#4076: Cannonball

CANNONBALL X-FORCE (TOY BIZ) “Sam Guthrie lived an uneventful life in a small Kentucky town, until a mining accident triggered his latent mutant powers! He found that he could propel himself through the air at fantastic speeds, and, while doing so, his “blast field” rendered him impervious to harm. Sam realized that he had to use his powers to help bring about a better world, a task he strives to accomplish in the company of X-Force as Cannonball!” Though the original cast of New Mutants are really none of them slouches in terms of long-term viability, perhaps the breakaway hit of the bunch is Sam Guthrie, Cannonball, who stuck with the team through its whole run as the New Mutants, and then stuck around for a good amount of time when the rebranded as “X-Force” and even got moved up to the main X-Men team for a while in the ‘90s. But, before his main team stint, he remained a major focal point of X-Force, which delved into not only his hero’s journey, but also had a whole sub-plot…