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|character_name = Madelyne Pryor
|full_name = Madelyne Jennifer "Maddie" Pryor
|publisher = [[Marvel Comics]]
|debut = ''[[Uncanny X-Men]]'' #168<br />(April 1983)
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'''Madelyne Jennifer''' "'''Maddie'''" '''Pryor''' is a character[[supervillain]] and occasional [[antihero]] appearing in [[American comic book]]s published by [[Marvel Comics]]. Created by writer [[Chris Claremont]] and artist [[Paul Smith (comics)|Paul Smith]], the character first appeared in ''Uncanny X-Men'' #168 (April 1983). Madelyne Pryor is primarilyPrimarily featured off-and-on as an [[antagonist]] of the [[X-Men]], Madelyne Pryor is a [[clone (genetics)|clone]] of [[Jean Grey]], the ex-[[Romantic interest|love-interest]] and first wife of [[Cyclops (Marvel Comics)|Cyclops]], and the mother of [[Cable (character)|Cable]]. She was a long-standing member of the ''X-Men'' supporting cast until a series of traumas eventually led to her being manipulated into being a [[supervillain]] known as the '''Goblin Queen'''.
[[Jennifer Hale]] voices Madelyne Pryor in ''[[X-Men '97]]'', a sequel series to ''[[X-Men: The Animated Series]]''.
Originally the [[Romantic interest|love interest]] and first wife of [[Cyclops (Marvel Comics)|Cyclops]] (Scott Summers), she was a long-standing member of the ''X-Men'' supporting cast until a series of traumas—including discovering that she was a [[clone (genetics)|clone]] of [[Jean Grey]]—eventually led to her being manipulated into being a [[supervillain]] known as the '''Goblin Queen'''. She is also the mother of [[Cable (comics)|Cable]].
==Publication history==
Madelyne Pryor was introduced during the acclaimed 1983 ''Uncanny X-Men'' run that saw long-time writer [[Chris Claremont]] pair with artist [[Paul Smith (comics)|Paul Smith]] for a series of issues that would see the look-alike of [[Jean Grey]] marry the retired X-Men leader [[Cyclops (Marvel Comics)|Cyclops]] (Scott Summers). She first appeared in ''Uncanny X-Men'' #168 (April 1983).<ref>{{cite book |last1=DeFalco |first1=Tom |last2=Sanderson |first2=Peter |last3=Brevoort |first3=Tom |last4=Teitelbaum |first4=Michael |last5=Wallace |first5=Daniel |last6=Darling |first6=Andrew |last7=Forbeck |first7=Matt |last8=Cowsill |first8=Alan |last9=Bray |first9=Adam |title=The Marvel Encyclopedia |date=2019 |publisher=DK Publishing |isbn=978-1-4654-7890-0 |page=281}}</ref> Multiple [[Retroactive continuity|retcons]] in her publication history and that of Jean have particularly complicated her biography.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Harn |first=Darby |date=2022-09-September 29, 2022 |title=10 Most Controversial Marvel Comic Retcons |url=https://screenrant.com/most-controversial-marvel-comic-retcons/ |access-date=2022-11-November 26, 2022 |website=ScreenRant |language=en-US}}</ref>
Madelyne's hairstyle design was modeled on that of [[Louise Simonson]], the book's editor (at the time) [[Louisethen Simonson|Louiseknown Jones]] (lateras Louise Simonson)Jones<ref name=weezie>''The X-Men Companion, Volume II''. 1982. [[Fantagraphics Books|Fantagraphics Books, Inc.]] p5, 108.</ref>—a design retained on the character until 1988. Claremont named the character after [[Steeleye Span]] singer [[Maddy Prior]]. Claremont had already created a character named "Maddy Pryor", a little girl thatwho appeared very briefly in ''[[Avengers (comics)|Avengers]]'' [[annual publication|Annual]] #10 (1981), and has no in-story connections to the X-Men character.<ref name=handbook/> Claremont, nonetheless, years later took an opportunity to indulge in an [[in-joke]]: in ''Uncanny X-Men'' #238 (1988), a similar child would appear as Madelyne's [[mental image]] of herself, wearing the same clothes as the little girl from ''The Avengers'' Annual #10, repeating the girl's same line of dialogue, but also singing "Gone to America", one of Steeleye Span's biggest hits.
