So I decided, after literal years of relying on places like the marvel wiki and comicvine to look for and double check Foggy Nelson's appearances throughout the marvel universe, to go and make a comprehensive list of his appearances outside of the main Daredevil title, counting Daredevil limited series and one off stories, along with cameos and alternate universes. The intention was to streamline the process for myself so i dont have to scour through pages and pages every time I wanna remember which comic that one thing happened, but hey, why not make the process of finding comics easier for people who aren't as deranged as I am? So here I made this post, from a real Fog-head to other Fog-heads out there, listing every issue outside of the Daredevil title (as it is more straightforward to find him, and extremely long to type on this list) he appears in, from barely there cameos to central roles, sorted by whether they are set in Earth 616 or not, and in no particular order. This is simply a list to serve as a guide to find him, it is not a curated list so the quality varies wildly, but I hope you're all as curious as I was to find all the most obscure and niche Foggies out there. Enjoy :)
EDIT 1: The original post had been published without one of my alterations to the draft saving, so if you reblogged it without this edit, the list was missing 14 titles.
616:
Daredevil (1964) Annuals: #1, #2, #3, #4, #8, #9
Daredevil (1998) Annuals: #1
Daredevil: Yellow: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6
Daredevil: Redemption: #1, #6
Marvel Graphic Novel: #24 (Daredevil: Love and war)
I just got marvel unlimited and am lost on what to read. Do you have any recs?
I really believe the best way to get into cape comics is to follow your heart and just consume content abt whatever character/concept interests you regardless of whether its good or right or canon. THAT being said if you have a particular character/(s) youre interested in I can probably point u in the right direction? lmk!
More generally tho these are recs I kind of just hand out to everyone if they show even vague interest in comics LOL:
New Mutants (1983)
Alias (2001)
New X-Men (2001)
Ms.Marvel (2014)
Hawkeye (2012)
Thor: God of Thunder (2012)
Spider-man and the X-Men (2014)
Daredevil (2014)
Vision (2015)
The Unbelievable Gwenpool (2016)
The Immortal Iron Fists (2017)
House of X/Powers of X (2019)
Can you tell I became a marvel reader in the 2010s LOLL. a lot of these are kind of easy intro and/or self-contained reads there's older runs I don't feel as connected to but still remember positively also. Bendis and Brubaker's Daredevil, the OG Uncanny X-Men by Chris Claremont, Immortal Iron Fist and The Invincible Iron Man by Matt Fraction, Jonathan Hickman's Fantastic Four and Avengers. I also really like Bendis' New Avengers and Uncanny X-Men (vol 3) + All New X-Men even though they have their issues.
Hi! Just followed your blog and I love your art. I was wondering if you had any recommendations for getting into Black Cat comics? I’ve mostly only seen her in Silk and wanted to get into reading her storyline more but don’t know where to start. Do you have any recommendations?
Ahh omg tysm!!! I definitely have recs for Felicia!! 😸 I’m not going to include every appearance she’s ever had but my rec list is gonna be pretty heavy bc she’s my fav 🫶🫶 I’m also gonna include some non-canon comics, miscellaneous media, and fanfics I enjoy because i have so many recs LMAO
Earth-616
I’m gonna try to keep these in order but no promises!! This begins with Fel’s first appearance and ends with her latest appearance.
Comic Book Urban Legends Revealed #22 (This is just a little background on Felicia’s creation and design, but to save you a little time you can read about it here.)
Daredevil (2011) #8 (This is the issue the “my super-villain origin story” panel comes from el oh el)
Superior Spider-Man #20
Amazing Spider-Man (2014) #1-6, #16-18
Patsy Walker a.k.a Hellcat (2015) #7-14
Deadpool: Back in Black #3
Silk #9-10
Spider-Man (2016) #5
Star-Lord: Grounded (2016) #1-6
Power Man and Iron Fist (2016) #10-15
Spider-Man: Miles Morales (2016) #15-21
Venom (2016) #159-160
Defenders (2017) #1-9
Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man #300
Amazing Spider-Man (2018) #9-10, #16-17, #20
Symbiote Spider-Man #1-5
Amazing Spider-Man (2018) #77-78
Death of Doctor Strange: Spider-Man #1
Amazing Spider-Man (2018) #87, #89
Women of Marvel #1
Black Cat (2019) #1-10
Black Cat (2019) Annual #1
Black Cat (2020) #1-10
Mary Jane & Black Cat: Beyond #1
Iron Cat (2022) #1-5
Amazing Spider-Man (2022) #6 (She also is in #5 & #11 but I actually wouldn’t recommend this run and am only including #6 because it has the Peterfel B-day kiss that I thought that art of was cute 😿)
Mary Jane & Black Cat: Dark Web #1-5 (Only #1 & #2 are out atm but I’m including the next three issues for future reference!)
