
She left Attilan and wandered across Europe as a thief. It was in Maximus' first successful attempt to take the throne that Medusa was knocked off a sky-sled by the Trikon and afflicted with amnesia. Maximus also claims to be in love with Medusa and has made frequent attempts to usurp both the throne of Attilan as well as his brother's bride-to-be. She attended Black Bolt's release from his isolation cell at the age of eighteen and witnessed the first confrontation between Black Bolt and his insane brother, Maximus the Mad. During these visits, the two fell in love and became engaged. Considered a member of Attilan's Royal Family, Medusa's parents chose to expose her to the Terrigen Mists when she was a child.ĭuring her adolescent years, Medusa would often visit her distant cousin Black Bolt during his confinement, and she learned to communicate with him through body language. Medusa's younger sister is Crystal (who later became the wife of the Avenger Quicksilver). Medusa belongs to the race of Inhumans, a species of prehistoric earthlings mutated by the Terrigen Mists produced deep under the Inhuman city-state of Attilan, presently located in the oxygen-rich Blue Area of the Moon. Medusa presumably flees before the team's final cameo in 5.1, where they are preparing a grave for her as a "traitor". They are defeated in a rematch in issue 4.1. The Frightful Four publicly attack Captain America and his new team of replacements after their press conference to earn some "street cred". This five-issue mini-series is positioned between The Avengers #16 and #17 as a side story when the evil team thinks they have killed the Fantastic Four (in Fantastic Four #38), but no one knows it. In 2017, Medusa appeared in an early adventure with the Frightful Four, published as The Avengers 1.1- 5.1. Willow Wilson, Marguerite Bennett, and Jorge Molina during Marvel's Secret Wars crossover. īeginning in May 2015, Medusa appeared as one of the main characters in A-Force, an all-female Avengers spin-off being launched by G.
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Medusa appears in the new series FF by Matt Fraction and Mike Allred, which debuted in November 2012. Medusa has also figured prominently in the twelve part maxi-series The Inhumans written by Paul Jenkins and illustrated by Jae Lee in the 1990s. That storyline flows into the ongoing "Kree-Skrull War" in The Avengers title #94-97. The second four installments are written by Roy Thomas and illustrated by Neal Adams. The first four installments are written and drawn by Jack Kirby. They are granted their first new adventure in Fantastic Four Annual #5, and a solo series in the split-book Amazing Adventures #1-10. The Inhumans also appear in Fantastic Four # 82–83, with Medusa. She appears in Fantastic Four #38, 41, 42, 43, 44-48 and in various subplot glimpses from #49-62. She appears first in a flashback, then in costume as part of the fledgling "Frightful Four". Medusa first appeared in Fantastic Four #36 (1965) and was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. Serinda Swan primarily portrayed Medusa in the 2017 Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) television series Inhumans. Due to this, she can expand her hair to double its normal length, use it to pick locks, remotely lift objects, and often to contain objects and people. The character has psychokinetic control over her hair, a power she obtained through Terrigenesis. Her name and aspects of the character are derived from Greek mythology, as her hair has prehensile attributes like that of Medusa the Gorgon's hair. Medusa ( Medusalith Amaquelin-Boltagon) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

