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101-633: On its first appearance in Giant-Size X-Men #1 (1975), Krakoa is introduced as the Pacific island setting where a previous team of X-Men have gone missing while investigating strong readings from Cerebro , a device with the ability to detect mutants . Its name recalls that of Krakatoa , a volcanic island in Indonesia which erupted in 1883 . Prof. Charles Xavier recruits a new, international team to rescue them. On their arrival on Krakoa, they are attacked by

202-502: A street performer , becoming a master juggler . He also learned how to become a capable street fighter . Using these skills, Elton became the juggling supervillain Oddball , adopting the name because of his loony nature. Along with fellow juggling-themed supervillain Bombshell , Oddball was hired by Crossfire to eliminate Hawkeye and Mockingbird . Oddball and Bombshell confront and subdue

303-653: A Krakoan mutant memorial. With Ironheart 's help, they crafted the memorial "out of an abandoned Krakoan gate in Manhattan, with the inscription: 'Dedicated to Those Who Paid the Ultimate Price to Fight Fascism'". In NYX (vol. 2) #1, at Empire State University (ESU) in New York City , Prodigy teaches a class titled "Examinations of Post-Krakoan Diaspora " with Kamala Khan and Sophie Cuckoo as students. There have been several spawns of Krakoa: The first known spore

404-532: A choice. Doctor Stasis and MODOK Superior activate a virus that infects Krakoan medicine, using the humans of the Hellfire Gala as a hostage. Just as Krakoa's mutants rallied to attack the villains, Professor X took over their minds and froze them in place. Doctor Stasis then ordered Professor X to make every mutant on Earth walk into a Krakoan portal that would lead them off-world. After Doctor Stasis threatened to kill humans for every mutant Orchis found on Earth,

505-559: A construction site on a tropical island, and was discovered and defeated by the Young X-Men when they were investigating the disappearance of 56 construction workers. Another spawn of Krakoa would be fabricated by the anti-mutant tech genius Kaga, creating his own hybrid out of Brood DNA to attack the X-Men at a later date. Eventually, the creature was cut down in the dawn of its conception by Cyclops in one shot. Later when Wolverine and some of

606-581: A despondent Professor X obeyed and forced most of the world's mutants to walk into the portals while Mother Righteous is shown trapping Krakoa's Atlantic Island in a protective bubble. Thanks to years of defensive training, only a handful of veteran X-Men were able to resist Professor X's telepathic push. Rogue, who was with the Avengers, returns where she obliterates Moira X's cybernetic body and saves Professor X. As she begins to fly Professor X to safety, he asks her to stop and bring him back to Krakoa. As he sits on

707-522: A dream. The One Below All is also assumed to be the reason Brian became insane and killed his wife Rebecca . The One Below All possessed Jailbait of the Riot Squad who lost control of her powers. When she died, her brother Hotshot had to hold a church hostage to perform the last rites of Jailbait. He claimed that Jailbait was possessed by the devil. Then the One Below All possessed Sasquatch after he

808-518: A flight of steps to meet with Doug. It's been fifteen years in the White Hot Room and in that time, in a space where no one feared, hated, or hunted mutants, the Krakoans forged a mutant society and culture that's basically their uptopia. With time, study, and collaboration, Krakoans learned to master power feats, including transporting themselves and their island back to Earth. The Krakoans also perfected

909-542: A habitat that exists outside the collective consciousness of Krakoa and where Moira MacTaggert has been hiding herself. Even Krakoa does not know this place exists. Krakoa is also the only place in the world to have special pills that extend human life by five years, a "universal" antibiotic and a cure for "disease of the mind, in humans". Additionally, while Krakoa's main body lies in the Pacific Ocean not far from Australia, other small landmass parts of Krakoa are located off

1010-508: A heavy heart Apocalypse killed them and used their blood to nourish Krakoa. Following Orchis defeat, the Krakoa's Atlantic Island appears behind Pacific Krakoa, coming from the White Hot Room which is witnessed by Professor X and Magneto from the magnetized transport that Professor X was being carried in. Doug had been hearing a distant call for weeks so he's there when Atlantic Krakoa appears. It has greatly evolved and Kafka, now an adult, walks down

1111-424: A huge fit and a long, bloody battle between Apocalypse and the X-Men begins. They finally talk him down after he punches Emma in her diamond form off the island and into the ocean. Jean connects him to the minds of the new Krakoans and he finally stops fighting and leaves for Arrako. Kafka walks and talks with Nightcrawler, inviting the X-Men to return with him to the White Hot Room with the islands. But Kurt says there

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1212-405: A large volcano suddenly appeared off the coast of Krakoa making the island to change course and head towards it. With Doug Ramsey off-world, communication with Krakoa is difficult, if not impossible, so Cyclops enlisted Cable and Prestige, to investigate the new landmass. On arrival, they discover the large volcano contains glowing rainbow tentacles popping out of it and encounter thick jungle akin to

