GOBLYN
Group Affiliation: Former member of Beta Flight, former member of the
Derangers
First Appearance (appeared): Alpha Flight #48 (named): Alpha Flight #53
Creators: Bill Mantlo & Jim Lee
Goblyn [Who has no real name...
according to legal records she was never
born - C] had the extreme misfortune of developing obvious mutations while
still in utero. The reason this was unfortunate was because her parents
were mutant-hating bigots. The parents decided to use radiation
to kill the mutated child, while saving her twin sister, who was apparently
not a mutant.
During the procedure the
apparently normal child of the two moved to protect her twin and then the
mutated twin vanished. The parents
happily concluded that the radiation had vaporized the "monster," and later
they gave birth to a "normal" baby girl, named
Laura. Neither belief was true.
Instead, the truth was that the
"normal" girl, Laura, had somehow
instinctively activated her own mutant power while in the womb and
created an interdimensional portal. This portal sent Goblyn
to the realm of the being called the
Dreamqueen. Goblyn survived there with the 'queen's
help. [What I have never been able to figure out is how Mrs. Dean
survived this. -C]
Laura made her first published
appearance at the New Life Clinic, the base of Lionel
Jeffries, aka
Scramble, the Mixed-Up Man.
It's not known what she was doing there, but she was apparently
a captive. She and three fellow prisoners escaped while
Alpha Flight was
confronting the insane Dr. Jeffries.
Laura then appeared as part of
the Derangers, a group made up of herself
and Scramble's other prisoners. This "team" was put together by
Bedlam,
an insane creature with mental powers. Bedlam forced the Derangers and
Alpha Flight to fight each other.
Laura only used her powers to switch places with Goblyn.
After the fight, Goblyn was
"adopted" by Alpha Flight, despite misgivings. She remained with Alpha
Flight until the end of Alpha Flight v1, with the exception of a sabbatical
when she and Laura lived with Kara Kilgrave and Kara's
mom. She eventually became part of Beta Flight and
made great strides in "civilizing" herself, although she had not learned how
to speak as of her last appearance. Goblyn's whereabouts and activities
since Alpha Flight v1 #130 have not been revealed.
Just what super-human
capabilities Goblyn possesses has never been stated outright. She appears to be
swifter than normal, and possesses extremely sharp claws. She is also quite
agile. It is worthwhile to note that whenever Kara Kilgrave has attempted to
use her mind-controlling powers on Goblyn, a mind-link has been formed instead.
It's not known whether or not her mutations survived the M-Day incident.
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