On presidential orders, Henry Gyrich, an agent of the National Security Council, took possession of the only existing model of Forge's neutralizer in order to use it against Rogue, a member of the mutant X-Men who was falsely suspected of killing an agent of the intelligence organization S.H.I.E.L.D.įorge was outraged, as the neutralizer was still untested and he did not know if it would remove a target's superhuman powers temporarily, permanently, or possibly even kill him or her. Forge also created a neutralizer device that could theoretically deprive any superhumanly powerful being the ability to use his or her superhuman abilities. įorge created a scanner device that could detect the presence of superhumanly powerful mutants and extraterrestrials in its wielder's vicinity and could even specifically differentiate between Dire Wraiths and other aliens. The government commissioned Forge to devise a means of detecting and combating the shape-changing alien Dire Wraiths.
One of his main contacts at the agency and a good friend was Deputy Director Raven Darkhölme, with Forge having no idea she was actually Mystique in disguise. įorge concentrated instead on his career as an inventor, and when Tony Stark ceased making advanced weaponry for the federal government, the Defense Department began commissioning new weaponry from Forge via the DARPA agency. For the most part, Forge did not use his mystical abilities for at least ten years. Forge designed an artificial hand and leg to replace those that he had lost and, for reasons connected with the war that has not yet been made clear, Forge decided to give up the use of his ability to wield magic. Forge sank into a suicidal depression and tried to kill himself. During the war, Forge, using the souls of nine dead comrades, had opened a portal that released the Adversary to win a battle. įorge served in the Vietnam War and lost his right hand and right leg in a B-52 attack. Forge has explained that he was an intuitive genius and it was as natural as breathing for him. Forge developed considerable mystical powers as a result of the training Naze gave him and was also a mutant with an unusual talent for inventing mechanical devices. The man known as Forge was a Cheyenne Indian, once the pupil of Naze, a shaman in his tribe.