Draco Vaccio (Earth-M8)

Origin
Draco Vaccio was born to two Scientists in Montreal, and thus has a natural affinity for the sciences. He had a relatively normal childhood, being the son of two intellectuals that were married to their work more so than each other, made him rather distant from others which inevitably made him the hero that earth actually needed. Draco first discovered his abilities around the age of eight years old, with them first manifesting in the forms of energy output and flight as well as superhuman strength.Draco kept his abilities a secret from his family, and the few friends he had, while growing up. He mastered what he could, while discovering more and more about himself as the years went on. Draco would go on graduate with a Ph.D in Nuclear Physics from Oxford University, and then went on to start his own private research facility that was located on a island somewhere between Iceland and Norway. He mostly devoted himself to his work early on, using his abilities to help him unlock the secrets of physics as much as he could, staying very little in contact with his family or the outside world, until he decided that the world needed him or was deserving of him.

The Birth of Judgment
Draco continued to work in his private facility, only stopping to take a break after news of the assault in the Northern African country of J'lande left members of the highly regarded Russian Spetsnaz dead. The news mattered simply because of the implications of the attack for the world; U.S. aided forces had collided with The Collective, a terrorist cell headed up by someone only known as "Stormbringer". The Russian Spetsnaz somehow ended up tracking down a unit of the cell and ending up cornering them off before being met with a barrage of gunfire and overhead missiles, deployed by none other than U.S. forces. The news shook the world and reignited old tensions between two of the strongest superpowers on earth. Draco originally didn't care for the news and assumed like all other things, it would die out. However, that changed once it was revealed that, Vladimir VonKleiseng, the wealthiest man on earth and native Russian, with the support of the Russian military, hit a coup d’état on the Russian government and consolidated and assumed all power in the country. His first message was clear, there would be repercussions and the U.S. would be reprimanded for their actions.

It was with that message that Draco decided he couldn't stand idly by as these two nations engaged in talks of war, something that threatened the entire earth, and now him and his research. Draco realized that his abilities were very dangerous, as they disrupted the quantum field in its entirety, thus he designed a suit of armor that could regulate his abilities without handicapping them. It was on November 14, that the Russian forces met the U.S. forces in Lebanon, a country amid a serious civil war, one where both countries had forces assisting both sides, the U.S. assisted the rebels and the Russians assisted the Lebanese government. Tanks from both countries lined up across a deserted city and prepared to fire after intense warning shots were ushered into the air. Decades of bad blood was boiling between these two nations, after multiple interactions which somehow seemed to always avoid the unthinkable, it seemed that this would be the day that the unthinkable would be unavoidable and that emanate worldwide destruction would be inevitable. It was here that Judgment crashed from the clouds and fell unto the earth, with him being the only being standing between the world and a nuclear holocaust...or was he?

Five Man Countdown
Judgment was quickly joined by four others, Vortex, Magnus, Velocity, and W.M.D. These five men would be the only thing standing between the earth and doomsday, in the most literal sense possibly. Once the greetings were all finished, Judgment noted how he was glad to see that some others out there preferred to see the planet remain intact. They all agreed, but the chatter was interrupted by the firing of two tanks, one from both sides. The firing went into the air and was meant to be a warning shot for them to get out of the way so that the battle could commence. Judgment flew higher into the air and spread both arms out in both directions and ushered a stop motion. The others looked to him and then to the two armies, wondering what was going to happen next. The American forces fired first, bullets began flying from their guns and soon the Russians joined in, thus starting the conflict. Velocity ran towards both sides, starting with the Americans and began removing the bullets and taking the guns and throwing them towards the group. This action occurred so fast that not a single bullet actually made it towards the men. Once he was done, both sides found themselves empty handed and the soldiers on the field saw that their guns were no longer in their hands.

