Victor Borkowski first appears in New Mutants vol. He since became a fan favorite and began to be featured regularly throughout the series and as a main character in subsequent X-Men-related titles, including New X-Men and the short-lived Young X-Men. The storyline was rewritten and the character survived. Marvel editors scrapped the story due to concerns about the controversy it might generate. According to the writers, the story was to serve as a message about intolerance. 2 and its relaunched title, New X-Men: Academy X, Weir and DeFilippis intended for the character to commit suicide early in the series after coming out as gay and finding himself rejected by his family and friends. Initially a supporting character in New Mutants vol. His reptilian mutation grants him superhuman abilities including wallcrawling, a prehensile tongue, and adaptive camouflage. A student at the Xavier Institute and junior member of the X-Men, Anole is also openly gay. He was created by Christina Weir and Nunzio DeFilippis and first appeared in issue #2 of New Mutants vol. Superhuman agility, speed, reflexes/reactions, coordination, balanceĪnole ( Victor Borkowski) is a fictional mutant superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.