1313-440: A local bakery, a mob-owned business. The leader declared he would not be popular if he made a "made man" out of a mutant. Paulie explains he was taking over. At first, they were amused by his declarations, then they shoot him. Paulie easily resists their bullets, then brutally injures the men. Jean Grey surprises and lectures him on the seeming waste of using his powers to take over the local mob. Paulie correctly guesses that she

1414-461: A long time. They're free to choose whatever they want. Unfortunately Exodus becomes upset when he learns the two islands will be leaving and he starts a big fight in the Quiet Council chamber. Atlantic Krakoa knows true peace and they want no part of the chaotic living that is Earth. As the X-Men try to take Exodus down, Apocalypse appears and easily overpowers him. Meanwhile, Doctor Doom is observing

1515-558: A member of the mutant superhero team called the X-Men . Tanaka was first introduced in issue #51 of X-Factor in February 1990, created by Louise Simonson and Terry Shoemaker. Opal Tanaka lives in New York City and when X-Factor 's ship takes up residence in the city, it blocks the sunlight that would strike her apartment, causing her plants to wilt. She encounters Iceman, who had come into

1616-581: A mobile castle in his underground city. It was later burned down by the Phoenix Five. Soon afterward, it was revealed that Maximillian von Frankenstein had been able to mass-produce Krakoa's consciousness and created several volcanic Krakoas to act in defense of the Hellfire Academy. They were all killed in battle against the X-Men. The Quiet Council of Krakoa is a fictional council of mutant superheroes and supervillains which governed mutantkind during

1717-447: A more sustainable workaround. Since Krakoa became home base for an ever-growing number of mutants, the island can sustain itself by taking a minimal, theoretically harmless amount of psychic energy from every mutant on its shores. That process is tightly monitored by two mutant "psychic vampires", Selene and Emplate . Even with the island's considerable defenses, it seems Krakoa is still vulnerable. The first major attack on Krakoan soil

1818-494: A mystical blade known as the Twilight Sword. During the attack, Okkara was broken up and its conscious divided into two islands, Krakoa and Arakko (Arakko is Okkara in reverse and Krakoa an anagram), that seemingly acted as a yin and a yang which created some sort of a portal to a Hellish dimension known as Amenth, and demons poured out into the world. Fortunately, Apocalypse arrived with his First Horsemen and were able to thwart

1919-448: A new life. All this appeared to be false when Rocket visited Halfworld and discovered that Blackjack, along with Lylla and Wal Rus , were all actually service animals for the mental patients who inhabited the planet. Blackjack married Lylla after Rocket left to ensure the imprisonment of a dangerous criminal. However, this story was immediately retconned as Blackjack returned as a mercenary and adversary to Rocket and Groot . Blackjack

2020-513: A night of drinks, dancing, and haute couture, Nimrod dive bombs the party from orbit, killing most of the roster, and proceeds to target every Omega-level mutant with haste, killing Iceman. Jean Grey and Juggernaut manage to distract Nimrod, but it is too late. As Sentinels controlled by Orchis arrive to obliterate the Tower. Before Jean Grey can shut it all down, Moira X shivs her with a blade coated with Blightswill and Professor X realizes he doesn't have

2121-590: A plan to spend her final life avoiding Destiny and slowly boxing mutants in until she could use the mutant cure she had created in one of her past lives which works before mutant powers even manifest. However Moira's plan backfired when Doug Ramsey and his allies (the technological being Warlock, the Arakkoan warrior Bei the Blood Moon and the island of Krakoa itself) made a surprise appearance at No-Place, revealing that he had always been aware of Moira's presence, and knows she

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2222-634: A powerful impact-activated electromagnet, a powerful impact-activated sired, or other juggling balls with more exotic contents. He also carried marbles used to trip foes. Oddball has extensive experience in street fighting techniques. Oddball appears in The Amazing Spider-Man and Captain America in Dr. Doom's Revenge! . Okkara was believed to be a sentient island located in the South Pacific that served as

2323-573: A prison. Oddball releases the prisoners in an attempt to swamp the heroes with enemies. Hawkeye and the young Avengers are able to win the battle and stop the prison riot. Oddball was later recruited by Doctor Octopus to join his incarnation of the Masters of Evil . Oddball was killed when taking part in the Bloodsport competition in Madripoor (which also featured Wolverine , Mister X and Taskmaster ). He

2424-476: A sovereign nation state for the entire mutant race. Led by Professor X, hero and villain alike are welcome on the shores of Krakoa, where the mutants are setting aside their old differences to build a new civilization with Krakoa producing flowers with the ability to grow in mere hours, full "Habitat" structures which are self-sustaining environments that are a part of the interconnected consciousness of Krakoa, that served as embassies around several countries on Earth,

2525-794: A wounded and dying Banshee, he pleaded for help and the issue of the External Gate was brought before the Quiet Council. Although the majority of the Quiet Council voted to destroy the External Gate due to its security risk, they were overruled by Krakoa who demanded that the Gate remain open. After the Krakoan mutants defeated the Swordbearers of Arakko, Krakoa was final able to reunite with Arakko. However, as it turns out, they have no interest in unification because they have evolved from what they originally were, with their personalities becoming radically different over