The Russians reacted to this first, firing their cannons at the group, but Magnus flew up and shot these red energy beams from his hands which completely eradicated the sabot that the tanks were firing. The American forces soon joined in, however W.M.D formed a large nanite gun that was mounted from his left back/shoulder. The gun fired multiple rounds which encountered the sabots and completely disintegrated them. From the disintegration, his nanites formed into these winged mecha harpy creatures which attacked the tanks and ripped them apart, their nanite claws literally destroyed metal of the tanks, completely disintegrating them. Fighter jets soon emerged from the American side, firing bullets and missiles. However, they were all intercepted by Vortex, who opened portals to alternate dimensions which the ammunition and missiles went into. So far, the five were handling the situation very well, and keeping the American and Russians from attacking one another. Individuals around the world were all watching the encounter which was being televised by satellites that were homed in on the area, and they were for the most part cheering for the five men to keep these two goliaths from squaring off. The conflict was going well, well that was until The Collective arrived. One well-placed lightning bolt and the situation had changed, and now the odds seemed as if they would be stacked against them.

Emergence of the Collective: Judgment vs. Abyss
The lightning bolt had distracted every force on the battlefield, making way for a surprise assault from new threats. From the skies, like a speeding lightning bolt, a figure struck the ground, he wore a blue suit draped by a red cape with red irises. The being eyed Judgment as black energy encircled his fist and he threw energy blasts towards the remaining tanks, completely disintegrating them and those inside. The male smirked as Judgment stared in his general direction. Vortex emerged by the side of his comrade, ensuring that he could get the soldiers that were inside the vehicles out before the blast contacted them. The being across the field caught wind of this and quickly dashed towards Vortex, but he was intercepted by Judgment who proceeded to punch him into the sky before taking flight and propelling himself into the individual. They tussled and threw punches each other’s way, casually eating the force and returning each strike to one another. Judgment continued the flight into the mesosphere, before the other being separated from him. The being noted his name to be Abyss, and that Judgment didn't have a tool in his arsenal that could subdue him. Abyss started to fly back towards earth but Judgment caught up with him and threw him back into the mesosphere before going on to punch him through the thermosphere and beyond the exosphere. The two combatants were now in space, and the fight was starting to heat up. Abyss' eyes lit up yet again as a dark hole formed above both palms, he combined the two holes which Judgment saw were starting to form a black hole.

Judgment quickly flew into the black hole, absorbing its energies from within. This actually impressed his opponent as Abyss now flew into Judgment and the two began traveling at light speed. They went from above earth to all the way past Mercury in a matter of seconds. They continued into the asteroid belt, colliding nonstop. Abyss was hurling these dark matter beams in Judgment's general direction and he was deflecting them casually. Abyss was laughing, as he was thoroughly enjoying the battle. His eyes turned to the sun as the dark energy around his hands turned bright yellow, Judgment realized that his opponent had solar abilities on top of the dark matter that he could control. Abyss let out a large burst of energy in the direction of Judgment who would respond with his own quantum energy and absorb the energy coming his way. Abyss took this moment to from a bright orange beam and throw it towards some asteroids, causing a huge nuclear like explosion. The force pushed the two combatants even further away. Abyss thought that may have thrown Judgment off so he was going to head back to earth, thus he took off. Yet, as he was passing Mercury, Judgment rammed straight into him and flew him into the planet, crashing into the ground. Judgment unleashed massive punches, literally pummeling Abyss into the ground of Mercury. His punches were so strong that he was blowing W.M.D scanners readings off the map. The scanner readings were reporting back to W.M.D and the readings showed that if Judgment kept delivering the amount of force that he was, then Mercury would surely begin to crack away and the planet would shatter.

Abyss was somehow able to take these punches which had sent him deep into the planet. Judgment picked up Abyss by his collar and noted ho impressed he was at the durability of his opponent. He then threw him to the ground and stepped on his head, noting that while he was impressed, clearly Abyss was the weaker of the two. This enraged Abyss who unleashed two of those orange balls from earlier, thus releasing twice as much nuclear force and causing a massive explosion which broke away at the planet even more. Abyss emerged from the dust with a smug smirk on his face, yet that quickly faded as he saw Judgment standing across from him, smiling. Judgment stared Abyss down, his own eyes now taking on a crimson hue. His fist became enveloped in a purple like aura as he remarked that what Abyss just did would be nothing in comparison to what he's about to do. Abyss just snarled as he flew up extremely fast into the atmosphere, but Judgment cut him off as he punched Abyss with that same fist and as he did, an explosion so powerful sent Abyss back into Mercury and cracked the planet away, shattering the foundation and essentially destroying the planet. Judgment hovered above the planet as it cracked away and exploded, before flying back to earth to rejoin his comrades.