According to Claremont, the original link between Madelyne Pryor and Jean Grey was entirely the product of [[Mastermind (Jason Wyngarde)|Mastermind]]. Seeking revenge against the X-Men after Mastermind was driven insane, Mastermind's powers of illusion to convince the X-Men that Madelyne is Phoenixthe incarnate—aPhoenix—a cosmic threat—in an attempt to have the team kill her. Mastermind's plan fails, and Madelyne and Cyclops are married shortly after.<ref name="ux174">''Uncanny X-Men'' #174</ref><ref name="ux175">''Uncanny X-Men'' #175</ref> Claremont had conceived Madelyne as a device to write Scott SummersCyclops out of the X-Men and have retire "happily ever after" with Madelyne and their child.
The story became more complicated in 1986 when moves by the editors and other writers to reunite the original X-Men, for the new title ''[[X-Factor (comics)|X-Factor]]'', resulted in Jean's resurrection and Scott leaving his wife and son. This deeply compromised theCyclops's character of Cyclops and left little room for Madelyne, and Cyclops's actions then—and towards even Jean much later—have been controversial ever since.<ref>{{cite web |title=Superheroes Behaving Badly IV: Cyclops (Jan 2000) |url=http://community.fortunecity.ws/tatooine/niven/142/opinion/opi18.html |titleaccess-date=SuperheroesFebruary Behaving24, Badly IV: Cyclops (Jan 2000)2012 |publisher=Fortunecity.com |access-date=2012-02-24}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Scans Daily |urldate=http://scans-daily.dreamwidth.org/tag/char:+goblyn+queen/madelyne+pryorApril 15, 2009 |title=scans_daily | Entries tagged with char: goblyn queen/madelyne pryor |publisherurl=Scanshttp://scans-daily.dreamwidth.org |date=2009-04-15/tag/char:+goblyn+queen/madelyne+pryor |access-date=February 24, 2012 |publisher=Scans-02-24daily.dreamwidth.org}}</ref> Marvel [[System justification|avoided addressing]] these problems, instead resorting to a ''[[deus ex machina]]'', in the 1989 ''[[Inferno (Marvel Comics)|Inferno]]'' [[crossover (comics)|crossover]] (co-scripted by Louise Simonson, with Claremont), in which Madelyne is [[Retroactive continuity|retconned]] to be a clone of Jean created by [[Mister Sinister]] to produce a child with Cyclops, and corrupted by her anger and demonic influence as the Goblin Queen, leading to her elimination and into an object of ''[[damnatio memoriae]]'' (and "[[nonperson]]" status) for several years.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Brevoort |first1=Tom |last2=DeFalco |first2=Tom |last3=Manning |first3=Matthew K. |last4=Sanderson |first4=Peter |last5=Wiacek |first5=Win |title=Marvel Year By Year: A Visual History |date=2017 |publisher=DK Publishing |isbn=978-1465455505 |page=211}}</ref>
Asked about his intended plans for Madelyne's character, Claremont said:
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===Whirlwind romance===
Madelyne Pryor was a cargo pilot in [[Anchorage, Alaska]] working for Scott Summers's grandparents when she and Scott meet during a Summers family reunion.<ref>''[[Uncanny X-Men]]'' #168 (April 1983)</ref> A romantic relationship quickly begins between them, however, Scott is disturbed at her striking resemblance to [[Jean Grey]].<ref>''Uncanny X-Men'' #170 (June 1983)</ref> Also, she was the sole survivor of an airplane crash that occurred the same day Jean died on the moon.