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Hellion
Hellion. Art by Skottie Young.
Publisher Marvel Comics First appearance New Mutants vol. 2 #2 Created by Nunzio DeFilippis Christina Weir Keron Grant
Characteristics Alter ego Julian Keller Species Human Mutant Team affiliations Xavier Institute, The 198, New X-Men, Hellions Abilities Telekinesis

Hellion (Julian Keller) is a fictional character, a mutant in the Marvel Comics Universe, a member of the student body at the Xavier Institute, and a member of the Hellions squad therein. He first appeared in New Mutants (second series) #2.

Contents 1 Fictional character biography 1.1 New Mutants vol.2/Academy X 1.2 Hellions Miniseries 1.3 Post M-Day 1.4 Quest For Magik 1.5 World War Hulk 1.6 Children of X-Men 1.7 Messiah Complex 2 Powers and abilities 3 Other versions 3.1 House of M 4 External links 5 References

Born to parents who managed to work their way out of poverty to become billionaires, Julian was sent to the Xavier Institute in hopes that he would learn to use his powers with some discretion. Hellion has quickly adopted an attitude of superiority while training at the Xavier Institute that has annoyed some of his classmates. A fast favorite of headmistress Emma Frost, who sees in him great potential for heroism as well as a frightening disposition for personal gain and villainy, Julian named himself 'Hellion' in tribute to the former White Queen's first class of students (who had been killed by Trevor Fitzroy).

Hellion has demonstrated quite a significant interest in Sofia Mantega, co-leader of the rival New Mutants squad. The two different personalities had a flirtatious relationship from the beginning, but also often clashed when it came to ideals and beliefs. The two had quite an effect on each other. While Sofia became more rebellions, even helping the Hellions attempt to break Wither out of jail, Julian became more sensitive and more comfortable with his emotions.

Despite his relationship with Sofia, he is particularly hard on her New Mutant teammates like David Alleyne, the New Mutants' other leader, whom he views as possessing a particularly useless mutant power and as a genuine competitor as a leader and strategist. He had an on-and-off friendship with Elixir, initially befriending him until he learned of his past as a Reaver.

For the school dance, he dated all three Stepford Cuckoos after Sofia refused him.

During the Hellions miniseries, Julian's wish was to be known as a hero. Then in the end his parents dislike that he was on TV and tell him that next time he has a break from school he might want to go somewhere else and leaves on bad terms with his parents.

In the aftermath of M-Day, the previous squad system has been abandoned due to the diminished number of powered students. Those left have been placed to join the only squad that would train under the X-Men, called the New X-Men team. Just prior to the competition, Emma asked Julian to make sure that X-23 was eliminated early. However, when given the chance to knock her out, he saved her instead, because he owed her for doing the same during a session in the "Danger Cave". As a result, Emma placed Surge as team leader to punish Julian. Surge and Hellion had a well documented mutual dislike for each other, which only intensified after M-Day. Currently, Hellion was also assigned by Cyclops and Emma to help them take down Wolverine.

When Sofia overheard Julian saying the depowered David Alleyne no longer belonged at the Institute, the also now human Mantega ended her relationship with Keller. She abruptly left the Institute and left Hellion angry and distraught. While separated, both have been known to dream of each other.

Alongside Nori, Hellion is one of the students who wasn't transported to Limbo. While he and Surge argue about his reckless disregard for her leadership by leaving with X-23 to save Mercury and not telling her, the other students inside the X-Mansion get transported to Limbo while they are still outside. Trance used her powers to get a message to the two. She told them that they were taken to hell and then she said "Belasco" and disappeared. Surge and Hellion went to the O*N*E. They found out that Amanda Sefton was in a coma in Germany. The two demanded that they be the ones to go see her. Later Hellion, Surge and a Sentinel are transported to Limbo by Sefton. They are greeted by thousands if not millions of demons. After Illyana comes to her senses she teleports everyone back to the X-Mansion.

Hellion is one of the students that goes up against the Hulk when he shows up at the Institute. He uses his powers to pin down the Hulk in the first attack but Hulk knocks him away. When Hellion goes in for a second attack he is the first to be defeated. Hulk realizes he is a telekinetic so he gets him out of the way. Hulk smashes his hands together which creates a boom which knocks out Hellion, rupturing his eardrums.

While practicing his powers, Julian complains to Mercury about his powers and says that anything smaller the a refrigerator, he can’t deal with and because Marvel Girl is staying in space, he is the last telekinetic on the planet unless he wants to join the Initiative and train with some idiot calling himself Justice. Afterwards he and Mercury are with the Stepford Cuckoos trying to locate the youngest mutant on the planet when Emma Frost asks to see them both for an interview. He reminds Emma about her bizarre trust speech and how she has blown them off since the Purifer attack. He says that she is just putting a little distance between them in case they don’t make it.

Later the students all gather to find out who the youngest student is. During the meeting, Nori kisses Julian in front of Prodigy. Julian pushes her off and notices an upset X-23 leave. He flies off outside and Dust catches up to him. He tells her his best friend is dead, the girl he thought he loves is gone, his mentor flipped out, he can’t stop thinking about a girl who literally scares him and now Nori. He says its too hard and he used to be so sure and now he has no idea and there is no one to show him. He then thanks Sooraya for being there. He then walks in on Nori and David in the middle of a fight. He throws David against the ceiling and when he asks Nori if she is ok, David hits him from behind and injures him. He is then told he should go see Elixir about his injuries.

While recovering from her injuries, Blindfold predicts that Hellion will be injured. Some of the New-X-Men decide to launch a pre-emptive strike against the Purifers. After spying on the Purifers, they are ambushed by the Reavers and Lady Deathstrike, who mortally wounds Hellion. Pixie then manages to teleport the team out and are spread between Washington and the Institute. He was later seen aboard the X-Jet with Iceman and the New-X-Men during the sentinel attack on the mansion being treated by Mercury. After getting him to what’s left of the infirmary, Beast and Prodigy manage to stabilize him.

Hellion is an Alpha-level mutant.

Hellion is a telekinetic. He is able to fly at subsonic speeds, create telekinetic force fields, unleash powerful blasts of telekinetic force, and levitate and manipulate objects from afar.

When Emma unlocked subconscious blocks on his power, Hellion was able to reach a flight speed of several times the speed of sound, faster than one of the O*N*E Sentinel pilots believed possible & destroyed a sentinel by telekinetically hurling an armored wagon through it, but was severely injured from the physical strain afterward. Recovering, it appears that while his power levels have come down from Frost's manipulation, they have stabilized at a higher level than before, and he is having trouble focusing his abilities. With this lack of focus, Hellion has difficulty using his telekinetic abilities with fine control such as lifting up a paper clip but has no problem in raw power when it comes to destroying the entire floor that the paper clip resides on.

His telekinetic aura gives an appearance of green energy and his eyes tend to glow with his green telekinetic energy when he uses his powers. In contrast to most other telekinetics, Hellion tends to focus and channel his mental energy almost exclusively through his hands; very rarely projecting it as a freeflow output directly from his brain.

• Hellion was a Junior S.H.I.E.L.D. operative going under the codename Scion. He was involved with a fellow-Hellion known as Wind Dancer in this reality.

• Hellion at MARVEL Universe
• Telekine - The Julian Heller/Hellion Fansite and Listing