Abyss (Nils Styger) is a mutant in the Marvel Comics universe. Initially appearing as a supervillain in the alternate "Age of Apocalypse" timeline, a heroic version of the character was introduced into the comics' main timeline in Cable vol. 2, #40 (February 1997).
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Famous quotes containing the word abyss:
“You have overcome yourself: but why do you show yourself to me only as the one overcome? I want to see the victor: cast roses into the abyss and say, “Here is my thanks to the monster, because it didn’t know how to swallow me!””
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)
“Sinks to the deep abyss where Satan crawls
Where horrid Death and Despair lies.”
—Thomas Traherne (1636–1674)
“I urge you to spend your youth profitably in study and virtue.... In brief, let me see in you an abyss of knowledge.”
—François Rabelais (1494–1553)