2626-505: Is a mercenary and leader of the Black Bunny Brigade. He was hired by Judson Jakes and Lord Dyvyne to kidnap Lylla , the C.E.O. of Mayhem Mekaniks. He planned on betraying his employers by marrying Lylla and inheriting the company, but was found out. He was rescued by Rocket Raccoon and after a series of incidents that caused him to question his own loyalty, he aided Rocket in defeating the tyrants and left with his new friends to start

2727-455: Is able to give the High Summoner knowledge of Krakoan, enabling communication. The Summoner explains that Krakoa and this island are in love, implying that the mysterious landmass appears to be a sliver of Arakko. As Krakoa approaches the strange island, the two islands reach out their floral tendrils and merged into a single much larger island which is now divided between the lush of Krakoa and

2828-437: Is blamed for Krakoa's creation.) It needs the mutants in order to leech their life-energy. Both teams escape as Krakoa is ripped from the ocean bed, hurled into space, and apparently dies. While the issue would be celebrated for revitalizing the X-Men, the character / setting of Krakoa was revived only very sporadically until Jonathan Hickman 's 2019 X-Men event House of X and Powers of X . In those miniseries (which established

2929-461: Is here to recruit him into the X-Men and agrees to join if only to see her in her costume. Jean's intention is to recruit Paulie for a mission to Genosha , to rescue the rest of the X-Men from Magneto . (Uncanny X-Men 392) Jean briefly leaves Paulie to enter the X-Mansion while she talks with Sunpyre on the front driveway. Their conversation is interrupted moments later as Paulie is thrown through

3030-636: Is later proven untrue. After diversionary taunting, the villain launches Paulie toward space, but Northstar saves him. This results in Paulie offering an apology for his behavior to Northstar. Northstar accepts and Magneto is soon subdued by the X-Man Wolverine. Back at the X-Mansion , despite an offer to stay, most of the team, including Paulie, left. Omertà has complete invulnerability and superhuman strength, being able to lift up to 20 tons. The One-Above-All

3131-420: Is made by a shadowy anti-mutant group who were able to easily bypass Krakoa's defenses by capturing Domino and faking her bio signature, and while Black Tom's connection to Krakoa and its defense systems proves to be so advanced that Tom becomes alerted to the invasion before even the resident psychics Jean Grey and Charles Xavier himself, the attack nevertheless causes the death of several mutants. Another attack

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3232-412: Is psychically implanted when mutants come to the island and created an entire system to manage the traffic of the Krakoan network which is overseen by Sage. Since the island itself is sentient, Black Tom's plant-manipulating abilities gave him a unique bond that connected him to the island and all of its surrounding plant life. The subsequent connection meant an expansion of his field of awareness to include

3333-677: Is revealed that the first gamma mutate was Tammuz, a Jordan native from 9500 BCE. Later, Brian Banner and Samuel Sterns (the Leader ) are transported to the Below Place and fused into a singular entity with Sterns in control. After the Leader imprisons Banner in the Below Place, the Hulk and Joe Fixit personas control his body and battle the Avengers . In the Below Place, they manifest separate bodies and meet with

3434-682: Is romantically linked). Part of the division of the Imperial Guard known as the Superguardians, Oracle is amongst the first of the Imperial Guard encountered by the team of superhuman mutant adventurers known as the X-Men who sought to rescue the Princess-Majestrix Lilandra Neramani from her insane brother, then-Majestor D'Ken . After the battle, Lilandra takes over as Majestrix, and the Guard swears allegiance to her. Later,

3535-493: Is still fighting to be done and the X-Men will be staying on Earth. He teleports off the island to join the X-Men waiting on the ocean just outside the Blackbird as both islands merge into a true paradise. After finding peace, Krakoa permanently leaves Earth, relocating to the White Hot Room, where its lifespan and vitality will be greatly extended. In Invincible Iron Man (vol. 4) #20, Tony Stark fulfilled Emma Frost's request for

3636-574: The Blue Area of the Moon , the Green Area on Mars and beyond the solar system, all the while remaining connected to its hive mind via Gateways, which provided ways to instantly travel from one part of Krakoa to another. The gateways can only be accessed by mutants but if a mutant brings a human with them voluntarily, that human must ask for permission from Krakoa to use the gateway. The flowers also create No-Place,

3737-721: The Eve of Destruction story arc in Uncanny X-Men. Paulie first appears in the Eve of Destruction storyline, beginning in Uncanny X-Men #392. After just being discharged from the United States Marines , Paul Provenzano returns to his home in Brooklyn , where he attempts to take over the local 'chapter' of the Mafia . The three leaders, whom Paulie has known all his life, were meeting in

3838-624: The Krakoan Age . The twelve-member governing body was divided up into four sections (with three seats each) along with an adjunct section. In 2020, CBR.com ranked Krakoa 3rd in their "10 Most Powerful Fictional Nations In the Marvel Universe" list. In 2021, Screen Rant included Krakoa in their "10 Most Important Fictional Marvel Comics Countries" list. Academic Brett Butler in the Journal of Science Fiction viewed Krakoa as "an integral part of

