Zero is the name of several characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.
Kenji Uedo Kenji Uedo was created by
Matt Fraction and
Kieron Gillen. He is one of the "Five Lights"—a group of mutants who manifested their abilities after the events of "
Second Coming". Following his introduction, Zero, along with
Hope Summers,
Velocidad,
Transonic,
Oya, and
Primal, is featured in the series
Generation Hope. He is the last of the Lights to join Hope's team, as the first storyline of
Generation Hope involves the team getting his powers under control. Kenji Uedo is a successful nineteen-year-old artist from
Tokyo,
Japan, when his powers first appear. Though originally Kenji just seems to be a messy introvert with hygiene issues, his powers quickly manifest into uncontrollable organic tendrils, which kill his assistant and start to wreak havoc in Tokyo. Soon afterward,
Cyclops,
Wolverine,
Rogue, Hope, and the other Lights arrive in Japan to find Kenji destroying the city. After Hope subdues him, Kenji is remorseful, admitting that he has fantasies of killing people, and he wants the X-Men's help to ensure that he never goes on a rampage again. After
Emma Frost probes his mind, she convinces Cyclops that Kenji truly is remorseful, and Cyclops agrees to help Kenji. After Hope decides that each of the Lights needs their own codename, Kenji begins to consider his several options. At first, he suggests
Derivative or
Rei (
Japanese for "zero") before settling on simply
Zero. The "
Schism" storyline concludes with the separation of the X-Men into two different teams (one led by Cyclops and the other by Wolverine). Velocidad, Transonic, Primal, and Zero choose to stay on Utopia with Hope, while Oya leaves with Wolverine for the rebuilt X-Mansion, now named the Jean Grey School for Higher Learning. When the Lights are attacked by a group of
Utopia residents jealous of the young team's status with the X-Men, Hope usurps Zero's control over his powers to force an end to the conflict. This incident galvanizes Zero's distrust of Hope, who he believes means to subjugate all mutants with her immense power. Using implants he had placed into the brains of a number of Utopia inhabitants, he manipulates a large group of mutants into clamoring for Hope's death. During the ensuing battle,
Martha Johansson disrupts Zero's powers, killing him and freeing the affected mutants from his influence. While traveling the globe, Storm discovers that Kenji has survived, but lost all memories of his time with the X-Men. Kenji attacks Storm, but she manages to convince him to stand down. Kenji vanishes, telling Storm that he would see her again. Zero resurfaces during the
Krakoan Age, where he joins the
Dark X-Men.
ADAM Unit Zero Zero was created in the late 39th century by the
Askani as a prototype for the Ambient-energy Dampening Automated peacekeeping Mechanisms (ADAMs). Ater being damaged, Zero is found by the mutant
Stryfe, who manipulates it into serving him. After
Deadpool convinces him to stop working for Stryfe, Zero joins
Tyler Dayspring for a short while, helping him in finding out the true relationship between
Cable and Stryfe. Seeking to achieve sentience and true life, Zero leaves Tyler and encounters the techno-organic being
Douglock, granting him independence from the
Phalanx. Zero sacrifices itself to protect
Excalibur, Douglock, and a family of innocents from the destruction of Stryfe's base, but transfers his memories to Douglock before being destroyed. ==Zero/One==