Non-Canon/Not Earth-616
Spider-Man Noir (2009) #1-4 and Spider-Man Noir: Eyes without a Face #1-4 (Obviously I wouldn’t be a Peterfel main if i didn’t suggest SM Noir. My user is literally Earth-90214 I basically have to.)
Marvel’s Spider-Man: The Black Cat Strikes (This one’s actually a tie-in with the Insomniac Spider-Man DLC: the Heist!!)
Spider-Gwen #5, #26, #33 (Black!Felicia is a pretty popular hc and one both me and my mutuals use so a canonical black Fel variant is definitely on my rec list.)
Exiles vol 3 #9 (Another WOC Felicia Hardy and probably one of my favorite Felicia variant suits! She’s not a major character but I like her panels so I’m including this on the list.)
What If…? #4 (1989) (Follows Felicia after Peter dies because of bonding with the symbiote suit.)
What If…? #21 (1989) (What if Peter married Felicia)
Misc Media
Spider-Man: Web of Shadows, Spider-Man: Edge of Time, and Insomnic’s Spider-Man: The Heist/ Silver Linings DLC are all games that have Felicia in them!! I believe that the Spider-Man 2 (2004) game and TASM games from 2012 & 2014 also have Fel in them but I haven’t watched those play throughs so I can’t say for certain how much content there is.
There are some cut scenes from TASM 2 that feature Felicity Jones as Felicia working for Harry Osborn! Unfortunately we never get to see her in costume but she still does a great job and I wish we got her as Fel in TASM 3 🥲
Spider-Man (2017) s1ep4, s2ep1 (I actually can’t stand this show, but its the only adaptation that portrays Felicia’s glowing, cat-like eyes seen in her first appearance so for that, it gets a pass.)
Fanfics
Felicia has a pretty small ao3 tag with <1,500 works, but there are some fantastic fics that I definitely suggest reading (and authors you should definitely follow)!!
@the-cat-and-the-birdie has a Post-NWH Peterfel/PeterMjFel fic that I’ve really been enjoying and is currently ongoing!!
@seek--rest !! Seek’s mostly an mcu/spideychelle writer but has some really fantastic Felicia-centric/Felicia appearance fics up that i definitely suggest.
Both of @traincat’s Insomniac Peterfel fics are great reads that are on my (very short) list of fics i regularly re-read.
@justmattycakes’s Insomniac Peterfel series is another series on my re-read list! 10/10
any fic in @splendidnothings’s peterfelweek ao3 collections/works. Going thru the @peterfelweek blog or tag in general is a great place to find fics and art.
Naturally I have to suggest myself as well 🤭 I just started a new Peterfel series that I’m looking forward to updating soon! It’s a comic au without a solid timeline and is mostly just interconnected oneshots that center domestic Peterfel. I’m also working on a Felicia-centric fic based on a really cool headcanon that @peterbwatsonparker sent me about psychic/medium Felicia that I’m hoping to post in the next few weeks!! I also have a decent amount of headcanons posted on my blog that never made it into full fics, but my most popular ones (and my personal favorites) are my Mutant!Felicia headcanons.
Obviously these are just my personal recs, so I’m definitely missing some stuff, but if you’d like a complete list of Fel’s mainstream comic appearances you can find that here!!
Rom features guest appearances by the X-Men, Nova (Richard Rider) and Galactus. This three-volume series will also include issues of mainstream title like ‘Incredible Hulk’, ‘Marvel Two-in-One’ and ‘Power Man and Iron Fist’ that Marvel have previously been unable to reprint since losing the Rom license. Volume 3 will feature the WRAITH WAR event which impacts the Avengers, Fantastic Four and, in particular, the X-Men. All things for ‘80s Marvel completists to consider!
That time Marc got stuck at the bottom of a water tower and had to be fished out by Power Man and Iron Fist; “Heatwave,” Power Man and Iron Fist (Vol. 1/1978), #87.
2. Marc's second encounter with the Werewolf by Night went about as well as the first; “The Moonwraith, Three Sixes, and A Beast,” Moon Knight (Vol. 1/1980), #30.
3. Defenestration appears to be a theme with this post (as you will see hahaha); “Exploding Myths,” Moon Knight (Vol. 1/1980), #33.
4. Listen, the storyline of Marc recovering from his back injury actually has some really interesting points of Marc struggling with what his worth is outside of being a superhero. I'm not knocking that. I'll just never be over that how it was the Fly who broke his back????; “Second Wind,” Moon Knight (Vol. 1/1980), #35.
5. They do say "pride comes before the [prat]fall;" “Ghosts,” Moon Knight (Vol. 1/1980), #36.
7. It's him just getting absolutely decked by a lamp for me; “Debts and Balances,” Moon Knight (Fist of Khonshu) (Vol. 2/1985), #5.
