Krakoa is a fictional living island appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics . It first appeared in Giant-Size X-Men #1 and was created by Len Wein and Dave Cockrum . Initially depicted as an antagonist, Krakoa has since grown into a sentient habitat for the mutant nation that shares its name.
147-651: On its first appearance in Giant-Size X-Men #1 (1975), Krakoa is introduced as the Pacific island setting where a previous team of X-Men have gone missing while investigating strong readings from Cerebro , a device with the ability to detect mutants . Its name recalls that of Krakatoa , a volcanic island in Indonesia which erupted in 1883 . Prof. Charles Xavier recruits a new, international team to rescue them. On their arrival on Krakoa, they are attacked by
294-512: A street performer , becoming a master juggler . He also learned how to become a capable street fighter . Using these skills, Elton became the juggling supervillain Oddball , adopting the name because of his loony nature. Along with fellow juggling-themed supervillain Bombshell , Oddball was hired by Crossfire to eliminate Hawkeye and Mockingbird . Oddball and Bombshell confront and subdue
441-672: A Krakoan mutant memorial. With Ironheart 's help, they crafted the memorial "out of an abandoned Krakoan gate in Manhattan, with the inscription: 'Dedicated to Those Who Paid the Ultimate Price to Fight Fascism'". In NYX (vol. 2) #1, at Empire State University (ESU) in New York City , Prodigy teaches a class titled "Examinations of Post-Krakoan Diaspora " with Kamala Khan and Sophie Cuckoo as students. There have been several spawns of Krakoa: The first known spore
588-539: A choice. Doctor Stasis and MODOK Superior activate a virus that infects Krakoan medicine, using the humans of the Hellfire Gala as a hostage. Just as Krakoa's mutants rallied to attack the villains, Professor X took over their minds and froze them in place. Doctor Stasis then ordered Professor X to make every mutant on Earth walk into a Krakoan portal that would lead them off-world. After Doctor Stasis threatened to kill humans for every mutant Orchis found on Earth,
735-569: A construction site on a tropical island, and was discovered and defeated by the Young X-Men when they were investigating the disappearance of 56 construction workers. Another spawn of Krakoa would be fabricated by the anti-mutant tech genius Kaga, creating his own hybrid out of Brood DNA to attack the X-Men at a later date. Eventually, the creature was cut down in the dawn of its conception by Cyclops in one shot. Later when Wolverine and some of
882-456: A conversation with his future self—using the time-displaced Wolverine as a 'bridge' to make contact with his other self in the future, who is close to Wolverine's currently-comatose body—helps him regain his old focus, allowing him to temporarily control others to speak to Raven before sending a psychic projection directly to her. In the Rogue Cut version of the film, Cerebro is being used in
1029-718: A depressed Wade Wilson/Deadpool is trying to use the Cerebro at the X-Mansion to “look into the future.” Cerebro appears in Dark Phoenix When Xavier uses it to navigate Jean's mind and later to locate Jean, Magneto and Hank. In X-Men: The Animated Series Cerebro was heavily featured throughout the series' duration. It was primarily used by Professor Xavier and he was shown to use it in various ways, such as detecting mutants, increasing his powers, and even understanding Shi'ar technology, and so forth. There
1176-586: A despondent Professor X obeyed and forced most of the world's mutants to walk into the portals while Mother Righteous is shown trapping Krakoa's Atlantic Island in a protective bubble. Thanks to years of defensive training, only a handful of veteran X-Men were able to resist Professor X's telepathic push. Rogue, who was with the Avengers, returns where she obliterates Moira X's cybernetic body and saves Professor X. As she begins to fly Professor X to safety, he asks her to stop and bring him back to Krakoa. As he sits on
1323-535: A dream. The One Below All is also assumed to be the reason Brian became insane and killed his wife Rebecca . The One Below All possessed Jailbait of the Riot Squad who lost control of her powers. When she died, her brother Hotshot had to hold a church hostage to perform the last rites of Jailbait. He claimed that Jailbait was possessed by the devil. Then the One Below All possessed Sasquatch after he
1470-530: A flight of steps to meet with Doug. It's been fifteen years in the White Hot Room and in that time, in a space where no one feared, hated, or hunted mutants, the Krakoans forged a mutant society and culture that's basically their uptopia. With time, study, and collaboration, Krakoans learned to master power feats, including transporting themselves and their island back to Earth. The Krakoans also perfected
1617-504: A frequent basis are Professor X, Jean Grey, Emma Frost and the Stepford Cuckoos . However, Cable , Rachel Summers , Kitty Pryde , Danielle Moonstar , Psylocke and Ruth Aldine have also used it. After the device was upgraded to Cerebra, Cassandra Nova used it in order to exchange minds with Xavier. The Stepford Cuckoos once utilized the machine to amplify their combined ability, with only one of them directly connected to
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#17327720006221764-549: A habitat that exists outside the collective consciousness of Krakoa and where Moira MacTaggert has been hiding herself. Even Krakoa does not know this place exists. Krakoa is also the only place in the world to have special pills that extend human life by five years, a "universal" antibiotic and a cure for "disease of the mind, in humans". Additionally, while Krakoa's main body lies in the Pacific Ocean not far from Australia, other small landmass parts of Krakoa are located off
1911-512: A heavy heart Apocalypse killed them and used their blood to nourish Krakoa. Following Orchis defeat, the Krakoa's Atlantic Island appears behind Pacific Krakoa, coming from the White Hot Room which is witnessed by Professor X and Magneto from the magnetized transport that Professor X was being carried in. Doug had been hearing a distant call for weeks so he's there when Atlantic Krakoa appears. It has greatly evolved and Kafka, now an adult, walks down
2058-424: A huge fit and a long, bloody battle between Apocalypse and the X-Men begins. They finally talk him down after he punches Emma in her diamond form off the island and into the ocean. Jean connects him to the minds of the new Krakoans and he finally stops fighting and leaves for Arrako. Kafka walks and talks with Nightcrawler, inviting the X-Men to return with him to the White Hot Room with the islands. But Kurt says there
2205-556: A human psychic who was introduced during Grant Morrison 's run on the X-Men. In the video game X-Men Legends , Cerebro is identical to its appearance and usage in the X-Men film. Jean Grey and Emma Frost use the device at one point to attempt to return Professor X's mind to his body. In X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse , it was destroyed along with the rest of the mansion, but Forge mentioned plans on building Cerebra to replace it. He described Cerebra as Cerebro's big sister. In
2352-405: A large volcano suddenly appeared off the coast of Krakoa making the island to change course and head towards it. With Doug Ramsey off-world, communication with Krakoa is difficult, if not impossible, so Cyclops enlisted Cable and Prestige, to investigate the new landmass. On arrival, they discover the large volcano contains glowing rainbow tentacles popping out of it and encounter thick jungle akin to
2499-440: A local bakery, a mob-owned business. The leader declared he would not be popular if he made a "made man" out of a mutant. Paulie explains he was taking over. At first, they were amused by his declarations, then they shoot him. Paulie easily resists their bullets, then brutally injures the men. Jean Grey surprises and lectures him on the seeming waste of using his powers to take over the local mob. Paulie correctly guesses that she
