Loki wrote:

Pinball_Lizard wrote:

Been thinking about Destiny's family due to certain recent events and remembered her grandson Trevor Chase, who was a sort of "living MacGuffin" in Howard Mackie's X-Factor. Specifically, Marvel Wikia/Fandom says X-Factor eventually rescued him from his captors, but other sources say that plot thread was dropped.

Is there an actual source for his rescue, like maybe a Handbook or small appearance entry I overlooked?

Hmm. Nothing I recall offhand. I'll ask the other handbook writers.

Thanks! Good to hear from you!

zuckyd1 wrote:

Although Simonson and others later embellished upon it, the precise relationship between Donald Blake and the "real" Thor was first addressed in Thor #159 which introduced the back-story of Thor having been banished from Asgard for lacking humility.

Thank ya!

I feel like a lot of the anti-floating timeline people from CBR must've been at least familiar with that site, if not actually involved with it; I remember "realism" being a big talking point in such topics, which is something the site is a proponent of as well.

Thank you!

First "who's a mutant and who isn't?" question in a while - Psiphon and Cool Million from Marvel Comics Presents. Called mutants by both the Appendix and the Wikia, can't find anything on where they got their powers in the comics themselves.

Loki wrote:

Pinball_Lizard wrote:

Loki wrote:

No need to apologise, and you're not nagging. I can and do get distracted by other things and fail to follow stuff up. I've not got a response yet, but will let you know as soon as I do - but if I don't come back with a response in a reasonable amount of time, do please prod me again!

Thanks so much! Really appreciate the work you all do keeping such an enormous universe straight!

Got a response from our expert on this. So, with the usual caveats of "unless there's a recent story we've overlooked that changed this", we have:

It’s discussed under Satan, Mephisto, Hellstorm/Son of Satan, Satannish, etc. , but no name beyond “gestalt Satan”

Note that the quotes round gestalt Satan means that is a description/nickname for ease of discussing it in an entry, not an actual official name used or given in the stories. In other words, NO official name for this. 

Thank you! If you're curious, I first heard the term from this fan-made hierarchy which I see is from from 2006, so it wouldn't be new information, so I guess it's just an error.

As I mentioned, I've seen this list and other, similar ones from the same site copy/pasted A LOT across the web, so let me know if you see anything else in here that fits this thread's topic, too!

Loki wrote:

Pinball_Lizard wrote:

So I've been poking around some very old forums discussing Marvel's cosmic beings, and one entity I keep seeing mentioned is something called "Legion" or "Prime Evil," which is supposedly all the Hell-Lords fused together. Thing is, I can't find any other reference to it - there's several characters named "Legion," most notably David Haller, but none of them are a fusion of demons, and the only "Prime Evil" I can find is an (admittedly really-cool-looking) minor Marvel UK baddie. The very in-depth entry on demons from the Handbook doesn't mention it either?

There is some evidence to suggest that sometimes the Hell-Lords merge into a combined entity. However, I'm not aware of any name given to that combo - even in those instances they seem to stick to calling themselves Satan. That said, I'm not the team expert on this, so I'll double check with the rest of the handbookers to confirm. 

Hello! Don't mean to be a nag, but it's been about a week and I was wondering if there's been any further word on the supposed "Legion/Prime Evil" entity? Thanks.
 

So I've been poking around some very old forums discussing Marvel's cosmic beings, and one entity I keep seeing mentioned is something called "Legion" or "Prime Evil," which is supposedly all the Hell-Lords fused together. Thing is, I can't find any other reference to it - there's several characters named "Legion," most notably David Haller, but none of them are a fusion of demons, and the only "Prime Evil" I can find is an (admittedly really-cool-looking) minor Marvel UK baddie. The very in-depth entry on demons from the Handbook doesn't mention it either?

A lot of these old lists of cosmic beings appear to have been quite literally copy/pasted around the net multiple times over on sites like Killermovies and Comicvine, so is it simply a much-repeated error, or is this actually a thing?

P.S. I feel like the cosmic beings could do with a new handbook of their own; Hickman, Slott, and especially Ewing have all vastly expanded the pantheon in the past decade. And there's still a handful of never-been-kisseds - isn't that right, Uni-Lord?

Andy E. Nystrom wrote:

Pinball_Lizard wrote:

Hey guys, was wondering if anything Handbook-y is in the pipeline for Reckoning War? A story that's been delayed fifteen years is bound to have some fascinating background lore...

Unfortunately the Handbook writers can't answer questions like these unless Marvel puts out an official announcement somewhere. I'm certainly hoping they've been working on a Handbook but unfortunately we have to wait and see until Marvel formally announces something as per their current marketing strategy.
 

Ah, of course, thank you. Fingers crossed!

Since you guys love this subject, in your professional opinion how many alternate universes are seen in Deadpool 2, counting the mid-credits-scene rewinds?

I recall it being reported on some fan sites a few years back that Abby Brand was implied to be pregnant, the father presumably being Beast. Since this has never been followed up on, is this a whopper of a dropped plot thread or a fan misinterpretation from the beginning?

To anyone who worked on the Civil War Battle Damage Report:

First off, loved the "appendix" page with brief updates on ridiculously minor superhumans not seen in years to decades; you guys really do know everybody! One character in particular caught my obscure-mutant-fan eye: Obituary of O-Force, given the real name Milton Peterson. Did this name come from Milligan or just you? And in either case, are there real names for the other O-Force members on record somewhere?

Relatedly, coming up with bit character names seems like a blast; is there any "method" you use for it? I mean where do you get names like "Jonadab Megyscol?"

Time for a couple more about my favorite subject: obscure mutants! The Secrets Behind the X-Men blog mentions yet another '90s mutant whose story arc was apparently canceled, a mutant aide to the notoriously mutophobic Senator Kelly who appeared in UXM 299, 322-23, and XM 51, and then vanished without a trace. Does anyone here know anything more about this character or what direction he was supposed to be taken in?

Second, Civil War Battle Damage Report, a treasure trove of as-obscure-as-it-gets characters, gives a real name to Obituary of O-Force (from X-Statix), but not any of the numerous others. Do names exist on record for them?

I know you guys probably get this question a lot, but can you refresh my memory on the name origins for Venom's "children," because they've gotten a lot more prominent recently? I know Scream was named in the comics, some were named by their action figures, and some had fan nicknames that got canonized apparently by accident, but I can't for the life of me recall which are which.

Thanks.

Rick Remender left quite a few plot threads unfinished when he suddenly left Marvel, like various Weapon Plus hooks, Apocalypse's predecessors as the Celestials' representative on Earth, and, most intriguing to me, the White Sky Foundation, manufacturer of made-to-order supervillains! Is there anyone here who has any idea what his planned resolutions for them were, or any way to contact someone who does?