The Collective: Public Enemy
Returning to earth, there was a lot to answer for. Judgment arrived back on the planet and waited, as his comrades soon quickly joined him. They spoke amongst themselves about the challenges that they just faced. W.M.D went on about how all of them had power levels that were off the charts, and that the mass destruction from that clearly showed. Judgment looked around and noticed that both superpowers had retreated, and thus he spoke to the other four men present about heading back to his research facility. They all agreed, and after giving the information to Vortex, he opened a dimension for them to travel through. Judgment took them inside the facility and they headed to his main room that showed multiple screens of news channels around the world. The news channels were all reporting the same thing "Saviors or Menace"? Politicians from countries across the globe were discussing the events that just transpired, some were grateful of the involvement of the five, others denounced and condemned their actions. However, all said the same thing, there needs to be a check for these individuals and the destruction of entire worlds can't go unanswered. Judgment looked at the five of them and just sighed as he took a seat in one of the large throne like chairs in the room. Velocity mentioned how the entire world was ungrateful, noting that even social media was abuzz about how they were the enemies; although had it not been for them, WWIII would have commenced.

Judgment told the guys to brush it off, as it was clear that all of humanity finally had something to unite behind, and that was declaring the five of them to be enemies of the public. Vortex soon noted that three of the five of them did destroy three different planets in the solar system, so maybe they had a point. W.M.D quickly pointed out that Vortex isn't without fault, as he had footage of him destroying a planet as well via the ear piece/scanner that he gave him earlier. Magnus started pacing around the room, trying to figure out where exactly they were to go from this. He was pissed off that the world considered them all to be public menaces and remained pissed off about that Theron character that he faced off against. Judgment stood in the middle of the four men, telling them that he doesn't believe in coincidences, and that all five of them came together for the sole purpose of preventing a nuclear holocaust. He did begin to inquire about the individuals that they all faced off against, Judgment wanted to know how five very powerful beings just happened to get together. He thought it seemed odd that someone that was regarded as a "simple" arms dealer was able to have four very talented allies, who along with himself, kept all five of them busy. He sat back down in his seat and turned to look at the four men in the room, asking for a summary of the details of each of their encounters.

The Overseers are born
Judgment ended up listening to all of their stories, and eventually ended up watching all of the encounters, as W.M.D had recorded them all with the ear pieces that he had given them earlier. He realized from the details that were revealed, that these weren't five organized beings. In fact, they seemed random at best. Judgment pointed this out to the others, showing that Zeus apparently wanted to eradicate the earth, yet Theron wanted to destroy Magnus, because he was supposedly the embodiment of the coming apocalypse. There was very little cohesion between the opposing side. Judgment couldn't quite figure out what Zeus would have to do with a space defying dragon from apparently another world. The information wasn't adding up, nor was the oddball "team" that they just faced.

Trinity War and Forever Evil
In the hopes of ridding the world of evil, Pandora tried to have members of the Justice League open her box for her, believing that their virtuousness would prevent the calamity that occurred when she opened it.[30] However, this backfired, and the active Justice Leagues took sides, fighting over the "correct" method to open the box.[31]

While trying to understand the escalating tension of opening the box, Superman and Wonder Woman were ambushed by Dr. Light and, during their fight, Superman accidentally killed Light with his heat vision.[32] Superman asked to be locked away for his outburst but started getting sick in captivity.[33] Upon investigating further, Firestorm, the Atom, and Element Woman discovered that there was Kryptonite in Superman's nervous system, which caused him to attack Dr. Light unintentionally.[34] However, before they could save him, the Crime Syndicate came to Earth from their world and trapped the Justice League inside the Firestorm Matrix.

