Joshua Xan (New Earth)

Mongrel
Mainstream Universe‎, 1986‎-2011‎
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Real Name	Joshua "Josh" Xan
Main Alias	Mongrel
Relatives	Josh Bayley (father, deceased), Xan (mother, deceased), Walt (uncle)
Affiliation	Blood Pack
Base Of Operations	Chicago
Status
Alignment	Good
Identity	Public Identity
Citizenship	American
Marital Status	Single
Occupation	Student
Characteristics
Gender	Male
Height	5' 10"
Weight	160 lbs (73 kg)
Eyes	Brown
Hair	Black
Origin
Universe	New Earth
Creators	John Ostrander · Tim Truman · Jan Duursema
First Appearance	Hawkman Annual Vol 3 #1 (October, 1993)
Appearance of Death	Infinite Crisis #7 (June, 2006)

Mongrel was a New Blood who can fire blasts of darkforce. He was a member of Blood Pack.

History

Quarrelsome and arrogant, teenager Josh Xan received his superpowers when alien parasites invaded Earth during the Bloodlines crisis and attacked him, activating his latent metagene. In the past his half Vietnamese heritage had made Josh a target for bigots and caused him mental pain. Now, the negative mental thoughts he had kept bottled up for years saw expression as a unique form of energy which he could project with shattering force. Under the codename Mongrel, he used his darkforce powers to assist Hawkman and other heroes ending the bloodlines crisis.

Mongrel was not the only young hero who earned superpowers during the alien invasion. The aliens, who drank human spinal fluid, triggered a a related outbreak of metahuman powers among a small group of inexperienced youths. Collectively called the "New Bloods", this group of untested champions joined together as the Blood Pack at the behest of the shadowy U.S. government agency the Quorum, which hoped to use Blood Packs's members to advance its own villainous agenda. After the Quorum's defeat, Mongrel faded from public view.

Mongrel joined the Blood Pack and was trained by Jade. Their last battle as a group was against Solomon Grundy. Superboy-Prime used his heat ray to obliterate all the Blood Pack and Solomon Grundy.

Powers and Abilities

Powers

• Energy Projection: Can fire bursts of "darkforce" energy from his hands.
• Flight

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Footnotes

New Blood This character was one of the many superpowered individuals introduced during the "Bloodlines" crossover event, where a number of Alien Parasites invaded the Earth and inadvertently activated the Metagene in a number of people. While not necessarily all members of the "Blood Pack", this group of people has come to be known as the "New Bloods". This template will automatically categorize articles that include it into the "New Bloods" category.