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Blackjack O'Hare

Blackjack O'Hare is a fictional
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in
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. The character, created by
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and
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, first appeared in ''
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'' #271 (May 1982). Blackjack O'Hare 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
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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 a new life. All this appeared to be false when Rocket visited Halfworld and discovered that Blackjack, along with Lylla and
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, were originally 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 retconned as Blackjack later returned as a mercenary and adversary to Rocket and
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.


Blackjack O'Hare in other media


Television

* Blackjack O'Hare appears in the ''
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'' episode "We Are Family", voiced by
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. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information. This version is part of a resistance against the robots of Halfworld before they devolve him and every other animal on the planet in response to resistance leader Pyko's extreme methods. * Blackjack O'Hare appears in ''
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''. * Blackjack O'Hare appears in the ''
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'' episode "The Claws of Life", voiced by Sam Vincent.


Film

A character based on Blackjack O'Hare named Floor appears in '' Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3'', voiced by
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. This version is a white rabbit who was experimented on by the
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and possesses genetic and cybernetic enhancements. She is killed by the Evolutionary during a failed attempt to escape his captivity, but reunites with
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during a
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that he has.


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Ocean


Harry Ocelot

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and animal version of
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.


Ocelot


Oddball

Oddball is the name of two fictional supervillains appearing in
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s published by
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.


Publication history

Oddball (Elton Healy) appears in ''Hawkeye'' #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 the Galaxy'' #28 (1992), ''Hawkeye: Earth's Mightiest Marksman'' #1 (1998) and ''Wolverine'' Vol.2 #167 (2001). He was created by
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. 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).


Fictional character biography


Elton Healey

Elton Healey was born in
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,
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. Along with his brother Alvin, Elton spent years as a
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, becoming a master
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. He also learned how to become a capable
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. Using these skills, Elton became the juggling supervillain Oddball, adopting the name because of his loony nature. With Bombshell, Tenpin, Knicknack, and Ringleader, Oddball forms the
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, a team of supervillain jugglers. In ''Wolverine'' (vol. 2), Oddball is killed while participating in the Bloodsport competition in
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.


Orville Bock

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
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and
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.


Powers and abilities

Oddball is an expert at
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, 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 diameter balls filled with various substances: tear gas, super-adhesive,
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, smoke, concentrated sulfur, spent uranium, itching powder, magnesium flare, 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
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techniques.


Oddball in other media

Oddball appears in '' The Amazing Spider-Man and Captain America in Dr. Doom's Revenge!''.


Odin


Aleta Ogord


Ogre


Ogress

Ogress is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Diane Davids was a criminal defense lawyer and a resident of Middletown, an isolated desert town, which the
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's archenemy
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chooses as the target of an experiment in which he exposes it to gamma radiation. He hopes some of its inhabitants would survive and join him in his new kingdom of Freehold. Diane is one of five people to survive the radiation and gains green skin and superhuman strength. The five found the Riot Squad and serve the Leader, with Diana assuming the codename Ogress.


Ogress in other media

Ogress appears in ''
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'' (1996), voiced by
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. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.


Jake Oh

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s published by
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. The character, created by
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and Tyler Kirkham, first appeared in ''
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'' #1 (August 2006). He is an agent of
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who is of
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descent.


Okkara

Okkara was a sentient island located in the South Pacific that was the home of the second generation of mutants, until it was split into two separate islands,
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and
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. Two billion years ago, the first generation of mutants belonged to a thriving society known as Threshold, a civilization in which mutants and humans—known as the Enriched and Enshrined, respectively—lived in harmony. Among them was Grove, a mutant who could heal herself through vegetative growth. When 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 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 was severely injured in battle but was healed by her powers, which changed her humanoid form with small sprouts into a bark-covered tree-like being. She renamed herself Okkara and survived long after Threshold fell, eventually growing into a free-floating island. When the
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arrived on Earth one million years ago to create the Eternals and Deviants, they also created a subdimensional lattice through the structure of the planet (known as the "Machine that is Earth" or the "Great Machine"), using Okkara as a template. Okkara eventually became the home for the second generation of mutants, led by
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split the island into Krakoa and Arakko with the Twilight Sword, opening a rift to the dimension of Amenth, and Okkara ceased to exist.