<ref>''Uncanny X-Men'' #171 (July 1983)</ref> In addition, [[Professor X]] is unable to telepathically scan her mind, noting it's is a rare immunity that does exist even in normal human brains. Scott, still recovering from Jean's death, becomes obsessed with the idea that Madelyne is Jean's reincarnation, eventually confronting her with these suspicions. Madelyne, furious and hurt, punches Scott and runs from the latter.<ref name="ux174" /> As soon as she is alone, she is abducted by [[Mastermind (Jason Wyngarde)|Mastermind]] who had been manipulating the X-Men for months as revenge forby beinghaving drivenMadelyne temporarilyappear insane due toas the involvement in Jean's [[Dark Phoenix Saga|corruption]]. [[Storm (Marvel Comics)|Storm]] summons a violent storm which defeats Mastermind and nearly kills Madelyne, but Scott [[resuscitate]]s her. After the conflict, Scott comes to terms with the fact that Jean is dead and that Madelyne is someone else, and that Scott loves her all the same. The two are married, and Scott retires from active duty with the X-Men.<ref name="ux175" /><ref>''Uncanny X-Men'' #176</ref>
===Anodyne===
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===Demonic corruption and origins revealed===
Monitoring news transmissions, Madelyne learns that Jean is alive and with Scott. She punches the computer monitor's screen, breaking it and causing electrical feedback that renders her unconscious.<ref>''Uncanny X-Men'' #232</ref> The [[Otherplace|Limbo]] demon [[S'ym]] invades Madelyne's mind during her unconscious state, and puts her in a Nightmare Sequence wherein her husband shows up and tells Madelyne of not loving her anymore, takes Nathan away from her, and then systematically takes away all her physical features — clothes, hair, mouth, nose and eyes — and puts them on a featureless mannequin revealed to be Jean. When it's done, Jean is real again and Madelyne is the featureless mannequin, unable to even scream. They walk away happily with the baby, leaving the naked and faceless Maddie to struggle alone through a blistering wasteland, burning her away until she runs into S'ym offering her a deal to become more than she had been and shows her images of a girl, a pilot, a woman, and a demon, which reflects what she was, is, and what she dreams to become. Thinking this all is just a dream, Madelyne chooses the demon, whereupon S'ym stabs her with a finger. She falls unconscious, dressed in a cropped black leather shirt, leather loincloth, and thigh-high Combat Stiletto boots, thus reflecting her eventual change into the '''Goblin Queen'''.<ref>''Uncanny X-Men'' #233-234</ref>
Afterwards, she keeps the existence of the original X-Men as X-Factor secret from the others, filtering only information and news showing X-Factor as an anti-mutant group. Later abducted by the [[Genosha]]ns and taken to the island-nation,<ref>''Uncanny X-Men'' #235</ref> Madelyne is subjected to psychic torture intended to transform her into a docile slave of the state. Madelyne instinctively lashes out with her developing abilities, and thus causes the deaths of her torturers.<ref>''Uncanny X-Men'' #237 (October 1988)</ref> In the recorded images of the psychic probe performed on Madelyne, a connection is made to the [[Phoenix Force (comics)|Phoenix Force]], and her attire reflects again her eventual change into the Goblin Queen.<ref>''Uncanny X-Men'' #238 (November 1988)</ref> Shortly after being rescued by the X-Men, Madelyne strikes a bargain with [[N'astirh]] to find the Marauders and return Nathan to her. During this time, she and Alex become lovers.<ref>''Uncanny X-Men'' #239 (December 1988)</ref>
[[Image:MadelynePryor(uxm241pg01).jpg|180px|thumb|right|Madelyne Pryor as the Goblin Queen. Art by [[Marc Silvestri]].]]
