Nico Minoru
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Publication information | |
Publisher | Marvel Comics |
First appearance | Runaways #1 (July 2003) |
Created by | Brian K. Vaughan Adrian Alphona |
Voiced by | Grace Song (Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man) |
In-story information | |
Full name | Nico Minoru |
Team affiliations | |
Notable aliases | Sister Grimm |
Abilities |
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Nico Minoru (briefly known as Sister Grimm), is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created in 2003 by writer Brian K. Vaughan and artist Adrian Alphona, the character debuted in Runaways #1 (July 2003).[1] Like every member of the original Runaways, Nico is the daughter of the super-powered villains calling themselves "the Pride"; in her case, she is the daughter of dark wizards. Upon finding out, Nico runs away with the rest of the runaways but later discovers that she inherited her parents' magical aptitude. Whenever Nico bleeds, a powerful staff emerges from her chest, called the Staff of One, allowing Nico to bend magic.
After the Runaways are betrayed by one of their own in volume one, Nico reluctantly becomes the
In the Marvel Universe, she was featured in Avengers Arena and its sequel, Avengers Undercover, which follows the survivors of the thirty day-long deathmatch in MurderWorld. Nico is traumatized by those events and temporarily walked away from the Runaways. She later joined Marvel's first all-female Avengers team, A-Force.
Nico's Staff of One responds to verbal commands, but can only respond to any given spell once. If she attempts to cast the same spell twice, the results have unforeseen consequences. To summon the Staff itself, Nico must bleed—as all magic comes with a cost. After working with the Witchbreaker, Nico develops the ability to cast spells without the Staff and upgrades her own abilities. In the wake of her resurrection in Murderworld, Nico jumps up to another power level and even receives a magical arm replacement that can channel supernatural energies more powerful than the Staff. By the relaunch of Runaways vol. 5, Nico's Staff and powers are reverted to its original condition and her magical arm replaced with a normal arm for reasons unknown yet.
Since her debut, Nico has been described as one of Marvel's most notable and powerful LGBT female heroes.[2][3][4][5][6][7]
Nico Minoru was portrayed by Lyrica Okano in the Hulu streaming television series Runaways, set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). She reprised the role in the 2022 tactical role-playing game Marvel's Midnight Suns. An alternate version of the character will appear in the MCU Disney+ animated series Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, voiced by Grace Song.
Publication history
Nico Minoru first appeared in Runaways # 1 (July 2003) and was created by Brian K. Vaughan and Adrian Alphona.
In Brian K. Vaughan's original pitch for the series, Nico was called Rachel Messina. Her parents were still magicians, but posed as wealthy antique dealers; this cover story was ultimately used for Gert's time travelling parents.[8] Nico's source of power was not originally going to be her mother's Staff, but Robert Minoru's spellbook.[8] § Nico Minoru appeared in Avengers Arena, a new series by Dennis Hopeless and Kev Walker,[9] as well as its sequel, Avengers Undercover.
Nico appears as one of the main characters in A-Force, an all-female Avengers spin-off launched by G. Willow Wilson, Marguerite Bennett, and Jorge Molina during Marvel's Secret Wars crossover.[10][11]
Fictional character biography
The Pride
Every year,
Mystic Arcana
In 2007, the magic-related crossover event Mystic Arcana fills the gap between Runaways #17 and #18, during Nico's brief time at Father Flanagan's Home for Unwanted Goth Kids.[17] The story begins with Nico dressed in a Japanese school girl's outfit, stating that it's perhaps time to let go of the goth trend. She is soon talked into going to a nightclub with her friends, where she meets her parents' old rival Marie Laveau;[17] Laveau seeks revenge on Nico's parents for stealing the Black Mirror, one of the four Cornerstones of Creation. After Laveau explains that she needs Nico's blood to activate the Black Mirror, Nico gives Leveau her blood, while also purging out the Staff of One. The two fight, and Nico easily wins. Nico attempts to bring back Alex Wilder using the Mirror, however the spell fails, the Mirror shatters and the last page of the Darkhold is revealed behind the glass.[17] Laveau takes it and flees, while Nico accepts her place as an outcast with the Runaways.
