Madripoor

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A poster of Madripoor in All-New Wolverine v1 #15.

Madripoor is a country that features in Marvel Comics.

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History

Madripoor was a Pacific island nation that was located on Earth. (New Mutants v1 #32) The island was actually based on top of the back of a great dragon. (Avengers World v1 #1) It was claimed that the Madripoorian Royal Family were descended from Malay Pirates and that Prince Baran's personal museum held five centuries worth of plunder from pacific shipping. (Amazing Fantasy v2 #8)

During the 1600's, the Hand sought to claim the island as a base of operations due to its strategic position. They were opposed by Clan Yashida who embodied heroic ideals during these years with Renchi Harada managing to stop the Hand from their attempt at turning the island into a base. Afterwards, Clan Yashida were noted for abandoning any claims towards Madripoor. (Old Man Logan v2 #34)

During the late summer of 1941, Captain America was deployed on the island where he came upon the Hand whose ninjas nearly overwhelmed him. This was until he was saved by the timely arrival by Logan with this marking the first encounter between the pair. (Uncanny X-Men v1 #268) Around 1942, the Japanese Empire looked to control the island as it was part of a valuable trade route leading to an invasion and resultant occupation following the Battle of Madripoor. (Spider-Man/Deadpool v1 #22) On January 1st 1956, the Winter Soldier assassinated British ambassador Dalton Graines and his guests at a New Years Eve Party in Madripoor. (Captain America v5 #11) By 1959, Nick Fury and Dum Dum Dugan were conducting operations in Madripoor when they received new orders from the U.S. President that wanted him to assemble a team of superbeings as part of the Avengers Initiative. The first recruit for the team was Victor Creed who joined the team as they set out gathering more members. (New Avengers v2 #10) Fury's Avengers then came back to Madripoor where they discovered a mansion headquarters belonging to the Ubermadchen. They raided the mansion, capturing the strategist known as Innsbruck the Planner. From him the team learned of General Dieter Skul's attack on the African nation of Wakanda. (Avengers 1959 v1 #4)

The New Mutants travelled to Madripoor following Karma to find out why she left. The team attacked Karma but were overwhelmed by her power; only Magik and Mirage escaped to Limbo. Upon their return, they found that Karma had framed them for the murder of her guards. (New Mutants v1 #32) Lionmane and his band of pirates operated in the region of Madripoor where they attacked a ship carrying the Hua Mulan statue to China. The Chinese government came to believe that the Madripoorians were behind these pirate raids. Thus, they assembled an expedition with the goal of retrieving the statue and wiping out the island nation. (Heroes for Hire v1 #18)

Agents of the Red Right Hand named the Mongrels came to Madripoor to track Wolverine where they burnt a room of Logan's memorabilia at the Princess Bar. (Wolverine v4 #4)

Project Rebirth dispatched Agent Venom on an assignment to Madripoor where he infiltrated a gathering of rich businesspeople in order to plant a tracker on an ULTIMATUM member. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #654.1) A Stark Expo was held on Madripoor with Tony Stark showcasing the Stark/Pym myriad engine. (Captain America and Iron Man v1 #634) Four months ago, General Ross came to Madripoor where he learnt of gamma-powered weapons being produced in the island nation of Kata Jaya. To stop the threat, he assembled a new incarnation of the Thunderbolts that were to neutralise dangers around the world before they manifested with the team gathering for their mission on Madripoor. (Thunderbolts v2 #2)

Gorgon brought his Hand forces to Madripoor where he conducted a ritual to awaken the great dragon that lay dormant underneath the island. (Avengers World v1 #1)

Tarik Fayad used the Coptic Staff and the alias Horus to act as Madripoor's defender, but was killed by Grant Ward using counterfeit Iron Man Armor and intel from the stolen Quantum Drive, which contained details on how to defeat several major super heroes. Horus' death demonstrated the legitimacy of the Drive's content in order to attract the attention of potential bidders. (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. v1 #2)

Tyger Tiger attempted to end the drug and weapon trade in Madripoor to make the island nation more legitimate. Around this time, the mercenary Kimura was operating and wanted to establish her own criminal empire in the country but was opposed by its leader. This led to her attempting to brainwash X-23 and use her to assassinate Tyger Tiger. (All-New Wolverine v1 #16) The Yashida Corporations Regenix formula was later stolen from it and sold to the Crazy Thunder crime gang who took it to Madripoor. Gorgon and the Hand travelled to the island in order to acquire, replicate and perfected it. This brought him into conflict with Old Man Logan and the resurrected Mariko Yashida who sought to stop the spread of the formula for a regenerative healing factor. (Old Man Logan v2 #34) Arcade later created a new Murderworld in Madripoor where he sought to test its capabilities on some unwitting victims. (Spider-Man/Deadpool v1 #22)