8. This panel immediately follows the most elegant series of acrobatic maneuvers you've ever seen on a double-page spread; “Real-to-Reel,” Marvel Fanfare (vol. 1/1982), #31.
9. Good thing that this was Tigra and not a werewolf like Marc thought; “Star Struck!” West Coast Avengers (vol. 2/1985), #27.
10. The risk Marc took was calculated, but it looks like he may not always be the best at math; “Tower of Shadows,” Solo Avengers (Vol. 1/1987) #3.
11. Marc getting mobbed by tween girls (which is honestly pretty funny just without context); “Whatever Happened to the Podunk Slam?” Marvel Fanfare (vol. 1/1982), #38.
12. A personal favorite; “The Voice of Doom,” West Coast Avengers (vol. 2/1985), #35.
13. That one time Marc witnessed a dude swallowing a gerbil whole yet couldn't quite place why he felt unsettled; “Knight Fight,” The Punisher (vol. 1/1987), Annual #2.
There will definitely be more of these hahaha and here's the link to part one if anyone's interested
This is the full Moon Knight reading list. Every appearance of 616!Moon Knight can be found here. It will be updated as comics come out.
It is important to make clear that this list has the entries written in the order they came out. That's why there are comics between whole runs.
This will be the most complete list and is for having a complete look into Moon Knight's comic history.
• Werewolf by Night Vol 1. 32
• Werewolf by Night Vol 1. 33
• Vengeance of the Moon Knight Vol 1. 1
• Vengeance of the Moon Knight Vol 1. 2
• Vengeance of the Moon Knight Vol 1. 3
• Vengeance of the Moon Knight Vol 1. 4
• Vengeance of the Moon Knight Vol 1. 5
• Vengeance of the Moon Knight Vol 1. 6
• Vengeance of the Moon Knight Vol 1. 7
Decided that since Richard Rider may or may not be getting adapted into the MCU to do a partial reading order of the character before he’s obliterated by a new canon.
This is Nova through the first volume and a little beyond. Comes with issue name and a link to read it. Please enjoy :)
Nova #1
Nova #2
Nova #3
Nova #4
Nova #5
Nova #6
Daredevil Vol 1 #142
Nova #7
Nova #8
Nova #9
Nova #10
Nova #11
Nova #12
Amazing Spider-Man #171
Nova #13
Nova #14
Nova #15
Nova #16
Nova #17
Nova #18
Nova #19
Nova #20
Defenders #62
Nova #21
Marvel Two-In-One Annual #3
Defenders #63
Defenders #64
Nova #22
Nova #23
Nova #24
Nova #25
Fantastic Four #206
What If? #15
Fantastic Four #208
Fantastic Four #209
Rom #24
What If? #36
Power Man and Iron Fist #105
You can continue reading for Rich Rider in the New Warriors Volume 1 Reading Order
Power Man And Iron Fist #13 (2017) Sanford Greene Cover, Elmo Bondoc Pencils, David Walker Story, 1st Appearance of Chadoe from Earth-616
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Read Date: November 24, 2022
Cover Date: March 1971
● Writer: Gerry Conway ● Penciler: Don Heck ● Inker: Mike Esposito ● Colorist: {uncredited} ● Letterer: Artie Simek ● Editor: Stan Lee ●
**HERE BE SPOILERS: Skip ahead to the fan art/podcast to avoid spoilers
Reactions As I Read:
● [pg 2] "Erm, Mr. Iron Man, sir? The ambulance is still waiting to treat Mr. Sitwell…" || "I'm not done shaking my fist at the sky and making melodramatic vows!"
● [pg 3] Jasper’s dying because you won’t let him go so the medics can tend to him!
● [pg 4] YIKES, I wasn’t expecting that! I have the Marvel app set up to read panel-by-panel and then show the full screen before going to the next page… which means sometimes panels like #4 really sneak up on me! Ha!
● Madame Masque, eh?
● [pg 5] there’s ol’ Matt Murdock
● Since the movie was my first exposure to Iron Man, I hear all of Stark’s dialogue in Robert Downey, Jr.’s voice. Not that that is a bad thing. I love him as Tony Stark. So when he’s threatening this red-headed guy (not Matt Murdock), it works nicely to hear it in RD’s voice
● Ah, I did wonder why Matt and Foggy were there. I didn’t realize it was a police line-up
● Why are you pickin’ on Daredevil?
● [pg. 9, panel 3] that’s a handy trick. He could make a killing providing moving services
● [pg. 11, panel 3] waaaait a minute. His name was spelled with an A in the last issue! Now I see what other podcasters are talking about when they pick at the misspellings. Great, I’m going to start looking for mistakes now, aren’t I
● [pg. 11, panel 6] Dr. Strange?
