A'Kurru U'mbaya (Earth-616)

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Name	A'Kurru U'mbaya
Current Alias	Icon
Affiliation and Relationships
Relatives	Children: Mikina (daughter, deceased)
Marital Status	Single
Physical Characteristics
Gender	Male
Eyes	Irises: White (transformed)
Hair	No Hair At All (transformed)
Unusual Features	In his transformed state, his whole form is made of wood.
Origin and Living Status
Origin	Human Mutate
Living Status	Alive
Reality	Earth-616
Personal Information
Identity	Secret
Citizenship	Wakandan
Occupation	Scientist, terrorist
Base of Operations	Wakanda
Creators and Appearances
Creators	Scott Lobdell, Scott Kolins
First	Excalibur #59 (October, 1992)
First	Excalibur #59 (October, 1992)

History

A'Kurru U'mbaya was a Wakandan biochemist who lost his daughter due to toxic waste outside of Wakanda. Becoming mad with grief he turned his back on the 20th century and decided to bring Wakanda back to its tribal origins. He was empowered through his experiments with the ability to transform his flesh into "wood". He used his powers to try to seize the throne.

Attributes

Powers

• "Wooden" Shapeshifting: Icon has the power to transform his flesh into "wood" -- with his head appearing as an elongated African mask.
  • Shapeshifting: Although this wood seems more durable and impervious than normal wood, he is also able to control it to give him limited shape-shifting abilities, such as elongating his limbs and forming weapons with his hands.
  • Mind Control: Icon can also cause a similar transformation in others -- transforming them into replicas of himself (without the shape-shifting abilities) under his direct control.

Abilities

• Genius-Level Intellect: Icon is Wakanda's most brilliant scientist.

Weaknesses

• Mental Instability: Icon suffered from a form of mental instability caused by the death of his daughter, made worse by his experiments on himself.
• Time Limit: He can only maintain his superhuman form for one hour at a time.

See Also

• 2 appearance(s) of A'Kurru U'mbaya (Earth-616)
• 1 mention(s) in handbook(s) of A'Kurru U'mbaya (Earth-616)
• 1 image(s) of A'Kurru U'mbaya (Earth-616)
• 1 quotation(s) by or about A'Kurru U'mbaya (Earth-616)