After being freed by Lex Luthor and his group of rebellious criminals, Superman was eventually saved by Luthor, who was volunteered to remove the Kryptonite from his brain.[35]

Doomed
SuperDoomAfter discovering Doomsday wrecking havoc and harboring a dangerous toxin within his body, Superman ripped the beast in half and used his super-breath to inhale the toxin to stop it from spreading.[36] After recovering, Superman realized that he was slowly turning into a Doomsday-like creature.[37] Superman's girlfriend, Wonder Woman tried to help him, but the transformation was becoming stronger[38] and Superman had no choice but to turn himself to the authorities.[39] Superman was locked in a special facility but he soon was needed by the Teen Titans to defeat an enemy, which he eliminated ruthlessly.[40]

The military declared Superman an enemy of the state and they sent Metallo and Atomic Skull to eliminate him. Steel tried to help Superman fight the enemies, but, after a suicide attack with kryptonite by Metallo, Superman became weak and his transformation into "SuperDoom" was accelerated.[41] Wonder Woman then took Clark to outer space where he could escape into its depths until they found a way to save him.[42]

While in space, SuperDoom tried to help an alien colony but lost control and attacked their leader.[43] He was then warned about an incoming invasion of Earth by Braniac's forces and he confronted its commander, a cyborg with Superman's appearance.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-43">[44] After a brief fight between them, SuperDoom returned to Earth and joined the Justice League to fight Braniac's forces and after their victory, the Justice League remove the kryptonite from Earth's atmosphere, making Superman temporarily change back to normal.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-44">[45] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-45">[46]

When Brainiac's forces returned with reinforcements, Superman attempted to turn back into SuperDoom to fight them. Unfortunately, Superman lost control of his body completely to the virus.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-46">[47] Once defeating Brainiac, Lois Lane helped Superman steal Braniac's powers and finally cure Superman of the Doomsday virus. Once free, the hero captured Braniac and took him inside a black hole,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-47">[48] returning back to Earth sixty days later.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-48">[49] Once back, he was reunited with Wonder Woman, and the two resumed their relationship.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-49">[50]

Men of Tomorrow
Superman and UlyssesDuring an alien attack on Metropolis, Superman was assisted by a stranger called Ulysses and together they defeated Klerik, one of the alien soldiers. Superman then learned that Ulysses believed himself to be the last survivor of Earth.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-50">[51] With Superman's help, Ulysses found the truth about his past,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-51">[52] but they were soon confronted by "The Machinist", a man responsible for creating destructive robots.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-52">[53] The criminal managed to escape and shortly afterwards, Ulysses revealed his plan of taking millions of people to his home planet, "The Great World" in order to save mankind from what he believed was Earth's doom.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-53">[54] This lead to a confrontation between Superman and Ulysses, with the latter winning and taking Superman prisoner.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-54">[55]

On their way to Ulysses' home planet, there was another confrontation between Superman and Ulysses<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-55">[56] and the fight was brought to Metropolis, where Superman unleashed a new power he didn't know he had: a super flare of solar energy, beating Ulysses for good. Unfortunately, the solar flare drained his powers for a day, leaving him as a normal human until they slowly began to come back.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-56">[57]

Final Days of Superman
After his last fight with Vandal Savage in his depowered state, the events of the Darkseid War, and his fight with the Kryptonian god Rao, Superman learned that he was dying and asked for Batman's help to find him a successor.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-57">[58] As part of his legacy, Superman told the whole truth to Lois Lane and asked her to publish everything in the Daily Planet in order to have his history and identity revealed to the world before his death.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-58">[59] Superman told the truth to Diana, and they shared a moment before they were needed back in Metropolis, where the "Energy Superman" they had caught days earlier had escaped Stryker Island and was destroying everything.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-59">[60]

Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman together tried to stop the Energy Superman and, while doing so, were assisted by the mysterious "Black Superman", who chose to remain unidentified for the time being. Superman took the Energy Superman to space, where he used his solar flare power to finish the threat and the Energy Superman evaporated in the cosmos. Superman's body fell down to Earth and as he was surrounded by his friends, he asked the "Black Superman" to take his mantle and become the New Superman of Earth. After this, Superman's body died and turned to ashes.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-60">[61]

Superman Reborn
In order to escape Mister Oz, Mr. Mxyzptlk brainwashsed himself into thinking he was Clark Kent.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-61">[62] He harrassed the New Earth Superman and when he was found out, kidnapped Jon Kent and made his parents forget about him. Trapping all of them inside the Fifth Dimension, Mxyzptlk revealed that both the New Earth and Prime Earth Supermen were actually two halves of the true, complete Superman, who was split into two separate people during the Flashpoint incident. The same was true for Lois.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-62">[63] Out of love for Jon, Clark and Lois merged with the essences of the other two and each became single, complete Prime Earth version; fixing their conflicting histories and bringing the world back to normal.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-63">[64]

