Hellion
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Hellion is a fictional character, a mutant in the Marvel Comics Universe, a member of the student body at the Xavier Institute, and a member of the Hellions squad therein. His real name is Julian Keller, and he first appeared in New Mutants (volume 2) #2.
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[edit] Fictional character biography
Born to wealthy parents in Beverly Hills, California, Hellion has quickly adopted an attitude of superiority while training at the Xavier Institute that has annoyed some of his classmates. A fast favorite of headmistress Emma Frost, who sees in him great potential for heroism as well as a frightening disposition for personal gain and villainy, Julian named himself 'Hellion' in tribute to the former White Queen's first class of students (who had been killed by Trevor Fitzroy). Hellion has demonstrated quite a significant interest in Sofia Mantega, the half-Venezuelan co-leader of the rival New Mutants squad. He is particularly hard on David Alleyne, the New Mutants' other leader, whom he views as possessing a particularly useless mutant power and as a genuine competitor as a leader and strategist. However, for the school dance, he dated all three Stepford Cuckoos.
During the Hellions miniseries, Julian's wish was to be known as a hero.
In the aftermath of M-Day, the previous squad system has been abandoned due to the diminished number of powered students. Those left have been placed simply in the New X-Men team. As previous leader of the Hellions, Hellion felt he was a shoo-in for field leader and was stunned when Surge was announced as leader of the new team. Currently, Hellion was also assigned by Cyclops and Emma to help them take down Wolverine.
During the fight with Nimrod, X-23 was severely injured and was unable to heal herself. Hellion took it upon himself to rescue her by flying to the Institute and, realizing he wasn't fast enough, begged Emma Frost to help him. She did so by removing the blocks that keep him from using his powers to it full potential. As a result he was able to save Laura by reaching the Institute in time and having Josh Foley (who was up until that point comatose) heal her. The removal of the mental blocks caused severe physical injuries however, and he was last seen asleep and watched over by X-23, who left seemingly hurt when a still dreaming Julian spoke Sophia's name.
[edit] Powers
Hellion is a telekinetic. He is able to fly at subsonic speeds, create telekinetic force barriers and manipulate objects from a distance. When Emma unlocked subconscious blocks on his power, Hellion was able to reach a flight speed of at least twice the speed of sound, but was severely injured from the physical strain afterward.
[edit] Alternate versions
During the House of M crossover, Hellion was a Junior S.H.I.E.L.D. operative going under the codename Scion. He was involved with the New Mutant known as Wind Dancer
