Stepford Cuckoos
The Stepford Cuckoos are a group that features in Marvel Comics.
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History
Origin
The Stepford Cuckoos were all Mutant clones created Emma Frost following a battle where she fell into a coma. During that time, Dr. John Sublime came to harvest her genetic material where he had thousands of eggs made from a single syringe. These were then grown by Weapon Plus as living weapons where they were designated as Weapon XIV and grown in a laboratory located in the World facility. (X-Men: Phoenix - Warsong v1 #3)
Five specimens of Weapon XIV were released into the world and sent to the X-Men so that they could develop their talents. These five sisters were Celeste, Esme, Irma, Phoebe, and Sophie who were unaware of their origins. (X-Men: Phoenix - Warsong v1 #3) They came to join the Xavier School for Gifted Youngsters and were based at the X-Mansion where they came to learn under Emma Frost who was one of the teachers at the institution. (New X-Men v1 #118)
X-Men
Whilst using Cerebro, the surviving Cuckoos came under the influence of their clone sister Esme whose psychic presence still existed. She planted the idea in their minds to help restore their deceased sisters. (X-23 v4 #5) Thus, the Cuckoos secretly attempted to resurrect their slain siblings Sophie and Esme. This involved abducting the brilliant geneticist Dr. Helen Marks and using their telepathy to control her to aid in the resurrection efforts. (X-23 v4 #1)
Mindee managed to enter into the X-Mansion where she used Cerebro to amplify her powers and with the assistance of Celeste along with Phoebe they combined their efforts to stop their mad sister Esme. This allowed Laura to dislodge Esme from Gabby's body thus leading to her dying again where in the psychic plain Sophie sought to bury her psyche so that she could never be a danger again. (X-23 v4 #5)
House of X
After the establishment of Krakoa, the living island was declared a nation and homeland for all Mutants that were invited to reside on it. (House of X v1 #1)
Overview
In appearance, the Stepford Cuckoos were originally five young women with blonde hair and resembled Emma Frost. (New X-Men v1 #118) In reality, they were all genetic daughters of Emma Frost created from her eggs that were harvested from her by Weapon Plus. Thousands of such offspring were grown though only five were released into the world so that their talents could be nurtured. (X-Men: Phoenix - Warsong v1 #3)
It was said that the Cuckoo's celebrated their birthday with them choosing the birth date of their favourite actor Tyler Kircho after Small Town became Sophie's favourite show. (X-23 v4 #1)
Weapon Plus had engineered the creation of the Stepford Cuckoos to be a weapon of war. (X-Men: Phoenix - Warsong v1 #3) A thousand psionic Mutants were raised from the eggs of Emma Frost that were collectively processing information at an exponentially greater power than any living telepath with it being unleashed through a focal point which could be used to shatter a mind allowing it to be used to kill Mutants. (X-Men Phoenix Warsong #4)
Members
- Esme Cuckoo :
- Sophie Cuckoo :
- Irma Cuckoo : Irma "Mindee" Cuckoo
- Celeste Cuckoo :
- Phoebe Cuckoo :
Notes
- The Stepford Cuckoos were created by Grant Morrison and Ethan Van Sciver where they made their first appearance in New X-Men v1 #118 (November, 2001).
Alternate Versions
- In New X-Men v1 #151 (2004), a version of the Stepford Cuckoos appeared in the alternate reality designated as Earth-15104 which was set 150 years in the future during the "Here Comes Tomorrow" story arc. Only three of the sisters had continued to survive in this future with them being known as the Three-in-One. They remained as members of the Xavier Institute where they used their abilities to help Headmistress Cassandra Nova-Xavier in safeguarding the dream of the Xavier creed of peaceful co-existence.
In other media
Television
- In Wolverine and the X-Men, the Stepford Cuckoos appeared in the three part episode "Foresight" where they were voiced by actor Tara Strong.
- In The Gifted, the Stepford Cuckoos appeared in the live-action television series where she was portrayed by actor Skyler Samuels. They were referred to as the Frost Sisters who were five clones created as part of a secret illegal experiment funded by Creed Financial to create Mutants that served in the persecution of their own kind. Five such clones were made with two kept as hostages to force the other three to use their telepathy against others. This was until they decided to rebel leading to two of the sisters being killed.
Films
Video games
- In X-Men: Battle of the Atom, the Stepford Cuckoos appeared on cards in the iOS video card game.
Appearances
- New X-Men v1: (2001)
- Uncanny X-Men v1:
- X-Men: Phoenix - Warsong v1:
- X-23 v4:
- House of X v1:
- Cable:
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