Afterwards, Clark felt the need to investigate the changes to his past<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-64">[65] and reach his cousin out to warn her about his unknown enemy, Mister Oz, and ask her help to fight him.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-65">[66]

Revenge
As Clark and Lois get ready to move back to Metropolis, Hank Henshaw puts together a new Superman Revenge Squad.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-66">[67] Stealing a mystical item from Superman's Himalayan backup Fortress, Henshaw turns himself back into Cyborg Superman and allies himself with Metallo, Blanque, Eradicator, Mongul and Zod. Superman tries to stop them, but exposure to the energies of Belle Reve's Black Vault has rendered him blind.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-67">[68]

Superman is forced to retreat, taking Lois, Jon and Krypto to the Fortress of Solitude. The group of villains assaults his Fortress before he can come up with a plan, but the Superman Family -Kara Danvers, Lana Lang, John Irons, Kong Kenan- and Lex Luthor turn up, ready to help him.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-68">[69] During the ensuing brawl, Zod manages send most of Superman's allies to the Phantom Zone and freeing his wife Ursa and their son Lor-Zod. The trio leaves Earth for the present time. Superman and his family -Supergirl, Lois, Superboy and Krypto- defeat the rest of the Squad and free Superman's friends. However Cyborg Superman got stuck into the Zone, and Superman decides against getting him out of there.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-69">[70]

Powers
Judgment is a level 5 on the power scale. He was stated to be a General Threat by the O*N*E, at the time of the M-Day,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-X-Men_The_198_Files_Vol_1_1_41-1">[42] but was orange-flagged and allegedly reclassified by the O*N*E after he used his powers offensively.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-New_X-Men_Vol_2_33_22-1">[23]
 * Quantum Energy Manipulation: Judgment is capable of controlling the biological structure of his own and other people's bodies down to genetic level.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-New_Mutants_Vol_2_12_6-2">[7] He can produce biomolecular energy at will to affect organic matter he touches. This allows him to heal physical damage done to his body or the bodies of others, reactivate suppressed mutant abilities, repair cerebral functions, and alter the composition of his own molecules in certain ways. Because of his control over his own biology, Elixir has proven to be very difficult to treat medically. He usually passes out after pushing his powers too far and remains in a coma for some time. Dr. Nemesis guessed that during these times, his DNA reboots itself.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-X-Force_Vol_3_18_43-0">[44] At first he needed to touch his targets to heal/kill them, but later learned to use powers on several targets at the same time, without touching them.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Uncanny_X-Men_Vol_4_2_40-1">[41] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Uncanny_X-Men_Annual_Vol_4_1_0-3">[1] Elixir was scared, what he only “scratched the surface” of what he can do,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Uncanny_X-Men_Vol_4_2_40-2">[41] and it turned out to be true, as he learned to use powers on dozens of people simultaneously, resurrect himself and others, etc.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Uncanny_X-Men_Annual_Vol_4_1_0-4">[1]


 * Healing: At first he was capable of basic healing, having successfully healed broken bones, severe burns and even a mortal stab through the chest. After gaining Beast’s knowledge of human anatomy, physiology and biology, Elixir has demonstrated increased mastery of his powers: regrowing Prodigy’s heart,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-New_X-Men_Vol_2_39_44-0">[45] sedating an enraged Wolfsbane<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-X-Force_Vol_3_7_25-2">[26] and cleaning her body of drugs,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-X-Force_Vol_3_4_45-0">[46] curing X-23 of the Legacy Virus,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-X-Force_Vol_3_10_28-1">[29] and even transfer vitality from one person to another, as he did with Wolfsbane and her unborn child.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-X-Force_Vol_3_23_32-1">[33] Before his death he wasn't able to heal the M-Pox, but after rebirth simultaneously cured several mutants.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Uncanny_X-Men_Annual_Vol_4_1_0-5">[1] Josh also stated that he can burn away Emplate from Monet's body and cure Sabretooth from the inversion effect.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Uncanny_X-Men_Annual_Vol_4_1_0-6">[1]


