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Nanny and Orphan-Maker are fictional mutant characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics . Their first appearance was in X-Factor vol. 1 #31. The duo see themselves as "protectors" of mutant children, whom they abduct after murdering their parents. While intelligent, Nanny is highly irrational. Orphan-Maker, who is a young child encased in an adult-sized armor, behaves with the immaturity of his actual age.

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63-815: Nanny and Orphan-Maker first appeared as opponents of X-Factor , a super-team made up of the five original X-Men . Their first appearance was in X-Factor #31 (August 1988). They were created by Louise Simonson and Walt Simonson . The characters eventually became regular supporting characters in books featuring the X-Men universe. Their appearances include X-Factor #35 (December 1988), #40 (May 1989), The Uncanny X-Men #247-248 (August–September 1989), #265-267 (August–September 1990), Generation X #2-4 (December 1994-February 1995), Generation X Holiday Special #1 (February 1998), Slingers #9 (August 1999), and Wolverine: Killing Made Simple #1 (October 2008). They received an entry in

126-468: A cyborg by sealing her body into an egg-shaped armored suit that she had designed. She managed to escape, driven insane by her experience. Now calling herself Nanny, Murch vowed to save mutant children, believing that their families were evil. She discovered the existence of a child called Peter, who was being held captive in Mister Sinister 's "orphanage". Sinister had placed Peter in his orphanage as

189-642: A "cameo" in New Mutants #21, drawn in as a slumber party guest by artist Bill Sienkiewicz . During this period, she also edited Marvel's Star Wars and Indiana Jones comics. In 2017, she edited the graphic novel Son of Shaolin for Image Comics. At the end of 1983, Jones quit her editing job at Marvel to try her hand at full-time writing as Louise Simonson . She created the Eagle Award -winning Power Pack . The title, which debuted in August 1984, featured

252-426: A backlash from the human inhabitants of Earth against all magical creatures. It is described within the comics at this point many of the magical creatures relocated to Avalon and has left most of the paths between Earth and Avalon destroyed, with only a few remaining functional. After the death of King Arthur , his body was taken to Avalon by Merlin . The city of Camelot was also taken to Avalon including all of

315-417: A battle suit that gives him certain abilities but also suppresses his natural ones. If any part of his body spends too much time outside the armor, the armor will no longer be able to contain it. Orphan-Maker's armor is highly resistant to most forms of attack, and has certain reflective properties that enhances his strength and allows him to deflect energy attacks such as Cyclops ' optic blasts. Orphan-Maker

378-498: A crusade to "save" young mutant children by killing their parents of young mutants (and thus "orphaning" them) and abducting them. They would confront the X-Men operating out of a small, faux-town in the Australian outback. Dazzler and Havok are ambushed and stunned in a ship designed to look like a crash-landed artifact. The captured are physically converted into children. They are given battlesuits themselves and convinced to attack

441-648: A destructive war, Master Wilson and the Manchester Gods forced the leaders of Avalon to sign an armistice and surrender, thereby establishing parliamentary democracy. However, when Surtur later assaulted the Nine Realms of Asgard using the technology of the Manchester Gods, the Asgardians Thor and Loki traveled to Otherworld and confronted Master Wilson, who was depicted as being regretful of having unwittingly helped Surtur and subsequently sacrificed himself and

504-401: A mentally ill young mutant had taken hostages inside his school, Orphan-Maker was driven away partly because the mutant Skin managed to interfere with his suit's energy flow. He managed to escape pursuit in a technologically advanced vehicle disguised as an ice cream truck. Later on, he and Nanny battled with Wolverine after they tried to make an orphan out of Trance (a former X-student). In

567-474: A pocket dimension. A druid by the name of Master Wilson spontaneously materialized in the north of the Otherworld as a personification of the industrialization and urbanization of present-day Britain. He held the belief that the monarchies that predominated the Otherworld for centuries were unjust for the townsfolk, and that it was time for Avalon to urbanize and modernize so that it could more accurately reflect

630-511: A rampage and killed everyone he came across, including two park rangers who had overheard the commotion and came to investigate. He was found by the Hellions exhausted and begging forgiveness. Peter was put on trial by the Quiet Council of Krakoa for killing two innocent humans, with the Hellions as character references. In spite of their pleas and Nightcrawler's defense, a terrified Orphan-Maker

