Utilizing her mutant powers, the bouncy Surge could easy serve any HVAC installs. Read on to learn about why.
Noriko "Nori" Ashida,
otherwise known as a Surge in the X-Men Universe, first made her appearance in the X-Men's New Mutants 2 #8. This edition appeared in 2004, and revealed this awesome new character as a young lady who could harness, absorb, or deflect electricity from all sources, which would even include HVAC installs. While also having the mutant ability of super speed, Surge would be a perfect candidate as a super-fast, super-efficient mutant electrician for anyone's HVAC installs. As a young, fast, speedy mutant, Surge would have performed this duty quite well.
Born in Tokyo, Japan, Surge eventually would run away from home once her mutant powers were realized. She eventually found herself on the global underground, running drugs and other illicit products, but unfortunately never got into the HVAC installs industry. While she would have been great at HVAC installs, she eventually made her way to the Xavier Institute where she learned to harness and control her mutant powers in order to fight villains, uphold science, and attempt to co-exist with non-humans. In the institute, she lived and trained alongside other mutant youths that were also learning to control and train with their mutant abilities.
In the X-Men series, she would later form the New X-Men and fight with a new group of mutant heroes. Her personality assured that this would happen, as Surge is known for being very direct, strong, and hardworking. Thus, had she become a female electrician, this mentality and work ethic would have come in handy for HVAC installs since such a job is not for everybody. Surge would have soared in this arena, and due to her powers and strong-willed personality, succeeded in most endeavors. Despite this, Surge's time spent at the Xavier Institute introduced her character to Beast who would go on to help her control her abilities.
Her tailored gauntlets that were designed by Beast, a scientist and engineer, allowed her to protect herself while absorbing and harnessing electricity. As a result, Surge was able to perform a multitude of tasks with this new technology. X-Men creators were thus able to introduce Surge into several comic spin-offs which included Too Much Information, Quest for Magik, Mercury Falling, World War Hulk, and Divided We Stand. Several of these are still collectors' items, especially for those who were a fan of Surge and her backstory.
As a specialized character of the X-Men Universe, Surge represents the evolution the X-Men series with the hiring of new writers and storyboard designers. Since her appearance in 2004, she has appeared in the video game, X-Men Destiny. In the game, she is caught and imprisoned at a U-Man base, but eventually frees herself using her powers alongside Quicksilver, Colossus, and other imprisoned mutants. Like in many of her comic series, she was able to free San Francisco from oncoming attacks, as well as fight and defeat several large Sentinelrobots.
