Auric
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Auric (Zhao Tang) is a mutant in the Marvel Comics universe.
The character, created by James Hudnall and John Calimee, first appeared in Alpha Flight #76 in November 1989.
Within the context of the stories, Tang and his sister Jhimon are Chinese mutants who were involved in a plot to overthrow the Hong Kong government to prevent the 1997 handover of Hong Kong to the Chinese. It fails, and the siblings flee to Canada where they end up as members of Gamma Flight.
Shortly after Gamma Flight is disbanded by the Federal Government, the two are kidnapped by the Sphinx. Zhao dies while being experimented on by the Sphinx's scientists. Zhao's consciousness now serves to form part of a composite energy being. This being was created from Zhao, his sister, and a scientist that was investigating the site of the Sphinx's base. The base is destroyed by Spider-Man and the New Warriors.
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