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| x Professor X |
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Professor Charles Francis Xavier, also known as Professor X, is a fictional character, a Marvel Comics superhero known as the leader and founder of the X-Men.
Throughout most of his comic book history, Xavier is paraplegic, although his body houses...
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| x Storm |
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Storm (Ororo Iqadi T'Challa, née Munroe) is a fictional character that appears in a number of comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character first appeared in Giant-Size X-Men #1 (May 1975), and was created by writer Len Wein and artist Dave...
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| x Wolverine |
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Marvel Universe | Herb Trimpe |
Wolverine is a fictional Canadian superhero who appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character first appeared in Incredible Hulk #180 (October 1974) and was created by writer Len Wein and Marvel art director John Romita Sr., who...
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| x Colossus |
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Colossus (Piotr Nikolaievitch Rasputin) is a fictional character, a superhero in the Marvel Comics universe. Created by writer Len Wein and illustrator Dave Cockrum, he first appeared in Giant-Size X-Men #1 (May 1975). A Russian mutant, the...
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| x Archangel |
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Warren Kenneth Worthington III is a fictional character, a comic book antihero in the Marvel Comics universe. Originally known as Angel and later Archangel, Worthington is one of the founding members of the X-Men. Created by writer Stan Lee and...
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| x Kitty Pryde |
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Katherine Anne "Kitty" Pryde is a fictional character that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character first appeared in Uncanny X-Men #129 (Jan. 1980) and was created by writer-artist John Byrne.
A mutant, Pryde possesses a ...
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| x Nightcrawler |
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Nightcrawler (Kurt Wagner) is a fictional character, a comic book superhero in the Marvel Universe. He has been associated with both the X-Men and Excalibur, originally appearing in graphic novels published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Len...
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| x Rachel Summers |
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Rachel Summers (aka Rachel Grey, codename Marvel Girl) is a fictional character, a comic book superheroine created by writer Chris Claremont and artist/co-writer John Byrne for Marvel Comics. The character first appeared in Uncanny X-Men #141 ...
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| x Moira MacTaggert |
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Dr. Moira Kinross MacTaggert (sometimes spelled MacTaggart, McTaggart, or McTaggert) is a fictional character appearing in X-Men stories in the Marvel Comics universe.
Moira MacTaggert was created by Chris Claremont and Dave Cockrum, in Uncanny X...
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| x Robert Kelly |
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Robert Edward Kelly is a fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe. He most often appears in Marvel's X-Men and X-Men-related comic books. He is a prominent United States Senator who began his career on an anti-mutant platform, and as the X...
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| x Henry Peter Gyrich |
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Henry Peter Gyrich is a fictional character that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character first appeared in Avengers Vol. 1 #165 (November 1977) and was created by Jim Shooter and George Pérez.
When Henry Peter Gyrich first...
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| x Sentinel |
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Jack Kirby |
The Sentinels are a fictional type of robot in the Marvel Comics Universe, most often appearing as enemies of the X-Men. They were created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby and first appeared in The X-Men (vol. 1) #14 (November 1965).
Invented by Dr....
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| x Mystique |
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Mystique (Raven Darkhölme) is a fictional character associated with the Marvel Comics' franchise, X-Men. Originally created by artist David Cockrum and writer Chris Claremont, she first appeared in Ms. Marvel #16.
Throughout most of her history,...
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| x Destiny |
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Destiny (Irene Adler) is a Marvel Comics fictional character, known as an adversary of the X-Men. Created by writer Chris Claremont and artist/co-writer John Byrne, the character first appeared in Uncanny X-Men #141 (January 1981). She died in issue...
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| x Blob |
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The Blob (Frederick J. Dukes) is a Marvel Comics supervillain, an adversary of the X-Men. Created by writer Stan Lee and artist/co-writer Jack Kirby, he first appeared in X-Men #3 (January 1964).
A mutant originally depicted as a morbidly obese...
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| x Pyro |
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Pyro (St. John Allerdyce) is a fictional character in Marvel Comics and an enemy of the X-Men. Created by writer Chris Claremont and artist/co-writer John Byrne, he first appeared in Uncanny X-Men #141 (January 1981).
In X2: X-Men United, and X-Men:...
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| x Avalanche |
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Avalanche (Dominikos Ioannis Petrakis ) is a Marvel Comics supervillain, an enemy of the X-Men. Created by writer Chris Claremont and artist/co-writer John Byrne, he first appeared in Uncanny X-Men #141 (January 1981).
A Cretan mutant, Avalanche,...
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| x X-Men |
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The X-Men are a superhero team in the Marvel Comics Universe. They were created by writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby, and first appeared in The X-Men #1 (September 1963). Under a cloud of increasing anti-mutant sentiment, Professor Xavier...
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| x Cyclops |
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Cyclops (Scott Summers) is a fictional character, a superhero that is the field leader of the X-Men in the Marvel Comics Universe. Created by writer Stan Lee and artist/co-writer Jack Kirby, he first appeared in The X-Men #1 (September 1963) and was...
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| x Jean Grey |
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Jean Grey-Summers is a fictional comic book superheroine appearing in books published by Marvel Comics. She has been known under the aliases Marvel Girl and later, Phoenix and Dark Phoenix, and is best known as one of five original members of the X...
