Arclight (Marvel Comics)

Arclight (Philippa Sontag) is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Chris Claremont and artist John Romita Jr., the character first appeared in Uncanny X-Men #210 as a shadow, making a full appearance in Uncanny X-Men #211 (November 1986). Arclight is a former military officer who later becomes an assassin, with the mutant ability to create powerful shockwaves from her hands. She is primarily known as a member the original Marauders team, a group of mutants who often work for the mad scientist villain Mister Sinister. As a Marauder, she has often fought the X-Men as well as related teams and heroes like X-Factor and X-Force. Like many of the Marauders, Arclight has been killed in battle more than once, only to be revived each time by Sinister through advanced human cloning techniques. The character has made minor appearances throughout other forms of media, such as animated television series and the film X-Men: The Last Stand, portrayed by Omahyra Mota, and the video game Deadpool, voiced by Chani Krich.