at times his victims have become temporarily thin and frail. Reception In 2014, Entertainment Weekly ranked Artie and Leech 23rd in their "Let's rank every X-Man ever" list. Other versions Age of Apocalypse Leech is among the featured Morlocks that are survivors of Mister Sinister's experiments. Ultimate Marvel Leech was introduced to the Ultimate Marvel Universe in Ultimate X-Men #82 as a member of the Morlocks. He was never shown using his powers, so it is unclear as to whether or not they are the same. He looks similar, but more like an old man than a child. He was shot and killed by Sinister in issue #90. In other media Television Leech appears in a few episodes of the X-Men: The Animated Series, voiced by John Stocker. In addition to his power-dampening ability, he displays telekinesis. His most notable appearance was in the Christmas episode "Have Yourself a Morlock Little Christmas" where he needed a blood transfusion from Wolverine, temporarily granting him Wolverine's healing ability in order to fight off a disease. Leech appears in the X-Men: Evolution episode titled "Uprising" voiced by Danny McKinnon. In this series, his name was Dorian Leach, and he appeared fairly human with brown hair, only with pale, slightly greenish skin. His mutant ability releases an omni-directional pulse over an area at least the size of a city block. In addition to suppressing mutant abilities, it also nullifies all forms of energy, much like an electromagnetic pulse. The lasting effects are temporary, mostly fading after only one minute. In the episode, Leach's mother attempts to protect her son from being persecuted as a mutant, but is ultimately unsuccessful after a run-in with Spyke convinces him the boy is a mutant despite his mother's insistence otherwise. Following Leach's first use of his power to protect Spyke, Professor X approaches his mother with an offer for Leach to join his school when she feels that he is ready. He has a non-speaking role in the season finale, when Rogue absorbs his power/ability-neutralizing ability as part of a plan by Wolverine to beat Apocalypse. Her use of the ability in the fight demonstrates that it can be used to restore mutant abilities as well as negate them, as well as being able to direct the pulse as the ability's possessor sees fit. Film Leech appears in X-Men: The Last Stand, played by Cameron Bright. Leech (named