In recent years, the island had faced a dangerous trade in the use of Mutant Growth Hormone with the Raksha band of vigilante Mutants fighting the activity. (X-Men: Blue v1 #6) Following the disappearance of Wolverine's body, a number of X-Men went to investigated the case with Kitty Pryde, Domino, Jubilee, Psylocke, Rogue and Storm travelling to Madripoor to confront Magneto about the matter. He agreed to meet with them to inform them everything he knew but it was revealed that this was the guise of Mindblast who attacked the X-Men in order to capture them on behalf of Viper. During this time, the X-Men were also investigating space launching facilities that were present on the island which were available for anyone to rent. (Hunt for Wolverine: Mystery in Madripoor v1 #4)

A trafficking wing later set up on the island that kidnapped girls who were put on a show called No Restraints Play on the dark web where people bid in order to perform unspeakable acts on the abductee. Tyger Tiger learnt of it and came to ask the assistance of the Black Widow in shutting this ring down. (Black Widow v7 #1) After the War of the Realms. the Agents of Atlas conduced clean-up operations on Madripoor where they intended to lure one of the stray invaders that was a Muspelheim Fire Dragon in order to entrap the beast and sent it back to its realm. Isaac Ikeda who was the Protector of Pan intervened in the fight where he teleported the dragon away from the island. (Agents of Atlas v3 #1) One of the sons of Ares came to be kidnapped and held by the gods of Madripoor with the Olympian looking to free his child. To achieve this, he intended to use the mystical sword wielded by the Sword Master but was convinced to let the young hero and his mentor Shang-Chi to aid him. (Sword Master v1 #5)

Albert arrived on Madripoor looking for Elsie-Dee. After meeting Tyger Tiger, Albert was directed to Donald Pierce's company Reavers Universal Robotics where he confronted Donald Pierce. After Albert subdues the Reavers, Donald states that he sold Elsie-Dee's head to yakuza boss Kimura, the arms to the Jade Dragon Triad, and the legs to the Vladivostok Mafia. After he gets the parts from them, Albert puts Elsie-Dee back together. In light of Albert's actions towards them, the Reavers, Kimura, the Jade Dragon Triad, and the Vladivostok Mafia decide to take action against Albert vowing that he will never make it out of Madripoor alive. (2020 iWolverine v1 #1) In downtown Madripoor, Donald Pierce and the Reavers are traveling through the vacant streets as they state that Albert and Elsie-Dee will have to travel through the Vladivostok Mafia's turf before they can engage them. Albert and Elsie-Dee engage the Vladivostok Mafia where they kill some members. Albert and Elsie-Dee then enter the Jade Dragon Triad's turf and fight its members. On the J-Town stretch of High Street, Kimura's men prepare for Albert and Elsie-Dee's arrival as Kimura informs Sachinko that they cannot let Elsie-Dee walk around with the account books' information in her head. As Albert and Elsie-Dee approach, Kimura's men open fire as they ram through the roadblock. Kimura stops the attack and informs Albert and Elsie-Dee about what Donald Pierce has planned for him at Madripoor Airport. As Kimura's limousine fools the Reavers into thinking that Albert and Elsie-Dee hijacked it and fire the railgun on it, Kimura smuggles Albert and Elsie-Dee out of Madripoor in a box claiming that it is filled with slot machine parts bound for Macao. Elsie-Dee states to Albert that they will get him upgraded. (2020 iWolverine v1 #2)

Kade Kilgore was noted to had established a base of operations on Madripoor. (Black Cat v1 #9) From there, he and his allies established Homines Verendi that was supplying anti-Mutant operations following the establishment of the Mutant nation of Krakoa. (Marauders v1 #7)

Overview

It was also known as the City of the Shining Temple of the Hand. In reality, it was located on the back of a great dragon that was dormant underneath the waters. (Avengers World v1 #1) It was one of a whole host of islands that formed a natural barrier to the lowest point of the South China sea. Madripoor operated as a natural roadblock at the bottom of the strait of Malacca which separated Singapore from the Indonesian island of Sumatra. Though most of the islands belonged to Indonesia, Madripoor managed to remain as an independent haven. (X-Women v1 #1)