Okoye


Old Lace


Old Man Logan


Omega


Inhuman

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which draws upon psionic power from the racial hatred of the
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towards the
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s, and converts that power into strength. Later,
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betrayed Maximus and placed his computer-mind within an enlarged
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head and transplanted it atop Omega's body. In this form, Ultron attacked the
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,
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, and Inhumans.


Michael Pointer


Omega Red


Omega the Unknown


Omertà

Omertà (Paul "Paulie" Provenzano) is a
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appearing in
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s published by
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. He first appeared during the Eve of Destruction storyline in ''
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'' #392 (March 2001). After being discharged from the
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, Paulie Provenzano returned home to
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and attempted to join the
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. Discovering he was a mutant, the Mafia rejected him and attempted to kill him, though Paulie easily subdued his attackers. Soon after,
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recruited Paulie for a mission to
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to rescue the rest of the
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from
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. Paulie joined Jean's interim X-Men team, often making jokes and flirting with his female teammates. He objected to working with
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due to the latter's open homosexuality. During the trip to Genosha, Paulie, and teammate Hector Rendoza received a telepathic 'crash course' on their mutant powers, allowing them better control and understanding. The team arrived in Genosha and battled Magneto. An overconfident Paulie was hurled into the atmosphere, but Northstar managed to rescue him before he suffocated and resuscitated him. Though uneasy about having received "mouth-to-mouth" from Northstar, Paulie thanked his teammate. After the battle, he declined an offer to remain with the team and left the
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.''
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'' (vol. 2) #113 (June 2001)
Paulie was later codenamed Omertà in the X-Men's database.''X-Men: Earth's Mutant Heroes'' one-shot (July 2011) Omertà was later captured by the
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program and interned at the Neverland concentration camp. His powers were deemed useless for exploitation by the program and he was executed alongside Maggott. Following the establishment of
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as a mutant nation, Omertà is resurrected. He entered into a relationship with
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and had a child with her.


Powers and abilities of Omertà

Omertà is virtually invulnerable. His invulnerability protected him from Magneto's attempt to manipulate the iron in his blood, though he could still be lifted into the air. However, with enough force, he can be hurt and made to bleed, as seen when Northstar punched him while travelling at super-speed. Omertà is also superhumanly strong, able to lift roughly one ton with ease.


One-Above-All

The One-Above-All was created by
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and
Mike Wieringo Michael Lance Wieringo (; June 24, 1963 – August 12, 2007), who sometimes signed his work under the name Ringo, was an American comics artist best known for his work on DC Comics' ''The Flash'', Marvel Comics' ''Spider-Man'' and ''Fantastic Fou ...
and first appeared in ''
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'' #511. In his few appearances, he took the appearance of
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, 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 the
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.


One Below All

The One Below All is the "dark reflection" or evil manifestation of the One-Above-All. Created by
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and Joe Bennett, he first appeared in ''
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'' #5 in the form of
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's father,
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, his agent. Alluded to as the
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, or "Hulk", of
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, the One Below All is a malevolent and destructive force and the source of
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-based 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'. All gamma mutates can resurrect after death by traveling through the Door.


