Kevin Sydney, a stand-up comedian turned petty thief who discovered his Gifted ability of metamorph shape-shifting and limited psionic telepathy while on the run from the authorities, and who decided to use them for his personal financial gain. He eventually ran afoul of Max Eisenhardt, who recruited the comedic shape-shifter into his Brotherhood as a spy and public face of the organization. He was the first to realize the Mutant-Master was a traitor to the Inhuman Brotherhood and attempted to warn the High Evolutionary about the rogue Siris' intentions, but was simply brushed off and forced to leave by order of the Ani-Men.
Hardly ever serious, Kevin always attempts to liven up otherwise tense situations with mindless banter, a defense mechanism he created to cope with the loss of his mother from lung cancer at a young age (leaving him with a hatred of cigarettes), and the hardships he faced while living with his father.
Powers and Abilities[]
Changeling has the ability to alter his physical appearance at will to resemble that of any person he chose. He was given limited telepathic abilities by a brief encounter with the Scarlet Witch, and as a side effect, he also gained limited telekinetic abilities.
- Metamorph: He can psionically alter the formation of his biological cells at will. As a result he can cause himself to look and sound like an exact duplicate of any human, humanoid, or semi-humanoid being of either sex, wearing virtually any kind of clothing.
- Telepathy: He is able to read minds and project his own thoughts into the minds of others within a limited radius.
- Psionic Blasts: He can project psionic force bolts which have no physical effects but which can affect a victim's mind so as to cause the victim pain or unconsciousness and can even kill an adversary.
- Telekinesis: Possesses telekinetic abilities enabling him to manipulate matter on a low level with the energy of his thoughts.