Bernard the Poet (Earth-616)

Bernard the Poet
Name	Bernard (surname unrevealed)
Current Alias	Bernard the Poet
Affiliation and Relationships
Marital Status	Single
Physical Characteristics
Gender	Male
Hair	Black
Unusual Features	Goatee. Normally seen with a beret.
Origin and Living Status
Origin	Mutant
Living Status	Alive
Reality	Earth-616
Personal Information
Identity	No Dual
Citizenship	American
Occupation	Poet
Base of Operations	Coffee A Go-Go, New York City, New York
Creators and Appearances
Creators	Stan Lee, Jack Kirby
First	X-Men #7 (July, 1964)
First	X-Men #7 (July, 1964)

History

Bernard was a beatnik poet who often performed at the Coffee A Go-Go, a coffee shop frequented by the original team of X-Men and their friends.

While teenage Bobby Drake (Iceman) and Henry McCoy (the Beast) found him unappealing, their girlfriends at the time Zelda Kurtzberg and Vera Cantor enjoyed his performances.

Bernard read aloud a housewife's shopping list to an adoring crowd, who viewed it as "zen poetry".

At one point, Bernard approached to their table but Drake assumed he was looking only for a free cup of coffee and used his own mutant powers to spoil his plan.

Later, during Drake's 18-birthday party, Bernard invited himself to cake in exchange for an ad-hoc poem to celebrate the event - however, this deal was not widely accepted by his fans.

He apparently retained his powers after M-Day.

Attributes

Powers

Bernard had the mutant power to alter the perceptions of others when he recited his poetry. This mutant power was described as being latent, and only activated by the presence of other mutants.

See Also

• 8 appearance(s) of Bernard the Poet (Earth-616)
• 1 minor appearance(s) of Bernard the Poet (Earth-616)
• 2 mention(s) of Bernard the Poet (Earth-616)
• 1 mention(s) in handbook(s) of Bernard the Poet (Earth-616)
• 8 image(s) of Bernard the Poet (Earth-616)