Thunderbird (Neal Shaara)

Thunderbird (Neal Shaara) is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was depicted briefly as a member of the X-Men. Created by writer Chris Claremont and artist Leinil Francis Yu, he first appeared in X-Men (vol. 2) #100 (May 2000). He is the first Indian member of the X-Men. An Indian pyrokinetic, he has no connection to the previous X-Men characters called Thunderbird. He was intended to be called Agni, after the Hindu god of fire.