3939-582: The Living Tribunal . When a pregnant Susan Storm feared for her husband 's possible death at the hands of the "all-powerful" Silver Surfer , Uatu the Watcher tells her that there is only one true all-powerful being and that his only weapon is love. When Doctor Strange encountered Eternity , the abstract entity stated that only God is the ruler of all realities. When Thor compared his power with Odin and other gods and abstract entities, he notes that

4040-454: The Savage Land and populated with otherworldly creatures and an equally other-worldy white, childlike being who identifies himself as a "High Summoner of Arakko", nameless beings that are capable of drawing forth extra-dimensional beings between the dimension where the lost land of Arakko is located and the land beyond the wild borders of Otherworld. After a misunderstanding with Cable, Prestige

4141-693: The Thing 's soul was trapped in a place between life and death, the rest of the Fantastic Four located his soul and encounter the One-Above-All, who resurrects him. When the Cosmic Ghost Rider was retconned into the story, the One-Above-All stated that the Rider was not one of his creations and denied him access to his room before absorbing him. He then encouraged a grieving Peter Parker to keep his faith, even in

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4242-511: The qlippoth , or "Hulk", of God , the One Below All is a malevolent and destructive force and the source of gamma mutations in the Marvel universe. The One Below All resides in the Below Place, the lowest layer of Hell, which is kept behind a metaphysical 'Green Door'. Additionally, all gamma mutates can resurrect after death by traveling through the Door. This was first discovered by Brian Banner in

4343-592: The Absorbing Man to take it back again until Gamma Flight member Puck uses a specialized weapon to blast a hole through the Hulk's chest while the Absorbing Man escapes. Using ambient radiation from the gamma bomb's detonation, The One Below All uses the Absorbing Man to open the Green Door and plunge New Mexico into the Below Place. After the Hulk and Bruce Banner are separated, the One Below All appears in its 'true' green cloud form as it prepares to conquer Earth. When

4444-685: The Creator of All Universes must be far more powerful than all of his creations combined. The Living Tribunal was stated to be the representative of the One whose might far exceeds that of Eternity. Master Order and Lord Chaos wished that the Supreme Will may smile upon Adam Warlock , who also described the Living Tribunal as the servant of the being above even the gods. When the Cosmic Cube Kubik met

4545-598: The Enriched and Enshrined - lived in harmony. The Enriched grew from strength to strength, establishing a society that was even able to repel alien invaders, and the Enshrined were seen as teachers who helped temper Threshold's power with wisdom. When another race known as the Unbreathing, an anaerobic form of life to whom oxygen was deadly, attacked Threshold, this invasion drove the people of Threshold to develop biological weapons in

4646-624: The Galaxy #28 (1992), Hawkeye: Earth's Mightiest Marksman #1 (1998) and Wolverine Vol.2 #167 (2001). He was created by Mark Gruenwald . The second Oddball (Orville Bock) appears in Union Jack Vol.2 #2 (2006), Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A–Z Vol.3 (2008) and Dark Reign Files #1 (2009). Elton Healey was born in Reno , Nevada . Along with his brother Alvin, Elton spent years as

4747-568: The Galaxy Vol. 3 , voiced by Mikaela Hoover . This version is a white rabbit who was experimented on by the High Evolutionary and possesses genetic and cybernetic enhancements. She is killed by the Evolutionary during a failed attempt to escape his captivity, but reunites with Rocket during a near-death experience that he has. Oblivion is a cosmic entity associated with the concept of

4848-440: The Hulk opposes its plan, the One Below All sends an army of demons who resemble empty 'husks'. With help from the Absorbing Man and Puck, the Hulk absorbs the Absorbing Man's gamma radiation and disperses the One Below All's cloud form. Doctor Strange later speaks with Mephisto about freeing Hulk from the One Below All's possession. However, Mephisto states that the One Below All is far stronger than him. A flashforward to

4949-416: The Hulk. When his soul encountered the One Below All, the Absorbing Man was unable to comprehend its true form, so much so that his physical body was possessed and split in half, and made its way to the site of the first gamma bomb detonation. While fighting the Hulk, The One Below All absorbed a great deal of his gamma energy, deforming him. The two reached a stalemate, with the Hulk reabsorbing energy only for

5050-460: The Living Tribunal, the being also stated the same thing about himself and again when he undoes the destruction caused by Adam Warlock with the Infinity Stones . When Protégé tried to become the most powerful being in the existence, he was instead absorbed by the Living Tribunal, who stated that it was impossible to be more powerful than his supervisor and wished he may forgive Protégé. When

5151-505: The One Below All, demanding to learn the meaning of their existence. He then transforms into the One Above All and states that the Hulk's existence is a necessity, serving as a counterweight to other, lesser good. Banner and the Hulks decide to forgive the Leader, and the Fantastic Four return them to Earth. Opal Tanaka is known primarily as the former girlfriend of Bobby Drake (Iceman) ,