Locations in Madripoor included:

  • Princess Bar :
  • Prince Baran Hospice for Motherless Waifs : founded by French nuns long ago in Lowtown. (Amazing Fantasy v2 #8)
  • Royal Palace & Museum : (Amazing Fantasy v2 #7)
  • Sovereign : a hotel situated on the island. (Amazing Fantasy v2 #8)
  • Futura Plaza : third tallest building in the Pacific Rim that was seen as being impenetrable by conventional means. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #654.1)
  • King's Impresario Restaurant : a restaurant located in Hightown. (Hunt for Wolverine: Mystery in Madripoor v1 #1)
  • Harbor Bar : (Thunderbolts v2 #2)
  • Foxy Den Strip Bar :
  • Brass Monkey Saloon :
  • Club Azimut :
  • Buccaneer Bay :
  • Empty Quarter :
  • Stinger :

The country was divided in half with one side being the financial development centre that the locals called Hightown and the other being the historic district that was called Lowtown. (Amazing Fantasy v2 #8) It maintained a number of anonymous pads that it rented out to people for shuttle launches. (Hunt for Wolverine: Dead Ends v1 #1) Less than 80 miles away was a tiny island called Kata Jaya that was located off the coast of Singapore. (Thunderbolts v2 #2)

Madripoorians were strict on proper dress inside their temples with tourists in shorts or skirts being required to cover their bare legs with sarongs. (Amazing Fantasy v2 #9) It was claimed that the Madripoorian Royal Family were descended from Malay Pirates. When anyone of royalty died, a funeral procession was held where they marched the floats down to the main temple in Lowtown after which they set them all on fire. The deceased's body was consumed by the flames and it was held that their soul departed for heaven. Such events were seen as an excuse to have a large party as a celebration. (Amazing Fantasy v2 #8) The elaborate funeral pyres favoured in Madripoor drew their practices from certain Hindu sects in the Indonesian archipelago namely that a body following death returned to Pancamahabhuta before it met the supreme being. (Amazing Fantasy v2 #9)

It was a haven for pirates, crooks and other assorted lesser criminals. There was no extradition treaties making it the perfect neutral zone for the deadliest of enemies to sit down for comfort and security without having to worry about the authorities. (New Mutants v1 #32) Madripoor was held as the golden gateway between two worlds which were the free market and the black market. (All-New Wolverine v1 #16) The country was said to hold notoriously porous laws on adoption. (Amazing Fantasy v2 #11) It was home to the Bloodsport that was an underground tournament whereby contestants fought with one another and were able to kill one another in close-quarter combat. (Wolverine v1 #167)

Organizations operating on the island included:

  • Jade Dragons :
  • Vladivostok Mafia :
  • Reavers Universal Robotics :
  • Homines Verendi :

After his time there, a group of Madripoorian Mutants formed a vigilante gang called the Raksha who honoured his legacy and knew him as Patch. (X-Men: Blue v1 #6)

There were a number of deities that had influence on the island with these including:

  • Davi Naka : the green-skinned mother goddess of Madripoor. (Sword Master v1 #5)

Cultural relics and other items tied to the island included:

  • Madripoor Set : a collection of ancient gemstones and a keystone whose origins were not truly known though a temple on the island contained a reference to them. According to legend, they were said to possess a terrible power and that the last time they were active was when Atlantis fell. (X-Treme X-Men v1 #10)

Inhabitants

  • Baran :
  • Tyger Tiger :
  • Tai :
  • Roche : (Marvel Comics Presents v1 #2)
  • Rose Wu :
  • Madhavi Mishra : (Daken: Dark Wolverine v1 #6)
  • Tarik Faya : (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. v1 #2)
  • Norio : (X-Men: Blue v1 #6)
  • Gazing Nightshade : (X-Men: Blue v1 #6)
  • Whisper Doll : (X-Men: Blue v1 #6)
  • Hexadecimal : (X-Men: Blue v1 #6)
  • Mister X :
  • Changdao : a male crime lord also known as the Saber who Black Widow and the Invisible Woman contacted for leads on Susan Richard's former spy partner though Changdao was killed by agents from another party. (Invisible Woman v1 #2)
  • Carmilla Black :

Notes

  • Madripoor was created by Chris Claremont and Steve Leialoha where it made its first appearance in New Mutants v1 #32 (October, 1985).
  • In Marvel Atlas v1 #1 (2007), the country received an entry within the guide book. Hinduism was said to be the primary religion practiced in Madripoor, with its followers believing that, after death, the physical body must be returned to the Pancamahabhuta (the five sacred elements) before their soul can be released to meet the Supreme Being. As such, elaborate funeral pyres are favored, especially for royalty.