2646-468: A long time. They're free to choose whatever they want. Unfortunately Exodus becomes upset when he learns the two islands will be leaving and he starts a big fight in the Quiet Council chamber. Atlantic Krakoa knows true peace and they want no part of the chaotic living that is Earth. As the X-Men try to take Exodus down, Apocalypse appears and easily overpowers him. Meanwhile, Doctor Doom is observing
2793-523: A member of the mutant superhero team called the X-Men . Tanaka was first introduced in issue #51 of X-Factor in February 1990, created by Louise Simonson and Terry Shoemaker. Opal Tanaka lives in New York City and when X-Factor 's ship takes up residence in the city, it blocks the sunlight that would strike her apartment, causing her plants to wilt. She encounters Iceman, who had come into
2940-595: A mobile castle in his underground city. It was later burned down by the Phoenix Five. Soon afterward, it was revealed that Maximillian von Frankenstein had been able to mass-produce Krakoa's consciousness and created several volcanic Krakoas to act in defense of the Hellfire Academy. They were all killed in battle against the X-Men. The Quiet Council of Krakoa is a fictional council of mutant superheroes and supervillains which governed mutantkind during
3087-447: A more sustainable workaround. Since Krakoa became home base for an ever-growing number of mutants, the island can sustain itself by taking a minimal, theoretically harmless amount of psychic energy from every mutant on its shores. That process is tightly monitored by two mutant "psychic vampires", Selene and Emplate . Even with the island's considerable defenses, it seems Krakoa is still vulnerable. The first major attack on Krakoan soil
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#17327720006223234-501: A mystical blade known as the Twilight Sword. During the attack, Okkara was broken up and its conscious divided into two islands, Krakoa and Arakko (Arakko is Okkara in reverse and Krakoa an anagram), that seemingly acted as a yin and a yang which created some sort of a portal to a Hellish dimension known as Amenth, and demons poured out into the world. Fortunately, Apocalypse arrived with his First Horsemen and were able to thwart
3381-448: A new life. All this appeared to be false when Rocket visited Halfworld and discovered that Blackjack, along with Lylla and Wal Rus , were all actually 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 immediately retconned as Blackjack returned as a mercenary and adversary to Rocket and Groot . Blackjack
3528-517: A night of drinks, dancing, and haute couture, Nimrod dive bombs the party from orbit, killing most of the roster, and proceeds to target every Omega-level mutant with haste, killing Iceman. Jean Grey and Juggernaut manage to distract Nimrod, but it is too late. As Sentinels controlled by Orchis arrive to obliterate the Tower. Before Jean Grey can shut it all down, Moira X shivs her with a blade coated with Blightswill and Professor X realizes he doesn't have
3675-601: A plan to spend her final life avoiding Destiny and slowly boxing mutants in until she could use the mutant cure she had created in one of her past lives which works before mutant powers even manifest. However Moira's plan backfired when Doug Ramsey and his allies (the technological being Warlock, the Arakkoan warrior Bei the Blood Moon and the island of Krakoa itself) made a surprise appearance at No-Place, revealing that he had always been aware of Moira's presence, and knows she
3822-506: A possessed Professor X in the series finale. During the fight, Cerebro was shown to unleash the Phoenix within Jean for a split second, eventually gaining the power to defeat the evil Xavier, and return him to normal. In the episode "Fun and Games", Arcade, a student version of one of the X-Men greatest villains, hacked into Cerebro and used it to control the mansion's security system to attack
3969-659: 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 street fighting techniques. Oddball appears in The Amazing Spider-Man and Captain America in Dr. Doom's Revenge! . Okkara was believed to be a sentient island located in the South Pacific that served as
4116-589: A prison. Oddball releases the prisoners in an attempt to swamp the heroes with enemies. Hawkeye and the young Avengers are able to win the battle and stop the prison riot. Oddball was later recruited by Doctor Octopus to join his incarnation of the Masters of Evil . Oddball was killed when taking part in the Bloodsport competition in Madripoor (which also featured Wolverine , Mister X and Taskmaster ). He
4263-495: A shell with their respective neuropsychic imprint. Originally, Cerebro was a device similar to a computer that was built into a desk in Xavier's office. This early version of Cerebro operated on punched cards , and did not require a user (telepathic or otherwise) to interface with it. A prototype version of Cerebro named Cyberno was used by Xavier to track down Cyclops in the "Origins of the X-Men" back-up story in X-Men #40. In
4410-476: A sovereign nation state for the entire mutant race. Led by Professor X, hero and villain alike are welcome on the shores of Krakoa, where the mutants are setting aside their old differences to build a new civilization with Krakoa producing flowers with the ability to grow in mere hours, full "Habitat" structures which are self-sustaining environments that are a part of the interconnected consciousness of Krakoa, that served as embassies around several countries on Earth,
4557-399: A supermutant across the globe, resulting in the recreation of the X-Men team. Cerebro amplifies the brainwaves of the user. In the case of telepaths , it enables the user to detect traces of others worldwide, also able to distinguish between humans and mutants. Depictions of its inherent strength have been inconsistent; at times in the storylines it could detect mutated aliens outside of
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4704-816: A wounded and dying Banshee, he pleaded for help and the issue of the External Gate was brought before the Quiet Council. Although the majority of the Quiet Council voted to destroy the External Gate due to its security risk, they were overruled by Krakoa who demanded that the Gate remain open. After the Krakoan mutants defeated the Swordbearers of Arakko, Krakoa was final able to reunite with Arakko. However, as it turns out, they have no interest in unification because they have evolved from what they originally were, with their personalities becoming radically different over
4851-514: 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 Rocket Raccoon 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
4998-462: Is able to give the High Summoner knowledge of Krakoan, enabling communication. The Summoner explains that Krakoa and this island are in love, implying that the mysterious landmass appears to be a sliver of Arakko. As Krakoa approaches the strange island, the two islands reach out their floral tendrils and merged into a single much larger island which is now divided between the lush of Krakoa and
5145-467: Is able to use Xavier's search for him to take control of Xavier's powers through Cerebro, although Apocalypse still manages to use Xavier to make humanity sacrifice most of its nuclear weapons before Cerebro is lost. In this alternate timeline of Logan , Cerebro has become a covering at Logan and Charles Xavier 's home at an abandoned smelting mill in Mexico . Cerebro appears when Deadpool 2 when
5292-437: Is blamed for Krakoa's creation.) It needs the mutants in order to leech their life-energy. Both teams escape as Krakoa is ripped from the ocean bed, hurled into space, and apparently dies. While the issue would be celebrated for revitalizing the X-Men, the character / setting of Krakoa was revived only very sporadically until Jonathan Hickman 's 2019 X-Men event House of X and Powers of X . In those miniseries (which established