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5252-509: The Pacific Ocean. After Kid Omega, whom was his only companion for a time, returned to the Xavier School on Thor's suggestion. Krakoa came back to New York searching for him as the son of the living island missed his friend. During the " Avengers vs. X-Men " storyline, Mister Sinister had also obtained a few Krakoa Spores. Like Maximillian von Frankenstein, He was able to mass-produce the Krakoa consciousness. Mister Sinister even turned one into

5353-497: The X-Men so they can see Atlantic Krakoa. Emma, Jean, Cyclops, Exodus, Doug, and Kafka meet at the old Quiet Council chamber. Exodus is pleased to see Kafka is alive and well. Kafka says all they needed was to be left alone, but part of the reason why they're staying for 24 hours is to allow the Atlantic mutants to access gates to go wherever they want around the world, to either stay permanently or to see family members they haven't seen in

5454-600: The X-Men splintered away from Cyclops' group, it is discovered that Beast has built the Jean Grey School for Higher Learning on top of a "male" spawn of Krakoa. After Quentin Quire manages to reason with him, the Krakoa spawn contacts Rachel Summers who ends up translating for him when Rachel tells Wolverine that the Hellfire Club made Krakoa attack them and that he is a mutant like the X-Men. Rachel discovered that this Krakoa

5555-439: The X-Men which Vega-Superior dubs the Vega-Men, out of natural materials, such as a Colossus made of stone, a Wolverine of ice, an Angel made of leaves and vines, a Nightcrawler made of mud and a Cyclops that shoots lava. However, they are much weaker than the original X-Men, and Nightcrawler easily defeats them all. Vega-Superior then chases him into the ocean before realizing he cannot swim. Another spore of Krakoa took control of

5656-450: The ability to expand her consciousness to read the impressions left by events in the fabric of time and matter. Like many original members of the Imperial Guard, Oracle is the analog of a character from DC Comics ' Legion of Super-Heroes : in her case Saturn Girl . Oracle is originally romantically linked with fellow Imperial Guardsman Starbolt ; she is later engaged to marry Flashfire (an analog of Lightning Lad , to whom Saturn Girl

5757-401: The attack by sealing of the chasm and isolating Arakko from Krakoa. The horsemen were sealed alongside Arakko on the other side of the chasm, to the sorrow of both Krakoa and Apocalypse. As time passed, a mournful and lonely Krakoa eventually became inert until being reawakened in early 1945 due to testing from the Americans nuclear bomb drop. Years later, Krakoa would be later transformed into

5858-412: The beach of the island, he realizes to his horror that Doctor Stasis lied to him. Professor X had thought the mutants who went through the Krakoan portals were reaching Arakko, the long-lost mutant civilization's new home on Mars, but he can't hear the thoughts of any mutants which means he had sent the world's mutants population to their deaths. Professor X is left alone on the barren shores of Krakoa. It

5959-460: The coast of Africa in the mid-Atlantic Ocean, south of the Azores and west of the Canary Islands . This island chain includes the Pointe, Transit and Danger Island which are connected in the same way as the "habitats" to the main body. The government of Krakoa is headed by the Quiet Council, and an organization called the Great Captains led by Cyclops and consisting of Magik , Bishop and Gorgon . Thanks to telepathic manipulation by Emma Frost ,

6060-453: The dimension she had arrived from. The attackers were childlike versions of the alternate reality Age of Apocalypse villains. This Paulie is one of the few people in current continuity to have an inkling of what had gone on in said alternate reality. Paulie and the others end up in a Genoshan public square, attempting to rescue Professor Xavier. The makeshift team battles Magneto. Paulie is convinced that Magneto has slain Dazzler, though this

6161-447: The end of the Marvel Universe shows the One Below All controlling the Hulk's body to consume the cosmos, becoming the next "Breaker of Worlds". During the " Absolute Carnage " storyline, Banner theorizes that Knull can either be an aspect of the One Below All or a creature that it controls. In the final issues of The Immortal Hulk , as well as its one-shot Time of Monsters and spinoff one-shot Empyre: The Immortal She-Hulk , it

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6262-462: The face of his Aunt May 's death. When a bartender asks Mephisto about the nature of the Living Tribunal, the demon states that he is just the biggest kid in the playground compared to the principal. The One Below All is the "dark reflection" or evil manifestation of the One-Above-All. Created by Al Ewing and Joe Bennett , he first appeared in The Immortal Hulk #5 in the form of Bruce Banner 's father, Brian Banner , his agent. Alluded to as

6363-478: The fight and sends his prized member of Doom's own X-Men, Volta Doom, to steal a Krakoan seed. But, though she is as loyal to Doctor Doom as anyone, she also seems to have some competing mutant loyalties or brotherhood. She takes the seed and meets Fauna. Volta then gives the seed to Doom and lies to him when he asks her if anyone saw her. The X-Men tour Atlantic Krakoa but once Apocalypse learns that they're all about peace and have no need for his ways anymore, he throws

6464-429: The filming location for Mojo Adams ' reality TV shows for executing mutants, such as Scheele's killer Arthur Centino aka Longshot . In What If? : Deadly Genesis , Vulcan's trip to Krakoa saw him kill the rest of the X-Men by accident before the island itself was jettisoned into deep space. Years later, it is discovered by the Silver Surfer , and analysis of the cavern with Sway's powers reveals what really happened to