Onyxx


Ooze


Opsidian


Optoman


Oracle

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. The character, created by writer
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and artist
Dave Cockrum David Emmett Cockrum (; November 11, 1943 – November 26, 2006) was an American comics artist known for his co-creation of the new X-Men characters Nightcrawler (character), Nightcrawler, Storm (Marvel Comics), Storm, Colossus (character), Colos ...
, first appeared in ''
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'' #107 (October 1977). Oracle, whose alter-ego is Lady Sybil, has
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and can exert control over others' minds. Using this power, she can project stun bolts. She also has psychoscopic awareness, or "Mind-Sight": 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
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'
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: in her case
Saturn Girl Saturn Girl (Imra Ardeen) is a superheroine appearing in comics published by DC Comics. A talented telepath from the 30th century, Saturn Girl is a founding member of the Legion of Super-Heroes. Imra's "Saturn Girl" title refers to her homeworld ...
.Cronin, Brian
"Comic Legends: Why New Imperial Guard Members in Dark Phoenix Saga?"
''CBR'' (April 9, 2018).
Cronin, Brian
"Wolverine: Every Costume Marvel's Latest Resurrected Mutant Has Worn, Ever,"
''CBR'' (August 25, 2018).
Oracle is originally romantically linked with fellow Imperial Guardsman Starbolt;''
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'' #107 (October 1977)
she later marries Flashfire, an analog of
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, to whom Saturn Girl is romantically linked.''Inhumans'' (vol. 3) #3 (August 2000)


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Ororo-Bug

Ororo-Bug is a member of the X-Bugs and a
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counterpart of
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from
Spider-Ham Spider-Ham (Peter Porker) is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character is an anthropomorphism, anthropomorphic pig and is a cartoon animal parody version of Spider-Man. He was created by Larry Hama, T ...
's universe.


Orphan


Orphan-Maker


Orrdon

Orrdon, the Omega Rocket, also known as Orrdon the Living Star, is a fictional character appearing in
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published by
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. Orrdon is an Arakkii
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who can propel himself like a rocket, continuously accelerating as he travelled and becoming invulnerable while using his powers. During the civil war on Arakko, Orrdon sides with
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and claims the Seat of Loss on the
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. While on his way to confront
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and
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, Orrdon flies over territory claimed by Isca the Unbeaten, who kills him for trespassing.


Orrgo


Ismael Ortega

Ismael "Izzy" Ortega is a fictional character appearing in
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s published by
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. The character was created by David Hine and David Yardin and debuted in the series ''
District X District X, also known as Mutant Town or the Middle East Side, is a fictional location that appears in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. It is described as a neighborhood based in New York City primarily populated by mutants, first ...
'', where he was partnered with the
X-Man Nathaniel "Nate" Grey (X-Man) is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, commonly in association with the X-Men. Created by writer Jeph Loeb and artist Steve Skroce, the character first appeared in ''X-Man'' #1 ...
Bishop A bishop is an ordained member of the clergy who is entrusted with a position of Episcopal polity, authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance and administration of di ...
. Ismael Ortega is a
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that was stationed in Mutant Town along with his partner Gus Kucharsky. After an accident where a mutant woman uses her powers of persuasion to have Gus kill her husband and herself, Izzy gets a new partner: the
X-Man Nathaniel "Nate" Grey (X-Man) is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, commonly in association with the X-Men. Created by writer Jeph Loeb and artist Steve Skroce, the character first appeared in ''X-Man'' #1 ...
Bishop A bishop is an ordained member of the clergy who is entrusted with a position of Episcopal polity, authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance and administration of di ...
. They have several events to deal with during the series, including: stopping the
drug trafficking A drug is any chemical substance other than a nutrient or an essential dietary ingredient, which, when administered to a living organism, produces a biological effect. Consumption of drugs can be via inhalation, injection, smoking, ingestion, ...
of a mutant drug called "Toad Juice", trying to intervene in a gang war between rival
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es "Filthy" Frankie Zapruder and Daniel "Shaky" Kaufman, discovering and stopping a group of tunnel dwelling mutants (who are not the
Morlocks Morlocks are one of the two fictional species of post-humans created by H. G. Wells for his 1895 novel ''The Time Machine'' (the other being the Eloi). The origin of the names is not established (with regard to Wells' inspiration or inspirations ...
) that are murdering innocents, as well as keeping an eye on Mister M and finding who put a hit out on him. Aside from work, Izzy also has two young children — Chamayra and Esteban — and a wife named Armena who is a mutant. One afternoon Izzy left his gun at home and it was found by his son Esteban. The boy accidentally shot his sister and she would have died if not for the intervention of Mister M, who removed the bullet and sealed the wound. This caused tension in his marriage, and instead of dealing with his problems Izzy ran into the arms of
Lara the Illusionist La Lunatica Lactuca the Knower Lactuca the Knower is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. She first appeared in ''Planet-Size X-Men'' #1 (August 2021), created by Gerry Duggan (writer), Gerry Du ...
.


