Origin
One night, when he was 4 or 5, Germ?n’s parents woke to unnatural sounds coming from Germ?n’s room. He had manifested a green energy jaguar. His father believed him to be a Nahual, a being from Mexican folklore that could transform into an animal or become half-man/half-animal. As he learned to control his powers, he realized it was more like letting his animal side loose as an animorphic astral projection.
Creation
Germ?n debuted in Avengers #30 (2020) by Skottie Young and Francesco Manna.
Major Story Arcs
Solve for X
Germ?n was part of a group of students that were using mathematics to decipher ancient texts and better understand magic. Impressed, Zelma Stanton had surprised them with a field trip to New York City where they will compete in the Multiversal Math Bowl. This year, it was being held at Brooklyn Visions Academy. In addition to Shaylee, the team consisted of: Doyle, Guslaug, Shaylee, and Toth. Once there, they get to meet Dr. Erasmus Dawnbright, aka Equation, the leading expert on “enchantimatics,” the math of magic, and fairyworld exile. Between defending him from a fairy posse with the help of Spider-Man and both Earth schools getting first and second in the math bowl, Strange Academy made quite the impression on Equation. He has an important project he was looking to recruit for, and he believed Doyle and Shaylee were the two for the job.
Unfortunately, Zelma thought that was a bad idea, so Equation decided to trap her in his mathematics book. Same with Toth, Germ?n, and Guslaug who had figured out that Equation faked the fairy raid to test the participants. Doyle and Shaylee were none the wiser, but thankfully, Germ?n was able to get an astral projection to Spider-Man to ask for help. He led Spidey back to the book so that he could free his teacher and classmates, while Germ?n stayed within the book in case they needed to access it again.
The opportunity to do so came when a mind-controlled Shaylee attempted to recover the book for Equation. The students were able to free her from Equations thrall, but she pretended to return the book strategically. When Equation attempted to open it, Germ?n attacked, bringing Equation and his classmates into the book, where they could overwhelm him with their own math equations.
Powers
Animage: He can summon an animorphic astral projection of his own soul, usually depicted in green energy.
Magic: Germ?n is a magical apprentice and is currently being trained in multiple crafts of magic.