Morgan le Fay (Marvel Comics)
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Morgan le Fay is a
Morgan le Fay has been described as one of Marvel's most notable and powerful female villains.[4][5][6][7][8]
The character was portrayed by
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Morgan le Fay first appeared in Black Knight #1 (May 1955) from Atlas Comics, written by Stan Lee and illustrated by Joe Maneely.[9] After the Black Knight series ended in 1956, she was eventually reintroduced into Marvel Comics in Spider-Woman #2 (May 1978).
Fictional character biography
Medieval times
Morgan Le Fay was born in Tintagel Castle, in Cornwall, England, in the days of Camelot, in the Sixth Century A.D. She became a high priestess, and the leader of the Sixth Century cult of the
During this time, Morgan Le Fay was visited by a supervillain from the future named
Conflict with the modern era
Morgan Le Fay first projected her astral form from her physical body in the Sixth Century A.D. to the present day. She mentally dominated "Slapper" Struthers, transforming him into the superhuman Excaliber, and directed him to retrieve the Darkhold from Magnus.[13] When he failed, she sent her astral form to get the Darkhold from the Werewolf, and was defeated by Spider-Woman and Magnus.[14] Impressed by her mettle in battle, Morgan attempted to enlist Spider-Woman into her eternal servitude, but was denied.[15] Seeking revenge, she began tormenting Spider-Woman with hallucinations, but Magnus came to her aid, and Le Fay's physical body was destroyed in combat with Spider-Woman's astral form. She was able to lock out Spider-Woman's astral form from her physical body,[16] and attempted to possess it for herself. She was thwarted by the Avengers, Magnus, Doctor Strange and the Shroud in a battle on the astral plane.[17]
Morgan then attempted to possess the body of Lisa Russell, but was repulsed by Iron Man.[18] Morgan then allied with Mordred the Evil. She dispatched Dreadknight, Balor, and other Celtic netherworld monsters against the Black Knight and Doctor Strange. She attempted to turn Earth into a dimension ruled by black magic.[19]
Avengers assemble again
Using the monsters of
Doctor Doom is revealed to be in a sexual/romantic relationship with Le Fay, traveling back to the past in order to carry on liaisons with her. Le Fay has told Doom to bring her back something "of value" as a gift the next time he comes to her time or not to come back at all. He later returns, asking for her help in creating an army of loyal inhuman warriors. Doom offers her whatever she wants, with her response still currently unknown as Doom reappears in the present with his army of Mindless Ones. Later, Le Fay is seen sadly looking out her window for the return of Doom, who has been defeated and incarcerated by the Mighty Avengers.[23]
Dark Reign
During the "
Avengers World
After having been freed by her daughter Caroline le Fay from her own magic cauldron that Doom trapped her in, Morgan le Fay took over a City of the Dead underneath Velletri, Italy, a mystical necropolis of which there are many below European cities.[29] From here she launched a massive attack with armies of the dead all over Europe.[30]
The Avengers and the Euroforce joined forces to take her down, but they were easily overpowered by the hordes of the dead.[31] Sebastian Druid tried to aid the heroes, but he was killed by le Fay shortly after arriving at the city.[32] However, killing Druid worked out against Morgan's plans. He became a ghost of the city which, being one of them, allowed his magic to work, pulling back the armies back to their respective necropolises, severely weakening le Fay. The Avengers and the Euroforce proceeded to beat her up, forcing her to retreat.[33]
Queen of Otherworld
Morgan le Fay later resurfaced and planned to conquer Camelot on Otherworld but when the flowers of Krakoa reach Otherworld to form a Gateway to Krakoa, it infected Camelot, causing le Fay to find a way to destroy it. In order to achieve this, she needed to terminate the "Witchbreed", who were responsible for this. After Brian Braddock and his twin sister, Betsy Braddock came to fix the Gateway, le Fay apprehended them and took control of Brian, making him to turn on his sister. However, he managed to give to Betsy his amulet, which allowed her to escape.[34] Morgan then allied with the Coven Akkaba in order to deal with the Witchbreeds.[35]