Alternate Versions

  • In WildC.A.T.s/X-Men: The Silver Age v1 #1 (1997), Madripoor appeared in the alternate reality setting during a crossover arc between Marvel and Wildstorm Comics. It was shown that the estate of Warren Worthington included a site on Madripoor known as Eagle’s Nest.
  • In All-New Wolverine v1 #33 (2018), Madripoor was shown in a setting set several years in the future. For Laura Kinney's actions, she was rewarded by being declared Queen of Madripoor where she ruled the island and looked after its inhabitants with Honey Badger taking over the mantle of Wolverine.

In other media

Television

  • In Marvel Anime, the island of Madripoor appeared in the setting of the Blade segment of the anime television series. It was mentioned as being a lawless area where the police or government did not tread. Locations included Lowtown, Hightown and the prestigious skyscraper called the Dragon Palace. It was said to be one of the few spots where Humans had no fear of Vampires with people regularly killing others on the streets. Mother Mantis as a gang that operated from Lowtown that attacked both Blade and Wolverine before driven off. The island is a hotbed for criminal activity. Multiple gangs inhabit the island, and are constantly at war with each other. At the start of the season, the island is owned by Hideki Kurohagi, who rules it from the Dragon Palace. Hideki's father, Juo Kurohagi, originally co-ruled the island along with Koh, but was able to seize control of the island after allying himself with Shingen Harada. Shingen planned to make Madripoor a base of operation for his criminal organization, the Kuzuryu. For this purpose, he wanted to force his daughter Mariko, to marry Hideki. After Shingen and Hideki left Tokyo and went to Madripoor with Mariko, Logan and his new ally Yukio followed them there. After meeting Koh and his gang, Wolverine and Yukio helped them reach the Dragon Palace through Hell Road; a road infamous for it's many death traps.
  • In Ultimate Spider-Man, Madripoor was referenced in the setting of the animated television series starting from the episode In "For Your Eye Only". Arcade establishes a base on the island to access nuclear missile control codes and start World War III. However, he is foiled by Spider-Man, Captain America, and Wolverine.
  • In The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Madripoor appeared in the setting of the live-action television series set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe starting in the episode "Power Broker". The island nation was shown to reside on the Indonesian archipelago where the lawless land was under the control of the Power Broker who established a place to recreate the Super-Soldier Serum. Baron Zemo took Sam Wilson and Bucky Barnes to Madripoor to meet with Selby in order to track down the newly resurfaced Super-Soldier Serum.

Film

  • In Avengers Confidential: Black Widow & Punisher, Madripoor appeared in the setting of the anime film. It became the site of the Leviathan weapon sale of their Bio-Soldiers to various parties to incite world conflict with the event headed by Orion. Both Black Widow and the Punisher tracked the sale to the site with the Avengers arriving to help stop Leviathan.

Video games

  • In Marvel: Avengers Alliance, Madripoor appeared in the setting of the Facebook video game. In "Chapter 10 - Strength of Fear", Count Nefaria led the Maggia into forming an alliance with the Hand at Madripoor to use the country as a base for the conquest of K'un-Lun.
  • In Marvel Heroes, Madripoor was a setting in the MMORPG with it being referred to as the underbelly of the world. It was under the control of the Hand until Madame Hydra and her HYDRA forces fought the Hand to claim it.

Appearances

  • New Mutants v1: (1985)
  • Wolverine v1:
  • Marvel Comics Presents v1:
  • Heroes for Hire v1:
  • Amazing Fantasy v2:
  • X-Treme X-Men v1:
  • New Avengers v2:
  • Wolverine v4:
  • Dark Wolverine v1:
  • Captain America and Iron Man v1:
  • Thunderbolts v2:
  • Avengers World v1:
  • All-New Wolverine v1:
  • X-Men: Blue v1:
  • Spider-Man/Deadpool v1:
  • Old Man Logan v1:
  • Hunt for Wolverine: Mystery in Madripoor v1:
  • Black Widow v7:
  • Agents of Atlas v3:
  • Invisible Woman v1:
  • Sword Master v1:
  • Marauders v1:
  • Black Cat v1: (2020)

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