6565-399: The flora, fauna, and very ground of the island, until finally Angel —one of the original X-Men they are rescuing—warns them that "the island itself" is the powerful mutant which Cerebro had detected. That is, the entire island of Krakoa had become a single monstrous mutant, similar to the Aspidochelone of legend. ( Godzilla and Monster Island are also likely influences, since nuclear testing

6666-444: The forbidden alien terrain of the mysterious island which is named Arak Coral. The Volcano of Arak Coral is revealed to contain a portal to the dimension where Arakko is, which is not currently open. After creating the External Gate to reach the dimension where Arakko is located at the start of the " X of Swords " storyline, Apocalypse sent Summoner with Banshee and Unus the Untouchable to herald his arrival. When Summoner reemerged with

6767-406: The form of the sentient bacteria Arkea and Sublime that turned Enriched and Enshrined against one another when they took on minds of their own. Grove herself was gravely injured in battle but survived through her mutant gift, to heal by vegetative growth which changed her almost human form with small sprouts into a fully bark-covered form. Having much changed, Grove took on the new name of Okkara. It

6868-494: The front doors, followed by Northstar . Paulie crudely states his objections to working with the openly gay Northstar. In their heated exchange, Paulie dares Northstar to hit him, counting on his invulnerability to protect him. Northstar's repeated blows delivered at superhuman speed, however, inflict a nosebleed on Paulie and render him unconscious. Throughout the storyline, Paulie regularly calls Northstar "Maple-Leaf" and insults him for his homosexuality. (Uncanny X-Men 392) During

6969-444: The incredibly long period of time that they have been apart, even needing Doug to translate for both of them. It was eventually discovered that the true motive for the creation of Krakoa as a nation was not to preserve mutantkind, but instead, was to eliminate it since Moira had lost faith in the mutant dream after too many failed lives, and because her powers gave her an immense ability to inflict her will on mutant history, she hatched

7070-399: The island of Krakoa providing the means and/or permitting them to do so". Readers have been divided as to whether the storyline is intended as an extended allegory for the state of Israel. In the Ultimate Marvel reality, Krakoa is featured in issues of Ultimate X-Men . Krakoa Island is south of Genosha (which in this reality is vastly anti-mutant under the reign of Lord Scheele) and

7171-432: The island's ecosystem into a hive-mind entity. Sergeant Fury and his commando team were accidental witnesses to the bomb drop which created Krakoa in early 1945, and soon afterwards crashed on and encountered the island's collective intelligence, with whom they arranged a peaceful parting in exchange for keeping its existence a secret. However, Krakoa later became hungry for the unique life energy created by mutants . It

7272-651: The music store where she works, and expresses her views to him. Bobby, smitten with her, asks her out. Intrigued by Bobby, she accepts. Oracle is a Shi'ar who is a member of the Shi'ar Imperial Guard . The character, created by writer Chris Claremont and artist Dave Cockrum , first appeared in The Uncanny X-Men #107 (October 1977). Oracle, whose alter-ego is Lady Sybil, has telepathy and can exert control over others' minds. Using this power, she can project stun bolts. She also has psychoscopic awareness, or "Mind-Sight":

7373-468: The narrative" during the Krakoan Age , commenting that while "Xavier has established the mutant society on Krakoa, the island itself actually controls all of the major aspects of that society". Butler highlighted that "Hickman and other writers show how mutants declare independence through exclusive trade, create laws and punishment, establish mass transit routes, identify a national language, and negotiate property rights—none of which would be possible without

7474-460: The nation for the 2nd generation of Mutants in the ancient times, until the Twilight Sword of Amenth split it into two separate beings, Krakoa and Arakko . Later it was revealed that Okkara actually began life two billion years ago as the human mutant named Grove, one of the 1st generation mutants that belongued to a thriving society known as the Threshold, a nation where mutants and humans - known as

7575-415: The new team of X-Men (namely Colossus , Nightcrawler , Storm , Sunfire , Thunderbird , Banshee and Wolverine ). The new X-Men team found the original X-Men and by using her powers, Polaris was able to launch Krakoa into outer space. Krakoa was later apparently found and captured for study by the cosmic entity known as The Stranger , as seen when Quasar visited one of his 'laboratory worlds'. Krakoa

7676-750: The original team. Cerebro Too Many Requests If you report this error to the Wikimedia System Administrators, please include the details below. Request from 172.68.168.151 via cp1112 cp1112, Varnish XID 389012358 Upstream caches: cp1112 int Error: 429, Too Many Requests at Fri, 29 Nov 2024 05:44:16 GMT Okkara Blackjack O'Hare is a fictional anthropomorphic hare in Marvel Comics . The character, created by Bill Mantlo and Sal Buscema , first appeared in The Incredible Hulk #271 (May 1982). Blackjack O'Hare

7777-401: The plankton and kelp in the surrounding sea and the bacteria and spores floating in the air itself. In total, Black Tom's plant-based awareness gives him a 25-mile radius of acute sensitivity to all that enters and exits the island nation. Krakoa's current achievements come at a steep price. To sustain itself, Krakoa must consume two mutants a year or take in other forms of mutant energy through

