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Elixir (Comics)Elixir is a fictional character, a mutant in the Marvel Universe, one of the student body in the Xavier Institute, and a member of the New Mutants squad therein. His real name is Josh Foley, and he first appeared in New Mutants (volume 2) #5. Fictional Biography Josh was first introduced as a member of the Reavers, an anti-mutant group led by Donald Pierce. When Cerebra detected a mutant in the area Danielle Moonstar and Karma, were sent to investigate. When, as a result, the Reavers engaged the second group of New Mutants (mentored by Moonstar) in a fight, Josh discovered he was a healer by healing one of his fellow Reavers. By knocking him out, he was able to hide this for a short time, but after feeling compelled to heal the mortally-injured Wallflower, Laurie Collins. (Laurie developed a crush on him as a result.) When the Reavers discovered Josh was a mutant with healing powers, they rejected him. Angrily rejecting Moonstar's offer to go to the X-Mansion, he went home, to find his fellow Reavers waiting for him, where they delivered a severe beating - and when he healed himself, his parents disowned him on discovering he was a mutant. With nowhere else to go, Josh reluctantly went to the X-Mansion, being roomed with Prodigy - a situation that neither of them initially found appealing. Josh sent a letter home which only caused his parents to make their disowning of him formal, handing his legal guardianship to the school (specifically, Moonstar). Initially, Josh became friends with the group who would later become the Hellions squad, particuarly Hellion, but after finding out about Josh's history with the Reavers, they rejected him too, and the New Mutants intervened to save him. After this, he (reluctantly at first) started hanging around with them. Shortly after this, a depowered Wolfsbane (a.k.a. Rahne Sinclair) visited the mansion. Having only heard about her timid early days, Josh was instantly smitten by the new "wild child" Rahne (much to Laurie's dismay, just as she was plucking up the courage to ask him out). After Rahne was rejected for a teaching post due to immaturity, Josh sneaked out of the X-Mansion at night to a bar where she was playing pool. Over the course of a conversation, he rationalised that her new attitude was a way of letting out instincts she had previously been able to blame on "the wolf." Eventually, as they were returning to the mansion, she realised that she did want "the wolf" back, contrary to her previous declarations. As they kissed, he healed away the effects of the weapon that had depowered her - but she lost control as this happened, slashing him open and howling to the moon. Laurie, looking for Josh, came across this scene and (for the first time) managed to control her power to scare Rahne away. But she couldn't return the favour from before to heal the mortally-wounded Josh (who didn't automatically heal because he needs to do it consciously). As he was rushed to the mansion's infirmary, Beast (in response to the question of how he reversed Wolfsbane's depowering) revealed the full potential of Josh's power for the first time - he could manipulate all the body's functions on a genetic level. The fact that Josh only healed was simply a result of his inexperience. They put him on an I.V. drip, but with Archangel, the mansion's other healer, not present, there was little hope. Prodigy, however, realised that he could heal himself if only he was awake: and Surge said she could wake him up with a small jolt. Reluctantly, Beast went along with this, disconnecting his drip. Surge woke him up, and Laurie kept him calm long enough to for him to heal his wounds. There was one side-effect though which shocked him - for one reason or another, he had turned his skin and hair to a reflective gold! (Dani Moonstar speculated it was because he wanted to be the "golden boy" - and injured as he was, he didn't have full control over this instinct). Since the mansion's destruction and rebuilding under Cyclops and Emma Frost, the student body has been organised into six-member squads - although for Josh, this simply meant a formalising of the New Mutants group. When Rahne was finally accepted onto the teaching staff after this, she tried to break off her relationship with him (he even went out on a date with Laurie during this period). Despite Josh's argument that there is less than three years of an age gap, Rahne pointed out that she was a teacher now, and she shouldn't be dating a student. This didn't last, however, and they're trying to keep it secret - although how long this will be the case, and what the ramifications will be, remains unknown. Powers Elixir is an omega-class mutant, theoretically capable of rewriting someone's genetic structure at will. At present, with the exception of restoring Wolfsbane's powers and turning himself gold, he has only proved capable of healing, having sucessfully healed broken bones, severe burns and even a mortal stab through the chest. His ability is by close proximity - he tends to touch his targets, but can heal through clothing.
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