Ghost Box (Marvel)
A Ghost Box is a device that features in Marvel Comics.
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History
These devices were one of the methods to travel to parallel worlds alongside Einstein-Rosen bridges and quantum mirrors. At some point in the past, S.W.O.R.D. had encountered and became aware of the existence of the Ghost Box technology. During their time, they had encountered a number of Ghost Boxes over the years. They determined that maybe twenty alternate worlds had developed Ghost Boxes. (Astonishing X-Men v3 #27)
After acquiring it, the X-Men were unaware as to the nature of the device and decided to consult Abigail Brand and S.W.O.R.D. (Astonishing X-Men v3 #27)
The X-Men were later called by the Black Panther and Mutantes Sans Frontières to Mbangawi where superpowered babies were being born. Cyclops decided to answer the call, hoping for the rebirth of mutantkind after its Decimation. (Astonishing X-Men: Xenogenesis v1 #1) Beast detected Ghost Box radiation there, theorizing that it was possibly the cause of those mutations. The X-Men were then attacked by The Furies, superhuman-killing cyborgs from an alternate dimension, who were travelling using a Ghost Box. (Astonishing X-Men: Xenogenesis v1 #3) They also found a man called Jim Jaspers, also from an alternate dimension, who was revealed to be a 'living Ghost Box' with not only the ability to travel between universes but also to produce a 'Jaspers Warp' effect, similar to his counterpart from Earth-616 and Earth-238. (Astonishing X-Men: Xenogenesis v1 #4) Thanks to a psychic ruse by Emma Frost, the last Fury used his Ghost box to return to his world and Doctor Joshua N'Dingi executed Jim Jaspers in his sleep to prevent him from warping again and cause more harm to his people. (Astonishing X-Men: Xenogenesis v1 #5)
After The Utopia Exodus and the Schism, Cyclops was abducted by an alternate-universe Storm to be used as a energy source. (Astonishing X-Men v3 #44) On this Earth, Cyclops met Kurt Waggoner, who was aware of the existence and functioning of the Ghost Boxes, claiming to having got an A minus in his class on Quantum Mechanics and Practical Uses of Infinity, and hypothesized that a modified Ghost Box could be present somewhere in the city. (Astonishing X-Men v3 #45)
Madison Jeffries of the X-Club along with his comrades managed to rebuild the Ghost Box in the care of the X-Men at Utopia. Alison Blaire was called to the laboratory in order to help power the device. When she did, a portal opened bringing forth alternate world counterparts of Wolverine, Nightcrawler and Emma Frost that were being attacked by a many tentacle creature. Dazzler was dragged through the portal with these three parallel universe versions of people she knew and confronted an alternate version of Charles Xavier who in this world was a giant tentacle monster. (X-Treme X-Men v1 #1)
Overview
These machines were able to open a gateway between parallel Earths. (Astonishing X-Men v3 #27) When in use, they messed up the environment with time and space becoming rotten as a result. (Astonishing X-Men v3 #29)
To be operational, all these devices required were power. (Astonishing X-Men v3 #27)
Notes
- The Ghost Boxes were created by Warren Ellis and Simone Bianchi where they made their first appearance in Astonishing X-Men v3 #26 (October 2008).
In other media
Video games
- In Marvel Heroes, a Ghost Box appeared as an item available in the MMORPG video game.
Appearances
- Astonishing X-Men v3: (2008)
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