5439-553: Is due to the psychic feedback that users experience when operating Cerebro. As the device greatly enhances natural psychic ability, users who are unprepared for the sheer enormity of this increased psychic input can be quickly and easily overwhelmed, resulting in insanity, coma, permanent brain damage or even death. The one exception has been Magneto , who has been said to have minor or latent telepathic abilities as well as experience amplifying his mental powers with mechanical devices of his own design. The only characters to use Cerebro on
5586-409: Is here to recruit him into the X-Men and agrees to join if only to see her in her costume. Jean's intention is to recruit Paulie for a mission to Genosha , to rescue the rest of the X-Men from Magneto . (Uncanny X-Men 392) Jean briefly leaves Paulie to enter the X-Mansion while she talks with Sunpyre on the front driveway. Their conversation is interrupted moments later as Paulie is thrown through
5733-652: Is later proven untrue. After diversionary taunting, the villain launches Paulie toward space, but Northstar saves him. This results in Paulie offering an apology for his behavior to Northstar. Northstar accepts and Magneto is soon subdued by the X-Man Wolverine. Back at the X-Mansion , despite an offer to stay, most of the team, including Paulie, left. Omertà has complete invulnerability and superhuman strength, being able to lift up to 20 tons. The One-Above-All
5880-420: Is made by a shadowy anti-mutant group who were able to easily bypass Krakoa's defenses by capturing Domino and faking her bio signature, and while Black Tom's connection to Krakoa and its defense systems proves to be so advanced that Tom becomes alerted to the invasion before even the resident psychics Jean Grey and Charles Xavier himself, the attack nevertheless causes the death of several mutants. Another attack
6027-412: Is psychically implanted when mutants come to the island and created an entire system to manage the traffic of the Krakoan network which is overseen by Sage. Since the island itself is sentient, Black Tom's plant-manipulating abilities gave him a unique bond that connected him to the island and all of its surrounding plant life. The subsequent connection meant an expansion of his field of awareness to include
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6174-700: Is revealed that the first gamma mutate was Tammuz, a Jordan native from 9500 BCE. Later, Brian Banner and Samuel Sterns (the Leader ) are transported to the Below Place and fused into a singular entity with Sterns in control. After the Leader imprisons Banner in the Below Place, the Hulk and Joe Fixit personas control his body and battle the Avengers . In the Below Place, they manifest separate bodies and meet with
6321-714: Is romantically linked). Part of the division of the Imperial Guard known as the Superguardians, Oracle is amongst the first of the Imperial Guard encountered by the team of superhuman mutant adventurers known as the X-Men who sought to rescue the Princess-Majestrix Lilandra Neramani from her insane brother, then-Majestor D'Ken . After the battle, Lilandra takes over as Majestrix, and the Guard swears allegiance to her. Later,
6468-498: Is still fighting to be done and the X-Men will be staying on Earth. He teleports off the island to join the X-Men waiting on the ocean just outside the Blackbird as both islands merge into a true paradise. After finding peace, Krakoa permanently leaves Earth, relocating to the White Hot Room, where its lifespan and vitality will be greatly extended. In Invincible Iron Man (vol. 4) #20, Tony Stark fulfilled Emma Frost's request for
6615-589: The Blue Area of the Moon , the Green Area on Mars and beyond the solar system, all the while remaining connected to its hive mind via Gateways, which provided ways to instantly travel from one part of Krakoa to another. The gateways can only be accessed by mutants but if a mutant brings a human with them voluntarily, that human must ask for permission from Krakoa to use the gateway. The flowers also create No-Place,
6762-756: The Eve of Destruction story arc in Uncanny X-Men. Paulie first appears in the Eve of Destruction storyline, beginning in Uncanny X-Men #392. After just being discharged from the United States Marines , Paul Provenzano returns to his home in Brooklyn , where he attempts to take over the local 'chapter' of the Mafia . The three leaders, whom Paulie has known all his life, were meeting in
6909-487: The Juggernaut . When it was rebuilt the Cerebro was given its own room, instead of the hidden wall component as before, and looked identical to the designs of Cerebro in the films. Cerebro even came in a portable helmet form for travel and field missions. Jean Grey used this Cerebro to amplify her telepathic powers as she did in the comics and previous series. It even helped boost Jean's telepathic powers in order to battle
7056-642: The Krakoan Age . The twelve-member governing body was divided up into four sections (with three seats each) along with an adjunct section. In 2020, CBR.com ranked Krakoa 3rd in their "10 Most Powerful Fictional Nations In the Marvel Universe" list. In 2021, Screen Rant included Krakoa in their "10 Most Important Fictional Marvel Comics Countries" list. Academic Brett Butler in the Journal of Science Fiction viewed Krakoa as "an integral part of
7203-594: The Living Tribunal . When a pregnant Susan Storm feared for her husband 's possible death at the hands of the "all-powerful" Silver Surfer , Uatu the Watcher tells her that there is only one true all-powerful being and that his only weapon is love. When Doctor Strange encountered Eternity , the abstract entity stated that only God is the ruler of all realities. When Thor compared his power with Odin and other gods and abstract entities, he notes that
7350-460: The Savage Land and populated with otherworldly creatures and an equally other-worldy white, childlike being who identifies himself as a "High Summoner of Arakko", nameless beings that are capable of drawing forth extra-dimensional beings between the dimension where the lost land of Arakko is located and the land beyond the wild borders of Otherworld. After a misunderstanding with Cable, Prestige
7497-723: The Thing 's soul was trapped in a place between life and death, the rest of the Fantastic Four located his soul and encounter the One-Above-All, who resurrects him. When the Cosmic Ghost Rider was retconned into the story, the One-Above-All stated that the Rider was not one of his creations and denied him access to his room before absorbing him. He then encouraged a grieving Peter Parker to keep his faith, even in
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#17327720006227644-519: The qlippoth , or "Hulk", of God , the One Below All is a malevolent and destructive force and the source of gamma 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'. Additionally, all gamma mutates can resurrect after death by traveling through the Door. This was first discovered by Brian Banner in
7791-605: The Absorbing Man to take it back again until Gamma Flight member Puck uses a specialized weapon to blast a hole through the Hulk's chest while the Absorbing Man escapes. Using ambient radiation from the gamma bomb's detonation, The One Below All uses the Absorbing Man to open the Green Door and plunge New Mexico into the Below Place. After the Hulk and Bruce Banner are separated, the One Below All appears in its 'true' green cloud form as it prepares to conquer Earth. When
7938-714: The Creator of All Universes must be far more powerful than all of his creations combined. The Living Tribunal was stated to be the representative of the One whose might far exceeds that of Eternity. Master Order and Lord Chaos wished that the Supreme Will may smile upon Adam Warlock , who also described the Living Tribunal as the servant of the being above even the gods. When the Cosmic Cube Kubik met
8085-614: The Enriched and Enshrined - lived in harmony. The Enriched grew from strength to strength, establishing a society that was even able to repel alien invaders, and the Enshrined were seen as teachers who helped temper Threshold's power with wisdom. When another race known as 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
