Lance Alvers (Earth-11052)

Avalanche
Name	Lance Alvers
Current Alias	Avalanche
Affiliation and Relationships
Affiliation	Brotherhood of Bayville, formerly X-Men
Marital Status	Single
Physical Characteristics
Gender	Male
Height	6′3″ (1.91 m)
Weight	195 lbs (88.45 kg)
Eyes	Irises: Brown
Hair	Brown
Origin and Living Status
Origin	Mutant
Living Status	Alive
Reality	Earth-11052
Place of Birth	Northbrook, Illinois
Personal Information
Identity	Public
Citizenship	American
Occupation	Student
Education	High School dropout
Base of Operations	Brotherhood of Bayville Boarding House, Bayville, Westchester County, New York Formerly the Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters, Bayville, New York
Creators and Appearances
Creators	Greg Johnson, Rick Ungar
First	X-Men: Evolution S1E02 (November 11, 2000)
First	X-Men: Evolution S1E02 (November 11, 2000)

History

Lance Alvers is a member of the Brotherhood. His love interest is Shadowcat, and although the two are very fond of each other, their different allegiances often thwart their relationship.

The only thing that is known about his past is that he was in an orphanage.

He attended Northbrook High School where he met Kitty Pryde. He was excited to see her go through a locker and he showed her his power making the place shake. Scared Kitty ran away. Lance was on the roof with his friends and annoyed he asked them to look for clients while he was looking for the answers for the exam. Jean Grey tried to talk to Kitty and Lance warned Jean not to go near Kitty. He tricked Kitty into going through the wall of the principal's office, Kitty opened the door for him, and Lance copied the answers from a test to a hard drive. Kitty was upset by this and wanted to leave with her parents, but Lance tried to stop her, but Kitty returned to her parents while Lance destroyed the principal's office and escaped. Principal Darkhölme enrolled him in Bayville School.

Attributes

Powers

• Seismic Wave Generation: Avalanche has the ability to generate powerful seismic waves, which can cause highly destructive effects. These seismic waves can cause any form of inorganic matter to shatter or crumble to dust. When directed at large objects, like a building or the earth itself, these seismic waves create effects similar to those of an avalanche or an earthquake within localized areas. Avalanche does not need to touch an object for these seismic waves to work, he can aim and direct them within his line of sight. Avalanche himself is immune to the effect of these seismic waves. Unlike his mainstream counterpart, Avalanche's seismic waves seem to be able to affect organic material as well as inorganic material, although not to the same extent.

• Geokinesis: Avalanche's ability to generate seismic waves gives him a limited degree of geokinesis. He can use these seismic waves to create thrusting pillars of rock for ranged attacks, create trenches, and even redirect earth-based substances to an extent.

Abilities

When first introduced, he showed some skill in hacking, when he hacked into his old schools computer to change his grades. He seems to have some leadership skills as he was the one the other members of the Brotherhood listened to, after Magneto and Mystique.

Weaknesses

Originally Avalanche would suffer from powerful headaches whenever he used his powers. However, from Season 2 onward, this does not seem to affect him. Avalanche also had difficulty controlling his powers and would fight by simply bringing down the building. After Season 1, Avalanche has shown considerable control, being able to focus his powers to create localized trenches and focus in on specific locations.

Paraphernalia

Transportation

His Jeep

Notes

• The character of Avalanche as portrayed in the X-Men Evolution animated series appears to be an amalgam of the characters of Avalanche and Rictor in the mainstream comic. While bearing the codename "Avalanche" and a similar costume to the comic villain, the character, named "Lance Alvers" (Avalanche's real name being "Dominic Petros" in the comics), physically resembles Rictor from the comic books and channels his powers in the same way. Alvers is also a much less willing villain, at one point even joining the X-Men. Alvers' ethnicity is never clearly defined in the series, although his skin color is slightly darker than much of the main cast. Much like Kurt Wagner's name was mispronounced on the show, some fans have speculated that his surname may be a corrupted form of Alveres or Alverez.

• He is voiced by Christopher Grey.

Trivia

• Avalanche is the second member of the Brotherhood to join the X-Men, the first being Rogue.
• Avalanche seems to lack the "feedback" that his Earth-616 counterpart has.

See Also

• 28 appearance(s) of Lance Alvers (Earth-11052)
• 1 minor appearance(s) of Lance Alvers (Earth-11052)
• 2 mention(s) of Lance Alvers (Earth-11052)
• 6 image(s) of Lance Alvers (Earth-11052)
• 1 quotation(s) by or about Lance Alvers (Earth-11052)
• 1 item(s) used/owned by Lance Alvers (Earth-11052)