693-440: A small child in order to use him as a weapon once his X-Gene was activated but, upon realising Peter's powers were too dangerous, decided that the child should be executed. Nanny rescued Peter, who became the first of her "Lost Boys (and Girls)". Nanny fitted him with a suit of armor that would suppress his uncontrollable powers and give him the appearance of a large Man, christening him Orphan-Maker. Nanny and Orphan-Maker embarked on

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756-815: A title she wrote for eight years until #86 in 1999. She contributed to such storylines as "Panic in the Sky" in 1992. Later that year, Simonson (along with Carlin, Dan Jurgens , Roger Stern and others) was one of the chief architects of " The Death of Superman " storyline, in which Superman died and was resurrected. It was during that storyline, in The Adventures of Superman #500 (June 1993), that Simonson and Bogdanove introduced their character Steel , who graduated to his own title in February 1994, with Simonson as writer until #31. The character went on to feature in an eponymous feature film starring Shaquille O'Neal in 1997. Simonson

819-595: A twelve-part webcomic tie-in to The Death of Superman animated movie. In 2019, she contributed two stories to DC Primal Age #1 and teamed up with June Brigman again for the one-shot Power Pack: Grow Up . In 2020 she scripted the comic adaptation of Leigh Bardugo 's novel Wonder Woman: Warbringer as well as a comic tie-in to the movie Wonder Woman 1984 . Simonson revisited her runs on X-Factor and New Mutants with new stories for X-Men Legends , pencilled by her husband Walt and published in 2021 and 2022. In April 2022, Simonson and her husband were reported among

882-521: A volcano to rest of the groups anger. Third-Eye then put into motion another plan that involved taking them back to the Astral Plane. When Peter first woke up in the Astral Plane he panicked because he thought he was in Hell for killing Doctor Barrington. While Melter kept him calm, Nanny and Jeffries built him a new suit. The team escapes with the freed Orchis prisoners on their boat which Madison used debris from

945-512: Is able to can regress the bodies of adult mutants to those of children, presumably through technological means. Her telepathic powers allow her to regress the adults to the mindset of a child. Her body is encased within her armor, which allows her to fly and teleport . Orphan-Maker is a mutant, he possesses an unknown but potentially world-ending power. Everyone aware of how it works is afraid of what will happen if his X-Gene becomes active, including Professor X , Nanny, and Mister Sinister. He wears

1008-444: Is again abducted by Orchis, telling his team to come looking for him before disappearing. The rest of the team, alongside Dr. Barrington and her creation are trapped in the base with the kids who instinctively attack them out of fear that they're there to perform more experiments. Nanny comes up with a plan to make the mutant babies comfortable with them by mentally regressing everyone but herself to infanthood, to spite Peter admitting to

1071-866: Is an American comic book writer and editor. She is best known for her work on comic book titles such as Conan the Barbarian , Power Pack , X-Factor , New Mutants , Superman: The Man of Steel , and Steel . She is often referred to by the nickname " Weezie ". Among the comic characters she co-created are Cable , Steel , Power Pack , Rictor , Doomsday and the X-Men villain Apocalypse . In recognition of her contributions to comics, ComicsAlliance listed Simonson as one of twelve female comics creators deserving of lifetime achievement recognition. In 1964 while attending Georgia State College , Louise met fellow student Jeffrey Catherine Jones . The two began dating and were married in 1966. Their daughter Julianna

1134-455: Is equipped with large guns that fire destructive energies. When he was outfitted with his new armor, the suit had the capability of forming guns out of its hands. His armor being breached in a fight with the Marauders , caused him to begin spewing an acid-like substance that melted Scrambler's face. When he took his helmet off on his own volition, his head glowed with ethereal white energy, and

1197-592: The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Update '89 #5. Eleanor Murch, the woman who would become known as Nanny, was a mutant with low-level telepathy and mind control powers. She was employed as a scientist by the organization known as the Right . When Murch discovered the Right's anti-mutant agenda, she tried to thwart their plans but was captured. To punish and enslave Murch, the Right turned her into

1260-533: The Captain Britain Corps . Otherworld is a high fantasy world; gods, elves, dragons, and many other beings live in small towns and large castles with no heavy industry. Large forests and bright lakes separate the several islands and locations from one another. Sorcery and magic are a part of daily life, although the Captain Britain Corps and Avalon also possess highly advanced technology. Within

