History Characters / MarvelComicsExodus

* BadassDecay: Exodus was originally created to be [[Characters/MarvelComicsMagneto Magneto]]'s successor as the top mutant threat to the X-Men and throughout the first half of the '90s he more than lived up to his lofty claim of being "[[BadassBoast Magneto's heir in spirit and in power]]", flattening all of X-Force in just his second appearance before starring as the BigBad of the ''Blood Ties'' crossover in which he effortlessly defeated a fully-armored War Machine, matched and overcame [[ComicBook/TheEternals the Eternal]] Sersi, and in the story's climax fought off virtually the entirety of both the Avengers and X-Men teams singlehandedly while ''also'' crushing the entire island of Genosha beneath the force of his telekinesis. Then he succumbed th OrcusOnHisThrone and spent a few years just sort of sitting around, until the ''ComicBook/AgeOfApocalypse'' villain Holocaust was transported over to the regular timeline and the decision was made to have him fight Exodus sans his PoweredArmor to [[TheWorfEffect show how strong he was]] (despite Exodus logically being able to defeat him with his telepathy [[ForgotAboutHisPowers if he'd just bothered to use it]]). Much like Juggernaut above, Exodus would be further dragged downhill by Chuck Austen, who wrote him as a very generic sort of baddie who struggled to match Havok and got told off by one of his own lackies, a teenage elephant boy. Unlike Juggernaut, this bizarre dip in competence has never been addressed, and later appearances only dragged him down further, with ''Messiah Complex'' using him as a victim of TheWorfEffect (again) to build up [[Characters/XMen70sMembers Nightcrawler]] and [[Characters/MarvelComicsEmmaFrost Emma Frost]]. He's been handled with more respect since then, but it took until 2022's ''ComicBook/ImmortalXMen'' before the decay was finally cured.

* BadPowersBadPeople: Not usually the case, but in a 1996 story he was suddenly transformed into a psychic vampire - prior to that, his powers weren't naturally harmful to others. That said, it didn't last for long. At the time, Exodus was recovering from near-death after a battle with Holocaust, and the change was linked to his injuries and weakness. The vampiric element was only really seen when he attacked Nate Grey (who was leaking psychic energy everywhere), a battle that ended with Exodus overloaded and buried alive in an Alpine crevasse - which seemed to cure the 'vampirism' issue.

* {{Doublethink}}: In ''ComicBook/ImmortalXMen'' he justifies believing in both Christianity and mutant sanctity by claiming that UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}} was just a mutant with healing powers, rather similarly to the Islamic belief that Jesus was just one in a line of prophets that all led up to Mohammed.

* DuelingMessiahs: With Joseph in the 1996 ''Magneto'' miniseries. Inverted in ''ComicBook/ImmortalXMen'', where he and oughts-era mutant messiah Hope Summers work together and prove to be quite the badass team.

* LifeDrinker: He tried this on [[ComicBook/XMan Nate Grey]] back when he was going through his "psionic vampire" phase. [[CurbstompBattle This was a bad idea.]]

* SuperWeight: Straddles the line between 4 and 5, and is portrayed as having the potential to reach 6 in ''ComicBook/ImmortalXMen''.

** ''ComicBook/FatalAttractionsMarvelComics'' (1993)
** ''ComicBook/BloodTiesMarvelComics'' (1993)

* BadassDecay: Exodus was originally created to be [[Characters/MarvelComicsMagneto Magneto]]'s successor as the top mutant threat to the X-Men and throughout the first half of the '90s he more than lived up to his lofty claim of being "[[BadassBoast Magneto's heir in spirit and in power]]", flattening all of X-Force in just his second appearance before starring as the BigBad of the ''ComicBook/BloodTiesMarvelComics'' crossover in which he effortlessly defeated a fully-armored War Machine, matched and overcame [[ComicBook/TheEternals the Eternal]] Sersi, and in the story's climax fought off virtually the entirety of both the Avengers and X-Men teams singlehandedly while ''also'' crushing the entire island of Genosha beneath the force of his telekinesis. Then he succumbed th OrcusOnHisThrone and spent a few years just sort of sitting around, until the ''ComicBook/AgeOfApocalypse'' villain Holocaust was transported over to the regular timeline and the decision was made to have him fight Exodus sans his PoweredArmor to [[TheWorfEffect show how strong he was]] (despite Exodus logically being able to defeat him with his telepathy [[ForgotAboutHisPowers if he'd just bothered to use it]]). Much like Juggernaut above, Exodus would be further dragged downhill by Chuck Austen, who wrote him as a very generic sort of baddie who struggled to match Havok and got told off by one of his own lackies, a teenage elephant boy. Unlike Juggernaut, this bizarre dip in competence has never been addressed, and later appearances only dragged him down further, with ''Messiah Complex'' using him as a victim of TheWorfEffect (again) to build up [[Characters/XMen70sMembers Nightcrawler]] and [[Characters/MarvelComicsEmmaFrost Emma Frost]]. He's been handled with more respect since then, but it took until 2022's ''ComicBook/ImmortalXMen'' before the decay was finally cured.

