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Rictor

Rictor (Julio Esteban "Ric" Richter) is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, primarily in the X-Men family of books. The character was created by writer Louise Simonson and artist Walt Simonson and first appeared in X-Factor #17 (June 1987). In subsequent years, the character was featured as a member of the original…

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Publisher
Marvel Comics
Abilities
Seismic energy generation
Created by
Louise Simonson Walt Simonson
First appearance
X-Factor #17 (June 1987)
Full name
Julio Esteban "Ric" Richter
Species
Human mutant

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Edges111
Triples141
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.017857
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related to history · 25
Rictor → As, Created, Days, Fabian Nicieza, February, Future Present, In, Inferno, June, Liefeld's, Louise Simonson, Mexican, October, Rob Liefeld, Simonson, Simonson's, The New Mutants, The X-Men, Under Liefeld's, Walt Simonson
related to X-Force (1990s; 2002) · 23
Rictor → Afterwards, Although Shatterstar, Cable, Camp Verde, Gideon, Guadalajara, Professor, Professor X's, Rictor's, Shatterstar, She, Spanish, Stryfe, Sunspot, The, Warpath's, When, When Stryfe, Wolfsbane, X-Factor
related to Powers and abilities · 22
Rictor → According, Colossus-like, Cyclops-like, During, Fire, He, In, In New X-Men, Isolationist, Jean Grey, Madripoor, New Mutants, Pacific Ring, Peter David, Physical, Rictor's, September, Terrigen Crystals, Weapon XII's, When
related to Sexual orientation · 22
Rictor → Although Shatterstar, David, GLAAD Award, In, Jeph Loeb, Jeph Loeb's X-Force, Loeb's, Madrox, Marvel, Over, Peter David, Peter David's X-Factor, Quicksilver, Rictor's, Rob Liefeld, Shatterstar, Shatterstar's, This, Though, With
related to Origins: X-Factor and New Mutants (1980s) · 16
Rictor → Artie Maddicks, Boom Boom, During, Following, He, In, Leech, N'astirh's, New Mutants, Right, San Francisco, Ship, When X-Factor, X-Factor, X-Factor's, X-Terminators
related to Reception · 10
Rictor → CBR, Comic Book Resources, Entertainment Weekly, In, Let's, Most Powerful Mutants From, Powerful Members, The, X-Force, X-Man
Team affiliations · 9
Rictor → Knights of X, New Mutants, Purifiers, Weapon P.R.I.M.E., X-Corporation, X-Factor, X-Factor Investigations, X-Force, X-Terminators
related to Film · 3
Rictor → Jason Genao, Julio Richter, Logan
related to Television · 3
Rictor → Slave Island, The Animated Series, X-Men
Abilities · 1
Rictor → Seismic energy generation

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x-factor x-force shatterstar new character mutants x-men relationship david marvel powers team first series rictor's one mutant gay appeared wolfsbane

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
RictorAbilitiesSeismic energy generation1.00infobox
RictorCreated byLouise Simonson Walt Simonson1.00infobox
RictorFirst appearanceX-Factor #17 (June 1987)1.00infobox
RictorFull nameJulio Esteban "Ric" Richter1.00infobox
RictorPublisherMarvel Comics1.00infobox
RictorSpeciesHuman mutant1.00infobox
RictorTeam affiliationsX-Factor Investigations1.00infobox
RictorTeam affiliationsPurifiers1.00infobox
RictorTeam affiliationsX-Factor1.00infobox
RictorTeam affiliationsX-Terminators1.00infobox
RictorTeam affiliationsNew Mutants1.00infobox
RictorTeam affiliationsWeapon P.R.I.M.E.1.00infobox
RictorTeam affiliationsX-Force1.00infobox
RictorTeam affiliationsX-Corporation1.00infobox
RictorTeam affiliationsKnights of X1.00infobox
Rictoris acaptive of the anti-mutant organization called the Right0.90text

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