1323-678: The Knights of the Round Table , the process through which it was taken to Avalon was unclear. Merlyn created the Starlight Citadel, located on a different island than Avalon. From the Starlight Citadel he founded the Captain Britain Corps , a group of superhuman heroes who would patrol the countless Earths in the Omniverse . Merlyn became the Omniversal Guardian and was assisted in his task by

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1386-816: The Sword of Light and the Shield of Night . In return the Black Knight became her protector. The Black Knight would often travel between Earth and Avalon and seek the Lady of the Lake for advice. Avalon is also the home of the Green Knight , a primordial nature spirit. From the Green Chapel he empowers select warriors as his Pendragons to battle the servants of the Red Lord and his followers; known as

1449-765: The Bane. Pendragons of the past include Arthur, Merlin & the Knights of the Round Table, Robin Hood and the Merry Men, the World War I superhero Albion, Detective Dai Thomas, Captain Britain, Union Jack, and others. The Lady of the Lake called Black Knight "The new Pendragon" when she gave him the Sword of Light and Shield of Night, it is unclear if Dane was tapping into the same mystical power that empowered

1512-688: The Fomorians, who would try to invade Avalon repeatedly. The Celtic Gods would receive assistance from Thor in repelling several invasions. One of the Celtic Gods, the Lady of the Lake , safeguarded Excalibur , King Arthur's sword. She became a close ally of the Black Knight and even gave him Excalibur when he lost his weapon, the Ebony Blade. Years later, the Lady of the Lake gave the Black Knight his new weapons:

1575-443: The Hellions (minus Nanny, Sinister and Empath) reformed to pursue him and give him aid. He managed to single-handedly fight his way into the heart of the compound and find the robot, only for Nanny to immediately storm in after and take it from him. In spite of his heroism she continued to ignore him and pay attention to the robot, only for its mutant-hating A.I. to kick-in, causing it to kill her. Distraught over her death, Peter went on

1638-659: The Justice League cartoon. She wrote an adult Batman novel and the non-fiction DC Comics Covergirls . Avalon (Marvel Comics) Avalon , also known as Otherworld, is a fictional dimension appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics . It is based on the mythical Avalon from Celtic and, more specifically, Irish and Welsh mythology . Avalon first appeared in Fantastic Four #54 (September 1966 ) by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby . Avalon's dimension

1701-449: The Mutants ," " Inferno ", and " X-Tinction Agenda ". She ended her run on the title with #64 in 1991. In 1987, beginning with issue #55, she became the New Mutants scripter. Similarly to X-Factor , she was originally brought in as a fill-in writer so that Chris Claremont could launch two other titles, but ended up writing the series for three and a half years, ending with #97 in 1991. It

1764-589: The Omniversal Majestor/Majestrix. His task was to safeguard the Omniverse against any threats and the technology Merlyn provided was capable of destroying entire universes that posed a serious danger. When Mad Jim Jaspers appeared, Merlyn faked his death and was replaced by Roma as Omniversal Guardian. Saturnyne became the Omniversal Majestrix. Years later, Mastermind conquered the island of

1827-607: The Skrull's invasion of Britain. Pete Wisdom later restored the Lady of the Lake and the Green Knight to life. During the Chaos War storyline, Amatsu-Mikaboshi led an army of enslaved alien gods in an invasion of Avalon, where they defeated King Arthur and his allies. However, Avalon was restored by the Greek god Hercules after he used his newly-enhanced powers to trap Amatsu-Mikaboshi in

1890-505: The Starlight Citadel, destroying most of the Captain Britain Corps and disguising himself as Roma. Mastermind wanted the Amulet of Right and the Sword of Might, two mystical artifacts which had once empowered Brian Braddock, also known as Captain Britain and his enemy Joshua Stragg, the Reaver. Braddock found the artifacts before Mastermind and discovered that he was the rightful heir to them. Through

1953-795: The Swordbearers of Arakko forcing them to forfeit Saturnyne 's X of Swords challenge. When they got there Sinister betrayed them by revealing they were actually there to collect DNA samples from the mutants of Arakko and Nanny, Orphan-Maker and Wild Child were killed by the godlike Arakki mutant Tarn the Uncaring and his servants the Locus Vile. They were resurrected by the Five and as a result of dying in Amenth, they all came back different and stronger. Realizing how potentially dangerous Orphan-Maker would be if he came back