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| x Beast |
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Beast (or The Beast), Dr. Henry Philip "Hank" McCoy, is a comic book character, a Marvel Comics superhero and a member of the mutant team of superheroes known as the X-Men. Created by writer Stan Lee and artist/co-writer Jack Kirby, the character...
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| x Iceman |
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Iceman (Robert "Bobby" Louis Drake) is a fictional Marvel Comics superhero, a member of the X-Men. Created by writer Stan Lee and artist/co-writer Jack Kirby, he first appeared in X-Men (vol. 1) #1, (September 1963).
A mutant, Iceman has the ability...
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| x Magneto |
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Magneto (born Max Eisenhardt, also known as Magnus and Erik Lehnsherr) is a fictional character that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character first appears in X-Men #1 (Sept. 1963), and was created by writer Stan Lee and...
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| x Spider-Man |
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Marvel Universe | Stan Lee | Amazing Fantasy #15 |
Spider-Man is a fictional Marvel Comics superhero. The character was created by writer and editor Stan Lee and artist and co-plotter Steve Ditko. He first appeared in Amazing Fantasy #15 (August 1962). Lee and Ditko conceived of the character as an...
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| x Hulk |
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The Hulk is a fictional character, a superhero appearing in comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, the character first appeared in The Incredible Hulk #1 (May 1962). In 2008, the hobbyist magazine Wizard named...
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| x Thing |
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The Thing (Benjamin Jacob "Ben" Grimm) is a fictional character, a founding member of the superhero team known as the Fantastic Four in the Marvel Comics universe. He was created by Jack Kirby and Stan Lee in The Fantastic Four #1 (Nov. 1961). His...
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| x Doctor Strange |
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Stan Lee |
Doctor Strange is a fictional character that appears in publications published by Marvel Comics. The character was co-created by writer Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko and first appeared in Strange Tales #110 (July 1963).
Debuting in the Silver Age...
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| x Punisher |
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Marvel Universe | John Romita, Sr. | The Amazing Spider-Man #129 |
The Punisher (Frank Castle) is an antihero within Marvel Comics' Marvel Universe, created by writer Gerry Conway and artists John Romita, Sr. and Ross Andru. The character made its first appearance in The Amazing Spider-Man #129 (February 1974).
The...
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| x Captain America |
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Marvel Universe | Jack Kirby | Captain America Comics #1 |
Captain America is a fictional character that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character first appeared in Captain America Comics #1 (March 1941), from Marvel Comics' 1940s predecessor, Timely Comics, and was created by Joe...
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| x Daredevil |
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Stan Lee |
Daredevil (Matthew Michael "Matt" Murdock) is a fictional character, a superhero in the Marvel Comics Universe. The character was created by writer-editor Stan Lee and artist Bill Everett, with an unspecified amount of input from Jack Kirby and...
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| x Iron Man |
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Marvel Universe | Don Heck |
Iron Man is a fictional character, a superhero that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character first appeared in Tales of Suspense #39 (March 1963), and was created by writer-editor Stan Lee, scripter Larry Lieber, and artists...
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| x Mandarin |
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The Mandarin is a fictional character, a Marvel Comics supervillain and the archenemy of Iron Man. He first appeared in Tales of Suspense #50 (February 1964).
In 2009, Mandarin was ranked as IGN's 81st Greatest Comic Book Villain of All Time.
The...
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| x Tintin and Snowy |
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Hergé | Tintin in the Land of the Soviets |
Tintin and Snowy (original French language names: Tintin et Milou), a journalist and his canine companion, are a pair of adventurers who travel around the world in The Adventures of Tintin, a series of comic books drawn and written by the Belgian...
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| x Dream |
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Dream is the fictional protagonist of DC Comics' Vertigo comic book series The Sandman, written by Neil Gaiman.
One of the seven Endless, inconceivably powerful beings older and greater than gods, Dream is both lord and personification of all dreams...
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| x Death |
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Death is a fictional character from the DC comic book series, The Sandman (1988 - 1996). The character first appeared in The Sandman vol. 2, #8 (August 1989), and was created by Neil Gaiman and Mike Dringenberg.
In the stories, Death is both the end...
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| x Destiny |
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Destiny is a DC Comics character created by Marv Wolfman and Bernie Wrightson, first appearing in Weird Mystery Tales #1 (1972), and was regular host of that series for the first fourteen issues, after which he hosted Secrets of Haunted House. He is...
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| x Destruction |
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Destruction is one of the Endless, fictional characters from Neil Gaiman's comic book series The Sandman.
He is the fourth eldest of the Endless, and is depicted as a big, red-haired, bearded man (somewhat resembling actor Brian Blessed; Gaiman has...
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| x Desire |
Desire is one of the Endless, a fictional character from Neil Gaiman's comic book series The Sandman.
Desire is the third youngest of the Endless and the twin of Despair. It is a strikingly beautiful figure whose gender is mutable, becoming male,...
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| x Despair |
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Despair is one of the Endless, fictional characters from Neil Gaiman's comic book series, The Sandman.