● [pg. 12, panel 1] oh.
● [pg. 15, panel 1] “his thumb up his ear” gave me a chuckle. That’s not what he said!
● [pg. 16, panel 3] I spent way too long trying to figure out what a “slip-pin” is
● [pg. 18, panel 1] I promise I didn’t picture Spongebob here… "Hiiiii, Keeevvviiiinnnn"
Synopsis:
With Jasper Sitwell seriously wounded by the Spymaster, Iron Man vows revenge on the spy, though he blames himself for Jasper's situation. Reading about Jasper's situation in the newspaper, Madam Masque realizes her true feelings for the SHIELD agent.
Meanwhile, Iron Man interrogates Spymaster's captured accomplices, with Stark Industries lawyer Matt Murdock in company. Murdock stops Iron Man from getting violent with the crooks, frustrated Iron Man walks off resolving to find Spymaster on his own. All the while Spymaster meets with his employer Capricorn of the Zodiac crime cartel, who is furious that Spymaster failed on his last mission. However Capricorn sends him off on his next mission: to hunt down Daredevil.
While at SHIELD headquarters, Iron Man meets with Nick Fury, who asks Iron Man to take the Zodiac Key back to Stark Industries for examination, while handing over the key it briefly influences Fury with its power before Iron Man takes it away. While elsewhere in the city, Madame Masque runs into Daredevil and before formal introductions can be made, both are captured by Spymaster.
While Iron Man and Kevin O'Brien are examining the Zodiac Key, they are attacked by Capricorn his goons, soon they along with Nick Fury are captured and placed in holding with Daredevil and Madame Masque. However, once in captivity, the Zodiac Key influences Nick Fury to take it into his possession. This story is continued in Daredevil Vol 1 73.
Jennie: "W...what happened to me?"
Mariah: "You went a little off the rails. That's all. We got you back, girl."
Jennie: "I felt so much...hate. I wanted to destroy everything."
Mariah: "Ain't no more hate here--just love. Don't make me bust out into my favorite jam from the Lion King."
Power Man and Iron Fist vol. 3 #4 by David Walker, Sanford Greene, Lee Loughridge, and Clayton Cowles
One of the great joys of this series, and something that writer David Walker discussed quite a bit in interviews at the time it was being published, is the way that large numbers of under-used and forgotten characters (including some very goofy D-level villains from the 70s) were brought back into the spotlight and given a bit more depth, personality, and humanity. One character in particular is Mariah "Black Mariah" Dillard, who first appeared in Luke Cage: Hero For Hire #5 and made a mere handful of appearances in that series and in Power Man and Iron Fist volume 1 before largely disappearing from the Marvel Universe. Here, 40 years later, she reappears as a new friend to Heroes for Hire's former office manager Jennie Royce, who in this series is finally released from prison following the events of Power Man and Iron Fist volume 2.
When this new dynamic duo's quest for power goes awry and Jennie gets corrupted by a magical artifact, it's Mariah's love for her that saves the day. This scene encapsulates something this series does so well: melding heart and humor in a celebration of shared humanity and connection. Jennie and Mariah's friendship, while established solely for this series, ends up feeling very special, especially when placed alongside the love between Luke and Danny that anchors the comic.
Over a decade ago, I had a thread on the Eden Studios forums, “Heroes and Monsters of the New Millennium” which fit various characters into the world of Buffy the Vampire Slayer on the surface.
In truth, it was doing writeups for the Crossover Universe concept (at the time known as the Wold Newton Universe) started by Philip Hose Farmer and expanded upon by Win Scott Eckert. It went on and covered a LOT of things.
At the same time, I also posted many writeups of folkloric monsters for the Ghosts of Albion game on a different section of the board.
I feel like sharing those things once again, in a new platform (as the old platform has been... roughed up a bit). Plus, with a few years of refinement, things are a bit different than I originally imagined them to be.
This blog will contain those writeups.
I am open to requests, but they must either be of folkloric beings, or of things that can be tied into the Crossover Universe (IE: “Have they had official crossovers with a member of the CU, either directly or indirectly via shout-out or shared products?”).
There’s a lot of rules to the Crossover Universe, so don’t worry too much if something doesn’t link up.
If you want shorthand -- have they met/could they easily meet: Sherlock Holmes, Dracula, Cthulhu, and/or Batman? If yes, they are probably in. And if they HAVE met them, then they ARE in*.
*(Except for Batman, he cannot bring in other DC characters in the mainstream Crossover Universe in an effort to keep the amount and power of Supers down and not overshadow more human heroes).
Besides, this is all just for fun.
Here’s some example crossovers, just to get you in the mind set:
Sugar Bombs, featured in: Calvin and Hobbes, The Incredibles, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Runaways, and Fallout.