8232-639: The Galaxy #28 (1992), Hawkeye: Earth's Mightiest Marksman #1 (1998) and Wolverine Vol.2 #167 (2001). He was created by Mark Gruenwald . 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). Elton Healey was born in Reno , Nevada . Along with his brother Alvin, Elton spent years as
8379-401: The Galaxy Vol. 3 , voiced by Mikaela Hoover . This version is a white rabbit who was experimented on by the High Evolutionary and possesses genetic and cybernetic enhancements. She is killed by the Evolutionary during a failed attempt to escape his captivity, but reunites with Rocket during a near-death experience that he has. Oblivion is a cosmic entity associated with the concept of
8526-440: The Hulk opposes its plan, the One Below All sends an army of demons who resemble empty 'husks'. With help from the Absorbing Man and Puck, the Hulk absorbs the Absorbing Man's gamma radiation and disperses the One Below All's cloud form. Doctor Strange later speaks with Mephisto about freeing Hulk from the One Below All's possession. However, Mephisto states that the One Below All is far stronger than him. A flashforward to
8673-416: The Hulk. When his soul encountered the One Below All, the Absorbing Man was unable to comprehend its true form, so much so that his physical body was possessed and split in half, and made its way to the site of the first gamma bomb detonation. While fighting the Hulk, The One Below All absorbed a great deal of his gamma energy, deforming him. The two reached a stalemate, with the Hulk reabsorbing energy only for
8820-403: The Living Tribunal, the being also stated the same thing about himself and again when he undoes the destruction caused by Adam Warlock with the Infinity Stones . When Protégé tried to become the most powerful being in the existence, he was instead absorbed by the Living Tribunal, who stated that it was impossible to be more powerful than his supervisor and wished he may forgive Protégé. When
8967-401: The One Below All, demanding to learn the meaning of their existence. He then transforms into the One Above All and states that the Hulk's existence is a necessity, serving as a counterweight to other, lesser good. Banner and the Hulks decide to forgive the Leader, and the Fantastic Four return them to Earth. Opal Tanaka is known primarily as the former girlfriend of Bobby Drake (Iceman) ,
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#17327720006229114-453: The Pacific Ocean. After Kid Omega, whom was his only companion for a time, returned to the Xavier School on Thor's suggestion. Krakoa came back to New York searching for him as the son of the living island missed his friend. During the " Avengers vs. X-Men " storyline, Mister Sinister had also obtained a few Krakoa Spores. Like Maximillian von Frankenstein, He was able to mass-produce the Krakoa consciousness. Mister Sinister even turned one into
9261-439: The Professor and eventually Jean Grey . In the beginning of the series Cerebro was a primitive version of what it would later become as the show progressed eventually taking an appearance identical to the Cerebro in the X-Men films. Cerebro originally appeared as a computer console with custom peripherals that came out of a hidden wall component in the mansion. Eventually, this Cerebro was destroyed by Professor X's evil step-brother
9408-409: The Terrigen cloud, Cerebra was found severely damaged in an abandoned barn surrounded by wild Sentinels. Once she was discovered and the X-Men saw that her current sentinel body was far beyond repair they uploaded her into a new body. Later when a mutant nation was created on the Living Island Krakoa , Xavier reveals that when he approached Forge and asked him to expand the abilities of Cerebro, Forge
9555-488: The Terrigen. Along with being able to detect mutants Cerebra can also fly and teleport, serving as a bridge between Earth and Limbo. When the X-Men and Inhumans went to war to decide the fate of the remaining Terrigen cloud, Cerebra was destroyed after getting caught in the crossfire when Emma Frost unleashed an army of Sentinels programmed to kill Inhumans instead of mutants. While Storm's team of X-Men began returning refugees to their homes from X-Haven after Medusa destroyed
9702-400: The White Queen of the Hellfire Club, Emma Frost, used Cerebro when she telepathically hacked into it to secretly "spy" on Xavier, the X-Men, and to learn more about Jean Grey and her transformation into the Phoenix. The X-Men's Blackbird jet was also equipped with its own Cerebro. In the animated series X-Men: Evolution , Cerebro was featured numerous times. It was shown being used mainly by
9849-417: The X-Men believing the program to be a game. However, he made no use of its telepathy-enhancement technology, instead merely rewiring it to allow him access to the security systems. In the 2008 series, Wolverine and the X-Men , Cerebro is extremely important to the overall series as it serves as a link to the past, present, and future. Originally Cerebro was damaged in an unexplained attack on Professor X in
9996-446: The X-Men so they can see Atlantic Krakoa. Emma, Jean, Cyclops, Exodus, Doug, and Kafka meet at the old Quiet Council chamber. Exodus is pleased to see Kafka is alive and well. Kafka says all they needed was to be left alone, but part of the reason why they're staying for 24 hours is to allow the Atlantic mutants to access gates to go wherever they want around the world, to either stay permanently or to see family members they haven't seen in
10143-438: The X-Men splintered away from Cyclops' group, it is discovered that Beast has built the Jean Grey School for Higher Learning on top of a "male" spawn of Krakoa. After Quentin Quire manages to reason with him, the Krakoa spawn contacts Rachel Summers who ends up translating for him when Rachel tells Wolverine that the Hellfire Club made Krakoa attack them and that he is a mutant like the X-Men. Rachel discovered that this Krakoa
10290-439: The X-Men which Vega-Superior dubs the Vega-Men, out of natural materials, such as a Colossus made of stone, a Wolverine of ice, an Angel made of leaves and vines, a Nightcrawler made of mud and a Cyclops that shoots lava. However, they are much weaker than the original X-Men, and Nightcrawler easily defeats them all. Vega-Superior then chases him into the ocean before realizing he cannot swim. Another spore of Krakoa took control of
10437-450: 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 DC Comics ' Legion of Super-Heroes : in her case Saturn Girl . Oracle is originally romantically linked with fellow Imperial Guardsman Starbolt ; she is later engaged to marry Flashfire (an analog of Lightning Lad , to whom Saturn Girl
10584-458: The attack by sealing of the chasm and isolating Arakko from Krakoa. The horsemen were sealed alongside Arakko on the other side of the chasm, to the sorrow of both Krakoa and Apocalypse. As time passed, a mournful and lonely Krakoa eventually became inert until being reawakened in early 1945 due to testing from the Americans nuclear bomb drop. Years later, Krakoa would be later transformed into
10731-412: The beach of the island, he realizes to his horror that Doctor Stasis lied to him. Professor X had thought the mutants who went through the Krakoan portals were reaching Arakko, the long-lost mutant civilization's new home on Mars, but he can't hear the thoughts of any mutants which means he had sent the world's mutants population to their deaths. Professor X is left alone on the barren shores of Krakoa. It
10878-401: The bleak future he awakes in twenty years later (his present). During the majority of the X-Men's present, as well as its first appearances in the future, it is similar to the version seen in the X-Men films, however, for the majority of the scenes in the future, Xavier uses a Portable version of Cerebro. With Warren Worthington's money and Forge 's technical expertise, the X-Men were able to get
