Warning: Contains spoilers for Invisible X-MenLong before the dawn of the X-Men An elderly witch lived in a cottage buried deep in the woods of Arthurian England. now, Marvel has resurrected this utterly obscure side character as the Inconvenient X-Men’s newest mutant-hunting horror, And the backbone of the super prison built from the ruins of the Xavier Institute. Although the character has only appeared in a single miniseries, she is the X-Men’s biggest threat right now.
Invisible X-Men #3 – Written by Gail Simone, with art by David Marquez – Next introduces the series’ creepy new villain, the hag named Sarah Gaunt. After the fall of Krakoa and the disbandment of the X-Men, Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters was shut down and turned into a mutant detention and experimentation facility run by Dr. Corina Ellis.
The facility, known as Greymalkin Prison, also became the dumping ground for Sarah Gaunt to offer young mutants to Dr. Ellis in return for a currently unknown bounty, possibly related to the mistakenly assumed deceased Charles Xavier.
X-Men’s new villain is a character drawn from the darkest reaches of Marvel Comics history
Invisible X-Men #3 – Written by Gail Simone; Art by David Marquez; Color by Matt Wilson
as of Invisible X-MenLittle is officially known about Sarah Gaunt. Small flashbacks reveal that she at one point served as a romantic interest or a mentor figure to Charles Xavier. Before the time of the X-Men, while Charles was still in university, Sarah forwardly introduces herself to Charles, making a point between their small talk to momentarily do a pagan. Although nothing is known about Sarah Gaunt officially yet, Marvel has another deep-cut character with a few similarities to the X-Men’s current villain: old Sarah Mumford.
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Appearing in the Hulk’s first solo series, Hulk Comic (UK) #1, Sarah Mumford was introduced as a supporting character to the Black Knight and Captain Britain as the two fought to survive the onslaught of Mordred, a mutant and illegitimate son of King Arthur. Sarah and her feline friend, Greymalkin, did what they could to protect the heroes, however, they were defeated by the patricidal Arthurian mutant, who turned Sarah into a gnarled and lifeless tree. While Sarah Mumford’s tale apparently ended there, there are Further connections that deepen her bond with the mutant prison she now partners with.
The story of Mordred and Sarah reminds readers mutant children have always been persecuted
Invisible X-Men #3 – Available now from Marvel Comics
Mordred the Evil is a black stain on the legacy of King Arthur Pendragon. Foretold by Merlin to bring ruin to Arthur and Camelot, Mordred was put on a sinking ship by his father to drown in the sea. Merdred survived and eventually surrendered Morgan Le FayThe world’s most famous dark sorceress. Mordred grew in power, eventually achieving his dark destiny, and would later serve as a brief antagonistic force in Marvel’s Knights of X Series It was in this series that Mordred was revealed to be a mutant.
In a world of magic and monsters, mutants are still considered unnatural.
It should come as no surprise that Arthurian culture, including the king himself, distrusts and despises mutants; In a world of magic and monsters, mutants are still considered unnatural. Being from the Arthurian era itself, if not older, it wouldn’t be surprising if Sarah held a similar belief, blaming mutants in general for Mordred’s crimes against her. in Invisible X-Men First issue, Sarah Gaunt and her faceless swordsman corner and maintain an escaped young mutant, and Sarah chests the mutant woman, calling her hideous while noticing how the woman’s blood betrays her.
Invisible author Gail Simone brings new life to a one-off side character
Great comic writers do their research
Something supernatural is brewing The dark corners of the Marvel UniverseAnd the newest class of X-Men are the targets of his monstrous wrath. What happened between old Sarah Mumford’s transformation into a tree and her modern return as Sarah Gaunt is still ultimately a complete mystery. Likewise, where Dr. Corinna Ellis was inspired to name her mutant prison after the same specific name as Sarah’s familiar is also a mystery. What is known is that Gail Simone has done her research.
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It would have been just as easy to create a new character to fill the role of Sarah Gaunt and to pick a random name for Greymalkin Prison, but Gail Simone made the explicit choice To draw a rare side character, who only appeared in a handful of issues 45 years ago. To take a decades-old obscurity and completely transform it into something as fresh and terrifying as Sarah Gunt is, is something to be respected and praised. If Simone continues to treat the series like she has her star villain, expect more big things from the Inconvenient X-Men.
Invisible X-Men #3 is available now from Marvel Comics.