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2016-406: The X-Men spin-off X-Factor , was running late on a deadline, and Simonson was called in to write a fill-in issue of X-Factor . This story was never published, since Layton ultimately turned his story in on time, but while writing it Simonson found herself inspired by the characters, to the point where she brought a list of her ideas to editor Bob Harras in the hopes that Layton might use them for

2079-465: The adventures of four pre-teen superheroes. Simonson wrote the majority of the title's first forty issues, even coloring one issue (#18). Her other Marvel writing work included Starriors , Marvel Team-Up , Web of Spider-Man , and Red Sonja . Louise helped her husband Walt Simonson color his " Star Slammers " story in Marvel Graphic Novel #6 (1983). In 1986 Bob Layton , writer of

2142-427: The already skeptical team that she can't be trusted, she forces them into the plan and then as soon as it's done reveals her ulterior motivate. With her teammates immobilised, she takes off with Orphan-Maker and the babies to raise as she sees fit. The others waking up on their boat to find the two gone. Nanny is a mutant with low-level telepathic and mind control abilities. She is also a genius-level cyberneticist. She

2205-594: The anthology. In 2023, she wrote a four-issue Jean Grey mini-series for Marvel Comics. In 2024, the five-issue retro series Power Pack: Into the Storm by Simonson and June Brigman, with a story that takes place during their original run, was published by Marvel. From 1993 through 2009, she wrote five picture books and eleven novels for middle-readers, many of which featured characters from DC Comics. Two YA novels, Justice League : The Gauntlet and Justice League: Wild at Heart , published by Bantam Books , were based on

2268-468: The collective subconscious of present-day Britain. To achieve this, Master Wilson struck a deal with the fire demon Surtur of Muspelheim, whereby Surtur provided Master Wilson with the raw power to construct massive mechanized cities known as the "Manchester Gods" to wage war upon Merlyn, Captain Britain, the Tuatha da Dannan, Pendragon's Court, and the other ruling elite of Avalon. Within the comics, following

2331-503: The comic World of Warcraft , based on the multi-million player internet game, for Wildstorm, and a manga story, based in the Warcraft universe, for Tokyopop . In 2011, DC hired Louise Simonson to write DC Retroactive : Superman - The '90s , pencilled by her Man of Steel -collaborator Jon Bogdanove. Simonson wrote the "Five Minutes" chapter in Action Comics #1000 (June 2018) and

2394-404: The company at the end of 1979. In January 1980, Jones joined Marvel Comics , where she initially worked again as an editor, most notably on Uncanny X-Men , which she edited for almost four years (#137–182) and Conan the Barbarian (#114–148 ). Simonson (as "Louise Jones") edited another X-Men spin-off, The New Mutants , at its debut in 1983. After leaving the series, she had

2457-424: The creators gave the character, Angel , blue skin and metal wings in a process which led to his being renamed as "Archangel". It was at Simonson's suggestion that X-Men writer Chris Claremont's " Mutant Massacre " story idea was turned into a crossover through all the "X-books", the first of its kind. Her run on X-Factor included the relevant installments of "Mutant Massacre", and the subsequent crossovers " Fall of

2520-466: The destroyed base to turn into a vessel big enough to contain them all. After hearing Peter speak unfavorably to the prisoners about his time in Krakoa, Sabretooth decides to enact one last plan for revenge against the Quiet Council by turning all the young mutants against them, he is interrupted when the team arrive at the final, underwater Orchis base and are hit by a tidal wave. During the commotion Sabretooth

2583-573: The destruction of Sinister's secret clone farm (and the death of the Sinister/Tarn the Uncaring Chimera he had been working on), Nanny's ship was hijacked by the Right and her husband Dr. Harold Murch. She escaped but her robot "child" was stolen. When Peter tried to help her, she yelled at him for not being there when she needed him. Desperate to prove himself to Nanny, Orphan-Maker stormed the Right's base to retrieve his "baby brother". The rest of

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2646-465: The fictional historical setting of Avalon, there previously existed many ways to travel from Earth to Avalon and back during ancient times, which were created by characters in the setting known as the Twelve Walkers. Six of the Twelve Walkers, depicted within the story as evil, they created false paths that would lead travelers to dangerous places or drive them to the point of insanity, which resulted in

