Holocaust (comics)
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added reference to Milestone Comics villain named Holocaust
:''The character is not to be confused with the [[Milestone Comics]] villain Holocaust (later renamed Pyre), who was once a member of the [[Blood Syndicate]].''
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|caption=''Holocaust'', as depicted on the cover of ''[[X-Man]]'' #16 (June 1996). Art by [[Steve Skroce]].
|comic_color=background:#ff8080
|character_name=Holocaust
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|species=[[Mutant (Marvel comics)|Human Mutant]]
|publisher=[[Marvel Comics]]
|debut=''X-Men Alpha'' (February 1995)
|creators=[[Scott Lobdell]]<br>[[Roger Cruz]]
|alliance_color=background:#c0c0ff
|alliances=[[Horsemen of Apocalypse]]<br>Dark Descendants<br>[[Exiles (Marvel Comics)|Exiles]]
|aliases= Nemesis
|powers=<br>Superhuman strength, agility and durability<br>Energy blasts<br>[[Life-force]] absorption|}}
'''Holocaust''' is a [[fictional character]] that appears in [[comic books]] published by [[Marvel Comics]]. The character first appeared in ''X-Men Alpha'' (February 1995), and was created by [[Scott Lobdell]] and [[Roger Cruz]].
==Fictional character biography==
Holocaust, originally known as '''Nemesis''', <ref>''X-Men Chronicles'' #1</ref> is the son of [[Apocalypse (comics)|Apocalypse]] and one of his [[Horsemen of Apocalypse|Four Horsemen]] in the [[Age of Apocalypse]] timeline, whose physical form, destroyed by [[Magneto (comics)|Magneto]], is contained in a [[crystalline]] armor of [[phasing]] and [[shapeshifting]] properties. During the final battle in the Age of Apocalypse, Holocaust is transported into the [[Earth 616|main Marvel universe]] by the [[M'Kraan Crystal]], <ref>''X-Men Omega''</ref> where he continues to fight his archenemy [[Nate Grey]] from his native reality, while acting as an agent for the psionic entity [[Onslaught (comics)|Onslaught]]. <ref>''X-Man'' #15-17-44</ref> Holocaust is later forced to join the time-traveling group of [[superheroes]] known as the [[Exiles (Marvel Comics)|Exiles]], but is killed by dictator-like version of [[Hyperion (comics)|Hyperion]]. <ref>''Exiles'' #60-62</ref>
==In other media==
Holocaust makes a brief [[cameo appearance]] in the episode ''One Man's Worth'' of ''[[X-Men: The Animated Series]]'' (1992-97), and appears in the [[video game]], ''[[X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse]]'' (2005). A Holocaust build-a-figure in the fourth series of [[Marvel Legends]] is being released in 2008.
==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.uncannyxmen.net/db/characters/showquestion.asp?faq=71&fldAuto=1542 Uncannyxmen.net bio on Holocaust]
*[http://xmenfansite.com X-Men Fan Site]
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