* BarrierWarrior: In his early appearances primarily, and most notably during the ''Bloodties'' crossover.

** DragonAscendant: Ironically became this despite not wanting it, being forced to assume Magneto's place as leader of the Acolytes after Charles Xavier brainfried Mags in ''ComicBook/FatalAttractionsMarvelComics''.

* KickTheDog: Prone to these every now and then, due to his [[DependingOnTheWriter fluctuating evil quotient]], but the worst one was menacing little Luna Maximoff in ''ComicBook/BloodTiesMarvelComics''.

* PsychoactivePowers: Ostensibly the reason behind his [[StrongAsTheyNeedToBe constantly-fluctuating]] power levels -- like fellow X-villain [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Gladiator]], Exodus has power levels that are based in large part on his confidence, along with his [[KnightTemplar certainty in the righteousness of his cause]] at any given time. In the Krakoan Age, Hope Summers explains that he also draws from PopularityPower, namely, how many people believe in ''him''. This is why his power levels fluctuate so wildly, swinging from being able to thrash an entire team of X-Men ''plus'' an entire team of Avengers during the ''Bloodties'' story to suffering more than one [[TheWorfEffect embarrassing defeat]] during ''Messiah Complex'' (which saw him forge a very reluctant alliance with noted StalkerWithATestTube Mr. Sinister). He'd probably surpass his mentor ComicBook/{{Magneto}} if he ever overcame this limitation.

* DependingOnTheWriter: Several aspects of Bennet's character vary from writer to writer -- most notably his powers, resulting in plenty of cases of ForgotAboutHisPowers and StrongAsTheyNeedToBe, but also his motives, his morals, even his very sanity. This is a character who has gone from being a NobleDemon and borderline HeroAntagonist to a DrunkOnTheDarkSide megalomaniac interested only in his own ascension and right back again. Most recently as of 2014, Exodus was seen as an agent of S.H.I.E.L.D, a ''massive'' HeelFaceTurn for a character that just seven years before had forcefully seized a S.H.I.E.L.D. helicarrier for his own ends.

* HazyFeelTurn: In 2019's ''House of X'', he has joined the X-Men in Krakoa and sits on their 'Quiet Council' that governs the fledgling mutant nation... though his particular group is comprised of him, Mystique and ''Sinister'', so who knows what will come of ''that''. As of 2022, it seems to be working out and he's easily the most benign member of that particular group.

* KickTheSonOfABitch: Kicks Fabian Cortez in ''ComicBook/BloodTiesMarvelComics'' and both Selene and [[spoiler:Mr. Sinister]] in ''Immortal X-Men''.

* DuelingMessiahs: With [[CloningBlues Joseph]] in the 1996 ''Magneto'' miniseries. Inverted in ''ComicBook/ImmortalXMen'', where he and oughts-era mutant messiah Hope Summers work together and prove to be quite the badass team.

* BadassDecay: Exodus was originally created to be [[Characters/MarvelComicsMagneto Magneto]]'s successor as the top mutant threat to the X-Men and throughout the first half of the '90s he more than lived up to his lofty claim of being "[[BadassBoast Magneto's heir in spirit and in power]]", flattening all of X-Force in just his second appearance before starring as the BigBad of the ''ComicBook/BloodTiesMarvelComics'' crossover in which he effortlessly defeated a fully-armored War Machine, matched and overcame [[ComicBook/TheEternals the Eternal]] Sersi, and in the story's climax fought off virtually the entirety of both the Avengers and X-Men teams singlehandedly while ''also'' crushing the entire island of Genosha beneath the force of his telekinesis. Then he succumbed th OrcusOnHisThrone and spent a few years just sort of sitting around, until the ''ComicBook/AgeOfApocalypse'' villain Holocaust was transported over to the regular timeline and the decision was made to have him fight Exodus sans his PoweredArmor to [[TheWorfEffect show how strong he was]] (despite Exodus logically being able to defeat him with his telepathy [[ForgotAboutHisPowers if he'd just bothered to use it]]). Much like Juggernaut above, Exodus would be further dragged downhill by Chuck Austen, who wrote him as a very generic sort of baddie who struggled to match Havok and got told off by one of his own lackies, a teenage elephant boy. Unlike Juggernaut, this bizarre dip in competence has never been addressed, and later appearances only dragged him down further, with ''Messiah Complex'' using him as a victim of TheWorfEffect (again) to build up [[Characters/XMen70sMembers Nightcrawler]] and Characters/{{Emma Frost|WhiteQueen}}. He's been handled with more respect since then, but it took until 2022's ''ComicBook/ImmortalXMen'' before the decay was finally cured.