Proteus (Marvel Comics)
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Artwork for the cover of X-Men Legacy #233 (February, 2010 Marvel Comics). Art by Adi Granov | |
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| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | The Uncanny X-Men #125 (September 1979) |
| Created by | Chris Claremont John Byrne |
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| Alter ego | Kevin MacTaggert |
| Species | Human mutant |
| Notable aliases | Proteus Mutant X |
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Kevin MacTaggert, also known as Proteus and Mutant X, is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics and is commonly associated with the X-Men as an antagonist.
Kevin is the mutant son of Scottish genetic researcher Moira MacTaggert and politician Joseph MacTaggert. He possesses reality-warping and possession powers and lived most of his life in forced seclusion at his mother Moira's research facility on Muir Island.
Kevin's attempt to escape Muir Island and find his father, Joseph made up a 1979–80 Uncanny X-Men storyline that was adapted in X-Men: The Animated Series. In 2009, Proteus was ranked as IGN's 77th-greatest villain of all time.