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Externals

The Externals are a group of fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Considered a rare subspecies of mutants, most of them were X-Men antagonists. The original, unused name for the group was to be The Prophets, as seen on the back of the Sunspot & Gideon trading card included with X-Force #1. The characters…

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Fictional character biography

ImmortalityCableApocalypseGideonSelene
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American comic booksMarvel ComicsMutantsX-MenAntagonists
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Publisher
Marvel Comics
Created by
Rob Liefeld Fabian Nicieza Mark Pacella
First appearance
X-Force #10 (May 1992)
Inherent abilities
Immortality
Notable members
Absalom Burke Candra Crule Gideon Nicodemus Saul Selene Apocalypse

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Externals

Nodes23
Edges22
Triples23
Avg. degree1.91
Density0.086957
Components1

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Externals

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related to Fictional character biography · 18
Externals → Absalom, Apocalypse, Apocalypse's, As, Burke, Cable, Candra, Crule, Each External, Gideon, High Lords, Nicodemus, Saul, Selene, The Externals, Their, They, This
Created by · 1
Externals → Rob Liefeld Fabian Nicieza Mark Pacella
First appearance · 1
Externals → X-Force #10 (May 1992)
Inherent abilities · 1
Externals → Immortality
Notable members · 1
Externals → Absalom Burke Candra Crule Gideon Nicodemus Saul Selene Apocalypse
Publisher · 1
Externals → Marvel Comics

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selene gideon x-force apocalypse external life group saul first candra crule x-men characters 1992 fictional mutants absalom burke nicodemus marvel

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ExternalsCreated byRob Liefeld Fabian Nicieza Mark Pacella1.00infobox
ExternalsFirst appearanceX-Force #10 (May 1992)1.00infobox
ExternalsInherent abilitiesImmortality1.00infobox
ExternalsNotable membersAbsalom Burke Candra Crule Gideon Nicodemus Saul Selene Apocalypse1.00infobox
ExternalsPublisherMarvel Comics1.00infobox
Externalsrelated to Fictional character biographyThe Externals0.60section
Externalsrelated to Fictional character biographyAs0.60section
Externalsrelated to Fictional character biographyCable0.60section
Externalsrelated to Fictional character biographyApocalypse's0.60section
Externalsrelated to Fictional character biographyTheir0.60section
Externalsrelated to Fictional character biographyThis0.60section
Externalsrelated to Fictional character biographyThey0.60section

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