We conclude our week-long updates on villainesses who made surprising returns during the Krakoan Age, and we finish on one of the most unexpected of all. This power-hungry diva also happens to be one of the worst mothers in history. She let her son become mad and kill some children, manipulated her daughter into staying at her side rather than exploring the world - then body-swapped with her daughter - and hasn't even bothered to try and rescue her daughter from where she remains trapped between realms...(we stan Amanda). As for her beloved foster son (a certain blue-skinned X-Man)... Beware all who dare to enter the update on the Witch Queen, the Sorceress Supreme, She Who Walks the Winding Way... MARGALI SZARDOS!
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Update on... THUMBELINA!
You'll need your magnifying glass and a copy of the X-Cutioner's Song trade paperback to be able to see and remember this character! Debuting as one of Stryfe's Mutant Liberation Front, this peculiar mutant didn't attain the great heights of her teammates. Even though she did have pink hair. Prior to Krakoa's formation, she appeared along with other misfit mutants at a support group run by Nightcrawler and eventually made her way to Krakoa where she went to space and fought the Mindless Ones...and had apparently become a surgeon. Hmmmm. We love that for her. Still don't remember her? Learn all about... THUMBELINA!
Update On... TAROT
Bonjour! When we last saw the original Hellions it was...complicated. Something about the True Friend and techno-virus nonsense? We think? While it's rare for the Hellions to appear individually, this one is a special case, having returned to life separate from the other original Hellions once before, she made an unexpected return at a psychic fair where she was attempting to steal from the attendees. Then, when the great nation of Krakoa was established, the Hellions regrouped - only there was another group of Hellions in town, too...check in here on the misadventures of... TAROT!
Update on... INFECTIA
During the X-Men's Krakoan Age, dozens of long-dead mutants were returned to life in spectacular events, or quietly without much pomp and ceremony. It wasn't until the Krakoan Age was coming to an end that several mutants made their return. One such mutant who made a quiet but welcome return started off as a recurring thorn in the side of the original X-Factor, who (after a few appearances) faded into obscurity. She was eventually killed off, quite tragically in fact, as one of the earliest victims of the Legacy virus. Now, she's back... but keep your distance... it's INFECTIA!
Update On... PHANTAZIA!
This week we kick off a series of updates to fabulous female X-Men villains who made surprising returns during the X-Men's Krakoan Age. Some of these returns may have been brief, and all of these villainesses deserve better still. Case in point, our first update on one of the more interesting villains to debut in the early 90s, who still to this day remains mostly a mystery. Why did she choose to join Toad's Brotherhood? Why didn't she accept Exodus' offer to join the Acolytes? And how the heck did she remember House of X? Her motives remain her own - and she is not interested in revealing them...she is...PHANTAZIA.
Spotlight On... the BLOB!
Nothing moves the Blob! Fred J. Dukes has menaced the X-Men from the very beginning, working with everyone from Magneto to Mystique, or merely causing trouble as his own ornery self. Surly and short-tempered, Blob has proven a difficult partner over the years, but he has also forged lasting friendships like with Unus the Untouchable. After recovering from the Decimation and the reality warp of the Age of X-Man, a kinder and gentler Fred found his place on Krakoa running the Green Lagoon. The Fall of X pushed him back towards his criminal past, but the final fate of the Blob has yet to be written.
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