Loa (Alani Ryan) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. A mutant, Loa is a student at the Xavier Institute. She made her debut in The New Mutants vol. 2 #11.

Loa
Publication information
PublisherMarvel Comics
First appearanceThe New Mutants vol. 2 #11 (June, 2004)
Created byMichael Ryan
In-story information
Alter egoAlani Ryan
SpeciesHuman Mutant
Team affiliationsAlpha Squadron training squad
Defenders
Xavier Institute
X-Men-In-Training
Avengers Academy
Abilities
  • Intangibility
    • Disintegration
  • Underwater adaptation via Atlantean pendant

Fictional character biography

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Before Xavier's

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Born in Maui, Hawaii of mixed Native Hawaiian and Caucasian ancestry, Alani Ryan quickly developed a talent for surfing. Her mutant powers activate after she and her father are attacked by the villain Great White and his pack of trained sharks. However, they are rescued by Namor. Afterwards, Alani's grandmother Alice Ryan is revealed to be a former acquaintance of Namor and a friend of his former lover Betty Dean.[1]

Alpha Squadron

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After arriving at the Xavier Institute as a student, she adopts the codename Loa and becomes a member of the Alpha Squadron. She retains her powers after the Decimation and later enters a relationship with Elixir.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9] Additionally, she obtains an Atlantean pendant that enables her to breathe underwater.[10][11][12][13]

Loa later becomes a student at the Avengers Academy before being killed during a riot.[14][15] However, she is revived after the X-Men develop a method of resurrection on Krakoa.[16]

 
Loa's powers as depicted in New X-Men (vol. 2) #38 (May 2007). Art by Skottie Young (penciller), Sean Parsons and Jay Leisten (inkers), and Jean-François Beaulieu (colorist).

Powers and abilities

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Loa possesses the ability to phase through solid matter and disintegrate it by disrupting molecules.[1][6] She additionally wields an Atlantean pendant that enables her to survive underwater.

In other media

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Loa makes a non-speaking cameo appearance in the X-Men '97 episode "To Me, My X-Men".[17]

References

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  1. ^ a b Namor: The First Mutant #5
  2. ^ New X-Men #43 (October 2007)
  3. ^ X-Men: Manifest Destiny #2
  4. ^ X-Men: Manifest Destiny #3
  5. ^ Dark Avengers / Uncanny X-Men: Utopia #1
  6. ^ a b X-Force vol. 3 Annual #1
  7. ^ X-Men: Legacy #238
  8. ^ X-Men: Legacy #239
  9. ^ X-Men: Legacy #240
  10. ^ X-Men: Legacy #241
  11. ^ Namor: The First Mutant #3
  12. ^ Namor: The First Mutant #4
  13. ^ Fear Itself: The Deep #1-4
  14. ^ Avengers Academy #29-31
  15. ^ The Uncanny X-Men vol. 5 #11
  16. ^ X-Men vol. 5 #11. Marvel Comics.
  17. ^ Fink, Richard. "Biggest Easter Eggs in X-Men '97's Episodes 1 & 2". MovieWeb. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
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