To keep the end of their bargain, N'astirh takes Madelyne to the orphanage in Nebraska where Scott had grown up, actually a front for [[Mr. Sinister|Mister Sinister]]'s genetic laboratory. Mister Sinister appears and tells Madelyne about her origins.<ref name="ux240">''Uncanny X-Men'' #240 (January 1989)</ref> When Mister Sinister learned about Jean, the former planned to take the girl to the orphanage but Charles Xavier had already approached and started to work with the young girl. Mister Sinister only managed to acquire a blood and tissue sample from which a [[clone (genetics)|clone]] was created. However, the clone had no life and failed to develop any mutant powers, so Mister Sinister left the clone in her incubation tube as a failed experiment. However, a part of the Phoenix Force entered and awakened the clone, giving her [[sentience]]. This renewed Mister Sinister's interest in her, named her as a pun on her prior existence, created a false background, implanted memories, a personality designed to attract Scott, and conceived a plan to use the clone to facilitate [[selective breeding]] between her and Scott. He then planted her with Scott's grandparents' company, thus ensuring the two would eventually meet.<ref name="ux241">''Uncanny X-Men'' #241 (February 1989)</ref> Jean's return threatened to cause the truth about Madelyne to be uncovered if the two were to meet, so Mister Sinister tasked the Marauders with killing Madelyne and bringing Nathan, the fruit of Mister Sinister's scheme.<ref name="ux241"/><ref>''Uncanny X-Men'' #221</ref>
Broken in spirit and reduced to insanity by these revelations,<ref>''The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe, Update '89'' #8 (December 1989)</ref> when N'astirh gives Nathan back to her, Madelyne willingly decides to aid the demon in the [[Inferno (Marvel Comics)|"Inferno" invasion of Earth]].<ref name="ux241"/> Returning to New York City during the invasion, she confronts X-Factor.<ref>''X-Factor'' #37 (February 1989)</ref> When the X-Men arrive, Madelyne manipulates the teams against each other at first, and convinces Alex to join her. X-Factor and the other X-Men work together to defeat N'astirh.<ref name="ux242">''Uncanny X-Men'' #242 (March 1989)</ref> Madelyne refuses to stop, forcing the heroes to overwhelm her. [[Cyclops (Marvel Comics)|Cyclops]] is unable to act because most of her accusations are true. Cyclops rescues Nathan, but Madelyne commits suicide in an attempt to telepathically take Jean with her. The Phoenix Force appears to Jean and offers to save the latter, but in order to survive Jean has to integrate the essence of both the Phoenix and Madelyne, gaining their memories and personalities.<ref>''X-Factor'' #38 (March 1989)</ref> Mister Sinister attempts to entrap all of the X-Men and X-Factor in Madelyne's dying mind, but forced to choose between having revenge either on the X-Men or Mister Sinister, Madelyne ejects Mister Sinister from her mind. With her personality influencing Jean's, she then prompts the X-Men and X-Factor to attempt lethal retribution against Mister Sinister.<ref>''Uncanny X-Men'' #243 (April 1989)</ref>
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===Red Queen===
Soon after, Nate is accompanied again by Madelyne alive and well. She ends up revealing herself as the [[Red Queen (comics)|Red Queen]], a version of Jean Grey from Earth-9575, an alternate reality where she becomesbecame a creaturepower-hungry being of violence and unquenchable desire. She seems to have taken advantage of Madelyne's fragile state and replaced her in order to worm her way into Nate's head.<ref name=handbook/><ref>''X-Man'' #67 (September 2000)</ref> She also claims to be the one who had influenced Nate into latching into Madelyne's psychic energy remnants and give it form,<ref>''X-Man'' #68</ref> but she is eventually killed when Nate creates a sun around her that burns her to death.<ref>''X-Man'' #70</ref> The exact details of how she had replaced Madelyne are left unrevealed, but since it is shown that the Red Queen could absorb the life forces of others to enhance her own power, she may have easily absorbed Madelyne's psionic body, or at least severed her consciousness’ connection to it. Cyclops and Cable would eventually encounter Madelyne within the telepathic [[astral plane]], where she describes herself as now only a "ghost" and unable to return to the physical world.<ref>''Cable'' (vol. 2) #76 (February 2000)</ref>