The West Coast Avengers (Vol. 3 #10) escape villains to reach the World Of Nothing But Shrimp, first mentioned in Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Deadpool (#28) and his wife Shikla stumble across the Bride’s Rampage while in Japan (Kill Bill vol. 1).
Power Man and Iron Fist #65 -- Those three ladies Danny is fighting? They’re totally not Charlie’s Angels. Nope. No sir!
Thanks to this Crossover, Cassandra Cain is officially part of the Crossover Universe.
Moon Girl & Devil Dinosaur #43 - PKE Meter links this series to Ghostbusters.
Blue Beetle Vol 7 #27 Put in two Lovecraft nods, bringing in Jaime Reyes’s Blue Beetle.
The Middleman recalls meeting the First Doctor.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer didn’t get many Crossovers while at Darkhorse, but here she gets cameos from Hellboy and a Predator.
Edna Mode cameos in Spider-Girl #90
Atomic Robo recalls working with Buckaroo Banzai and the Hong Kong Cavaliers.
Superboy lounges at Young Justice’s headquarters having somehow managed to survive Trogo’s Pizza. Crossing over Manos: The Hands of Fate and Mystery Science Theater 3000.
And Finally, TV’s Frank and Doctor Forester cameo in Gen13 meet Monkeyman and O’Brien.
Which should give a taste for how BIZARRE this is going to be!
And yes, we do have JOJO in this thing!
Here’s Lupin and Jigen showing up in Egypt in the 80s while the Jo-Bros head to Egypt to find DIO.
Also, a Stone Mask shows up in Castlevania Season 3.
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Demon King and Hero Challenge God
End of July, the distance between the two moons were pretty close, the preparations for battle sped up. The strike team was Maou and Acies, Ashiya and Urushihara, Emi and Alas=Ramus, Lailah and Gabriel, Utsushihara and Amane, as well as Camio and Farfarello. Amane was only in charge of monitoring Utsushihara and would not participate in the fight. They then launched the Demon Fortress to Heaven at a closer distance, Heaven was very quiet, and no one was seen, with no one responding to their intrusion. Maou said, let’s go find the Tree of Life, our goal is not to fight a war but to free the Sephirah, Lucifer objected, saying that the other Sephirah might be like Iron and were being taken care of by Ignora, and asked Gabriel, as a guardian angel, did he know what state the Sephirah were in? Or were there no other guardian angels who I know anymore? Gabriel said that other than who was mentioned before, there was only Malkuth’s guardian angel, known as Sandalphon, he was a rather old angel, because even if they were immortal, they could not reverse age.
Maou asked Gabriel, wasn’t it said that once civilisation matures, there will be no holy magic, why can you still use spells? And why don’t use Gate to return to their home planet? Gabriel said it was because they did not know the exact location of their home planet, normally speaking, they could only go if they have specific coordinates, it was very lucky that you could end up on Earth. As for spells, they could use them when they were born, it might be because their Sephirah did not feel that spells were a power which exceeded the boundaries.
Then Gabriel brought them to the Tree of Life and the Sephirah management area, the Tree of Life was a withered tree in a huge expense of wilderness, with ten shrines surrounding it. He said that Guardian Angel Kamael was appointed by Ignora, Sandalphon and Gabriel volunteered for the position. Maou and Emi transformed in preparation for battle, and were even talking about combining the two swords together (using a common phrase used to describe couples in love), the rest of the group even tsukkomi-ed them.
They entered one of the shrines, something like a drain wrapped around the root on the ground and caused it to curl, Amane said it was like seeing a relative getting tortured and interrogated. Gabriel said that they just needed to destroy the drains, but do not break number 4 (Iron), number 9 (Yesod) and number 10 (Malkuth). Gabriel had never seen Malkuth because Malkuth was being managed by Ignora and Kamael. Then they started breaking things, and no one cared about them after breaking five or six of them, or it was more like they did not see anyone after arriving in Heaven. Gabriel said that the facilities they destroyed were used by Ignora to make people misunderstand the world, and she basically succeeded. After that, they destroyed 10, 5 and 9 in order, there was a huge shock after destroying everything, the Tree of Life bloomed. Utsushihara said that based on the differences in the areas they control, Malkuth would wake up first, next would be Kether, Geburah and Yesod. Ashiya said that they were now in enemy headquarters and they could not leisurely wait for the results of the flowers blooming and should just attack first. Utsushihara agreed and then sighed and said it was troublesome. Lucifer said, you look like me, why do you have the same thought process as me as well. Utsushihara said, could it be that you do not want to fight with your mother? Lucifer said, no, I also have my own goals. So when they reached an agreement, they were about to set off and Kamael’s trident finally burst into the scene
Then they realised that the trident did not belong to Kamael, but Heaven’s troops. Maou commented about finally being able to fight and told Ashiya not to kill them as much as possible, then left him behind to occupy the Heaven troops for as long as possible, the rest followed Gabriel to look for Ignora. As they flew, they reminded each other, even if no one came to stop them from destroying the shrines, they could not let their guard down. In the past, it was Ignora’s battle tactics which defeated Sataniel. For the small number of pursuers they met on the way, they were all defeated, and Maou and Emi worked very well together during this time. Finally they flew to a place where they could see a huge man made building. Lucifer said it was not much different from before, that was basically a dead place. That was a metallic round building which looked like a UFO, and was named “Ship of Hope”, the research base. Maou asked, they were born because someone was play acting as Demon King in this place? Lucifer said, I understand what you feel, my feelings were even more complex, I came to understand my family, and destroy this whole place before Ashiya returns. Utsushihara, who could read minds, even added on that Lucifer was speaking the truth. Only Lailah felt shaken at Lucifer’s murderous words. Maou ignored him and declared battle loudly, asking all of them to come out if they did not want to die! He had come to kill their leader! And in the end, only Kamael came out.