Emily Osborn

Emily Osborn (nee Lyman) is a supporting character in
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. The character, created by
J. M. DeMatteis John Marc DeMatteis (; born December 15, 1953) is an American writer of comic books, television and novels. Biography Early career J. M. DeMatteis's earliest aspirations were to be a rock musician and comic book artist. He began playing in ban ...
and
Sal Buscema Sal Buscema ( ; born Silvio Buscema, , on January 26, 1936) is an American comics artist, primarily for Marvel Comics, where he had a ten-year run as artist of ''The Incredible Hulk (comic book), The Incredible Hulk'' and an eight-year run as art ...
, first appeared (as a photo) in ''
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'' #180 (September 1991). She was
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's wife and
Harry Osborn Harold Theopolis "Harry" Osborn is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, commonly in association with the superhero Spider-Man. Created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko, the character first appeared in ''The Amazing ...
's mother. Emily was apparently the only person that Norman ever showed love to, but their son's birth had weakened her with her dying sometime after. However, Emily turns up alive, having faked her death and become
Normie Osborn Normie Osborn is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He is the grandson of Norman Osborn and the eldest son of Harry Osborn. After gaining partial of Carnage symbiote power and gave a birth of a sy ...
and Stanley Osborn's nanny.


Alternate versions of Emily Osborn

The
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version is renamed Martha Osborn. Martha is killed by the
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who was actually her husband.


Emily Osborn in other media

* A character based on Emily Osborn named Caroline Mulder appears in a photograph in ''
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'' (2002). According to Norman, she was a
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and abandoned him their marriage. * Emily Osborn makes non-speaking cameo appearances in ''
The Spectacular Spider-Man ''The Spectacular Spider-Man'' is a comic book and magazine series starring Spider-Man and published by Marvel Comics. Following the success of Spider-Man's original series, ''The Amazing Spider-Man'', Marvel felt the character could support ...
''. * Emily Osborn appears in '' Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark''. * Emily Osborn appears in ''
Spider-Man Spider-Man is a superhero in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer-editor Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko, he first appearance, first appeared in the anthology comic book ''Amazing Fantasy'' #15 (August 1962) in ...
'' (2018). This version died prior to the game's events from the neurological Oshtoran syndrome, which Harry inherited. Norman's work to find a cure led to the development of the Devil's Breath virus and use of the Venom symbiote. * Emily Osborn appears in ''
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'', voiced by an uncredited actress. Harry starts the Emily-May Foundation in her and
May Parker Maybelle "May" Parker-Jameson (née Reilly), commonly known as Aunt May, is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, commonly in association with the superhero Spider-Man. Making her first full appeara ...
's memory and offers Peter a job there.


Harry Osborn


Norman Osborn


Normie Osborn


Oshtur


Osiris


Otomo


Outlaw


Outlaw Kid


Overdrive


Overkill


Overmind


Overtime

Overtime is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Hector Bautista was a Texan who was incarcerated for a murder he didn't commit. Before Bautista could be executed, the Time Gem bound to him and he used its abilities to escape from prison.''Infinity Wars: Infinity'' one-shot (March 2019)


Ozone


Owl


Ox


Oya


Ozymandias

Ozymandias is a fictional ancient Egyptian warlord enslaved by
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.


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