Artist Dave Sexton revealed Nico was one of the four magic characters chosen for the story arc because each character relates to some elemental themes:
As a fugitive
After being warned of a future threat named Victor Mancha, Nico and the Runaways find and abduct Victor to question him. After Victor's mother is murdered and father,
The Witchbreaker
After escaping the authorities, the Runaways head to New York where Nico anxiously makes a deal with Kingpin.[22] In a twisted turn of events, the Runaways end up time-displaced in 1907 New York, where Nico is kidnapped and brought to a woman named "the Witchbreaker".[23] The Witchbreaker claims she is Nico's great-grandmother, and states she will teach Nico how to withstand more pain and, therefore, wield more magic with better proficiency. She wields a weapon similar to the Staff of One, with more adornments. When reunited with her comrades, a significant development to Nico's abilities is evident, where she is freely able to float, displays more proficiency and confidence in casting spells and able to use a spell with an effect more complicated than most of her others thus far.[23] It is revealed that Nico had obtained the Witchbreaker's Staff. Little more information is given to how Nico and her ancestor's meeting had ended, though the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe's more recent edition says that Nico had "escaped" her.[23] During this period, Victor falls in love with another girl, corrupting his relationship with Nico.[23]
Secret Invasion
During the global shape-shifting
Dead Wrong/Rock Zombies
Nico uses a spell ("scatter") to scatter a group of invading Majesdanians all over the planet. The spell, however, had unwanted side-effects: it emotionally scatters the Runaways. Victor realizes this in time, and Nico spearheads a massive escape from the returning Majesdanians. A short time later, the Runaways realize that having obeyed Nico, they broke the enchantment. Regardless, Xavin shapeshifts into Karolina and leaves Earth, much to the other Runaways' great grief.[24]
Later on, Nico uses the spell "Zombie Not" to turn an army of zombies back to humans; the spell, backfiring, turns the zombies into an actual "zombie knot", thus creating a one large zombie. The Runaways deduce that after the Witchbreaker tortured and trained Nico, Nico's magical abilities have been greatly augmented.[25] Val Rhymin's magician informs Nico that the Staff of One carries tremendous magical ability and Nico, being young, should not use it. The magician steals the Staff from her, only to be killed after the Staff defends itself. A silent Nico takes her Staff back, and warns the other Runaways not to touch it.[25]
Dark Reign
At the 2009 Emerald City ComiCon, writer
Nico also makes a non-speaking cameo in Strange #4 (Feb. 2010) as one of the powerful mages Dr. Strange asks to stop using their powers for an hour.[28]
Avengers Arena
As part of the
Avengers Undercover
Once news broke about Arcade's kidnappings, Nico and the other Murderworld Survivors became infamous. Nico has dyed her hair slightly red and still sports the witch arm she gained in the fight with Apex.
A-Force
Following the Secret Wars storyline, Singularity awakes in the primary
Civil War II
During the "
Strange Academy
Nico Minoru became a teacher at Strange Academy where she teaches Creative Spellcasting and co-teaches Defense Against Vampires alongside Magik.[42]
Powers and abilities
Spellcasting
Nico, being a witch, uses magic as her weapon. In the early issues, her sole weapon had been the Staff of One, an ancient[44] magical staff that can cast any spell imaginable.[45] The Staff, however, comes with two limitations; first, and more importantly, Nico cannot cast the same spell twice, or the spell will misfire and a random effect will occur; for example, the second time she tried to cast "Freeze," she produced pelicans,[7] and the second time she attempted to cast a "Fumigation" spell, the staff teleported Nico and Karolina miles in the Los Angeles desert.[46] The second limitation of the Staff of One is that it cannot be used to bring people back from the dead.[47] Nico discovered this limitation when she tried to resurrect Alex Wilder, and explained why she could not magically revive the deceased future version of Gertrude Yorkes.[47] Tina Minoru, the Staff's owner previous to Nico, mentions that the Staff even made Dormammu (a demonic entity with vast magical power far surpassing even that of the Sorcerer Supreme) tremble[48] and that it gave the wielder "[a]ll the power of the past, present and future" and would make its wielder "unstoppable."[volume & issue needed] Tina is also able to do spells without saying them, as evident when she turns herself, Robert Minoru, and the Steins into their villain costumes.[49] In Civil War: Young Avengers/Runaways, Nico successfully cast a tunneling spell using a Latin phrase supplied to her by the Vision, even without knowing its meaning.[50]
Only Nico can summon the Staff, but initially, anyone could cast spells with it. When not in use the Staff retreats into her body, which Nico describes as "feel[ing] like I have something in my eye, but instead of my eye, it's...it's my soul."
