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Cassandra Nova
Cassandra Nova Xavier is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, most commonly in association with the X-Men. Created by writer Grant Morrison and artist Frank Quitely, the character first appeared in '' New X-Men'' #114 (July 2001). She is a mummudrai, a parasitic life form born bodiless on the astral plane. Cassandra is the older twin sister of X-Men founder, the telepath Professor X (Charles Xavier).'' X Lives of Wolverine'' #1 (January 2022) While in the womb together, Charles recognized her evil presence and killed her, resulting in her stillbirth. The mummudrai that became Cassandra became telepathically entangled with Xavier, granting Cassandra some psionic powers herself, including the ability to exit the womb and create a body, with which she sought revenge on Xavier. As Xavier's ideological dark shadow who is bent on destruction and genocide, Nova is most infamous for being responsible for the massacre of 16 million mutants withi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
X-Men Red
''X-Men: Red'' is an American comic book series published by Marvel Comics, featuring characters from X-Men stories. The first series was an eleven-issue comic book series published by Marvel Comics in monthly installments between February and December 2018. It was written by Tom Taylor and illustrated by Mahmud A. Asrar. The book followed a new team of X-Men led by Jean Grey following her return in ''Phoenix Resurrection: The Return of Jean Grey''. The second series featured the conflicting mutant factions on the terraformed Mars, renamed Planet Arakko. Publication history Volume 1 ''X-Men: Red'' is part of the X-Men franchise and a sister book to '' X-Men Gold'' and ''X-Men Blue'', which began ten months earlier. It follows the events of the 2017–2018 miniseries ''Phoenix Resurrection: The Return of Jean Grey'' written by Matthew Rosenberg and illustrated by Leinil Francis Yu. The series was promoted as part of Marvel's ''Fresh Start'', a full company relaunch of pub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Genocide
Genocide is violence that targets individuals because of their membership of a group and aims at the destruction of a people. Raphael Lemkin, who first coined the term, defined genocide as "the destruction of a nation or of an ethnic group" by means such as "the disintegration of [its] political and social institutions, of [its] cultural genocide, culture, linguicide, language, national feelings, religious persecution, religion, and [its] economic existence". During the struggle to ratify the Genocide Convention, powerful countries restricted Lemkin's definition to exclude their own actions from being classified as genocide, ultimately limiting it to any of five "acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group". While there are many scholarly Genocide definitions, definitions of genocide, almost all international bodies of law officially adjudicate the crime of genocide pursuant to the Genocide Convention. Genocide has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cerebro
Cerebro (; Spanish language, Spanish for "brain", from Latin ) is a fictional device appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The device is used by the X-Men (in particular, their leader, Professor X, Professor Charles Xavier) to detect humans, specifically Mutant (Marvel Comics), mutants. It was created by Professor X and Magneto (Marvel Comics), Magneto, and was later enhanced by Beast (Marvel Comics), Hank McCoy. Concept and creation Cerebro first appeared in ''X-Men'' #7 (September 1964). Professor Jeffrey J. Kripal, in his 2011 book ''Mutants and Mystics: Science Fiction, Superhero Comics, and the Paranormal'', calls Cerebro "a piece of psychotronics" and describes it as "a spiderlike, Jack Kirby, Kirby-esque system of machines and wires that transmitted extrasensory data into Professor Xavier's private desk in another room".Jeffrey J. Kripal, ''Mutants and Mystics: Science Fiction, Superhero Comics, and the Paranormal'' (2011), p. 208. Kripal notes that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
X-Mansion
X-Mansion and Xavier Institute are the common names for a mansion and research institute appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The mansion is depicted as the private estate of Charles Francis Xavier and serves as the base of operations and training site of the X-Men. It is also the location of an accredited private school for mutant children, teenagers, and sometimes older aged mutants, the Xavier Institute for Higher Learning, formerly the Xavier School for Gifted Youngsters. The X-Mansion is also the worldwide headquarters of the X-Corporation. The X-Mansion's address is 1407 Graymalkin Lane, Salem Center, located in Westchester County, New York. The school's motto is '' mutatis mutandis''. In a 2011 edition of the comic, Wolverine re-opens the school, at the same address, under the name of the Jean Grey School for Higher Learning. After the Terrigen Mist Cloud becomes toxic enough to mutants that they die from M-Pox, Storm has the mansion (rename ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wolverine (character)
Wolverine (birth name: James Howlett; Pseudonym, alias: Logan and Weapon X) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, often in association with the X-Men. He is a Mutant (Marvel Comics), mutant with animal-keen senses, enhanced physical capabilities, a powerful regenerative ability known as a healing factor, a skeleton reinforced with the unbreakable fictional metal adamantium, significantly delayed aging and a prolonged lifespan and three retractable claws in each hand. In addition to the X-Men, Wolverine has been depicted as a member of X-Force, Alpha Flight, the Fantastic Four and the Avengers (comics), Avengers. The common depiction of Wolverine is multifaceted; he is portrayed at once as a gruff loner, susceptible to animalistic "berserker rages" despite his best efforts, while simultaneously being an incredibly knowledgeable and intelligent polyglot, strategist, and martial artist, partially due to his extended lifespan and expa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cyclops (Marvel Comics)
Cyclops is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics and is a founding member of the X-Men. Created by writer Stan Lee and artist/co-plotter Jack Kirby, the character first appeared in the comic book ''Uncanny X-Men, The X-Men''. Cyclops is a member of a subspecies of humans known as Mutant (Marvel Comics), mutants, born with superhuman abilities. Cyclops emits powerful beams of energy from his eyes and can only control the beams with the aid of special eyewear, which he must always wear. He is typically considered the first of the X-Men, a team of mutant heroes who fight for peace and equality between mutants and humans, and one of the team's primary leaders. The first-born son of Corsair (character), Corsair, Scott Summers is the older brother of Havok (character), Havok and Vulcan (Marvel Comics), Vulcan. His first and most enduring love interest is his current wife, Jean Grey, with the two having a daughter, Rachel Summers, from an alternate futu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
