PRYOR, MADELYNE: Page 3 of 5

Publication Date: 6th Dec 2018
Written By: Peter Luzifer, Ruth and Gremlin.
Image Work: Gremlin and Peter Luzifer.
Biography

BIOGRAPHY - Page 3 

Setting up headquarters in a former Reavers base in the Australian Outback, Madelyne pulled her weight with the team by mastering the cyborgs’ magnificent  computer system. Additionally, she designed an eight-pointed star as the X-Men‘s new logo. They could leave it behind like Zorro with his “Z,” without exposing them to be still alive. While the team was away on a mission, Madelyne watched the news, as she suddenly saw an interview with X-Factor’s Cyclops and Marvel Girl. Finally, she learned the reason for why Scott had abandoned her and, angrily, she smashed the screen with her fist. The resulting explosion rendered her unconscious. [Uncanny X-Men (1st series) #230, 232]

Gateway found her and one of his dreamtime probes revealed that Madelyne feared losing her identity. Scott had only married her for her resemblance to Jean and, once she miraculously returned, he took away everything she held dear to give it to the other woman. The Limbo demon S’ym invaded the dream sequence, offering Maddie to become more than she was and receive the chance to hurt her husband back. He showed her images of a girl, a pilot, a woman and a demon and, thinking it to be not real, she chose the latter. Sym then pointed his finger into her chest and she was infected with the demon’s magic. [Uncanny X-Men (1st series) #233-234]

A few weeks later, Madelyne was captured, along Jenny Ransome by Genoshan troops. The mutant-exploiting nation was not sure what to make of the odd readings they got from the redhead.  She was not really human, but Wipeout found no powers he could cancel. Madelyne was taken to a lab to undergo the first stages of the mutate bonding process but, unexpectedly, the entire room exploded, with only Maddie surviving the incident. Questioned by the Genegineer, she did not remember what had transpired during her examination. Left alone, she escaped by again using psychokinetic powers and the X-Men later found her in another part of the building, where the Genegineer was growing babies in incubators. Madelyne found the place familiar, though could not recall why. [Uncanny X-Men (1st series) #237-238]

Both having been abandoned by their lovers, Havok found himself more and more attracted to Madelyne, who secretly had bargained with the Limbo demon N’astirh, who promised he would be able to locate the missing baby.

While Alex and Maddie were happily dancing in the famous Rainbow Room, the Empire State Building started to transform. Demons were influencing the city; the start of Inferno. She distracted Havok so that he would not notice and, right after returning to Australia, she had Gateway once more teleport her to New York.

At the grave of Jean Grey, Madelyne transformed into the Goblyn Queen and, suddenly, was met by John and Elaine Grey, who thought her to be their resurrected daughter. Angrily, Maddie turned them into demon pets and then investigated a tip from N’astirh about the baby’s location. The demon took her to the orphanage in Nebraska, where she was captured and shackled by Mr. Sinister. The villain then finally revealed her origin and that her sole purpose had been to function as broodmare for the Summers baby. Sinister underestimated the powers that Madelyne had developed, thanks to the demon magic, and she busted loose.

N'astirh brought her the baby, wanting her to sacrifice it to empower the demon rule on Earth on a permanent basis. Madelyne agreed, knowing that little Christopher‘s death would hurt the two men she hated most: Sinister and Cyclops. When X-Factor opposed her, Madelyne arranged that that they would run into the X-Men and, right in time, she changed back to “plain” Maddie and claimed that Cyclops had wanted to steal her son. In the following battle between the two hero teams, Madelyne slipped away, taking Havok with her, upgrading him to become her “Goblyn Prince.” Shortly after they had left, most of the heroes came to their senses and agreed that they needed to stop the demons. Working together, they defeated N’astirh and, elsewhere in the city, Illyana Rasputin sacrificed her magic might to suck all other demons back to Limbo, leaving only the Goblyn Queen behind.

Easier said than done, as she managed to seal herself and Jean Grey in a near impenetrable telekinetic bubble. Madelyne hated Jean so much that she killed herself and forced Jean into a mental bond to die with her. To survive, Jean was forced to re-integrate the portions of soul, essence and life-force of herself that had gone from Phoenix II to Maddie. Along with it, she also received the memories of both individuals. [Uncanny X-Men (1st series) #241-243, X-Factor (1st series) #37-38] After mourning, the heroes battled Mr. Sinister, the villain who was responsible for the whole mess.