In Runaways vol. 2 #17, it is revealed that if Nico steps into the path of the ashes of dead wizards, her powers will not work at all.[57]
Extended magic
Nico's time with the Witchbreaker has granted her a newer version of the Staff of One, similar to the original but with more adornments and a larger ring (the ball on the original Staff is also removed). Nico can now wield its powers and cast spells with greater proficiency than before, even floating under her own powers instead of using the Staff, as Nico had already cast a variety of levitation enchantments before. Furthermore, Victor Mancha also questions how Nico is floating, apparently indicating that this was indeed not of the Staff's own magic.[58] Nico can now cast a variety of spells without using her Staff, bringing her closer to her parents' abilities. It is unknown where the Staff of One is now, though her new staff, regardless of its precise origins, is summoned in exactly the same method as the former.[59]
More recently, Nico's Staff has displayed an ability to defend itself. The Staff now reacts violently toward anyone other than Nico who attempts to use it, turning into a demon or dragon and devouring that individual.[60]
Later in Daken: Dark Wolverine she shows that her spells can be extremely detailed when she freezes Daken with "Freeze to the exact temperature and aesthetic appearance of a cheap Popsicle from a 7/11" though she still has the "One spell" rule.
After her murder by
General abilities
As mentioned before Nico is capable of doing essentially anything, her magic seemingly being reality warping in nature. But as of now She’s been shown to:
- Manipulate time
- Manipulate death
- Manipulate emotions
- Manipulate hellfire
- Manipulate energy
- Manipulate the powers of others
- Manipulate weather
- Manipulate the rotation of the Earth
- Manipulate matter
- Manipulate probability
- Warp reality
- Erase people from existence
- Teleport
- Heal herself and others
- Cast illusions
- Fly
- Create pocket dimensions
- Make herself and others invisible
- Grant abilities
- Create shields
- Use telekinesis
- Summon astral projections
- Shutdown others magic
- Share her full conscience into multiple bodies
Character attributes and personality
Nico is Japanese American.
When Nico takes the leadership position, it proves she has the intelligence and courage to make difficult decisions. One notable example is a risky decision in leaving Xavin to battle a resurrected Geoffrey Wilder herself saying "Xavin knew the risks".[53] In another incident where the Punisher was holding them at gunpoint and was seriously injured by being punched in the stomach by Molly, when the others expressed concern about his condition, Nico flatly stated that she "wasn't going to waste a healing spell" on him. Nico also kisses Chase after he negotiates their way out of a potentially fatal situation with an interdimensional drug-dealer; this causes a falling out between Nico and Chase's girlfriend Gert, almost dissolving the team from the inside.[67] Gert's untimely death sends Nico into the arms of Victor Mancha, with whom she reveals she has a habit of running to people when distressed.[64] She suffered survivor's guilt regarding Gert's death. Her insecurities and confusion over her romantic life comes to haunt her in a dream, where her deceased parents berated Nico for acting like a "slut" (for kissing Alex, Topher, Chase and Victor).[56] Nico admits she is confused but she will figure "who and what (she) likes on her own" and then she kills them.[56] She begins a relationship with Victor, but the relationship is quickly ended mutually after Victor falls for another girl.
Nico became very isolated and unstable after the events of Avengers Arena, where she was dismembered, resurrected, and ultimately survived Murderworld, having almost no contact with the Runaways, even ignoring Molly's birthday. She explains she was destroyed after the events of the Arena, she was terrified of her new powers and was likely suffering from severe PTSD, and seeing Chase return to normal after the experience only made her hurt more.[61]
Relationships with other Runaways
Nico is a very emotional person and has repeatedly expressed difficulty with knowing precisely what she is feeling.[45] Nico admits to Victor that she has a tendency to seek comfort after highly emotional situations or periods of stress.[64] Despite this, she is typically very open when trying to express her feelings and has thus been able to connect with many of the Runaways on an emotional level and maintain many close friendships throughout the series. Over the years, Minoru has romantic relationships with several people, including Alex Wilder - by whose treachery she is devastated - and Victor Mancha. She has a confusing and frustrating time with the mutual feelings between her and Karolina, however, a romantic relationship never developed as their timing never seemed to work out. Nico did eventually realize that she truly did love Karolina and after asking for a second chance, started a relationship with her.[68]
Alex Wilder
