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Mondo is a fictional mutant character in the Marvel Universe of comics. The character's first appearance was in Generation X #3.

Not much is known of the Samoan mutant called Mondo. He was once friends with Cordelia Frost, Emma Frost's younger sister. In an attempt to make a bid for the position of White Queen of the Hellfire Club, Cordelia had Mondo contained and handed him over to the Inner Circle of the Hellfire Club. Cordelia's scheme backfired; the Hellfire Club kept Mondo but denied Cordelia membership. Cordelia went to Emma, headmistress of the Massachusetts Academy, for help and, soon after, Mondo was rescued by Generation X and subsequently accepted an invitation to join the school.

However, Generation X later learned that the Mondo they had rescued wasn't the real Mondo but a clone, a plant-based simulacrum created by Black Tom Cassidy who had infiltrated the Hellfire Club and rescued Mondo. After taking Mondo under his wing, Black Tom created a clone of the young mutant to infiltrate the Massachusetts Academy so that Black Tom could exact vengeance on his cousin, Banshee, who was the headmaster of the Academy. Years ago, Black Tom had raised and used Banshee's daughter, Siryn, in his crimes. Once the father and daughter met, though, the girl mended her ways. Black Tom has always blamed Banshee for taking Siryn away from him and now he planned to do the same with Banshee's students.

As Banshee and Emma Frost did battle with Black Tom, the Mondo clone began hunting down the members of Generation X. As the Mondo clone was about to attack Jubilee, however, it was shot dead by the anti-mutant militant Bastion, chief operative of Operation: Zero Tolerance.

Later, the real Mondo appeared alongside Black Tom and Juggernaut. Completely loyal to Black Tom, the real Mondo battled the members of Generation X. Generation X attempted to talk to Mondo into not fighting, but Mondo laughed at them, reminding them that he has never met them before. Generation X and their teachers were able to defeat their opponents, but the trio still managed to escape. Mondo's status and whereabouts are unknown. The Juggernaut has recently joined the X-Men and Mondo was not among the latest incarnation of the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants of which Black Tom was a member. It is unclear whether or not Mondo kept his powers after M-day, but has not been seen with Black Tom the last few times he has made contact with the X-Men. Mondo's whereabouts are unknown.

Mondo is capable of taking on the properties of any organic or inorganic material he comes into contact. When using his power, Mondo is able to grow in mass with an assumed proportionate growth in strength to superhuman levels.

Mondo can absorb matter into his body, gaining the mass, appearance, and other properties of the matter in question. This change will remain until Mondo's body "digests" the organic matter, which is then disintegrated.

Mondo is also able to use his power to travel through organic matter, such as dirt, and can appear instantaneously in the immediate vicinity of where he entered the earth.

Mondo in the Age of Apocalypse. Cover to Generation Next #3.

In the Age of Apocalypse Mondo was one of the members of Generation Next taught by Colossus and his wife Shadowcat. Unlike his Earth 616 counterpart, Mondo was truly heroic and had no reservations whatsoever about helping the innocent. They were given the mission by Magneto to infiltrate the Core--a prison facility watched over by the Sugar Man--and rescue Colossus' sister Illyana, who was crucial to Bishop's plan to save all of reality. Mondo was given the task of sneaking in through the ground and finding Illyana. He let the little girl stay in his stomach while he was in this dirt form, but he had to be wary not to keep her in too long or else she would be digested. Despite his best efforts, Sugar Man found the pair and was able to kill Mondo with his razor-sharp tongue, even though Mondo was still in his dirt form.

In the low-budget Generation X TV movie, Mondo was played by Bumper Robinson. In the film, he is jokingly said to hate Jello because he fears he may accidentally absorb its consistency.

• UncannyXmen.net character bio on Mondo