Despair is the twin sister of Desire. She is squat, flabby and pale-skinned, with black hair, gray eyes, and pointed teeth. Her voice is little...
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| x Delirium |
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Delirium is one of The Endless, fictional characters from Neil Gaiman's comic book series The Sandman.
Delirium, known to the Greek culture as Mania, is the youngest of the Endless, yet still older than the rest of existence. She is usually quite...
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| x Cain and Abel |
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Cain and Abel are a pair of fictional characters in the DC Comics universe based on the Biblical Cain and Abel. They are key figures in DC's "Mystery" line of the late 1960s and 1970s, which became the mature-readers imprint, Vertigo, in 1993....
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| x Corinthian |
The Corinthian is a fictional character in Neil Gaiman's comic book series The Sandman. His first appearance is in The Sandman #10 (October 1989), which is part of the second story arc, The Doll's House. The Corinthian is a nightmare created by...
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| x Sandman |
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Sandman (Wesley Dodds), is a fictional superhero appearing in comic books published by DC Comics. The first of several DC characters to bear the name, he was created by writer Gardner Fox and artist Bert Christman.
Attired in a green business suit,...
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| x Doctor Destiny |
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Doctor Destiny is a fictional supervillain published by DC Comics. He first appeared in Justice League of America Vol. 1 #5 (June 1961), and was created by Gardner Fox and Mike Sekowsky.
Doctor Destiny was once a petty criminal scientist who used...
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| x John Constantine |
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John Constantine (born May 10 1953) is a fictional character, a comic book occult detective published by Vertigo. The character first appeared in Swamp Thing #37 (June 1985), and was created by Alan Moore, Steve Bissette and John Totleben....
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| x Rose Walker |
Rose Walker is a fictional character from the Sandman series written by Neil Gaiman. She makes her first appearance in issue #10, part one of The Doll's House story arc. She is a beautiful young girl, a blonde with red- and purple-dyed streaks in...
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| x Spider Jerusalem |
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Darick Robertson |
Spider Jerusalem is a fictional character and the protagonist of the comic book Transmetropolitan, created by writer Warren Ellis and artist Darick Robertson, introduced under the now-defunct Helix imprint of DC Comics before being moved to the...
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| x Yelena Rossini |
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Yelena Rossini is a fictional character in Transmetropolitan, a comic book published by the Vertigo imprint of DC Comics. Physically, Yelena is quite short (we are never told how tall, but she is portrayed as a half a head shorter than Spider...
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| x Channon Yarrow |
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Channon Yarrow is a fictional character in Transmetropolitan, a comic book published by the Vertigo imprint of DC Comics. Physically, Channon is quite tall (we are never told how tall, but she is portrayed as a half a head taller than Spider...
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| x Mitchell Royce |
Mitchell Royce is a fictional character in Transmetropolitan, a comic book published by the Vertigo imprint of DC Comics.
Royce is the editor of the Word, a major newspaper in the City, and thus is Spider Jerusalem's boss. He also hires Channon...
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| x Nico Minoru |
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Marvel Universe | Brian K. Vaughan | Runaways Vol 1 #1 |
Nico Minoru (briefly known as Sister Grimm), is a fictional comic book character in the Marvel Comics award-winning series, Runaways. Created in 2003 by writer Brian K. Vaughan and artist Adrian Alphona, the character first debuted in Runaways vol....
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| x Chase Stein |
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Marvel Universe | Brian K. Vaughan | Runaways Vol 1 #1 |
Chase Stein, is a fictional character in the Marvel Comics award-winning series, Runaways. He was created by author Brian K. Vaughan & artist Adrian Alphona, and debuted in Runaways vol. 1 #1 with most of the other main characters. Like every member...
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| x Molly Hayes |
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Marvel Universe | Runaways Vol 1 #1 |
Molly Hayes (also briefly known as Princess Powerful or Bruiser), is a fictional character in the Marvel Comics award-winning series, Runaways. She was created by author Brian K. Vaughan & artist Adrian Alphona, and debuted in Runaways #1 (April...
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| x Victor Mancha |
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Marvel Universe | Brian K. Vaughan | Runaways Vol. 2 #1 |
Victor Mancha is a fictional character in the Marvel Comics award-winning series, Runaways. He was created by author Brian K. Vaughan and artist Adrian Alphona, and debuted in Runaways vol. 2 #1 (April 2005). Like the original runaways, Victor has a...
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| x Karolina Dean |
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Marvel Universe | Brian K. Vaughan | Runaways Vol 1 #1 |
Karolina Dean (pronounced /kæroʊlinæ/ kare-O-lina, also briefly known as Lucy in the Sky), is a fictional character in the Marvel Comics award-winning series, Runaways. She was created by author Brian K. Vaughan & artist Adrian Alphona, and debuted...
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| x Xavin |
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Marvel Universe | Brian K. Vaughan | Runaways Vol. 2 #7 |
Xavin is a fictional character in the Marvel Comics award-winning series, Runaways. She is a Super-Skrull in training, created by author Brian K. Vaughan & artist Adrian Alphona, and debuted in Runaways vol. 2 #7. Although Alphona was the series'...
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