Some years later, the X-Men investigate an anti-mutant group called the "Hellfire Cult", being led by [[Empath (comics)|Empath]].<ref>''Uncanny X-Men'' #501 (October 2008)</ref> Empathwho is secretly being controlled and taking orders from a mysterious woman also calling herself the '''Red Queen''', a mysterious second woman who is particularly interested in learning about [[Emma Frost]]. The X-Men take down the Cult and capture Empath, but the Red Queen slips away unseen.<ref>''Uncanny X-Men'' #502 (November 2008)</ref> She then psionically impersonates Frost and has virtual sex with Scott, without him realizing the deception. Afterward, the Red Queen travels to [[Madripoor]] where she recruits [[Chimera (Marvel Comics)|Chimera]] into a new group called the "[[Brotherhood of Mutants|Sisterhood of Mutants]]" and reveals herself to be Madelyne returned to the living somehow. Later during a concert of [[Dazzler (Marvel Comics)|Dazzler]]'s, Scott is surprised at the sight of Madelyne observing the former from a distance before losing her amongst the crowd.<ref name=redqueen2>''Uncanny X-Men'' #503 (December 2008)</ref>
With [[Mastermind (Martinique Jason)|Martinique Jason]] (recruited before the Cult's exposure)<ref name="ux499">''Uncanny X-Men'' #499 (August 2008)</ref> and Chimera accompanying her, Madelyne recruits [[Spiral (comics)|Spiral]] and [[Lady Deathstrike]] into the Sisterhood as well.<ref>''Uncanny X-Men'' #504 (January 2009)</ref> Madelyne then recruits Martinique's half-sister, [[Lady Mastermind]], who accepts membership upon Madelyne's peculiar (and ironic) promise to bring back the half-sisters' late father, the original Mastermind. Carrying out Madelyne's orders, the Sisterhood retrieves the corpse of [[Revanche (Marvel Comics)|Revanche]] and performs an elaborate set of procedures on [[Kwannon (character)|Revanche]] and the captured [[Betsy Braddock|Psylocke]], fully restoring the body and transferring Psylocke's mind into it.<ref name="ux508">''Uncanny X-Men'' #508 (May 2009)</ref> Madelyne's true priority was to restore herself back into flesh and blood. In the time since the encounter in the astral plane, Pryor had eventually managed to manifest back in the physical world as an intangible entity of psionic energy, and needed to find a body to inhabit that could contain her disembodied form and psionic powers. The experiment on Psylocke served as a test run for Pryor.<ref>''Uncanny X-Men'' #509 (June 2009)</ref>
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===''Avengers Vs. X-Men''===
During the 2012 ''[[Avengers vs. X-Men]]'' storyline, Mister Sinister creates a group of six clones of Madelyne Pryor in order to take the Phoenix Force energies from the Phoenix Five (consisting of the Phoenix Force-empowered Cyclops, [[Colossus (comics)|Colossus]], Frost, [[Magik (comicsIllyana Rasputina)|Magik]], and [[Namor]]). Unlike the original Madelyne, none of the six clones show indications of having individual personalities or free will, but instead appear to follow Mister Sinister completely.<ref>''Uncanny X-Men'' (vol. 2) #14</ref> The clones join Mister Sinister's other clone creations in fighting the Phoenix Five, and manage to defeat each one.<ref>''Uncanny X-Men'' (vol. 2) #15</ref> They are also able to siphon some of the energy from the Phoenix Force, but are all immediately killed by the entity itself.<ref>''Uncanny X-Men'' (vol. 2) #16</ref>
===Lady Deathstrike's Sisterhood===
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====''The Labors of Magik''====
Immediately afterwards, Madelyne—back in her Goblin Queen attire—is approached by Illyana Rasputin with a proposal. Wanting to transcend her traumatic past by distancing herself from Limbo, but needing to find a new ruler for the demonic dimension, Magik—over the objections of her fellow New Mutants—offers handing over rulership of the realm to Pryor. Illyana regards Madelyne as suitable to take over due to Pryor's past connection to Limbo and because, like Magik, she too has survived painfully traumatic experiences and is still a damaged soul, as Illyana declares anyone normal and "untouched by darkness" to be ill-suited to rule Limbo. Seeing Limbo as a second chance for herself and the means to cut any ties with Krakoa and all the people (i.e. Mister Sinister, Cyclops, Jean, even Havok) who she resents for always defining her entire existence, Madelyne accepts Illyana's offer. Though only after the pair and their group found themselves forced to journey and fight together against foes trying to destroy Magik and seize her power, does the handover happen. With Rasputin's rulership of Limbo relinquished, Madelyne—attired in a new outfit—is now its '''Queen of Limbo'''.<ref>''New Mutants'' (vol. 4) #24-28</ref>