Gabriel tried to address him in a familiar way, but Kamael did not say anything and attacked directly, Maou saved Gabriel and everyone noticed that Kamael’s spear had a layer of golden glow which they had not seen before. Lucifer reminded them about paying attention to fire prevention (due to what happened in vol 8). Maou said to leave it to him, and once he went forward, Kamael started to chant Satan’s name again, then Kamael said Sataniel was a traitor, an uncivilised person who did not understand Ignora’s ideals, and also his wife’s enemy, he would never forget that battle which caused his wife’s body to be left on the red moon. Then he declared that he would not allow them to obstruct Ignora’s path and they started fighting. During the battle, Kamael started to lose, Maou was about to give him a lethal blow when a pair of hands suddenly reached out to block the holy sword. Acies turned back to her human form, and Kamael’s spear turned into a white haired girl around 17 or 18 years of age, yellow and black fringe, it was Malkuth.
Malkuth’s name is Eros and said that she choose Kamael as her Yadorigi, Acies said this group of people destroyed their Sephirah and enslaved us, why did you choose him. Eros said that she knew, not long ago, she did not have such plans, but Daath has already been born. Acies said she knew, he looked exactly the same as Lucifer. Kamael said, this is the result of Daath’s choice. Ignora was waiting for the choice the whole time, it was such a long period of time and she experienced many betrayals, obstructions and setbacks, but after experiencing such a long wait, we finally obtained a place to belong. Maou rebuked, they treated all of like this, how could they talk about a place to belong? Kamael said, the planet this satellite (the moon) belonged to, its chosen human, Daath believed it was the Head of the second generation angels, Lucifer. The race Lucifer belonged to, is the race who should be reigning this planet, the race who should be evolving. Even if you kill me and Ignora here, our victory will not be shaken. Then he smiled in a contempt after saying this.
On the other end, the rest entered the UFO when Maou was holding Kamael back, there was still no one, Lailah said that this place used to be very lively, and Gabriel had only left for half a year, it was not like this in the past. Gabriel was very uneasy and wanted to go with his own Heaven troops to find someone he knew, guaranteeing that he would not betray the Landlady. Lucifer said he would go with him, he could deal with Raguel as well, Gabriel’s Heaven troops would not disobey him, then Utsushihara also followed them. Emi went down another route with Lailah and after they walked for a while, there was an explosion, causing a hole in the wall. Maou and Acies rolled in, they were trashed by Kamael and Eros. Eros was stronger than Yesod, Acies and Eros fought until it was like two large armies fighting against each other, even though it looked like they would not be able to win, Emi and Lailah could only take this chance to continue moving further in. Eros had a lot of leeway when fighting Acies, and it could even be said that she was taking it easy on Acies, telling Acies that all of this was unnecessary, Daath already made his choice, there is no need to go against Ignora anymore. Acies said she did not care, they caused me and Nee-chan to be separated from the others, it’s fine if you do not want to help, at least let me beat them up.
Eros did not let her, and said that Yesod’s characteristics was like a mirror, your eyes have turned red due to demonic magic and negative emotions, other Sephirah have a duty to stop you. Your affinity with that demon is too strong, Yesod, as the source of demonic magic, if it sinks too deep, all the Sephirah would be negatively affected, such that all demons and angels would be destroyed. Then she started to absorb Acies’ power, when she was about to succeed, Maou forcefully merged with Acies, coughed up blood, and said they were so wrong choosing Lucifer, they could actually entrust the future to that kind of HikkiNEET who plays games? Then with a burst of energy, he grabbed Eros and said, what the heck was she talking about, you and us, angels, demons, Demon King and Hero, we are only “humans” who do not need to eat and sleep! Do not look down on humans! As he grabbed Eros, he slammed her into the ground, and after that flew up to get into a fist fight with Kamael, knocking off his helmet, he has silver hair and red eyes and was a burly man, half his face had burn marks. Then Eros also climbed to her feet, Acies was also let out, the two continued to fight.
