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Shard (character)

Field	Value
image	x-factor147.jpg
caption	Shard as depicted in X-Factor #147 (July 1998). Art by Mike S. Miller.
character_name	Shard Bishop
species	Human mutant, later holographic
publisher	Marvel Comics
debut	(Illusion) Uncanny X-Men Annual #17 (December 1993)
(First full appearance) Uncanny X-Men #314 (July 1994)
creators	Scott Lobdell (writer)
John Romita Jr. (artist)
alliances	Xavier Security Enforcers
X-Factor
partners	Chronomancer
aliases	Askante
powers	Energy blasts, intangibility (holographic Shard only)

(First full appearance) Uncanny X-Men #314 (July 1994) John Romita Jr. (artist) X-Factor

Shard Bishop is a mutant fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Shard was created by Scott Lobdell and John Romita Jr., and first appeared in The Uncanny X-Men #314 (July 1994). She is a mutant with the ability to manipulate light into energy blasts.

Shard is the younger sister of the X-Man Bishop, hailing from a future where mutants are hunted or put into concentration camps. She is initially a member of the X.S.E., before joining the present day X-Factor as a hologram.

Shard appears in X-Men: The Animated Series, voiced by Sandi Ross.

Publication history

Created by Scott Lobdell and John Romita Jr., the character first appeared in The Uncanny X-Men #314 (July 1994).

Fictional character biography

Shard is a Lieutenant in Xavier's Security Enforcers (X.S.E.) with her older brother Lucas Bishop in the 2080s. Shard was born and raised in a mutant concentration camp, in which mutants were branded over their right eyes with the letter "M" for recognition. In Uncanny X-Men Annual #17, Shard is stated as having the mutant ability of "transubbing ambient light into concussive force".

Shard becomes the youngest X.S.E. graduate a year after Bishop attains the position. She serves under Bishop as a member of the Omega Squad (which included Bishop and his officers, Randall and Malcolm), until her promotion.

Together in the X.S.E., Shard and Bishop are responsible for apprehending criminal mutants. During a battle, Shard is partially infected with a vampire-like affliction originating from the present-day mutant Emplate. Bishop takes Shard to the New York Stark/Fujikawa building to save her life by transmitting her essence into a holographic matrix. Shard's physical body dies, while her essence survives in the matrix.

Bishop eventually travels to the present day to track down Trevor Fitzroy, one of his time's most wanted criminals and Shard's ex-lover. Shard is recreated as a computer construct and joins the government-sponsored team X-Factor.

After X-Factor disbands, Shard is transported into an alternate future. There, she is killed a second time while saving Bishop from Trevor Fitzroy.

Powers and abilities

Shard is able to absorb ambient light particles and use it to perform various light-based attacks. While she was a photon-based life form, she could also become intangible.

Reception

In 2014, Entertainment Weekly ranked Shard 75th in their "Let's rank every X-Man ever" list.

In other media

Shard appears in X-Men: The Animated Series, voiced by Sandi Ross.
Shard appears in X-Men '97, voiced by Kimberly Woods.
Shard appears as an unlockable playable character in X-Men: Mojo World.

References

''[[Xavier's Security Enforcers. XSE]]'' #3 - 4 (January - February 1997)
''Bishop the Last X-Man'' #14 (September 2000)
Franich, Darren. (June 9, 2022). "Let's rank every X-Man ever".
"Shard Voice - ''X-Men '97'' (TV Show)". Behind The Voice Actors.

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