STRANDED IN SPACE, BISHOP WAS SAVED BY DEATHBIRD — THE SHI'AR EMPIRE'S MURDEROUS EXILE!
Late-1990s Uncanny X-Men: separated from the team returning from space and gravely injured, Bishop is rescued and healed by the exiled Shi’ar princess Deathbird, who hopes to use him against her sister Lilandra; after adventures including a Shi’ar-ruled alternate Earth, he returns to the X-Men.
READ THE FULL FACT →BISHOP CAME BACK FROM THE FUTURE POSSESSED — BY THE DEMON BEAR!
Uncanny X-Force Vol. 2 #1 (2013): rescued and retrained by the far-future Order, Bishop is trapped by the Ghost Owl, possessed by the Demon Bear and ridden back to 2013 Los Angeles; Psylocke exorcises the Bear while Storm scrambles his memories of hunting Hope Summers.
READ THE FULL FACT →TO KILL ONE BABY, BISHOP BURNED ENTIRE FUTURES — THEN GOT STRANDED IN THE WRECKAGE!
Cable Vol. 2 (2008–2010): with Forge's stolen time-travel arm, Bishop seeds traps across eras hunting Cable and Hope Summers, killing millions; he serves Stryfe in Messiah War, loses an eye, and is stranded in 6700 AD in Cable Vol. 2 #24.
READ THE FULL FACT →HE SHOT PROFESSOR X IN THE HEAD — TRYING TO KILL A NEWBORN BABY!
Messiah Complex finale, X-Men Vol. 2 #207 (2008): Bishop, convinced baby Hope Summers causes his camp future, loses his arm to Predator X, fires a last barrage as Cable time-jumps away with her — and hits Professor Xavier in the head; he then steals Forge's cybernetic time-travel arm to hunt them through Cable Vol. 2.
READ THE FULL FACT →HE KILLED HIS SISTER — THEN CARRIED HER ON HIS WRIST!
Uncanny X-Men #314 (1994) first full appearance; the X.S.E.'s youngest commander, turned Emplate and mercy-killed by Bishop; her essence lived in his wrist holo-projector, then Cerebro, then as a self-sustaining photonic lifeform with X-Factor (Uncanny X-Men Annual '96; X.S.E. #1–4).
READ THE FULL FACT →GATEWAY IS HIS GREAT-GRANDFATHER
X-Treme X-Men #4 (2001); Gateway debuted in Uncanny X-Men #229 (1988); parents Burnum and Kadee.
READ THE FULL FACT →THE 'M' OVER HIS EYE IS A CAMP BRAND
Uncanny X-Men #282 (Nov 1991) cameo; #283 first full appearance; XSE officer from Earth-1191.
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