I'm Rockslide, and I can't be scared or killed. If you go crazy evil or something, I'm the one that's going to take you out.
—Rockslide
New Mutants
Santo Vaccarro was sent to the Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters where he befriended Anole, and was put in the New Mutants team.
Powers and Abilities
Powers
Geokinetic Psychic Entity: Santo's body is composed completely of inorganic granite.
Superhuman Strength: Rockslide has continuously been shown performing great feats of strength. Rockslide possesses superhuman strength. He is capable of lifting 75 tons.
Superhuman Stamina: Rockslide's musculature generates less fatigue toxins during physical activity than the musculature of an ordinary human. He can exert himself at peak capacity for at least several hours before fatigue begins to impair him.
Superhuman Durability: Rockslide's extremely dense bodily tissue is considerably harder and more resistant to injury than the body of an ordinary human. He can withstand great impact forces, high caliber bullets, temperature and pressure extremes, and falls from great heights without sustaining any injury.
Rockslide was considered a General Threat by the O*N*E
Abilities
Combatant: Rockslide is a good hand to hand combatant.
Strength level
Rockslide is capable of lifting within the class 75 range.
Weaknesses
Energy Blasts: He can be split into pieces by powerful energy blasts from enemies.
Geokinesis: Because Rockslide's body is composed of rock or earth, he is susceptible to others who control rock materials like Magma.
Rock Separation: If parts of his body are ripped off and thrown very far away they will not come back.
Paraphernalia
Equipment: None known. Transportation:X-Men's Blackbird or X-Jets. Weapons: None known.
Notes
No special notes.
Trivia
Santo is fiercely loyal to and protective of his friends.
Santo is Italian-American from New York City.
He is a fan of Dance Dance Revolution.
Santo was once considered a school bully.
Santo has formed a very close friendship with Victor. However, he is friendly with most (if not all) of the young mutants.
The idea of Santo desiring to be a world-class wrestler has reoccurred twice.
Santo is a fan of the television program Medium starring Patricia Arquette.
Santo once highly respects the Hulk and even pretended to be him when he was playing "super hero battles" as a child.