On the other end, Emi and Lailah finally reached where Ignora was, Ignora calmly greeted them with “Good morning”. Ignora was very thin and her eyes were listless, so it was not known why the other angels would submit to her. Ignora said, that is your daughter next to you, right? It feels nice to be a mother, right? You feel that you can overcome all difficulties, right? So you can also understand, the despair I feel when I lost my son, right? Therefore, when we meet again, I would feel limitless hope and happiness. Without waiting for Lailah to speak, she reached out and Lailah knelt in pain. Emi wanted to help, Ignora said, children should not interrupt when the adults were speaking, then she called for a young girl known as Nuxe to deal with Emi. Nuxe had reddish brown hair, olive fringe, golden eyes and addressed Ignora as Mama. Ignora said she was introducing this person to Alas=Ramus, and after she finished speaking, the two Sephirah children started to fight, Ignora also did not care and disappeared with Lailah.
Nuxe introduced herself as Malkuth, Eros’ younger sister, but Alas=Ramus did not know her and only knew Eros. Nuxe reached out to touch Emi’s evil repelling armour. The evil repelling armour disappeared, becoming Yesod fragments in Nuxe’s hand, Nuxe is that astronaut. Nuxe smiled with soulless eyes and said, Mama was afraid of me coming in contact with bad things outside and had me wear the astronaut suit, can I ask you to return the Yesod fragments? Of course Emi refused, letting out a light explosion shockwave to give Nuxe a concussion, temporarily losing her ability to fight. Alas=Ramus said Nuxe is “outside”. Emi’s understanding was that Nuxe was not merged with anyone, therefore Alas=Ramus dragged Emi along had Nuxe merge with Emi (I’m confused too, please don’t ask me about this). Nuxe’s consciousness struggled in Emi’s mind, and remembering Ignora, Emi tolerated the mental shock of someone arguing in her head and went to find Ignora and Lailah
When Emi stepped into that room, there was already three people inside. Lailah was currently being tortured by Ignora, Ignora asked Gabriel who rushed over why he suddenly betrayed her. Raguel was also inside the room, he was sealed inside a chamber (forced sleep), it was the same for Sandalphon who was mentioned earlier. Gabriel asked Ignora aggressively, why are you treating them like this, Sandalphon had been supporting you the whole time, and Daath chose us after so much effort. It was not known if the person beside Gabriel was Lucifer or Utsushihara. Ignora smiled, finally letting go of Lailah, but grabbed her hair and started dragging her along, saying “what happens if the ‘people who were not chosen’ spread across the world, all of you have seen it, right? All of you hidden too deeply, both of you, and also my husband, there was actually no need for this. All of you let the Theocracy grow to that state, that’s why things became like this. After saying this, she stepped on Lailah’s back, and spoke to someone unknown, “Isn’t that right, child?” That unknown person was expressionless, saying “It might be like that, Mama.”
Time skip to three years later again, Maou, Emi and Chiho received a call from Lucifer at the same time, but he did not pick up when they called back. By the way, Lucifer was using a function mobile phone which Maou bought for him earlier. At that time, Lucifer complained why it was not a smartphone, but Maou felt that Lucifer was a homebody and did not need to contact anyone, so it was fine as long as he could make calls. They felt he might have something urgent going on, but since he did not pick up, they could only send messages over to ask. In the end, it was because Lucifer was dragged out by a group of Sephirah to eat and could not afford the bill. The ones present were Lucifer, Acies, Iron, Nuxe and Eros. These few people probably ate a whole cow and Maou could not afford it as well, so he dragged Lailah and Nord in to pay the bill and emptied their wallets. After they finished eating, they chatted as they walked. Lucifer fit in perfectly with the group of Sephirah and Nuxe addressed Lucifer as onii-chan, and even asked him to treat all the Sephirah fairly and not just favour Yesod alone. Chiho offered to pay but Lucifer said there was no need, these Sephirah are my responsibility as their Management Supervisor, so there is a source of finances. Maou said that if he wanted to claim the bill, then keep the receipt properly, Lucifer happily took out the receipt and played with it on the tip of his fingers, an evil light in his eyes.
