Marvel Girl
Marvel Girl is the name used by several characters in the Marvel Universe.
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Marvel Girl (Jean Grey)
- Main Article: Jean Grey
Jean Grey was the red-haired daughter of John Grey and his wife Elaine Grey where she had an older sister named Sara Grey. (X-Men v1 #136) She would later enrol at the Xavier School for Gifted Youngsters where she would learn to control her powers. The school was actually a cover where Professor Xavier could train a team of young Mutants in order to fight for the dream of peaceful racial co-existence. The team operated from the shadows to combat threats posed by evil Mutants who used their abilities against mankind. Jean Grey would be the last member of the team who joined fellow students codenamed Cyclops, Iceman, Angel and Beast. Upon joining the team, Jean was also given her own codename which was Marvel Girl. (X-Men v1 #1)
Jean stopped going by her codename Marvel Girl, preferring her real name, Jean Grey. (X-Men v2 #8)
Later on, the living island of Krakoa was established as a sovereign Mutant nation. In this time, Jean Grey came to re-take the codename of Marvel Girl as she settled on its surface. Upon arriving through a gateway, Professor Xavier came to welcome her to their new home. (House of X v1 #1) Xavier and Magneto would later task a team of X-Men that included Marvel Girl to target the Orchis Mother Mold facility and prevent the creation of Nimrod. (House of X v1 #3) Jean was later asked to join the Summer section of the Quiet Council of Krakoa. Summer consisted of Marvel Girl, Storm, and Nightcrawler, representing the more empathetic, level-headed, and just members of the X-Men and other factions. (House of X v1 #6)
Marvel Girl (Rachel Summers)
- Main Article: Rachel Summers
Rachel Summers was a female Mutant born the daughter of Cyclops and Jean Grey from an alternate Earth. (Uncanny X-Men v1 #199)
Following the death of her mother, Rachel decided to honour her by taking her former codename of Marvel Girl. (Uncanny X-Men v1 #444)
Months later, Rachel was captured by the mutant predator Elias Bogan, who used her as his pet telepath, enslaving other mutants to do his bidding. After Bogan's defeat at the hands of the X-Treme X-Men team, Rachel was freed from his telepathic control and re-joined the X-Men, taking the code name Marvel Girl to honor the memory of her mother. (X-Treme X-Men v1 #23) As an officer of X.S.E., Marvel Girl played a crucial role in different missions. (Uncanny X-Men v1 #444)
Marvel Girl (Valeria Richards)
- Main Article: Valeria Richards
Valeria Richards was a female human born the daughter of Reed Richards and Susan Richards.
Among Valeria's friends as she grew up were Caledonia, a member of Roma's interdimensional Corps and her future's Fantastic Four, and Lancer, her father's mutant bodyguard; her stepbrother, whom she nicknamed Sparky, would annoy their mother by using his powers to go "time-dancing". As she grew older and her powers and adventurous streak began to emerge, Dr. Doom designed armor for her protection, and she took on the title "Marvel Girl". When she was twelve, she was formally invested as Doom's heir in the throne room of the Baxter Building; not long after this, her father and her uncles Ben and Johnny and Human Torch died saving the world. Subsequently, while visiting the Blue Area of the Moon to see Alicia Masters' memorial statue for the fallen heroes, both Valeria and Franklin briefly communicated with a temporally displaced echo of Earth-616's Reed, Ben and Johnny.
Overview
In appearance, Marvel Girl was a concept was initially established for a member of the X-Men. (X-Men v1 #1)
Notes
- The concept of Marvel Girl was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby where it made its first appearance in X-Men v1 #1 (September, 1963).
Alternate Versions
- In X-Patrol v1 #1 (1996), an alternate version of Marvel Girl appeared in the Amalgam Comics reality that was designated as Earth-9602 in the Multiverse. This version was named Mary Marvel Girl who was a merger of the Marvel Girl code name with Mary Marvel from DC Comics.
- In Mutant X v1 #1 (1998), a variation appeared in the Mutant X reality that was designated as Earth-1298 in the Multiverse. This version was Madelyne Pryor of that world where she initially took the name of Marvel Woman.
- In Age of Apocalypse v2 #3 (2015), an alternate version of Marvel Girl appeared in a variant of the Age of Apocalypse reality that was designated as Earth-51518 in the Multiverse. This version was the codename that was adopted by that world's version of Emma Frost.
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Appearances
- X-Men v1: (1963)
- Uncanny X-Men v1:
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