Roberto da Costa/Earth-8510

"Ah rocked 'em, Bobby! You sock 'em!"

- Sam Guthrie

Sunspot 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 Sunspot, whose real name is Roberto da Costa, is from an alternate future timeline from that of his Earth-616 counterpart. In this future era, Sunspot is a man in his apparent late thirties or early forties and is still a member of the New Mutants. His age is distinguishible from his younger counterpart by way of his white hair at the temples, and in his bangs as well.

A thrill-seeking and violent mutant, he and his colleagues, Cannonball, 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 execute a double-fisted ground-pound 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

 * Superhuman durability: Sunspot has enhanced durability under very specific instances only. His increased durability acts in proportion to his enhanced strength, but otherwise, he is just as vulnerable to attack as any other person.
 * Superhuman strength: Sunspot is a veritable power-house able to exert pressure far in excess of a normal human being.
 * Thermal propulsion: Sunspot can fly by way of thermal propulsion by absorbing ultraviolet radiation.
 * Thermokinesis: Sunspot can projects blasts of concentrated dark solar radiation, which has an effect similar to that of a heat blast.