2709-461: The island of Avalon within this dimension is actually only a small part of a larger dimension which is the Otherworld. Other places within this dimension include Fomor (home of the Fomorians), Annwn (home of the dead), and other locales associated with Celtic mythology . Notably, this pocket dimension also contains the Starlight Citadel, home of the fictional otherworld being, Roma , and the base of

2772-451: The mission. On this mission Nanny developed a deep hatred of Mister Sinister after seeing the remains of the many mutant children he had experimented on, she confronted him after the mission, telling him he would get his due for what he's done. Their second mission was to the Hell-like dimension of Amenth through Otherworld . Sinister had arranged this mission in order to steal the weapons of

2835-482: The more than three dozen comics creators who contributed to Operation USA 's benefit anthology book, Comics for Ukraine: Sunflower Seeds , a project spearheaded by IDW Publishing Special Projects Editor Scott Dunbier , whose profits would be donated to relief efforts for Ukrainian refugees resulting from the February 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine . Simonson teamed up with artist June Brigman to produce an original story with new characters created specifically for

2898-433: The name Louise Jones for several years afterward. Louise met the comic book writer and artist Walt Simonson in 1973, began dating in August 1974, and married in 1980. They collaborated on X-Factor from 1986 to 1989. In 1974, Jones started her professional comic book career at Warren Publishing . She went from assistant to senior editor of the comics line ( Creepy , Eerie , and Vampirella ) before leaving

2961-709: The new status quo for mutants post House of X and Powers of X , Professor X and Magneto invite all mutants to live on Krakoa and welcome even former enemies into their fold. Nanny and Orphan Maker join a loose group of outcast mutants, operating under Mister Sinister: the Hellions , which also comprise Havok, Kwannon, Empath, John Greycrow, and Wild Child. Their first mission was to destroy Sinister's old outdated cloning lab "The State Home for Foundlings". However, when they got there they found it had been taken over by Madelyne Pryor who sent perverse, zombie-like Marauders to attack them. They were rescued by their teammates, who completed

3024-688: The other Pendragon Knights. The Green Knight's Pendragons support nature, creation, and life; while the Bane champion decay, destruction, and death. The Red Lord operates from a hell realm called Anwyn. During the Secret Invasion storyline, the Skrulls invaded Avalon where they seemingly destroy the Lady of the Lake and the Green Knight. Pete Wisdom later used the shard to free Merlin from his imprisonment who managed to revive Captain Britain. When Merlin gave Captain Britain Excalibur, he used it to end

3087-490: The other X-Men. Some assistance is given by Jubilee , whom the X-Men did not know of at the time. Orphan-Maker and Nanny are temporarily defeated after Colossus rescues Havok from his battlesuit. Confused and disoriented from his experience, Havok blasts Nanny's ship, causing much destruction and seemingly causing the death of Storm . However, Orphan-Maker and Nanny had left behind a dead body that looked like Storm, while de-aging and kidnapping her. During an incident where

3150-535: The other exiles: Third-Eye, Nekra , Oya , Madison Jeffries , Melter and Toad . They were then sent from Krakoa with the mission to hunt down Sabretooth . Tracking him to Noble Island where an Orchis facility is, Nanny became jealous of the friendships he was developing with the rest of the team and guilted him into staying on the boat. However they were attacked by a super-powered Orchis member named "The Creation" who kidnapped Orphan-Maker for experimentation because of how destructive his powers were. Nanny assured

3213-446: The person closest to him was apparently killed instantly. Super powered beings seem to be able to stand close to him in this state slightly longer. After dying in Amenth, his physique, personality and powers were all enhanced to an unknown degree. Although this effect may have only been temporary. Also, he remains intellectually a child. Louise Simonson Louise Simonson ( née Mary Louise Alexander ; born September 26, 1946 )

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3276-448: The person closest to him was seemingly killed and her creation fled in terror. He was later reunited with Nanny and the rest of the Exiles who had come to rescue him, he apologised to Nanny for breaking his promise to her never to remove her armor and tried to put his helmet back on, but the damage was done and his powers were about to destroy the whole base. Sabretooth suggested throwing him in

