Marvel Comics (Earth-616)

Gabriel Shepherd

Gabriel Shepherd

“I’ve spent the last seven-hundred years marking time in a life that’s not my own. In a world that’s not my own. Why did I think I could stay here?” - Gabriel Shepherd

Gabriel Shepherd is the last of the proto-mutants, the offshoot of humanity in which the X-Gene first evolved. His extraordinary power allowed him to survive the extinction of the other proto-mutants, who were hunted by humans. This, as well as his normal appearance have allowed him to survive for over 700 years - where he has taken on a string of different identities. Gabriel preferred the quiet life and avoided using his powers, liking the zero attention he received. After being located and questioned by the X-Men about the proto-mutants, Gabriel vanished - vowing to never let proto-mutants be used again. Since then, he was called out by Sabra to help the X-Men fight a resurgent Arkea - who he helped defeat using his omnipotence.

Strength

  • Throws Colossus straight through the side of a plane (source)
  • Drops Colossus with a chair to the head (source)

Speed

  • Toys around with some fighter-pilots (source)

Durability

  • Has so many mental walls up that Psylocke can barely read him at all (source)
  • Blocks Psylocke again, showing that he can feel her psionic presence (source)

Omnipotence

  • Breaches Pixie’s mind with ease to gain answers to his question (source)
  • Creates a temporal pocket across 500² meters of Dubai to stop Arkea’s sentient bacteria from spreading its infection (source)
  • Hears an entire conversation between Pixie and Domino from an entirely different area of a plane (source)
  • Teleports to an entirely other world, disappearing before Pixie (source)
  • Resurrects Monet St Croix by simply requesting her to wake up (source)
  • Creates a sustained electromagnetic shock-wave across 500² meters of Dubai (source)
  • Disassembles an area of 500² meters of Dubai infected by Arkea’s sentient bacteria on a molecular level, stating he could convert her atoms to fresh mountain air (source)
  • Redirects jet missiles back at a fighter pilot (source)
  • Disables all 127 of the X-Men’s worldwide psychic teleportation transponders at the same time (source)
  • Scans Monet St Croix for Arkea’s sentient bacteria (source)

Misc

  • Managed to ghost the X-Men and society in general for countless years by hiding in plain sight - wishing to live a normal life (source)
  • Stated to be seven-hundred years old, as well as immortal (source)
  • An original, vintage proto-mutant (source)
  • One cool customer (source)
  • Prefers not to use his telepathy (source)
  • A strange misfortune (source)
  • Saw his entire race die (source)
  • Pixie suggests he’s an Omega-Level mutant (source)
  • A fan of the simple life (source)
  • No one knows his upper limits (source)