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Neal Shaara also known as Thunderbird is a Marvel Comics superhero who was briefly a member of the X-Men. Created by writer Chris Claremont and artist Leinil Francis Yu he first appeared in X-Men vol. 2 #100 (May 2000).An Indian pyrokinetic he has no connection to the previous X-Men characters called Thunderbird. He is a vegan and was originally intended to be called Agni after the Hindu god of fire.[citation needed]