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Longshot=Longshot= Biography Longshot is a Marvel Comics superhero, best known as a member of the X-Men. Created by Art Adams and Ann Nocenti, he first appeared in Longshot #1 (1986). Longshot is one of the few X-Men who are not mutants. He is actually an artificial genetically-engineered being who came from a parallel dimension. He was one of the later additions to the X-Men cast, appearing in the mid 1980s. He was in a relationship with fellow X-Men member, Dazzler, and they may or may not be married. For a short time, they lived in and ruled the Mojoverse, caring for the X-Babies. Longshot has only 3 fingers and an opposable thumb on each hand. He has a star shaped scar on one of his eyes from being branded. He was genetically engineered and possibly augmented by magical means to have certain superhuman abilities. One of these is his ability to affect probability fields through psionic means in order to give himself "good luck" in his activities. Longshot can telepathically "read" the recent memories of a person by making physical contact with him or her. Moreover, Longshot can read "psychic imprints" that people leave on objects that they have handled. Longshot has hollow, bird-like bones, but musculature like an Earthman's. Hence, he is capable of superhuman agility. Longshot carries cleaver like blades which he hurls with inhuman accuracy. Ultimate Longshot In the Ultimate Marvel universe, there is an Ultimate Longshot character. Ultimate Longshot first appeared in Ultimate X-Men #54. In the Ultimate Universe, Longshot is a teenager accused of murdering a Genoshan politician. Genosha is rabidly anti-mutant, and Longshot is put on a reality show on an island where he is hunted by humans who try to kill him to win the game (like Stephen King's The Running Man.). The show is run by Mojo, who in this universe is a morbidly obese albino. The X-Men discover what's going on, and try to help Longshot.
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