Crosta (Earth-616)

Crosta
Name	Crosta
Affiliation and Relationships
Affiliation	X-Men (Jean Grey School member), Jean Grey School student body
Relatives	Proctidae (mother); Opistho (father)
Marital Status	Single
Physical Characteristics
Gender	Male
Eyes	Irises: Red
Hair	No Hair At All
Unusual Features	Enlarged skull
Origin and Living Status
Origin	Atlantean Mutant
Living Status	Alive
Reality	Earth-616
Place of Birth	Atlantis
Personal Information
Identity	No Dual
Citizenship	Atlantean
Occupation	Student
Base of Operations	Jean Grey School For Higher Learning, New York State, formerly New Atlantis, San Francisco Bay, Pacific Ocean
Creators and Appearances
Creators	Kieron Gillen, Carmine Di Giandomenico
First	Dark Reign: The Cabal #1 (April, 2009)
First	Dark Reign: The Cabal #1 (April, 2009)

 Enough of this madness. I am Atlantean. I care nothing for your surface disputes. 

—Crosta

History

Crosta is a member of the Homo mermanus race better known as Atlantean's. The Homo mermanus just like their cousins the Homo sapiens have Mutants born within their society. Crosta was secreted away by his mother, Proctidae, after the abandonment of Atlantis, his father Opistho eventually discovered it. Proctidae brought the affair to the attention of their King Namor in order to keep the boy, as Opistho engaged a paternity suit.

When his mutant powers emmerged he was ordered by Namor to attend a mutant school in San Francisco (Graymalkin Industries, current home of the X-Men), rather than remain with his mother or join his father in Latveria with the Atlantean military, he violently rejected the idea, attacking Namor. Reined in by Namor, he was sent to the X-Men.

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He was later shown in the waters below Utopia, guiding new Atlantean immigrants to the Citizen Intake Center at the base of the pillar supporting Utopia.

Avengers vs. X-Men

After the Avengers attack on Utopia, Crosta was brought to the Avengers Academy place. Naturally siding with his fellow X-Men, he tried to avoid the confrontation between the two groups of students in jumping in the sea to rejoin his own kind but was stopped by Juston Seyfert's Sentinel. Once the mutants were let free to go, he left, intending to join back Atlantis.

Although, he joined the Jean Grey School student body along the other Utopian students, and even attended to the Dance while the grown-ups X-Men and the Avengers confronted the Dark Phoenix, and was part of the students for the second year of the Grey School.

Attributes

Powers

Atlantean Abilities Crosta possesses the conventional attributes of Homo mermanus: gills that extract oxygen from water, superhuman physiology to withstand extreme pressures and temperatures, and acute vision. He can swim at approximately 30 miles per hour. He can remain out of water for approximately nine minutes before beginning to suffocate. However, he can operate on the surface by wearing a water-filled helmet or using a chemical that enables him to draw oxygen from the air.

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Crosta demonstrating his powers on Namor

Mutant Abilities; Shockwave Generation: Crosta can generate shockwaves from his body when distressed which is powerful enough to shatter solid matter.

Weaknesses

He use to release shockwaves when he got angry or lost his temper.

Paraphernalia

Equipment

He wore an inverted scuba during his first times at Jean Grey School For Higher Learning.

Notes

During his time at the Avengers Academy, Crosta was confirmed to be a mutant by Juston's Sentinel.

See Also

• 20 appearance(s) of Crosta (Earth-616)
• 2 minor appearance(s) of Crosta (Earth-616)
• 1 mention(s) in handbook(s) of Crosta (Earth-616)
• 15 image(s) of Crosta (Earth-616)
• 1 quotation(s) by or about Crosta (Earth-616)
• 1 item(s) used/owned by Crosta (Earth-616)