11025-692: The coast of Africa in the mid-Atlantic Ocean, south of the Azores and west of the Canary Islands . This island chain includes the Pointe, Transit and Danger Island which are connected in the same way as the "habitats" to the main body. The government of Krakoa is headed by the Quiet Council, and an organization called the Great Captains led by Cyclops and consisting of Magik , Bishop and Gorgon . Thanks to telepathic manipulation by Emma Frost ,
11172-541: The destroyed Cerebro at the mansion repaired. As Xavier is comatose in the present and Jean Grey missing, Emma Frost serves as the team's resident telepath and she primarily uses Cerebro. In the 2010 series Black Panther , Storm uses Cerebro to locate Juggernaut in Wakanda . An early version of Cerebro is seen in Legion used by Professor X in the third-season episode "Chapter 22." The Cerebro helmet appears in
11319-476: The device to locate Magneto in the original film, but the input overwhelmed her nascent telepathic power and left her stunned. This has not been mentioned in the comics, although the Magneto of the comics can use Cerebro, and has designed similar devices. In X2: X-Men United , the device was copied and modified by William Stryker in his plot to have a brainwashed Xavier use his Cerebro-amplified powers to kill
11466-508: The dimension she had arrived from. The attackers were childlike versions of the alternate reality Age of Apocalypse villains. This Paulie is one of the few people in current continuity to have an inkling of what had gone on in said alternate reality. Paulie and the others end up in a Genoshan public square, attempting to rescue Professor Xavier. The makeshift team battles Magneto. Paulie is convinced that Magneto has slain Dazzler, though this
11613-511: The end of the Marvel Universe shows the One Below All controlling the Hulk's body to consume the cosmos, becoming the next "Breaker of Worlds". During the " Absolute Carnage " storyline, Banner theorizes that Knull can either be an aspect of the One Below All or a creature that it controls. In the final issues of The Immortal Hulk , as well as its one-shot Time of Monsters and spinoff one-shot Empyre: The Immortal She-Hulk , it
11760-563: The episode "Tolerance is Extinction - Part 1", Beast recalibrated Cerebro to scan for cyborg brain frequencies, to find out how many people have been turned into Prime Sentinels by Bastion . Okkara Blackjack O'Hare is a fictional anthropomorphic hare in Marvel Comics . The character, created by Bill Mantlo and Sal Buscema , first appeared in The Incredible Hulk #271 (May 1982). Blackjack O'Hare
11907-529: The face of his Aunt May 's death. When a bartender asks Mephisto about the nature of the Living Tribunal, the demon states that he is just the biggest kid in the playground compared to the principal. The One Below All is the "dark reflection" or evil manifestation of the One-Above-All. Created by Al Ewing and Joe Bennett , he first appeared in The Immortal Hulk #5 in the form of Bruce Banner 's father, Brian Banner , his agent. Alluded to as
12054-478: The fight and sends his prized member of Doom's own X-Men, Volta Doom, to steal a Krakoan seed. But, though she is as loyal to Doctor Doom as anyone, she also seems to have some competing mutant loyalties or brotherhood. She takes the seed and meets Fauna. Volta then gives the seed to Doom and lies to him when he asks her if anyone saw her. The X-Men tour Atlantic Krakoa but once Apocalypse learns that they're all about peace and have no need for his ways anymore, he throws
12201-491: The filming location for Mojo Adams ' reality TV shows for executing mutants, such as Scheele's killer Arthur Centino aka Longshot . In What If? : Deadly Genesis , Vulcan's trip to Krakoa saw him kill the rest of the X-Men by accident before the island itself was jettisoned into deep space. Years later, it is discovered by the Silver Surfer , and analysis of the cavern with Sway's powers reveals what really happened to
12348-465: The films' version. It resembles a pod filled with a sparkling fog that condenses into representations of mental images. After it is discovered that Terrigen is toxic to mutants and Storm 's X-Men move to Limbo, Forge programs Cerebra into the body of a Sentinel and uploads her with the capability to showcase human emotion. Cerebra accompanies the X-Men on many of their missions to help find mutants and bring them to X-Haven where they'll be safe from
12495-405: The first published appearance of Cerebro, X-Men #7, Professor X left the X-Men on a secret mission (to find Lucifer ) and left Cerebro to the new team leader, Cyclops, who used it to keep track of known evil mutants and to find new evil mutants. The device also warned the X-Men of the impending threat posed by the non-mutant Juggernaut prior to that character's first appearance. Later, the device
12642-461: The flora, fauna, and very ground of the island, until finally Angel —one of the original X-Men they are rescuing—warns them that "the island itself" is the powerful mutant which Cerebro had detected. That is, the entire island of Krakoa had become a single monstrous mutant, similar to the Aspidochelone of legend. ( Godzilla and Monster Island are also likely influences, since nuclear testing
12789-504: The forbidden alien terrain of the mysterious island which is named Arak Coral. The Volcano of Arak Coral is revealed to contain a portal to the dimension where Arakko is, which is not currently open. After creating the External Gate to reach the dimension where Arakko is located at the start of the " X of Swords " storyline, Apocalypse sent Summoner with Banshee and Unus the Untouchable to herald his arrival. When Summoner reemerged with
12936-406: 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 herself was gravely injured in battle but survived through her mutant gift, to heal by vegetative growth which changed her almost human form with small sprouts into a fully bark-covered form. Having much changed, Grove took on the new name of Okkara. It
13083-494: The front doors, followed by Northstar . Paulie crudely states his objections to working with the openly gay Northstar. In their heated exchange, Paulie dares Northstar to hit him, counting on his invulnerability to protect him. Northstar's repeated blows delivered at superhuman speed, however, inflict a nosebleed on Paulie and render him unconscious. Throughout the storyline, Paulie regularly calls Northstar "Maple-Leaf" and insults him for his homosexuality. (Uncanny X-Men 392) During
13230-481: The full-size version. In the 1996 Generation X telefilm on Fox , Cerebro was depicted as a desktop personal computer with a few custom peripherals. Professor Jeffrey J. Kripal , in his 2011 book Mutants and Mystics: Science Fiction, Superhero Comics, and the Paranormal , describes the Cerebro of the X-Men films as "a futuristic superroom into which Professor Xavier wheels over a bridge in order to don
13377-539: The future X-Jet as a built in extension to Xavier's hover-chair and is made up of three sensor-pads and a 3D holographic projector. In the past, it appears as it did in X-Men and X2 , albeit dusty from long years of neglect due to the past Xavier's current inability to use his powers. As his abilities begin to return, the young Xavier initially attempts to use it to find Mystique after she escapes from their first confrontation, but has trouble concentrating enough to use it properly due to his current emotional turmoil. However,
13524-722: The future as a prison for Rogue , who is being experimented on by the Sentinels' human agents in the hope of finding a way to duplicate her ability to take powers from others, with Cerebro being used as the room's interior is shielded from external telepathic probes. Also, in 1973, Mystique returns to the mansion to get treatment for her wound as a cover for her real agenda to smash Cerebro, preventing Xavier from finding her again. Cerebro appears in X-Men: Apocalypse where Xavier uses Cerebro and sees Moira searching for Erik. Xavier tells Alex to destroy Cerebro after Apocalypse
13671-412: The helmet that would magnify his already extraordinary telepathic powers and project the results onto the skull-like internal walls of the room." In the films X-Men and X2: X-Men United , Cerebro is a device that fills a massive spherical room in the basement of Xavier's School. The helmet interface is similar to the version seen in the comics, although the bulk of Cerebro's machinery is contained in
