Vincent Stewart (Earth-616)

Skybolt
Name	Vincent "Vin" Stewart
Current Alias	Skybolt
Aliases	Cornpone, Redneck, Vin Stewart,
Affiliation and Relationships
Affiliation	New Warriors, formerly Omega Gang, Xavier Institute
Marital Status	Single
Physical Characteristics
Gender	Male
Height	6′2″ (1.88 m)
Weight	200 lbs (90.72 kg)
Eyes	Irises: Blue
Hair	Blond
Unusual Features	Tattoos
Origin and Living Status
Origin	Depowered Mutant
Living Status	Deceased
Reality	Earth-616
Place of Birth	Arkansas, USA
Cause of Death	Killed by explosion
Personal Information
Identity	Secret
Citizenship	American
Education	High School
Base of Operations	New Warriors HQ, Formerly Xavier Institute
Creators and Appearances
Creators	Grant Morrison, Frank Quitely
First	New X-Men #126 (May, 2002)
First	New X-Men #126 (May, 2002)
Death	New Warriors (Vol. 4) #16 (September, 2008)
Death	New Warriors (Vol. 4) #16 (September, 2008)

History

Xavier Institute

Redneck's old powers

The young mutant called Redneck was a student of the Xavier Institute. He came from a large family in Arkansas, experienced first hand violence against mutants, and became friends with fellow student Radian. Redneck was ready to fight Cassandra Nova as she made her second assault. Instead, Redneck became mentally controlled by Nova and was forced to fight the X-Men on her behalf. Redneck and the other students were freed soon after by the Stepford Cuckoos.

Some time after, Redneck joined Quentin Quire, also known as Kid Omega, and his group. This small team of mutants was dubbed the Omega Gang. As the Omega Gang later attacked a small group of humans to avenge the mutant fashion designer Jumbo Carnation, Redneck used his powers to burn one of the humans.

When Kid Omega and his gang started a riot at the Xavier Institute, Redneck was stopped by Cyclops, whose optic blasts broke his nose. As his punishment for his involvement in the riot, Redneck was sent to a prison run by humans. Redneck lost his mutant powers after the event called M-Day.

New Warriors

Unmasked

Vincent was later offered membership in the newest incarnation of the New Warriors. After being given a flight suit and new technological weaponry based on the designs of the Beetle to replace his lost powers he adopted the code-name Skybolt, and began training with the team, which included his former Omega Gang teammates Radian, now called Phaser and Tattoo, now using the code-name Longstrike. However, on one of the team's first missions out to stop the Zodiac, Longstrike got too cocky when fighting Cancer, and was brutally killed in front of the rest of the team.

Vin didn't seem too saddened by Christine's death, even criticizing her work ethic in front of her brother almost immediately after her death. Although callous and harsh, he showed a commitment to the New Warriors and their cause and continued working alongside them. However, he was later killed in action by an explosion.

Attributes

Power Grid

Powers

None, Stewart is a depowered mutant.

Former Powers

Heat Generation: Redneck had the power to absorb and generate a buildup of thermokinetic energy in his hands and lower arms to melt or burn anything he touched.

Weaknesses

Vincent didn't know how to swim.

Paraphernalia

Equipment

Using the weapons and flight pack derived from technology used by the Beetle, Skybolt could fly as well as deploy an array of both lethal and non-lethal projectiles from his wrist mounted gauntlets. Vincent also made use of the Turbo Suit.

See Also

• 20 appearance(s) of Vincent Stewart (Earth-616)
• 2 appearance(s) in handbook(s) of Vincent Stewart (Earth-616)
• 4 minor appearance(s) of Vincent Stewart (Earth-616)
• 1 mention(s) of Vincent Stewart (Earth-616)
• 2 mention(s) in handbook(s) of Vincent Stewart (Earth-616)
• 16 image(s) of Vincent Stewart (Earth-616)
• 3 quotation(s) by or about Vincent Stewart (Earth-616)
• 1 item(s) used/owned by Vincent Stewart (Earth-616)