Suzanne Chan (Earth-616)

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Real Name

Suzanne Chan

Current Alias

Sway

Aliases

Suzi

Identity

Secret

Affiliation

X-Men

Relatives

David and Emily Chan (parents, deceased)

Universe

Earth-616

Base Of Operations

MacTaggert Research Center, New York; formerly Chinatown

Characteristics

Gender

Female

Height

5' 9"

Weight

137 lbs (62 kg)

Eyes

Brown

Hair

Black

Status

Citizenship

American

Marital Status

Single

Occupation

Adventurer; former student

Education

Muir-MacTaggert Research & Development Institute, New York; high school graduate

Origin

Origin

Mutant

Place of Birth

San Diego, California

First appearance

Last appearance

X-Men: Deadly Genesis #3

X-Men: Deadly Genesis #6

History

Originally from Hong Kong, David and Emily Chan became naturalized citizens of the United States after living twenty years in California. During their stay, they had a daughter named Suzanne. At 17 years old, she wanted to attend Barnard College on the East Coast, and planned a trip to New York City to prove to her parents that she would be safe on her own after moving. During the trip, David and Emily were gunned down in a crossfire between gangs in Chinatown. Although standing a few feet from her parents, Suzanne was unscathed, which perplexed police detectives.

After the shooting, Suzanne entered a state of shock. She could only dwell on the fact that when the shooting started, she had somehow stopped the bullets in midair and was able to get herself out of the path of the bullets. In actuality, she had stopped time around the bullets, effectively freezing them in place. Unfortunately, she was unable to do the same for her parents, and could only watch as the bullets tore into them.

Suzanne sees into the past with her powers.

The police placed the traumatized girl in a hospital for forty-eight hour observation, during which she mostly slept and cried. When she was released, she was told that the police were looking into things, but they did not have any leads. Wondering the streets, she returned to the spot where her parents were killed. Suddenly, her mutant powers activated again and she was able to see past events in the area, namely the phantoms of herself and her parents. After witnessing the shooting for a second time, Suzanne followed the phantom car, carrying her parents’ murders, throughout the city. She then realized that she somehow had control over the flow of time and she was making it replay itself for her.

Suzanne followed the murderers to their front door and inside she could see them celebrating. She called the police, and when they arrived, the killers opened fire. Consciously using her power for the first time, she froze the bullets and the killers in time. After giving her statement to the police, the detective contacted Dr. Moira MacTaggert, who then offered Suzanne a chance to train in the use of her mutant abilities. She took the codename Sway and went with MacTaggert.

During the course of her training, she seemed to doubt her capabilities, thereby limiting her control. One night, Professor Charles Xavier came to Dr. MacTaggert and asked her to lend him the four students she was guiding so that they could facilitate the rescue of the original X-Men from the mutant island Krakoa. This team was Xavier’s original rescue team, formed prior to his second generation of X-Men. Sway, along with Kid Vulcan, Petra, and Darwin, were honored to be offered the chance to help the X-Men as well as being offered a spot on the team, and accepted Xavier’s offer.

Using his mind, the Professor gave the team months of training in only a matter of hours, even though he led the team to believe it was in fact months later when they shipped off. They were even given individual X-Men uniforms to wear on their mission. During this time, Sway developed a close friendship with the other members of her team.

Spoiler Warning

Plot or ending details follow. Please skip this section if you do not want foreknowledge of this plot. Sway dies on Krakoa. Sway and her team-mates made it to Krakoa, where they found that their powers were nearly ineffectual on the island's avatars. Sway was ultimately killed on Krakoa, although her actions enabled Vulcan and Darwin to survive. This is the end of the spoiler section. Any further information not contained herein is no longer considered a spoiler.

Powers and Abilities

Powers

Sway uses her powers.

Chronokinesis: ability to control time. She can slow it down or even stop it in small radiuses. She also has the ability to replay time, watching events occur in certain areas as if they were phantoms. This effectively acts as a form of psychometry.

Abilities

None known.

Strength level

Unknown.

Weaknesses

None known.

Paraphernalia

Equipment: None known.
Transportation: None known.
Weapons: None known.

Notes

• Sway's identity is known to authorities
• Sway first appears in the 2nd story of the issue.
  

Trivia

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See Also

• Appearances of Suzanne Chan (Earth-616)
• Character Gallery: Suzanne Chan (Earth-616)
• Fan-Art Gallery: Suzanne Chan (Earth-616)
• Quotations by Suzanne Chan (Earth-616)

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