In the first volume, Nico and Alex share a brief relationship. She kisses him for the first time during the Runaways' attempted rescue of Molly Hayes;[43] it is later revealed Alex was Nico's first kiss.[69] She kisses and expresses love for Alex after he saves her from the vampire Topher; it is generally accepted that Nico and Alex are a couple at this point.[54] Despite her professed love for Alex, Nico chooses to side with the Runaways after Alex reveals his plan to bring her to the Gibborim's new world with her parents, firmly establishing her dedication to the team and her strength of character. However, despite the betrayal, Nico demonstrates willingness to forgive when she unsuccessfully tries to resurrect Alex, and states that even though Alex was a traitor, he did not deserve death.[47] In Mystic Arena set in volume one, she still misses and loves him.[17] During the events of Avengers Undercover, Alex is resurrected by Daimon Hellstrom to become Nico's tutor in battle strategy. She reminiscences her past affection for him; however, it's now replaced with murder daydreams of him and annoyance of his attempts to flirt with her. She tells him "what we used to be, that's dead".[61] After Chase was injured in battle and left comatose, she is devastated and blamed herself. Nico momentarily gave up being good as it kept turning out wrong and hurt people she loves. She decided to 'do the wrong thing' in order to feel good, and briefly rekindled her romance with Alex before he betrayed her.[61][70] And once again, they went their separate ways as she fought alongside the superheroes whereas Alex joined the super-villainous team, Young Masters.[71][39]
Karolina Dean
Karolina's feelings for Nico were hinted at throughout volume 1, ending with Karolina sheepishly blushing when Nico says she has sworn off boys.[66] However, Karolina's feelings were not explicitly expressed until she attempted to kiss Nico.[46] Nico immediately turned Karolina down; however, when Karolina decides to travel to her home planet Majesdane with Xavin, Nico is distraught for losing her friend. The Runaways stop Nico from casting a spell to bring Karolina back to Earth. Months later, Chase catches Nico strewing Karolina's clothes about her floor for remembrance's sake and tells him, "I didn't hurt this bad when Alex betrayed us. I didn't even hurt like this when our parents died". After Karolina returns, Nico becomes overjoyed and hugs her, saying that she felt all alone with Karolina gone. Their friendship is an occasionally strained one, due to Karolina's unrequited feelings towards Nico and Nico's conflicted feelings towards Karolina's relationships.[72] When the group re-bands some time later, Nico attempted to kiss Karolina, revealing her possible romantic feelings. However, Karolina rejected her, due to her wanting to be faithful to her girlfriend, Julie Power, and dismissed it as Nico's habit of seeking physical comfort in times of stress.[73] Following Julie and Karolina's break-up, Karolina invited Nico to attend her parents' legitimate foundation's charity ball with her. While there, Karolina's usual nervousness was replaced by newfound confidence because of Nico's support as she is "always seen the real" her.[74] Nico confessed for a long time she was confused about herself so she couldn't see her clearly. Nico knows who and what she wants now and asks Karolina to give her a second chance. Karolina was surprised and a little scared but the two kissed, beginning a relationship.[75]
Chase Stein
Nico admits she provides a motherly role to Chase's rule-breaking persona.[76] The pair maintain a strong respect for each other despite often disagreeing over major group decisions, including Gert's burial site and allowing Victor to join the team.[77] Chase cares for Nico's safety and well-being, as evidenced from when he comforted Nico after Karolina's departure, and when he took the Staff of One from Nico to destroy it to give her a normal life.[78] After Chase bluffed their way out of a fatal encounter with the drug lord, Pusher-Man, Nico kisses him. This causes a rift in their friendship, and into Gert and Chase's relationship.[79] Nico is also the only person that Chase bids farewell before leaving to sacrifice himself for the Gibborim, which Nico interprets as a cry for help.[78] Following their adventure in 1907, Chase and Nico's friendship appeared to be more stable after Chase moved past grieving for Gert.[58] In vol. 3, issue #13, the two share a surprising and intimate kiss. Later, both were kidnapped together by Arcade to participate in his latest incarnation of Murderworld. In there, Nico started to develop a love-hate relationship with Chase. She repeatedly chided Chase for acting out of character and risking their lives. During the events of the arena, Nico was angry at Chase for acting differently or untrustworthy, even kicking him out of the group at one point. Despite this, Chase planned on protecting Nico and making sure she and not himself, was going to survive Murder World. After the events of the Arena, Nico became reclusive while Chase became the sole guardian of the Runaways. Nico was angry that Chase had reverted to his old-self after Murder World, while she thought of herself as broken. She was devastated when Chase was left comatose after a battle.
