKA: SamFamily:
Husk, sister
Lover: Meltdown
Former: Lila Cheney
Affliation: X-Force, leader
Former: X-Men, New Mutants, leader
Appearances:
Excalibur 8
New Mutants LS 1, 2, 3
Phalanx Covenant: Life
Signs
Uncanny X-Men 375
X-Force 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98
X-Men 13
Powers: Cannonball has the ability to blast himself into the air with a kinetic
energy field. The field allows him to fly and makes him invernable.
Origin: Born in Kentucky, Sam is the oldest of nine children. His father was
killed in a mining accident, and he was raised by his mother. Sam was destined to follow
in his father's footsteps and become a miner until the day his mutant powers surfaced.
Soon, he was found by Professor Xavier and he become a New Mutant, becoming Cannonball for
the first time.
History: Cannonball was the perfect student of Xavier's, following his mentor's
dream to perfection. He even shared field leader with his teammate, Mirage. He became best
friends with Sunspot, and met the girl of his dreams in the intersteller rock star Lila
Cheney. He was happy with the New Mutants.
But the happiest could not last forever. Soon, the New Mutants would go downhill. Xavier
nearly died, and on what would have been his deathbed, he put Magneto, their archenemy, in
charge of the students. The team also suffered many losses, from Cypher to Magik to
Warlock. Slowly, the team, and Cannonball's innocence, were falling apart. Magneto went
back to his evil ways, and the team was found by Cable, an engimatic man who wanted to
lead the team to its true destiny.
Cannonball became the deputy leader again, but the New Mutants were falling apart. Most of
the team had left, some had defected, and only the remaining New Mutants, Cannonball and
his then lover Boomer, were left. The team had changed, and the New Mutants were gone. All
that was left was X-Force.
X-Force, while Cannonball was still leader, was different then the New Mutants. Cannonball
was no longer part of a dream, but a soldier in a war to protect the future. But
Cannonball and Boomer stuck with it, through all the hard times and became closer then
ever. Cannonball's innocence was gone now, his country-bumpkin eyes opened to how real the
world was.
Cannonball would soon learn a truth that would change his life. After being killed by the
evil Sauron, Cannonball awake, alive and well. This was his first step in becoming a High
Lord, or Externals, a race of immortal mutants, like Selene and Gideon. His perspective on
life changed, with the knowledge that he may live forever.
X-Force slowly changed, confronted by the traitorous Feral, which Cannonball helped to
bring in. And Cable was changing too. Cannonball was more and more the leader.
Eventually, the team's home was destroyed, and they were invited back to Xavier Mansion,
the place where Cannonball grew up in the New Mutants. So, X-Force returned home, so to
speak, but the biggest surprise was when they got there. Cable and Professor X had decided
that the time was right for Cannonball to achieve his life-long dream of becoming an
X-Man.
Cannonball was thrilled at first, but soon discovered his dream had a bitter reality. For
the X-Men, he put his relationship with Boomer on hold, and he soon discovered that
instead of being the leader, he was now the novice. Feeling out of place and homesick,
Cannonball none-the-less remained with the X-Men for a period.
However, tragedy struck again when he visited his old teammates while they were in Texas.
X-Force had left the mansion and were on the road. When he got there, he discovered that
his lover and his best friend were now sharing the same bed. Infuriated and betrayed,
Cannonball stormed back to the mansion.
Soon after, Cannonball got word that his mother was sick. He left the X-Men, returning
home. However, life was not simple there as he thought. He got caught up with a girl named
Arcadia. Arcadia used her powers and brought X-Force to him. Cannonball soon left home
behind, knowing that his mother was better, and went back to other home, with X-Force.
But life with X-Force was not what he expected. Cable had left the team, leaving Siryn as
leader. Sunspot and Boomer, now called Meltdown, still shared a bed. But slowly, things
changed again. Siryn was hurt, and Cannonball became leader again. Meltdown left Sunspot,
and Sunspot would soon leave the team. And then, the biggest change of all happened,
X-Force went underground.
With the help of Pete Wisdom, the team transformed itself and its purpose. Cannonball was
still leader, but Wisdom was now their advisor, showing them the underbelly of the black
market. X-Force was transformed and so was Cannonball. He became harder and more bitter
the more of this world he saw. Eventually, the team faced a group of Russian
super-soldiers. And the team supposedly died, but when in reality, they went further
underground, trying to root out the evil in the world, one small speck at a time.
Cannonball's current whereabouts are unknown. |
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