Marvel already had a much larger number of mutants and, after the explosion of the creation of characters linked to the X-Men, in the 1990s, the publisher had to deal with the lack of prominence and space for good stories for some heroes who were already born. popular. And Câmara, who once killed even the Ghost Rider, is one of them.
The British Jonothan “Jono” Starsmore, also known as Chamber (Chamber, in the original) entered the corner of the X-Men at Marvel in the famous phase of the artist Chris Bachalo in Generation X. The monthly title, released in 1994, showed a new generation of mutants studying at the Massachusetts Academy of Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters, under the tutelage of teachers Emma Frost and Sean Cassidy — also known as the White Queen and the Banshee.
Câmara has a very interesting look, and an even cooler power, although this all makes him a bit bizarre among the other team members. When his mutant ability manifested in his teens, it caused a powerful psionic blast that shattered his chest and jaw. It is through this cavity that he manages to release a devastating blast of energy, which is always throbbing; and it is in this channel that he developed a telepathic “shell”, to communicate directly into people’s minds.
How did the most underrated of the X-Men kill Ghost Rider?
In 2011, all Marvel properties that were still in cinematic copyright in Fox’s hands were down on comics. This happened for two reasons: the excess of mutants and magazines linked to the X-Men released during the 1990s, which diluted the quality of the plots and the prominence that characters with potential could have; and by impositions of the CEO of Marvel Entertainment, Ike Perlmutter, who ordered everyone to get rid of the X-Men and the Fantastic Four while the licenses for these franchises were out of the House of Ideas.
It is worth mentioning that Marvel Studios was starting a successful career, and the fact that Casa das Ideias could not use two of its most popular franchises in the cinema left many directors grinding their teeth.
Even with pressure from Perlmutter, some Marvel editors still resisted, and while they toned down the prominence of the X-Men and the Fantastic Four, they occasionally tried to add some extra sparkle to a period of uninspired stories. And one of these attempts was the saga To Age of Xin which Legion, son of Professor Xavier, recreates reality from its distorted version through his mutated schizophrenia.
A era of X it had a rather dark and violent setting, and the relationship between mutants and humans had soured for good, with extreme actions on both sides. In a sequence of the plot, the mutant Marrow tries to attack Sue Storm and is captured by Ghost Rider Johnny Blaze, who applies his Penance Stare to X-Man. The answer to that came immediately, and the demonic anti-hero was disintegrated by Chamber, who all but ignored Blaze’s hellfire with a devastating blast.
It is worth remembering that, even with the distortion of reality in the plot of To Age of X, the saga did not change the abilities or power levels of the mutant characters. This means that Chamber could also do the same in Legion’s created reality. Beloved by fans, Jonothan, even forgotten in magazines in recent years, remains one of the coolest looking characters with intriguing behavior – a lost Marvel pearl, waiting for a good creative team to find it.
