Longshot (Marvel Comics)

Longshot
Cover of Exiles #74 by Paul Pelletier
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	Longshot #1 (September 1985)
Created by	Ann Nocenti (writer) Art Adams (artist)
In-story information
Alter ego	No dual identity
Species	Genetically-designed humanoid
Team affiliations	X-Factor Investigations New Excalibur Exiles X-Men Wildways Rebellion
Abilities	Limited probability manipulation Psychometry Expert hand-to-hand combatant Proficient in the use of bladed weaponry Proficient in the use of firearms

Longshot is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, most commonly in association with the X-Men. Created by writer Ann Nocenti and artist Art Adams, he first appeared in Longshot #1 (September 1985), the first issue of a six-issue miniseries that represents the first major work of both Nocenti and Adams.^[1] The Longshot series established Longshot as an amnesiac fugitive from another dimension who discovers that he has a "good luck" power that protects him from harm when his motives are pure. He also discovers that he was a slave who led a rebellion on his dystopian world against his former master and enemy, Mojo.

The character subsequently becomes a recurring fixture in the various X-Men related books, which see him as a member of the X-Men from 1986 to 1989, a member of Tony Bedard and Chris Claremont's Exiles teams, and a member of the third incarnation of X-Factor from 2008–2013, as well as in his own solo adventures. Later stories establish he is a paradoxical genetically engineered clone of his future son, Shatterstar. Versions of the character have also appeared in the Ultimate Marvel line of books, and television and video games.