13818-444: The incredibly long period of time that they have been apart, even needing Doug to translate for both of them. It was eventually discovered that the true motive for the creation of Krakoa as a nation was not to preserve mutantkind, but instead, was to eliminate it since Moira had lost faith in the mutant dream after too many failed lives, and because her powers gave her an immense ability to inflict her will on mutant history, she hatched
13965-462: The island of Krakoa providing the means and/or permitting them to do so". Readers have been divided as to whether the storyline is intended as an extended allegory for the state of Israel. In the Ultimate Marvel reality, Krakoa is featured in issues of Ultimate X-Men . Krakoa Island is south of Genosha (which in this reality is vastly anti-mutant under the reign of Lord Scheele) and
14112-432: The island's ecosystem into a hive-mind entity. Sergeant Fury and his commando team were accidental witnesses to the bomb drop which created Krakoa in early 1945, and soon afterwards crashed on and encountered the island's collective intelligence, with whom they arranged a peaceful parting in exchange for keeping its existence a secret. However, Krakoa later became hungry for the unique life energy created by mutants . It
14259-615: The last remaining humans on Earth. Cerebro locates many in the European nation of Latveria , but all escape. In Marvel Zombies Return , the surviving zombies escape to another world where many of them restart the original infection, this time permanently fusing Professor X's partly zombiefied body with Cerebro so that he can find humans for them. In the MC2 universe, the X-People carry "mini-cerebros", that can detect mutants just as well as
14406-409: The machine, but all of them experiencing its interaction due to their psychic rapport. Some mutants have learned to shield themselves from Cerebro, usually via their own telepathic ability. Magneto can shield himself from the device through use of minimal telepathic powers; in the film series, he does so with a specially constructed helmet. It would soon become apparent as to just what and how Cerebro
14553-662: The music store where she works, and expresses her views to him. Bobby, smitten with her, asks her out. Intrigued by Bobby, she accepts. Oracle is a Shi'ar who is a member of the Shi'ar Imperial Guard . The character, created by writer Chris Claremont and artist Dave Cockrum , first appeared in The Uncanny X-Men #107 (October 1977). Oracle, whose alter-ego is Lady Sybil, has telepathy and can exert control over others' minds. Using this power, she can project stun bolts. She also has psychoscopic awareness, or "Mind-Sight":
14700-468: The narrative" during the Krakoan Age , commenting that while "Xavier has established the mutant society on Krakoa, the island itself actually controls all of the major aspects of that society". Butler highlighted that "Hickman and other writers show how mutants declare independence through exclusive trade, create laws and punishment, establish mass transit routes, identify a national language, and negotiate property rights—none of which would be possible without
14847-465: The nation for the 2nd generation of Mutants in the ancient times, until the Twilight Sword of Amenth split it into two separate beings, Krakoa and Arakko . Later it was revealed that Okkara actually began life two billion years ago as the human mutant named Grove, one of the 1st generation mutants that belongued to a thriving society known as the Threshold, a nation where mutants and humans - known as
14994-415: The new team of X-Men (namely Colossus , Nightcrawler , Storm , Sunfire , Thunderbird , Banshee and Wolverine ). The new X-Men team found the original X-Men and by using her powers, Polaris was able to launch Krakoa into outer space. Krakoa was later apparently found and captured for study by the cosmic entity known as The Stranger , as seen when Quasar visited one of his 'laboratory worlds'. Krakoa
15141-466: The original team. Cerebro Cerebro ( / s ə ˈ r iː b r oʊ / ; Spanish for " brain ", from Latin cerebrum ) 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 Charles Xavier ) to detect humans, specifically mutants . It was created by Professor X and Magneto , and
15288-570: The planet, when at others it could only scan for mutants' signatures in the United States. It is not clear whether it finds mutants by the power signature they send out when they use their powers or by the presence of the X-gene in their body; both methods have been used throughout the comics. Using Cerebro can be extremely dangerous, and telepaths without well-trained, disciplined minds put themselves at great risk when attempting to use it. This
15435-401: The plankton and kelp in the surrounding sea and the bacteria and spores floating in the air itself. In total, Black Tom's plant-based awareness gives him a 25-mile radius of acute sensitivity to all that enters and exits the island nation. Krakoa's current achievements come at a steep price. To sustain itself, Krakoa must consume two mutants a year or take in other forms of mutant energy through
15582-426: The power to resurrect dead mutants, Wolverine tells Sage that they're going to have to do so for Kid Omega, however Sage reveals a problem, there's no trace of Kid Omega anywhere. He's wiped from all the Cerebro cradles. In Chris Claremont 's X-Men: The End storyline, which takes place some 20 years ahead of standard X-Men continuity, Cerebro has been replaced in turn by the disembodied brain of Martha Johansson ,
15729-572: The powers of the X-Men and the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants to create its own team of imposter "X-Men" whose members possessed the combined powers of specific members of each of the two teams. Cerebro's goal was to put human beings in stasis so that mutants could inherit the Earth, and to this end it hunted down a group of synthetic children called the Mannites who possessed vast psychic powers. It
15876-453: The premise of the X-Men comics going forward), the mutants have established communication with Krakoa and agreed to live on it in a symbiotic relationship, establishing the island as an independent mutant nation-state. The true aims of Krakoa have so far been left ambiguous. Krakoa was originally depicted as a very small island in the Pacific Ocean that was located close to where some nuclear bombing tests were done. The radiation somehow mutated
16023-408: The present where he ends up in a coma only to awake twenty years into the future. In the future twenty years from now the X-Men have all been killed and the world is being controlled by the mutant-hunting robots named Sentinels. Xavier, with the surviving Cerebro components he finds, telepathically contacts the X-Men twenty years in the past (the present) and instructs them to stop those who would create
16170-716: The primordial void that the Marvel Multiverse sprang from and will eventually return to. Harry Ocelot is an anthropomorphic ocelot and animal version of Harry Osborn . Oddball is the name of two fictional supervillains appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics . Oddball (Elton Healy) appears in Hawkeye Vol.1 #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
16317-578: The process. Amalya had become a "General" and arrived with Rocket's ex's in an effort to exterminate him themselves. Blackjack considered the possibility of assassinating her now, but was shot by Amalya because he was talking out loud. As a last ditch effort he fires a missile at Rocket, but it gets deflected and Blackjack is presumably killed. In X-Men Red , Blackjack returns as an ally of Arakko police officer Weaponless Zsen. A character based on Blackjack O'Hare named Floor appears in Guardians of