7878-453: The premise of the X-Men comics going forward), the mutants have established communication with Krakoa and agreed to live on it in a symbiotic relationship, establishing the island as an independent mutant nation-state. The true aims of Krakoa have so far been left ambiguous. Krakoa was originally depicted as a very small island in the Pacific Ocean that was located close to where some nuclear bombing tests were done. The radiation somehow mutated

7979-743: The primordial void that the Marvel Multiverse sprang from and will eventually return to. Harry Ocelot is an anthropomorphic ocelot and animal version of Harry Osborn . Oddball is the name of two fictional supervillains appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics . Oddball (Elton Healy) appears in Hawkeye Vol.1 #3–4 (1983), Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Vol.2 (1986), Captain America #317, 395, 411–414 (1986–1993), Avengers Spotlight #23–25 (1989), Guardians of

8080-573: The process. Amalya had become a "General" and arrived with Rocket's ex's in an effort to exterminate him themselves. Blackjack considered the possibility of assassinating her now, but was shot by Amalya because he was talking out loud. As a last ditch effort he fires a missile at Rocket, but it gets deflected and Blackjack is presumably killed. In X-Men Red , Blackjack returns as an ally of Arakko police officer Weaponless Zsen. A character based on Blackjack O'Hare named Floor appears in Guardians of

8181-723: The rest of the Death-Throws for Norman Osborn . Oddball was among the villains that were killed by Black Ant and a restored Hank Pym and revived to join the Lethal Legion . Oddball is an expert at juggling , pitching, and catching, with superb coordination, and is highly skilled with thrown objects. He normally carries an assortment of weighted balls and ball-shaped throwing weapons. He typically carried ten 3-inch (76 mm) diameter balls filled with various substances: tear gas, super-adhesive, hydrochloric acid , smoke, concentrated sulfur, spent uranium, itching powder, magnesium flare,

8282-422: The rest of the Death-Throws, along with various other supervillains, attempt to claim the bounty put on Hawkeye's right arm by Crossfire. However, all of the supervillains looking to claim the bounty are defeated by Hawkeye, Mockingbird and Trick Shot . On his own again, Oddball dresses up as a police detective in order to ambush Hawkeye when he was showing Avengers young recruits Justice and Firestar around

8383-540: The resurrection process and brought back all the "downloads" of dead mutants that were in "the Waiting Room" realm – including all fifteen million mutants that were killed in the Genoshan massacre caused by Cassandra Nova. Kafka and Atlantic Krakoa return to Earth to merge with Pacific Krakoa and Doug helps reintroduce them since Atlantic Krakoa's language has evolved. Kafka says they'll stay for 24 hours so Doug notifies many of

8484-665: The trees he produces. Krakoa's school grounds, the Bamfs, and Doop were able to prevent Swarm from invading the Jean Grey School. After the Terrigen Mists were released into the Earth's atmosphere and began causing the M-Pox plague which was deadly to mutants worldwide, the X-Mansion was moved to the dimension of Limbo where it acted as X-Haven. Krakoa was not part of the displacement and moved his bio-matter offshore to function as an independent island in

8585-430: The trip Genosha, Paul, and teammate Hector Rendoza receive a telepathic 'crash course' in their mutant powers, allowing them better control and understanding. Moments later, Paul suggests that he and Jean enter the cargo bay for 'privacy'. As a rebuttal, she makes him perceive her as elderly and overweight, an unpleasant visual. He also participates in a telepathic jaunt into Dazzler's mind, to see what had recently ravaged

8686-425: The true entity of the island and eventually made a telepathic connection with Krakoa to the point that the relationship of mutant island and mutant man has only grown. More so, when Cypher communed with Krakoa at Xavier's urging, Krakoa related its past. According to Doug Ramsey, long ago, in ancient times, there was a single larger landmass called Okkara , which was attacked by an enemy that came from its core wielding

8787-668: The two heroes and deliver them to Crossfire. However, Hawkeye manages to escape and is able to defeat the three supervillains. Oddball and Bombshell were later rescued from prison by Oddball's brother Alvin, alias Tenpin . Together with Bombshell, Tenpin, Knicknack , and Ringleader , Oddball forms the Death-Throws , a team of supervillain jugglers. The group are hired by Crossfire to help him escape from prison. The Death-Throws complete their mission, but decide to hold Crossfire hostage instead. The group are defeated and arrested by Hawkeye, Mockingbird and Captain America . Later, Oddball and

8888-478: The vast majority of the world recognized Krakoa and established diplomatic/trade ties, with the exceptions of Wakanda , Atlantis, Azania, Canaan, Kenya , Honduras , Brazil , Santo Marco, Terra Verde, Venezuela , Iran , Madripoor , North Korea , Latveria , and Russia , for political and ideological reasons and/or because they belong in the Wakandan Economic Protectorate. More so, Emma Frost