Gertrude Yorkes
Gert and Nico had been close friends since birth.[64] After Gert's death, Nico tells Victor (while crying) that Gert had sent her My Little Pony dolls in the forest because Gert thought they should be free and Nico had knit a purple scarf for Gert's thirteenth birthday, prompting Gert to dye her hair that color.[64] Nico also told Gert that should Nico get hurt, Gert would be the leader of the group. The pair's friendship briefly breaks after Gert discovered Nico's kiss with Chase after their encounter with the Pusher Man.[67] Their falling out caused much friction in the group. Nico and Gert finally resolved their differences with a short bout of tossing insults. Despite Gert's cynical attitude, she rarely argued with Nico's decisions and was usually prepared to stand by her friend. Nico experiences survivor's guilt after Gert dies,[64] knowing that Gert's murderer Geoffrey Wilder had initially meant to kill Nico.[80]
Victor Mancha
Nico explains that she seeks physical comfort after periods of stress.[64] While Victor expresses feelings for Nico, she asks for time alone to clear her head and figure her feelings out, much like how she initially dealt with Alex and Karolina after each expressed feelings for Nico.[64] However, Nico admits that Victor is genuinely a good guy and would not mind being in a relationship with him. Victor calls Nico his girlfriend when he attempts to save her from Chase, and although she is in a hostage situation, Nico still lightly scolds Victor for calling her such.[78] The two eventually become a couple.[78] However, the relationship is brief as Victor falls for Lillie, a carefree girl from 1907. Trying to become a better person, Nico, seeing that Victor and Lillie are in love, steps aside, deciding to remain friends even after Lillie decides to stay in the past.[58]
Reception
Critical reception
Brandon Zachary of
Accolades
- In 2014, Autostraddle ranked Nico 10th in their "11 Female Superheroes I Wish Marvel Would Make Movies About" list.[82]
- In 2015, Bustle ranked Nico 4th in their "14 Female Superheroes Who Deserve Stardom" list.[83]
- In 2017, BuzzFeed ranked Nico 10th in their "27 Kick-Ass Female Superheroes You'll Love If Wonder Woman Is Your Favorite" list.[84]
- In 2018, WhatCulture ranked Nico 2nd in their "The Runaways: Every Character Ranked Worst To Best" list.[85]
- In 2019, CBR.com ranked Nico 1st in their "10 Most Powerful Members of The Runaways" list.[86]
- In 2019, Sideshow included Nico in their "Marvel’s Most Masterful Witches" list.[7]
- In 2020, Scary Mommy included Nico in their "Looking For A Role Model? These 195+ Marvel Female Characters Are Truly Heroic" list.[4]
- In 2021, Screen Rant included Nico in their "10 Most Powerful Members Of Marvel's A-Force" list.[6]
- In 2021, CBR.com ranked Nico 4th in their "10 LGBTQ+ Marvel Characters Who Deserve A Solo Series" list.[5]
- In 2022, The A.V. Club ranked Nico 78th in their "100 best Marvel characters" list.[87]
Other versions
Earth-6160
During the "
Prior to a test, Nico was seen reading another student's fortune.[89]
Secret Wars (2015)
During the "Secret Wars" storyline, different versions of Nico Minoru reside in the different Battleworld domains.
- A variation of Nico Minoru was a fighter in the Killiseum located in the Battleworld domain of Doomstadt.[90]
- A variation of Nico Minoru is a member of A-Force, the defenders of the matriarchal Battleworld domain of Arcadia.[91]
In other media
Television
Nico Minoru appears in television series set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
- Nico first appears in the live-action Dark Dimension that requires familial DNA samples, she receives training from her mother Tina Minoru.[94]
- An alternate reality version of Nico will appear in the Midtown High School.[96]
Video games
- Nico Minoru appears as a playable character in Marvel: Avengers Alliance.[citation needed]
- Nico Minoru appears as a playable character in Marvel: Future Fight.[97]
- Nico Minoru appears in Marvel Strike Force.[citation needed]
- Nico Minoru appears in Maya Tuttle.[citation needed]
- Nico Minoru as Sister Grimm appears in Pinball FX 2 as part of the "Marvel's Women of Power" DLC.[98]
- Nico Minoru appears as a playable character in Marvel Puzzle Quest.[99]
- Nico Minoru appears as a playable character in Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2,[100] as part of the "Runaways" DLC.
- Nico Minoru appears as a playable character in Marvel's Midnight Suns, voiced by Lyrica Okano.[101] This version is a member of the titular Midnight Suns, whom she joined sometime after the Runaways disbanded.
- Nico Minoru appears in Marvel Snap.[102]
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External links
- Nico Minoru at the Marvel Universe
- Nico Minoru at Merging Minds
- Nico Minoru at Comic Vine
- Nico Minoru on Marvel Database, a Marvel Comics wiki