16464-489: The process. Before Professor X was resurrected, Magneto reshaped the broken shards of Cerebro into the Cerebro Sword to represent Xavier's dream, once broken, but now forged anew and refined. The sword retained the information stored in the other Cerebro Cradles, however, it is encrypted. Later one of the backup Cerebro unit become sentient and rebranded itself under the name Cerebrax. Hunger for intelligence and power,
16611-736: The rest of the Death-Throws for Norman Osborn . Oddball was among the villains that were killed by Black Ant and a restored Hank Pym and revived to join the Lethal Legion . Oddball is an expert at juggling , 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 3-inch (76 mm) diameter balls filled with various substances: tear gas, super-adhesive, hydrochloric acid , smoke, concentrated sulfur, spent uranium, itching powder, magnesium flare,
16758-422: The rest of the Death-Throws, along with various other supervillains, attempt to claim the bounty put on Hawkeye's right arm by Crossfire. However, all of the supervillains looking to claim the bounty are defeated by Hawkeye, Mockingbird and Trick Shot . On his own again, Oddball dresses up as a police detective in order to ambush Hawkeye when he was showing Avengers young recruits Justice and Firestar around
16905-551: The resurrection process and brought back all the "downloads" of dead mutants that were in "the Waiting Room" realm – including all fifteen million mutants that were killed in the Genoshan massacre caused by Cassandra Nova. Kafka and Atlantic Krakoa return to Earth to merge with Pacific Krakoa and Doug helps reintroduce them since Atlantic Krakoa's language has evolved. Kafka says they'll stay for 24 hours so Doug notifies many of
17052-418: The second episode of M.O.D.O.K. , where it was found by M.O.D.O.K. in a S.H.I.E.L.D. storage facility. In X-Men '97 Cerebro was heavily featured throughout the series' duration. It was used by Jean Grey to probe Henry Peter Gyrich 's mind to find out about the whereabouts of Bolivar Trask . She also sees a horrifying vision of Master Mold destroying Genosha in the episode "To Me, My X-Men". In
17199-400: The sentient machine begins killing mutants across the island and eventually takes control of Krakoa and begins unleashing a full-on attack. Answering the call to fight are Kid Omega, Omega Red, Wolverine, Domino and Phoebe Cuckoo. Kid Omega flies into Cerebrax and, with some help from Sage, unleashes a powerful explosion that ultimately destroys the Cerebro unit and himself. Given that Krakoa has
17346-435: The sequel, X2 , mutants appear in red, and humans in white. In the first film, Professor X mentions to Wolverine that Magneto helped him build it, and therefore knows how to construct helmets with circuitry to block its detection abilities. Cerebro is sabotaged by Mystique so that it injures Professor X, putting him into a coma. The only person seen using Cerebro effectively in the films is Xavier; Jean Grey successfully used
17493-513: The surrounding walls. While in use, three-dimensional images of the humans whose minds are being scanned by the device appear around the interface bridge. Unlike the comics' version of Cerebro, the film version can detect both human and mutant minds with ease. The unique signature of mutant brainwaves is shown in the first film by the mental images of humans depicted in black and white, while those of mutants show up in red. When Xavier illustrates his connection with every human and mutant mind on Earth in
17640-753: The technomorphically modified genus loci of Krakoa and the unified teamwork of the Five; a mutant conclave consisting of Joshua Foley , Hope Summers , Eva Bell , Kevin MacTaggert and Fabio Medina who gestate and accelerate the regrowth of fallen mutants by combining their powers. Xavier also had five working Cerebro Cradles: one main unit, three backup units, and one additional backup unit for unforeseen complications. These Cerebro Cradles are strategically located at multiple locations. Not soon after, XENO mercenaries were able to infiltrate Krakoa's defenses and successfully assassinate Professor X, destroying Cerebro in
17787-699: The trees he produces. Krakoa's school grounds, the Bamfs, and Doop were able to prevent Swarm from invading the Jean Grey School. After the Terrigen Mists were released into the Earth's atmosphere and began causing the M-Pox plague which was deadly to mutants worldwide, the X-Mansion was moved to the dimension of Limbo where it acted as X-Haven. Krakoa was not part of the displacement and moved his bio-matter offshore to function as an independent island in
17934-430: The trip Genosha, Paul, and teammate Hector Rendoza receive a telepathic 'crash course' in their mutant powers, allowing them better control and understanding. Moments later, Paul suggests that he and Jean enter the cargo bay for 'privacy'. As a rebuttal, she makes him perceive her as elderly and overweight, an unpleasant visual. He also participates in a telepathic jaunt into Dazzler's mind, to see what had recently ravaged
18081-425: The true entity of the island and eventually made a telepathic connection with Krakoa to the point that the relationship of mutant island and mutant man has only grown. More so, when Cypher communed with Krakoa at Xavier's urging, Krakoa related its past. According to Doug Ramsey, long ago, in ancient times, there was a single larger landmass called Okkara , which was attacked by an enemy that came from its core wielding
18228-674: The two heroes and deliver them to Crossfire. However, Hawkeye manages to escape and is able to defeat the three supervillains. Oddball and Bombshell were later rescued from prison by Oddball's brother Alvin, alias Tenpin . Together with Bombshell, Tenpin, Knicknack , and Ringleader , Oddball forms the Death-Throws , a team of supervillain jugglers. The group are hired by Crossfire to help him escape from prison. The Death-Throws complete their mission, but decide to hold Crossfire hostage instead. The group are defeated and arrested by Hawkeye, Mockingbird and Captain America . Later, Oddball and
18375-490: The vast majority of the world recognized Krakoa and established diplomatic/trade ties, with the exceptions of Wakanda , Atlantis, Azania, Canaan, Kenya , Honduras , Brazil , Santo Marco, Terra Verde, Venezuela , Iran , Madripoor , North Korea , Latveria , and Russia , for political and ideological reasons and/or because they belong in the Wakandan Economic Protectorate. More so, Emma Frost
18522-477: The video game Marvel: Ultimate Alliance , while the team is staying in the Sanctum Sanctorum, Professor X used a device created by Beast allowing him to use Cerebro from long distance in order to find Nightcrawler, who had been kidnapped by Dr. Doom. In the universe of Marvel Zombies , zombified versions of Beast and Mr. Fantastic reprogram Cerebro to help them and the other zombies track down
18669-562: The world's mutants, although this plan was later 'hi-jacked' by Magneto—immune to the telepathic assault via his helmet—so that Xavier would be used to kill humans. According to X2 , it is difficult to pinpoint the location of mutants who have the ability to teleport and are constantly in transit, such as Nightcrawler . In both films, Magneto's helmet is capable of blocking the telepathic signals from Cerebro, as well as any telepathic mutants. In X-Men: First Class , an early version of Cerebro exists in an unnamed CIA science facility, built by
18816-580: The young Hank McCoy to amplify brainwaves. In a slight departure from the source material, its creation and design is attributed to Hank, instead of Charles Xavier. It is used by Xavier to find and recruit mutants for training in order to oppose Sebastian Shaw . It is later destroyed by Riptide as Shaw searches the facility for the young mutants. In the film, Emma Frost comments on her perception of Xavier's increased telepathic range when using Cerebro, which she feels despite being some thousands of miles away. In X-Men: Days of Future Past , Cerebro appears in
18963-406: Was Vega Superior, who took control of an island, later christened Wagner's isle, whose inhabitants began to worship him. When Nightcrawler crashed his plane there, he found Vega-Superior in the caves under the island, who had inherited his father's memories of the X-Men's genetic code, including that of Nightcrawler. He tries to choke Nightcrawler, but the latter manages to escape. He makes versions of
