Oliver Bird

Oliver Bird is a powerful telepath and a co-founder of Summerland, a safe haven for mutants. Oliver was a beatnick poet who at some point in his life inherited Summerland, then a horse ranch, and converted it into a high tech faciility where mutants could learn to control their powers, together with his partner Cary Loudermilk. At some point, Oliver met Melanie Bird, who would eventually become his wife. Oliver used his telepathic powers to explore the Astral Plane, and eventually went too deep and was unable to find his way back.