Marrina Smallwood

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Marrina Smallwood
Art by John Byrne
Publication information
PublisherMarvel Comics
First appearanceAlpha Flight #1 (August 1983)
Created byJohn Byrne
In-story information
SpeciesPlodex
Team affiliationsAlpha Flight
Beta Flight
Avengers
Notable aliasesLeviathan
AbilitiesUnderwater breathing
Transformation
Superhuman speed while swimming

Marrina Smallwood is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. She is a member of Alpha Flight and an honorary member of the Avengers.

Publication history

Marrina first appeared in Alpha Flight #1 (August 1983) and was created by John Byrne.[1] Byrne has clarified that Marrina was created after the Alpha Flight title was greenlit, and was not a character he had thought up earlier.[2]

Bloodwraith, who was the new (and nastier!) wielder of the blade. The connection that Namor had to the Ebony Blade made the Blood Wraith's presence an organic progression of the story rather than a forced guest appearance. In the end, Namor got to free his wife's soul. By redeeming Marrina, he redeemed himself."[3]

Fictional character biography

Marrina is a member of the alien species called the Plodex, which sends its eggs to various planets. When the eggs hatch, young Plodex take the forms of the native species they encounter.

As an egg, Marrina landed in the

Newfoundland
, Canada. The egg was opened prematurely by his wife Gladys Smallwood, causing Marrina to imprint a humanoid female form. The Smallwoods accepted her as their daughter.

She left home at sixteen years of age to join

Master of the World, and is rescued by Alpha Flight and Namor alongside the Invisible Woman.[5] Following this she leaves Alpha Flight and stays with Namor. Marrina is captured by Attuma, and reverts to savagery for the third time but overcomes it. Marrina marries her lover, Namor.[6] She serves alongside him on Avengers missions and receives honorary membership,[volume & issue needed] and also serves as the queen of Deluvia.[volume & issue needed
]

When she becomes

Ebony Blade.[7]

However,

Llan the Sorcerer later tells the Master of the World that, "Now she sleeps a false death under the waves."[8] Marrina's body is later seen floating in a tank in the Master's lair.[9]

Marrina resurfaces in Norman Osborn's custody. He uses her as an endgame plan against Namor (who recently betrayed him and allied with the X-Men). Osborn has her D.N.A. spliced and modified, making her a snake-like leviathan, driven by a hunger for Atlantean blood. Once released, Marrina wreaks havoc in the undersea kingdom, injuring and killing many. Eventually Namor drags a weakened Marrina underwater, where he performs a mercy killing.[10]

During the

Great Beasts.[11] Marrina remains among the living after the defeat of the Chaos King.[12]

Powers and abilities

Thanks to her genetic structure that is a

Sub-Mariner,[14]
himself superhumanly adapted to underwater existence. On dry land, she can sprint at tremendous speeds.

Although Marrina has a friendly personality, thanks to her upbringing by her foster parents, her mental programming by the Plodex repeatedly emerges from her subconscious mind. Her savage instincts can even be triggered by chemical stimuli given off by other Plodex. When her Plodex DNA takes over, she takes on a more beast-like appearance. Her hands turn into talons that easily cut through most material.[15] Marrina can change shape to an unknown degree under the influence of her savage instincts.[volume & issue needed] During her pregnancy, Marrina resembled a sea serpent and was over a mile in length. She also displayed the ability to discharge eye beams of pure kinetic force while in leviathan form.[16]

Other versions

Exiles

Marrina is also a member of Alpha Flight on Earth 3470, the reality that the Exiles' Heather Hudson is from. She has to reside in a tank of water to participate in Alpha Flight's meetings. She does not demonstrate that she is capable of human speech, but she was shown to have the same ability to create water spouts as her counterpart in the main reality.[17]

House of M

Marrina is briefly featured in House of M #6 during Genosha's celebration of mutantkind's victory over man, alongside Namor.[18]

References

  1. ISBN 978-1-4654-7890-0
    .
  2. ^ Nickerson, Al (August 2008). "Claremont and Byrne: The Team that Made the X-Men Uncanny". Back Issue! (29). Raleigh, North Carolina: TwoMorrows Publishing: 7.
  3. ^ Lantz, James Heath (September 2016). "Prince Namor the Sub-Mariner: Scion of the Deep or Royal Pain?". Back Issue! (91). Raleigh, North Carolina: TwoMorrows Publishing: 60–61.
  4. ^ a b Alpha Flight #1
  5. ^ Alpha Flight #3–4
  6. ^ Alpha Flight #40
  7. ^ Avengers #291–293; Alpha Flight #15–16
  8. ^ Alpha Flight #78
  9. ^ The Avengers vol. 3, #47–48
  10. ^ Dark Reign the List: X-Men
  11. ^ Chaos War: Alpha Flight #1
  12. ^ Chaos War #5
  13. ^ Alpha Flight #1–2
  14. ^ Alpha Flight #15
  15. ^ Alpha Flight #2
  16. ^ Dark Reign: The List – X-Men #1
  17. ^ Exiles #33
  18. ^ House of M #6

External links

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