Three years later, Gabriel was staying in Room 103, he was the one responsible for giving the finances, but he would not pay for Lucifer’s share. Lucifer said that he only drank tea and that the barbecue meat he was looking forward to was not like this! The young Sephirah were playing loudly and Gabriel said that it looked like Lucifer was already an adult and was like an older brother, he was really happy. Then Maou pointed at the second floor and asked how was the situation, Gabriel said there was not much change and she only promised that she would eat. Maou and Lucifer returned to Room 201, talking about the growth of the Sephirah. It seemed like Sandalphon’s life was saved and Maou even had a coffee machine in his room. Lucifer said taking care of these children is like taking care of a tree and he did not think that the gardening skills described by Suzuno were really interesting, Maou said that Suzuno probably did not think that gardening skills could be used in this aspect. Then the two went to the door of Ignora next door, saying that she was eating a little more now, are you worried? Lucifer said he was a little worried. Maou said that if Nuxe was brought over, she might improve a little. Lucifer said, then he would just send Nuxe back, he keeps feeling that she should not let her recover too quickly, it took him a lot of effort to almost get used to this job, it would be troublesome if she came to criticise this and that. Maou said, are you actually Utsushihara? Lucifer said, who knows, but if I really am him, then you better not think of bad things, okay? And he was resented by Maou.
Pride Month’s LGBTQ Characters of the Day: Karolina Dean, Xavin and Nico Minoru
a.k.a. Watch me explaining the history of Runaways in comics with focus on their LGBTQ characters.
In 2003 first Runaways series had six teenagers discover their parents are supervillains and rebel against them, while discovering all sorts of legacies they have inherited from their evil old folks. While entire team is made of great characters for today we need to know of two. Karolina Dean, who learned she is an alien form Majesdane race and she literally glows in all colors of the rainbow, and Nico Minoru, who found out her parents are magicians and inherited from them a magic Staff of One. Over the course of the first series there are multiple times veeery strong hints Karolina is slowly coming to terms with not just being alien but also being gay and developing feelings for Nico.
In Runaways second series, she finally come out (in issue #7 to be specific)... and you can tell that Marvel was afraid how wil lthat coming out be received. After Nico rejecting her, Karolina is approached by Xavin, a shape-shifting alien from the race of Skrulls, who are at war with Majesdane. Xavin, being a shapeshifter, is genderfluid and has no problem presenting as either male or female, offers Karolina to marry them as a part of political angreement to end the war between their species. Karolina agrees and sets off with Xavin to space.
Reading this now you just KNOW Marvel was afraid they’re gonna get flayed for Karolina coming out and when they weren’t, both she and Xavin promptly returned to the series. And despite the fact that the whole arranged marriage deal ended badly, they continued their relationship.
Xavin is, admittingly, a controversial character. I have seen as many transgender, genderfluid or non-binary fans who love and and identify with them as I have seenones who find the character offensive. As I’m cis it is not my place to go on lectures one way or anotherso I will just say that in this case everyone should judge for themselves. Tho last six issues of Runaways vol.2 are written by Joss Whedon and...yeah, they’re by Joss Whedon and he has no idea what he is doing with Xavin whatsoever.
Xavin lays a prominent role in 3-part crossover that Runaways had wth Young Avengers during Secret invasion, a sequel to their first team-up,which, while also good, is, however, rather dark and has some triggering content, but can be easily skipped.
And then 2008 Runways series happens. And 2008 series is bad. Among other things it has a plot where group of Majesdane want to arrest Karolina and Xavin decides to pretend to be her, to save their beloved. And the character has not been seen ever since. So, you know, you can skip that too.
Runaways didn’t have a book for a long time after that. They did show up in issues #27 and #28 of Avengers Academy, where, among other things, Karolina meet Julie Power (who will get her own entry, don’t you worry about it) and the two begun dating.
Then Avengers Academy got cancelled and they were mostly in cameos -.-
Then some books involving Runaways happenned, most of which does not concern us today (Power Man & Iron Fist, the Vision) or were so horrible that I would rather eat my own shit than talk about them here (Avengers Arena nad Avengers Undercover). One exception, Nico was in A-Force, a book I plan talking about more regarding a different character, but that one is good.
What about Runaways 2015? I plan to give it its own entry, it’s an elseworld story anyway.
And speaking of Nico. Through pretty much all of second and third Runaways volumes we had many hints she might actually be closeted, acting jealous of Xavin and acting at times towards Karolina in a way that come off as veeery romantic (it is one of vol.3 redeeming qualities, tbh).
Which brings us to 2017 Runaways series. Where Nico makes it very clear she is romantically interested in Karolina early on, having finally come to terms with her own sexuality and grow ready to come out and, after Karolina and Julie break up, in issue #12 Nico and Karolina finally hook up and from that point on are a couple.
See the pictures above? First one is from 2005. Last 3 are from 2018. Do not talk to me about slowburns.
Runaways 2017 series is an ongoing. I’m not telling you to go buy it and support this book but...well, that’s exactly what I’m telling you.
Oh and also, there is a TV Show based on this series on Hulu, in it Karolina and Nico hook up MUCh earlier. So if you didn’t, go watch it.