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The X-Men sent Sam to spy on Graydon Creed, a presidential candidate running on an anti-mutant platform. Later, the ancient mutant Selene cast doubt on Sam's supposed immortal status, posing questions that have yet to be answered. He eventually graduated to the ranks of the X-Men, which placed a strain on his relationship with Tabitha. When X-Force were separated from Cable for a time, Sam took the reigns of leadership. Sam eventually became romantically involved with his teammate Tabitha, a.k.a. During a clash with the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, Sam's blast field was disrupted by Phantazia and he was seemingly killed by Sauron however, this manifested his apparent immortality and he returned to life. When the time-traveling mutant soldier Cable took over the stewardship of the New Mutants and reorganized them into the strike team X-Force, Sam learned that he was an apparently immortal mutant, one whom Cable had traveled back in time to find and guide. However, when she later resurfaced alive, they both realized that their romance was over as the two had moved on with their separate lives. Sam was heartbroken at Lila's apparent death. Rescuing her, Lila seemingly sacrificed her life to stop Spyder's other captives from wreaking havoc in the universe. Later, Sam and the New Mutants came to Lila's aid after she had been kidnapped by the alien Spyder. Lila left angrily, but after Sam saved her life following a plane crash, he apologized. When Lila arrived with a crystal gift for his mother, Sam mistakenly believed she had stolen it when she had actually carved it by hand. Sam's relationship with Lila eventually progressed to the stage where he asked her to visit his home and meet his family. After the New Mutants sided with Magneto, Frost recanted and helped restore them to their former selves. Magneto learned that he had been tricked and sought to reclaim his students, bringing him into conflict with the Avengers. The encounter also left the New Mutants somewhat apathetic, and then-headmaster Magneto sought help from the Hellfire Club's presiding White Queen, Emma Frost, who enrolled them in her Massachusetts Academy and recruited them into the ranks of her Hellions. After the cosmic entity known as the Beyonder slew and subsequently resurrected most of the New Mutants, Sam lost what knowledge he had gained about his mutant abilities, forcing him to start learning about them over again.
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During this time, Cannonball also teamed up with Spider-Man against the threat of the Incandescent Man. Later, Sam saved the life of intergalactic rock star Lila Cheney, an act that saw a romance blossom between them. He also formed a lasting friendship with his teammate Sunspot. Sam soon found himself in the role of co-leader, a position he found awkward due to his relative slowness in mastering his mutant powers compared with his teammates. Xavier subsequently realized that Sam had been misled and invited him to join the New Mutants as Cannonball. Pierce sent Sam into battle against Professor Xavier and his fledgling New Mutants team however, Sam refused to kill the young heroes, instead teaming up with them to defeat Pierce. Renegade Hellfire Club member Donald Pierce learned of Sam's powers and manipulated him into serving as one of his operatives. When Sam was trapped with a co-worker in a collapsing mine, the stress of attempting to escape triggered his latent mutant power, enabling him to blast them both free.
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Giving up a college scholarship, he followed in his father's footsteps as a coal miner. Five years later, Sam's father died, and as the oldest sibling he felt responsible for supporting the family.
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Sam was saved by the timely arrival of the mysterious Deviant Sledge, and the minds of the children - including Sam - were wiped of the events that had transpired. The eldest of ten children, young Sam Guthrie was 11 years old when he became involved in a plot by the Deviants, a genetic offshoot of humanity, to improve their evolutionary status by performing experiments on children.