8989-406: Was Vega Superior, who took control of an island, later christened Wagner's isle, whose inhabitants began to worship him. When Nightcrawler crashed his plane there, he found Vega-Superior in the caves under the island, who had inherited his father's memories of the X-Men's genetic code, including that of Nightcrawler. He tries to choke Nightcrawler, but the latter manages to escape. He makes versions of

9090-462: Was allowed to carve out a piece of Krakoa so she could be given a private kingdom for herself outside the coast of the bay-area. Likewise, Bar Sinister, though not part of Krakoa, was added to its landmass with Flowers of Krakoa that modify the former secret base of Mister Sinister into a Krakoan Habitat, a diplomatic biome interconnected with the island nation's collective consciousness. Cypher also developed their own mutant language – Krakoan – which

9191-562: Was also revealed that when the Celestials arrived on Earth a million years ago to create the Eternals and Deviants, they also created the Great Machine, and just so happened to base its systemic design on Okkara, who by now was already a living island. Omertà ( Paul "Paulie" Provenzano ) is a mutant appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics . The character is featured in

9292-400: Was conspiring with Professor X and Magneto. Moira's role in the founding of their country was eventually revealed, thanks to Emma Frost, to the entire Quiet Council of Krakoa and they've all been sworn to secrecy about it. During the " Fall of X " as a host of mutants, human dignitaries, and superheroes gather at the latest Hellfire Gala to witness the election of a new X-Men roster and enjoy

9393-576: Was created by Mark Waid and Mike Wieringo and first appeared in Fantastic Four #511. In his few appearances, he took the appearance of Jack Kirby , which may suggest he is the representation of the actual comic book writers inside the Marvel Multiverse . The One-Above-All is the sole creator of all existence in the Marvel Multiverse and, possibly, the Omniverse. He is also the supervisor of

9494-543: Was eventually freed along with many other specimens and was last seen orbiting around Earth until the energy wave from M-Day and the Collective awakened Vulcan. It is also revealed that before it was shot into outer space, Krakoa released several spores from itself, which later plagued the X-Men. During the " House of X and Powers of X " stories, Professor X reveals to Cypher that he had approached Krakoa (who somehow returned to Earth) and took his time and efforts to bring forth

9595-442: Was grown by Hellfire Club member Maximillian von Katzenelnbogen (a descendant of Victor Frankenstein ) in his artificial supergarden. When Rachel mentions that Krakoa keeps apologizing and wants to join the X-Men, Wolverine ends up letting Krakoa stay as a part of the school. Not soon after the school began having money difficulties, it is Krakoa who solves the school's financial problems by growing great quantities of giant diamonds on

9696-560: Was killed in a bar fight. This drove Sasquatch on a feral rampage until the Hulk defeated Sasquatch and drained his gamma energy. This causes the One Below All to transfer into the Hulk's body, mocking him with Brian's image. However, Brian's ghost regains control and tells the Hulk of the One Below All's plan to gain a permanent host. The One Below All managed to gain control of the Absorbing Man 's body through an experimental procedure using gamma radiation to make him strong enough to fight

9797-490: Was made by a small band of eco-terrorists known as Hordeculture, who proved capable of disrupting Krakoa's ecosystem by hacking Krakoa's biology and access its gates, which started taking a toll on the island's residents. Beyond some unusually aggressive wildlife and a minuscule decrease in landmass, Jean Grey, Emma Frost and the other telepaths on the island have already noticed that Krakoa is taking more psychic energy than normal. Later, another strange and mysterious island with

9898-452: Was once again working for Dyvyne with his next assignment being that he kidnap Princess Lynx. Rocket, Groot and Wal Rus arrived to defeat Blackjack, his brigade and Dyvyne, once again. He turned up again, disguised as an impostor Rocket and framing him for a series of murders. He reveals his identity to Rocket and claims that the reason for framing him was that he ruined his chance to assassinate Princess Amalya and destroyed his reputation in

9999-417: Was responsible for the deaths of a team of young mutants, composed of Petra , Sway , Darwin and Kid Vulcan (the latter two were able to survive, but became trapped inside Krakoa), from a parallel X-Men team led by Moira McTaggart . It was later able to capture the original X-Men (then consisting of Cyclops , Angel , Havok , Iceman , Jean Grey and Polaris ), which led to the subsequent formation of

10100-581: Was slain in the first round of the tournament by a tribal warrior called the Headhunter. Orville Bock became the new Oddball and joined the Death-Throws. Oddball joined the rest of the Death-Throws in London after they were hired by R.A.I.D to take part in a terrorist attack on the city. They were subsequently defeated by Union Jack and Sabra . During the Dark Reign storyline, Quasimodo researched Oddball and

10201-602: Was soon revealed that those who went through the portals were actually sent to Krakoa's Atlantic Island. Soon mutantkind regrouped and began striking back at Orchis. Juggernaut was tasked with taking the core of Krakoa away from danger, only to be intercepted by the Stark Sentinels which he fought. Apocalypse soon arrived and seeing that the living island was dying due to lack of mutant energy, he asked his companions to sacrifice themselves to feed it. Some mutants, including Wrongslide, willingly stepped in to be sacrificed, and with

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