 * Resurrection: Elixir can bring people back from dead.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Uncanny_X-Men_Vol_4_2_40-3">[41] This ability have expanded radically since his rebirth, to the point that Josh was able to affect 16 millions deceased mutants on Genosha at once, and although it quickly drained him out of energy and he passed out, Monet and Magneto speculated, that Elixir was fully capable of resurrecting them all.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Uncanny_X-Men_Annual_Vol_4_1_0-7">[1]
 * Retroactive Immortality: Although Josh can die<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Uncanny_X-Men_Vol_4_2_40-4">[41] he is able to resurrect himself.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Uncanny_X-Men_Annual_Vol_4_1_0-8">[1]

Josh's Secondary Mutation
 * Instant Regeneration: After rebirth Josh learned to heal himself almost as soon as he wounded.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Uncanny_X-Men_Annual_Vol_4_1_0-9">[1]
 * Genetic Detection: Josh is able to detect abnormalities in living beings: he detected techo-organic cells in Angel's body,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-X-Force_Vol_3_4_45-1">[46] detected Emplate in Monet's body,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Uncanny_X-Men_Annual_Vol_4_1_0-10">[1] and even sensed the effect of magical inversion on Sabretooth.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Uncanny_X-Men_Annual_Vol_4_1_0-11">[1] When Josh started to cure the M-Pox he felt that the disease was afraid of him.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Uncanny_X-Men_Annual_Vol_4_1_0-12">[1]
 * Death Touch: He can use his powers to harm others, to cause different types of illness, massive swellings and organ failure. He managed to kill Stryker just by touching him for a few seconds,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-New_X-Men_Vol_2_27_19-1">[20] deadly harm powerful demon Belasco,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-New_X-Men_Vol_2_40_46-0">[47] and almost instantly annihilate Wither’s body.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-_X-Force_Vol_3_25_47-0">[48] His control over his abilities is now so refined that he was able to not only give the Vanisher a brain tumor, but even shape it into the X-Men logo.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-X-Force_Vol_3_9_27-1">[28] As with his healing abilities, Josh's ability to inflict harm has also expanded after rebirth and he now able to deadly harm even people with rapid regeneration and invulnerability, the only reason they didn't die is because he stopped in time and reversed the process.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Uncanny_X-Men_Annual_Vol_4_1_0-13">[1]


 * Dichromatimorphic Skin: After Elixir used his mutant powers to heal himself, his skin turned a golden color. This is possibly due to Elixir activating a Secondary Mutation in himself.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-New_Mutants_Vol_2_12_6-3">[7] Elixir's skin normally remains golden, but if he uses his powers to damage or kill his skin turns a deep metallic black,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-New_X-Men_Vol_2_27_19-2">[20] and Prodigy theorized that it is also altered his brain chemistry.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-New_X-Men_Vol_2_28_48-0">[49] This appears to be a completely involuntary reaction, and it has been stated that Elixir has a hard time converting from black to golden.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-X-Force_Vol_3_25_34-1">[35]

Abilities
Due to the psychic data transfer by the Stepford Cuckoos using the knowledge of Beast, Elixir now possesses genius-level understanding of human anatomy, physiology and biology.

Strength level
Average human.

Weaknesses

 * Power Limitation: Using his powers for extreme feats of biological manipulation can wear out his body, causing him to collapse. There have also been a few times where his powers didn't affect or only temporarily affected his enemies like Belasco<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-New_X-Men_Vol_2_41_49-0">[50], Siphon<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Death_of_Wolverine_The_Logan_Legacy_Vol_1_7_37-1">[38] , and Hulk.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-World_War_Hulk_X-Men_Vol_1_1_50-0">[51]
 * Mental Illness: Following his death at the hands of the Dark Riders and later self-resurrection, Josh has become dangerously emotionally unstable. Attempts to utilize his healing abilities at Magneto's direction to cure mutants afflicted with M-Pox resulted in his lashing out in madness at others around him with his death touch, severely injuring and nearly killing several innocent people before he could be subdued.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Uncanny_X-Men_Annual_Vol_4_1_0-14">[1]