Sam Guthrie/Earth-8510

Cannonball is a fictional comic book character featured in titles published by Marvel Comics. He appeared in The New Mutants #32 in October, 1985 in a story titled "To the Ends of the Earth".

This version of Cannonball, whose real name is Sam Guthrie, is from an alternate future timeline from that of his Earth-616 counterpart. In this future era, Cannonball is a man in his apparent late thirties or early forties and is still a member of the New Mutants.

A thrill-seeking and violent mutant, he and his colleagues, Sunspot and Magma, and Wolfsbane enjoyed terrorizing the locals. Working together, they ambushed and slaughtered a couple named Rolf and Kyri. Cannonball rocketed down out of the sky, bowling them over, and Sunspot used his solar-enhanced strength to keep them off their feet. This enabled Wolfsbane the chance to finish them off with a swift and ruthless lunge.

Illyana Rasputin and Dani Moonstar from the mainstream timeline, briefly stopped in this era and saw this grotesque image of their futuristic teammates. They left this time era just as quickly.

Abilities

 * Flight
 * Thermal propulsion: Sam generates high thermal energy from his body that enables him to fly short distances for a brief period of time.


 * Force field generation: Sam Guthrie generates a force field that surrounds his body. This is only activated in concert with thermal propulsion.
 * Limited invulnerability: Sam is virtually invulnerable while using his thermal propulsion to rocket across the sky. This is vital in protecting him from rebounding off of solid materials as well as impact landings.