3339-519: The publisher Ibooks, Inc. In 2007, Simonson wrote a one-shot starring Magik of the New Mutants as part of a four-issue event known as Mystic Arcana . In 2009, she wrote two issues of Marvel Adventures featuring Thor . The next year, she scripted the five-part limited series X-Factor Forever and reunited with June Brigman for a new Power Pack story in Girl Comics #3. Simonson also co-wrote

3402-596: The rest of the team that if they separated Orphan-Maker from his armour no one on earth would survive. Peter was taken to Orchis's second base for Mutant experimentation in the middle of an area of the Pacific Ocean called the Ring of Fire. There he met Doctor Barrington who after finding out only he could remove his suit, took advantage of his nievete and manipulated him into removing his mask. Without his mask his X-Gene finally activated and his face glowed with energy, Dr. Barrington

3465-469: The rest of the team, from their fight with the Right after the rest of their A.I.'s were destroyed by a Krakoan virus. Orphan-Maker eventually discovered the baby in Nanny's room, when she found him holding it, she became furious and kicked him out, threatening him if he ever told anyone, causing him to break down in tears. After the Hellions' final mission, a re-match with Tarn and the Locus Vile, which ended with

3528-560: The same way, the rest of the team had to team had to reclaim Nanny's ship from The Right so she could build a new suit of armor to contain his powers. On his return, Orphan-Maker became more physically mature, though still mentally and emotionally stunted, he developed a rebellious streak and began trying to be more independent from Nanny. This did not last long however, and he soon went back to craving Nanny's attention. However, due to his earlier behavior, she neglected him and began caring for an orphaned A.I. baby that she'd taken, unbeknownst to

3591-425: The series. Instead, Layton ended up dropping X-Factor shortly after, and at Chris Claremont and Ann Nocenti 's suggestion, Harras chose Simonson as his replacement. In #6, her first issue, she and artist Jackson Guice introduced Apocalypse , a character who would go on to make repeated appearances in the X-Men franchise. From #10 of the title, she was joined by her husband, Walt Simonson, on pencils. In #25,

3654-663: The use of those artifacts, he was able to defeat Mastermind, and Roma named him the new ruler of Avalon, whilst remaining as his advisor. Brian recently left his throne after the events in House of M and returned to Earth. On the island of Avalon, home to the Celtic Gods also known as the Tuatha da Danaan, druids would forge the magical artifact known as the Evil Eye . The Eye was given to Prester John , who traveled back to Earth with it. The Celtic Gods themselves would have an endless war with

3717-407: Was born the following year. After graduation, the couple moved to New York City. Louise modeled for artist Bernie Wrightson 's cover of DC Comics ' House of Secrets #92 (June–July 1971), the first appearance of Swamp Thing , and was hired by McFadden-Bartell, a magazine publisher and distributor and worked there for three years. She and Jones split up during this time but she continued to use

3780-483: Was during this run that she and artist Rob Liefeld introduced Cable , another important character in the X-Men franchise. In 1988–89, she and her husband co-wrote the Havok and Wolverine : Meltdown limited series painted by Jon J Muth and Kent Williams . In 1991, Simonson began writing for DC Comics . She, artist Jon Bogdanove , and editor Mike Carlin launched a new Superman title, Superman: The Man of Steel —

3843-566: Was one of the many creators who worked on the Superman: The Wedding Album one-shot in 1996 wherein the title character married Lois Lane . In 1999, Simonson returned to Marvel to write a Warlock series, which featured a character from her previous New Mutants run. That same year, she wrote a miniseries, Galactus the Devourer , in which Galactus died temporarily. In 2005, she wrote stories featuring Magnus, Robot Fighter for

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3906-591: Was referred to as 'Otherworld' for the first time in Captain Britain #1 (October 1976) by Chris Claremont , Herb Trimpe , and Fred Kida . Avalon is a small other-dimensional planetary body located in a pocket dimension adjacent to Earth. It is formed by the collective subconscious of the inhabitants of the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland . The dimension of Avalon is also known as Otherworld. However,

3969-540: Was sentenced to exile within Krakoa's Pit of Exile. Just as he was about to be swallowed into the depths of the island, a returned Nanny intervened, demanding to be exiled with him. After threatening the Council members and their families, the two were both found guilty. They were swallowed up by the island together as Nanny sang him a nursery rhyme. After spending some time in The Pit, they were eventually freed by Cypher along with

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