Name: Nathan Grey
Aliases: Nate, X-Man
Known Relatives: Jean Grey (maternal DNA donor), Scott Summers (paternal DNA donor)
Birthplace: The laboratory of Nathaniel Essex
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 180
1st Appearance: X-Man #1, by Jeph Loeb and Steve Skroce

History: In a world where Professor X died at an early age, things turned out a little differently for a character we knew as Cable. Normally, a man named Nathaniel Essex, aka Sinister, would have created a clone of Jean Grey to entrap Scott Summers into producing an offspring which Sinister could control for his own use. In the world we knew, this boy would see endless torment between two centuries. However, in the world without Xavier, The Age Of Apocalypse (AoA), things went like this: A clone was never created because Nathaniel Essex had access to both Scott and Jean. Jean was a prisoner in Apocalypse's slave pens and Prelate Summers was the "warden" of the the pens as Essex's adopted and favored son. With direct access to the genetic material of these two Alpha Mutants, Sinister did not leave the baby's creation to random nature. He painstakingly combined the proper genetic material to produce the greatest results possible. That product was a boy he named after himself - Nate. Not Cable, but awfully close and even more powerful.

Through rapid growth acceleration, Nate achieved his teen ages instantly, and was hidden inside Apocalypse's slave pens for mutants. Essex planned to keep him secretly as the ultimate weapon against his own Master, The Dread Apocalypse, En Sabah Nur. Unknown to Sinister, Cyclops had a soft spot and eventually helped Nate escape, not knowing who or what he was. Nate was then found, trained, raised and protected by Forge until Forge's untimely murder at the hands of Essex. Nate gained his revenge on Essex, becoming the ultimate weapon against the man who sought to control him.

Later, Nate was found again by Scott and Jean, who were making their escape from Apocalypse. They joined with Magneto to battle Apocalypse, but Nate ended up dueling with Holocaust (one of Apocalypse's Horsemen) over a shard of The M'Kraan Crystal. During the battle, Nate plunged the crystal into Holocaust's chest and the contact blasted both Nate and Holocaust into their present, different reality. The Age of Apocalypse ended in terrible tragedy, but Nate survived that world along with three others (Holocaust, SugarMan, and Dark Beast), to find himself crash landing in Switzerland, in a world where Xavier still lives.

Powers: Telekinesis, Telepathy

Nate is arguably the most powerful psi talent on the planet. Moira McTaggert even suggested his power could rival that of The Phoenix. He has mind controlled entire crowds, created tremendous TK blasts, and rearranged matter. In spite of his vast power, he has little experience in its use and even less discipline. The Dark Beast has suggested that Essex implanted him with a failsafe that will make his power consume him and destroy him by the age of 21.

In the aftermath of a battle against Madylene Pryor, Nate seemingly lost  his telekinetic ability. However, he discovered  that it was in fact not gone  but rather held in check by his own subconsciousness. Later on his telekinetics was returned to him.  His telepathy was  weakened  following a massive disruption on the astral plane caused by the Shadow King, but he has recently regained that as well.

Skills: Among other talents like flying, Nate is a mind reader (at one point a professional,) and Three Card Monte champ.

Character Traits: Nate has the experience of a two year old packed into the raging hormone filled body of a teenager, so at times he can be pigheaded and explosive.