Powers and abilities
Morgan le Fay possesses a natural affinity for magical forces which is a result of her half-faerie genetic structure. She possesses a gifted intellect, and as a former pupil of
Morgan can mystically manipulate both the natural environment of Earth and the environment of the astral plane in which she once existed.[36][37] She can cast illusions, project mystical bolts (which can affect physical beings and objects even when she is in astral form), create mystical force shields and remove spirits from their bodies and place those spirits under her control.[38][39] When in physical form, she can fly and change her shape into other people or animals (both real and mythical).[40][36] She also has healing powers which she might have used on her former foe King Arthur on transporting him to Otherworld. Morgan is also a necromancer and can use her powers to be everywhere at once as an omnipresent being.[37][41][42] She has the power to transmute one thing into another.[1]
Morgan can also tap into and manipulate powerful magical energies for powerful feats of magic without having to tax upon her normal magical abilities, such as when she used the power of the Norn Stones and the Twilight Sword to restructure reality (although she needed the Scarlet Witch to bridge her Faerie heritage to the Asgardian magic).[43] Morgan has utilized the Crimson Bands of Cyttorak to bind Doctor Strange and Balor.[volume & issue needed] She is also able to time travel.[44]
Morgan is virtually immortal. Her spirit has restored her physical body at the various times it has been destroyed.[45][46]
In The New Avengers #53, the Eye of Agamotto appeared to Morgan, as it considered her a possible replacement for Doctor Strange as Sorcerer Supreme.
Cultural impact and legacy
Critical reception
Chase Magnett of
Dais Johnston of
Accolades
- In 2016, CinemaBlend included Morgan le Fay in their "13 Supernatural Marvel Characters Who Should Be Introduced After Doctor Strange" list.[48]
- In 2018, ComicBook.com included Morgan le Fay in their "8 Best Doctor Strange Villains Ever" list.[5]
- In 2019,
- In 2020,
- In 2021, Looper included Morgan le Fay in their "Marvel's Most Powerful Magic Users" list.[7]
- In 2022, Screen Rant ranked Morgan le Fay 9th in their "10 Smartest Magic Users In Comic Books" list[6] and included her in their "15 Most Powerful Marvel Magic Users (Who Aren't Doctor Strange)" list.[52]
- In 2022, CBR.com ranked Morgan le Fay 10th in their "Marvel: The 10 Strongest Female Villains" list.[53]
- In 2022, Looper ranked Morgan le Fay 12th in their "Doctor Strange's Most Powerful Villains" list.[54]
Other versions
Age of Ultron
During the Age of Ultron storyline, Wolverine and Invisible Woman's plans to kill Hank Pym to prevent the creation of Ultron caused an alternate reality in which Morgan le Fay had conquered half the world following a war between Asgard and Latveria and magic has overcome technology. Morgan le Fay later attacks with a swarm of magically-powered Doombots. The Defenders fight them with Iron Man controlling hundreds of drones and accusing Morgan le Fay of having sent the time travelers back in time. She claims innocence and then points out to Iron Man how a pair of Helicarriers are crashing into the heart of New York City.[55]
Weirdworld version
During the "Secret Wars" storyline, a variation of Morgan le Fay from Earth-15238 was salvaged by God Emperor Doom and made the baroness of the Battleworld domain of Weirdworld under the alias of Witch Queen le Fay. She is served by the Magma Men from Crystallium.[56] Morgan le Fay and her forces gained an enemy in Arkon who had stolen from her many times.[57] She later hired Skull the Slayer to dispose of Arkon.[58] During the fight between Morgan le Fay's forces and the forces of the Swamp Queen, a variation of Jennifer Kale that ruled Weirdworld's Man-Things, Battleworld fell apart and neither side was victorious. Weirdworld somehow ended up on Earth-616 in the Bermuda Triangle.[59]
