Werner Worthington, also known as Archangel, is a Mutant, was a mutant who had the ability to fly with large, white-later-metallic wings.
Biography[]
Disowned[]
A member of a wealthy to be British rather than American, Werner Worthington disowned by his father due to his mutation. Living alone, Werner learned the skills to survive on his own and had no connection to his family anymore since he felt proud of his mutation and began to enjoy it.
Fight Club[]
In 1983, Werner had been working as a fighter in an illegal, underground mutant fighting club in Berlin, in which mutants are pitted against each other. He manages to take down his tenth opponent Blob. His career as a fighter came to an end when he was put up against the fearful Nightcrawler, a mutant with teleportation abilities and a demonic appearance. Werner thought him to be easy to take down, but while his foe kept on evading him instead of fighting, this forced him to tell his combatant to fight or they will both be killed. Afraid to die, Kurt Wagner builds up the courage to fight Werner and takes him down, but in the process causing him to hit the electric fence surrounding them and frying and damaging one of Werner's wings. Angered for being beaten, Werner attacks the Nightcrawler, but when Raven Darkholme arrived and managed to sabotage the power, this gave him and the Nightcrawler to escape.
Joining Apocalypse[]
After escaping the club, Werner hides away and turns to boozing until he was soon afterwards found by Apocalypse, an ancient, powerful mutant who sought to destroy the world and rebuild it in his image. It was there that Apocalypse sought to make Werner one of his four horsemen. His broken wings are fixed when Apocalypse tore off his avian wings and replaced them with techno-organic ones that could throw its "feathers" like they were knives.
He accompanies the Horsemen to Xavier's Mansion to kidnap Charles. In Cairo, when the X-Force come to stop Apocalypse and the Horsemen, Angel and Nightcrawler have a rematch, as Angel is tasked with guarding Apocalypse's body and Nightcrawler is trying to rescue Professor X. During the fight, Nightcrawler manages to trap Angel but the mutant eventually escapes from his confines.
When the X-Force retrieve Charles and are escaping on their jet, Werner carries Psylocke to help confront them. Psylocke cuts through the roof and they both enter; however, Nightcrawler teleports them away as Jean Grey sabotages the jet's controls. Psylocke manages to escape but Angel is trapped in the jet when it crashes. A furious Apocalypse later comes across Angel, his eyes closed and blood on his face, calling him useless.
Personality and Traits[]
As a mutant, Werner Worthington has no connection to his family anymore and is proud of his mutation. His personality is somewhat reminiscent of Wolverine. However, he is more juvenile. During his cage fights, Werner would revel in his glory and show off his wings to the crowd as he poses. This appears to be a façade for the audience, as he informs Nightcrawler to fight back or they both will be executed. The trauma of becoming crippled leads Werner to end up harboring a strong hatred of others, especially humans (who forced him to fight other mutants for their entertainment), Nightcrawler (for severely injuring his wing and thus damaging his pride) and to a lesser extent some mutants.
In a similar manner to Wolverine rejecting Professor X and Magneto, Werner immediately tells Apocalypse, Psylocke, and Storm to go away and only accepts Apocalypse's allegiance when the god-like mutant enhances his power. Werner is notably the only horseman to refuse Apocalypse and only accepts his offer after being empowered, implying Archangel saw this allegiance as a debt to be paid. Despite his angry nature and insistent to be left alone, he never leaves Apocalypse's side until ordered to protect him. He also calls out to Psylocke so the two of them can attack the X-Force together, showing Archangel can work with others. It is implied that Psylocke and Archangel were already on friendly terms before his injury.
External Links[]
Werner on the Marvel Wiki- Archangel on the Marvel Wiki