Peter Corbeau

Origin

Not much is known about Peter Corbeay’s history except that he was world renowned scientist for being the creator of Starcore. He had also taken a study to become an astronaut and is a very gifted and smart man. He is an old friend of Charles Xavier and thus came into contact with his students, the X-Men after a number of years.

Creation

Dr. Peter Corbeau was created by Archie Goodwin and Herb Trimpe and first appeared in The Incredible Hulk Vol.2 issue 148 (1972).

Major Story Arcs

Roommates with the Hulk

Corbeau first appeared as a roommate to Bruce Banner, whom was also known as the Incredible Hulk. He took a liking in Bruce and the two became friends soon afterwards. However, due to Banner’s life on the run, their friendship did not last.

With X-Men

Peter Corbeau was a close friend to Charles Xavier and even became involved in the incident which would be known as the Phoenix Saga. He was present when he, Xavier and his X-Men where abducted by a Sentinel whom took them to a starship. The X-Men later escaped, and teamed up with Corbeau in order to safely return to Earth. Jean Grey offered to bring the space-yet down to Earth and took the information she needed to drive the space-yet from Peter. This did however result in Jean Grey becoming the Phoenix. Corbeau was with the X-Men on a number of times after that. He even helped Wolverine and Storm sneak into the Pentagon when they had to destroy mutant-registered files.

Corbeau became a trusted face in the superhero community whenever space travel or other such things where at hand. He helped heroes such as the Avengers during the Operation Galactic Storm crossover, among others.

Recently

He most recently appeared in space related incidents. Whether or not he works with the S.W.O.R.D. space stations remains to be seen.

Alternate Realities

Age of Apocalypse

He appears as a librarian of Apocalypse, but he helps Magneto transport the X-ternals to the Shi´ar Empire using the remains of Apocalypse´s celestial ship, hoping that they could steal the M´kraan Crystal. He activates the systems core crash as a final slap to Apocalypse´s Tyrany.

Other Media

X-Men: The Animated Series

Perter Corbeau plays a major roll in the Phoenix saga, in which he and the X-Men (although Corbeau thought it was his own team due to Jean’s telepathic powers) boarded a flight into space.