Following the restoration of the Multiverse, the Weirdworld domain which was ruled by the Witch Queen le Fay, an alternate Morgan le Fay, was materialized in the new universe as an anomalous continent in the Bermuda Triangle. When a Boeing 747 crash-landed there, Morgan le Fay was informed by her minion Warg that a girl named Rebecca Rodriguez got a hold of the Wuxian Seed and that Goleta the Wizardslayer slew Ogeode.[60] The Magma Man Moltar later told Morgan le Fay that their forces are ready to strike against the Swamp Queen's Army at the Fang Mountains. While still wanting to get her hands on the Wuxian Seed, Morgan le Fay told Moltar to divert the forces to pursue Rebecca Rodriguez and Goleta the Wizardslayer instead.[61] Morgan le Fay later unleashed a Magma Man called the Mammoth Inferno to attack the Forge of the Grand Mechanic.[62] Her backstory was revealed that she was sold into slavery upon being brought to Weirdworld. She overcame the slavery with the help of Elizabeth and Nakia the Grand Mechanic. This led to Morgan le Fay creating the Kingdom of the Torch.[63]
At the time when they were hiding from Patient Zero's creation Itsy Bitsy, Spider-Man and Deadpool helped the Bogswaggers of Bathsalthia escape from Morgan le Fay's forces.[64]
When Roxxon Energy Corporation opened a portal to Weirdworld, they worked on a project that involved harvesting magic while contending with the invasive Skrullduggers. When he, Angel, and Blake made their way inside the Roxxon outpost where three engineers and six soldiers are taking refuge, Weapon H discovers that the magic that they are harvesting is coming from Morgan le Fay.[65] After telling Weapon H not to listen to Angel's lies, Morgan le Fay revealed part of her backstory to Weapon H and how she found a way to tame the Skrullduggers until Roxxon invaded, took her captive, destroyed her palace, and caused the Skrullduggers to run wild. As Angel tries to prevent Weapon H and Blake from falling into Morgan le Fay's control, Morgan mesmerizes them where she claims that she can cure Blake and reveals Weapon H's full identity of Clayton Cortez. Dr. Espinoza then has Granville open the door enabling the Skrullduggers to get in. After Weapon H blocked the Skrullduggers from getting in, Morgan le Fay exposes the fact that Angel is actually Black Widow's clone using an Image Inducer claiming that Captain America sent her to spy on Weapon H. Still under Morgan's control, Weapon H who regains control of the Skrullduggers. After destroying the facility, Morgan le Fay leads a mind-controlled Weapon H and the Skrullduggers into taking over the world.[66] Morgan le Fay arrives at the Inaku village with a mind-controlled Weapon H and the Skrullduggers where she reveals to Korg and Titania that she has Weapon H under her control as well as being the queen to the Inaku. Morgan le Fay instructs Protector Hara to assist Weapon H and the Skrullduggers in attacking those who were sent by Roxxon. As the gun wielded by Dr. Espinoza is going to explode, Morgan states to Black Widow that she does not know any tricks to undo it.[67] After Dario Agger disarms the gun, Morgan le Fay does a magic attack on him. She is surprised when he transforms into Minotaur. After a brief fight between Weapon H and Minotaur, both of them escape much to the dismay of Morgan le Fay. The Inaku then praise Morgan le Fay as the Queen of Weirdworld.[68]
In other media
Television
- An elderly Morgan le Fay makes a cameo appearance in The Super Hero Squad Show episode "Mother of Doom!".[citation needed]
- Morgan le Fay appears in the Ultimate Spider-Man episode "Halloween Night at the Museum"[69] voiced by Grey DeLisle.[70] This version was imprisoned in a suit of armor.
- The Battleworld incarnation of Morgan le Fay appears in Avengers Assemble, voiced again by Grey DeLisle.[71]
- Morgan le Fay appears in the third season of foil her plans before Nico's mother Tina re-banishes le Fay to the Dark Dimension.
- Morgan le Fay appears in the Laura Bailey in English.[74]
Film
Morgan Le Fay appears in Dr. Strange, portrayed by Jessica Walter.[75]
Video games
Morgan le Fay appears in Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2, voiced by Kate O'Sullivan.[76]
See also
- Morgan le Fay in popular culture
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A half-faerie, le Fay was trained in the ways of the sorcerers by Merlin and attempted to use her new powers to take the throne of Britain from King Arthur
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External links
- Morgan le Fay at Marvel.com