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Warren Kenneth Worthington III, originally Angel and later as Archangel, is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics and is a founding member of the X-Men. Created by writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby, the character first appeared in ''The X-Men'' #1 (September 1963). Angel is a member of a subspecies of humans known as mutants, who are born with superhuman abilities. He originally possesses a pair of large feathered wings extending from his back, enabling him to fly. He is the heir to a multibillion-dollar corporation called Worthington Industries. This privileged background results in Warren being stereotyped as a self-absorbed playboy during his early years with the X-Men. This personality was ultimately replaced with a more introspective and brooding personality in the late 1980s, when the character was revamped into the more grim and gritty "Archangel" persona. One of the original X-Men, Archangel has had a frequent presence in X-Men-related comic books throughout the years. He appeared occasionally in X-Men animated series and video games. Ben Foster played the role of Angel in the 2006 film ''X-Men: The Last Stand'' and Ben Hardy will portray him in the 2016 film ''X-Men: Apocalypse''. ==Publication history== The character was created by writer Stan Lee and artist/co-creator Jack Kirby and first appeared in ''X-Men'' #1 (September 1963) as Angel. He appeared as a regular character in that title until it was cancelled with issue #66. The title was revived shortly after, reprinting earlier issues from issue #67 to #93. In 1970 and 1971, a three-part Angel solo feature was published as a back-up strip in ''Ka-Zar'' #2 and #3 and ''Marvel Tales'' #30. Angel appeared in the ''X-Men'' revamp by Len Wein and Dave Cockrum in 1975 with the introduction of the "All-New, All-Different X-Men" (''Giant-Size X-Men'' #1, May 1975), but left the X-Men title with issue #94. Angel and fellow X-Men Iceman were transitioned into a new series called ''The Champions'', which ran from 1975–1978. The series was written by writer Tony Isabella, and was largely conceived as a showcase for both former X-Men characters.〔Isabella, Tony. "Cables of Champions," ''Champions'' #6, Marvel (June 1976).〕 Angel returned to the X-Men briefly in ''Uncanny X-Men'' #134, officially returning to the roster in issue #138 before once again leaving in issue #148. Afterwards, the character, along with fellow founding X-Men Beast and Iceman, joined the roster of the Defenders, as part of a short-lived "revamp" of the title, in which the series was renamed ''The New Defenders''. Angel would stay with the title, as the group's leader, for the book's last three years of publication (1983–1986). The series was canceled in 1986 to free up Angel and his fellow X-Men to star in ''X-Factor'', which debuted in February. Angel remained in the book until issue #70, which was the last issue before the book was revamped with an all-new roster. During ''X-Factor'' #16–24, the character is presumed dead after losing his wings and apparently killing himself in a plane crash. Angel was dramatically revamped as a character, given a new costume, blue skin, and metallic wings which could fire blades. He first appeared as Archangel in ''X-Factor'' #24 (January 1988). According to ''X-Factor'' writer Louise Simonson and penciler Walt Simonson, the Archangel revamp was motivated in part by their feeling that Angel was a Mary Sue (being wealthy, handsome, and adored by women), and in part by the fact that, due to the inflation of superhero abilities, Angel was underpowered compared to other characters in the Marvel Universe. Angel was added to the cast of the ''Uncanny X-Men'' title and appeared in that series and its companion series ''X-Men'' (vol. 2) for most of the 1990s. In 1996, Marvel also published a one-shot story simply called ''Archangel'', which was written by Peter Milligan. He also appeared alongside Psylocke in a limited series called ''Psylocke & Archangel: Crimson Dawn'' (August 1997 – November 1997, 4 issues). From 1999 to 2001, Angel also featured in the series ''X-Men: The Hidden Years'', which was set in the original X-Men's early days. Under Joe Casey (2001–2002) and Chuck Austen (2002–2004), Angel became leader of the X-Men team that appeared in the pages of ''Uncanny X-Men''. After Chris Claremont replaced Austen on that title, the character went away for several months before reappearing in the pages of another Claremont-written series, ''Excalibur'' (vol. 3, 2004). He continued to guest-star in the ''Incredible Hulk'' title during the events of ''World War Hulk'' (2007) and then returned to the ''Uncanny X-Men'' through issue #538 (2011) while also appearing in ''X-Force'' (vol. 3) (2008), where the character has regained his metallic wings and again assumed the codename Archangel, and subsequently in ''Uncanny X-Force'' (2010), in which his mind and personality were wiped. After his personality was stripped, he appeared only as a background character, one of the students at the ''Jean Grey School'' in ''Wolverine and the X-Men'' (2011–13) until he graduated, but now spends most time off-panel at Worthington Industries. A time-displaced version of Angel's younger self currently stars in ''All-New X-Men'' (2013–present). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Warren Worthington III」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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