19110-544: Was able to create a version of Cerebro that not only was capable of merely detecting mutant minds but also creating a copy of each mutants' mind. Forge was able to create this seventh version of the Cerebro as a portable unit able to be worn as a helmet by Xavier to focus his psionic talent at all times. Xavier first donned this Cerebro when he announced the existence of Krakoa to the world and invited all mutants to Krakoa. He then utilized its true functioning of stirring and transplanting persona & psyche while in conjunction with
19257-462: Was allowed to carve out a piece of Krakoa so she could be given a private kingdom for herself outside the coast of the bay-area. Likewise, Bar Sinister, though not part of Krakoa, was added to its landmass with Flowers of Krakoa that modify the former secret base of Mister Sinister into a Krakoan Habitat, a diplomatic biome interconnected with the island nation's collective consciousness. Cypher also developed their own mutant language – Krakoan – which
19404-580: Was also revealed that when the Celestials arrived on Earth a million years ago to create the Eternals and Deviants, they also created the Great Machine, and just so happened to base its systemic design on Okkara, who by now was already a living island. Omertà ( Paul "Paulie" Provenzano ) is a mutant appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics . The character is featured in
19551-400: Was conspiring with Professor X and Magneto. Moira's role in the founding of their country was eventually revealed, thanks to Emma Frost, to the entire Quiet Council of Krakoa and they've all been sworn to secrecy about it. During the " Fall of X " as a host of mutants, human dignitaries, and superheroes gather at the latest Hellfire Gala to witness the election of a new X-Men roster and enjoy
19698-596: Was created by Mark Waid and Mike Wieringo and first appeared in Fantastic Four #511. In his few appearances, he took the appearance of Jack Kirby , 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
19845-461: Was destroyed by the X-Men, with the help of Professor X and the Mannite named Nina. More recently, following the example set by the X-Men films, Cerebro has been replaced by Cerebra (referred to as Cerebro's big sister), a machine the size of a small room in the basement of Xavier's School For Higher Learning . Though designed to resemble the movie version of Cerebro, Cerebra is much smaller than
19992-549: Was eventually freed along with many other specimens and was last seen orbiting around Earth until the energy wave from M-Day and the Collective awakened Vulcan. It is also revealed that before it was shot into outer space, Krakoa released several spores from itself, which later plagued the X-Men. During the " House of X and Powers of X " stories, Professor X reveals to Cypher that he had approached Krakoa (who somehow returned to Earth) and took his time and efforts to bring forth
20139-442: Was grown by Hellfire Club member Maximillian von Katzenelnbogen (a descendant of Victor Frankenstein ) in his artificial supergarden. When Rachel mentions that Krakoa keeps apologizing and wants to join the X-Men, Wolverine ends up letting Krakoa stay as a part of the school. Not soon after the school began having money difficulties, it is Krakoa who solves the school's financial problems by growing great quantities of giant diamonds on
20286-567: Was killed in a bar fight. This drove Sasquatch on a feral rampage until the Hulk defeated Sasquatch and drained his gamma energy. This causes the One Below All to transfer into the Hulk's body, mocking him with Brian's image. However, Brian's ghost regains control and tells the Hulk of the One Below All's plan to gain a permanent host. The One Below All managed to gain control of the Absorbing Man 's body through an experimental procedure using gamma radiation to make him strong enough to fight
20433-579: Was later enhanced by Dr. Hank McCoy . 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, Kirby -esque system of machines and wires that transmitted extrasensory data into Professor Xavier's private desk in another room". Kripal notes that Cerebro made multiple subsequent central appearances, including Giant-Size X-Men #1 (1975), where Cerebro senses and locates
20580-490: Was made by a small band of eco-terrorists known as Hordeculture, who proved capable of disrupting Krakoa's ecosystem by hacking Krakoa's biology and access its gates, which started taking a toll on the island's residents. Beyond some unusually aggressive wildlife and a minuscule decrease in landmass, Jean Grey, Emma Frost and the other telepaths on the island have already noticed that Krakoa is taking more psychic energy than normal. Later, another strange and mysterious island with
20727-518: Was no specified room where Cerebro was kept as in the other animated series but instead came out from the ceiling in most notably the War Room where the X-Men held their team meetings. Jean Grey was also noted to use Cerebro frequently and it would amplify her telepathic powers as it did for Professor X. Jean Grey in this animated series did not always join the X-Men on their field missions but rather monitored them telepathically using Cerebro's help. Even
20874-452: Was once again working for Dyvyne with his next assignment being that he kidnap Princess Lynx. Rocket, Groot and Wal Rus arrived to defeat Blackjack, his brigade and Dyvyne, once again. He turned up again, disguised as an impostor Rocket and framing him for a series of murders. He reveals his identity to Rocket and claims that the reason for framing him was that he ruined his chance to assassinate Princess Amalya and destroyed his reputation in
21021-543: Was really meant to be used; on top of tracking and locating mutants across the globe the tracking device's primary function was to act as a soul jar that could catalog the thought pattern self of any and every mutant ever pinpointed through it. X essentially utilized this function to resurrect the mutant strike team lost while battling Orchis by withholding their hard copied mind's, their anima, onto home grown clone bodies; which would effectively allow him to resurrect any and every mutant who has ever died or will die by imprinting
21168-417: Was responsible for the deaths of a team of young mutants, composed of Petra , Sway , Darwin and Kid Vulcan (the latter two were able to survive, but became trapped inside Krakoa), from a parallel X-Men team led by Moira McTaggart . It was later able to capture the original X-Men (then consisting of Cyclops , Angel , Havok , Iceman , Jean Grey and Polaris ), which led to the subsequent formation of
21315-597: Was slain in the first round of the tournament by a tribal warrior called the Headhunter. 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 Union Jack and Sabra . During the Dark Reign storyline, Quasimodo researched Oddball and
21462-609: Was soon revealed that those who went through the portals were actually sent to Krakoa's Atlantic Island. Soon mutantkind regrouped and began striking back at Orchis. Juggernaut was tasked with taking the core of Krakoa away from danger, only to be intercepted by the Stark Sentinels which he fought. Apocalypse soon arrived and seeing that the living island was dying due to lack of mutant energy, he asked his companions to sacrifice themselves to feed it. Some mutants, including Wrongslide, willingly stepped in to be sacrificed, and with
21609-450: Was upgraded to the larger and more familiar telepathy-based technology with its interface helmet. When the human- Sentinel gestalt Bastion stole Cerebro from the X-Mansion, Cerebro was hybridized with Bastion's programming via nanotechnology. The resulting entity, a self-aware form of Cerebro, created two minions, Cerebrites Alpha and Beta, through which it would act without exposing itself. It also used its Danger Room -derived records of
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