====''Dark Web''====
Some time after, [[Ben Reilly]], the wayward and now-vengeful clone of [[Spider-Man|Peter Parker]] and using the alias "Chasm", feels himself being drawn to and enters Limbo and encounters Madelyne. Feeling they have much in common as victimized and outcast clones who both believed their mutual progenitors had destroyed their lives, Madelyne and Ben form an alliance and plan to strike back.<ref name="asm14">''Amazing Spider-Man'' (Vol. 6) #14.</ref> As a demonstration of their teamwork, Madelyne has a demon possess a mailbox and attack Spider-Man while she and Ben watch from afar.<ref>''Free Comic Book Day 2022: Spider-Man/Venom'' #1.</ref> Madelyne later finds [[Eddie Brock]] (Venom) wandering in Limbo as he seeks a way back to Earth and convinces him that participating with her and Chasm will be mutually beneficial.<ref>''Venom'' (vol. 5) #13.</ref> Reilly's girlfriend [[Elizabeth Tyne|Janine Godbe]] requests that she be provided the means to participate alongside Ben. As Janine has also been a mistreated and victimized woman for most of her life, Madelyne sympathizes with Janine and so transforms her into a new supervillain called "Hallows' Eve".<ref name="asm14"/>
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Madelyne tries to end what she started and approaches Chasm and Hallows' Eve with this. Having not succeeded in gaining what he wanted from his vendetta on Parker, both Chasm and Eve take Maddie's abandoning of their plotting as a betrayal and usurp Madelyne's power as ruler of Limbo. Chasm teleports a massive tower into Manhattan and launches a massive demonic invasion. Madelyne then joins with the heroes to stop him.<ref>''Amazing Spider-Man'' (vol. 6) #18.</ref>
During the climactic battle, Madelyne reasserts her rulership over the demons as the ''Goblin Queen of Limbo'' and Chasm is defeated, though Hallows' Eve escapes. In the aftermath, Madelyne takes custody of Reilly as her prisoner, the Limbo tower remains in place in New York as an "Embassy of Limbo", and Madelyne seems to continue to be an ally of the X-Men and Spider-Man.<ref>''Dark Web: Finale'' #1.</ref> She and Alex also rekindle their romantic relationship.<ref name="darkxm2023">''Dark X-Men'' (2023) #1-5 (August-December 2023).</ref>
====Leading the Dark X-Men====
During the "[[Fall of X]]" event, the [[Hellfire Gala]] was attacked by [[Orchis (comics)|Orchis]]. In retaliation, Madelyne establishes her version of the [[Dark X-Men]] with Havok, [[Children of the Atom (comics)|Carmen Cruz]], Gambit, Maggott, Azazel, Emplate, and Zero (who is possessing [[Albert (comics)|Albert]]).<ref name="darkxm2023"/>
===Post-Krakoa===
==Powers and abilities==▼
Soon after the end of the mutant nation, Madelyne and Alex part ways again.<ref>''X-Men From the Ashes - Infinity Comic'' #7-9 (2024).</ref><ref>''X-Factor'' (vol. 5) #1 (August 2024).</ref>
As a clone of Jean Grey, Madelyne Pryor possesses mutant abilities of [[telepathy]] and [[telekinesis]]. These powers were completely dormant while she was believed to be a baseline human, but later manifested in ways that Jean's never had.▼
▲==Powers and abilities==
During her brief time as Anodyne, when still believed to be human, Madelyne was endowed with Asgardian magic that manifested as eldritch flames which granted her the power to heal and cure. Among her beneficial actions were fixing the childhood brain injury that prevented Cyclops from controlling his optic blasts, curing [[Puck (comics)|Puck]] of his mystically induced dwarfism, unifying [[Aurora (comics)|Aurora]]'s multiple personalities, and giving [[Rogue (comics)|Rogue]] the ability to control her mutant power. Madelyne also seemed to gain the physical stature of an Asgardian.▼
▲As a clone of Jean Grey, Madelyne Pryor possesses mutant abilities of [[telepathy]] and [[telekinesis]]. These powers were completely dormant while she was believed to be a baseline human, but later manifested in ways that Jean's abilities never had.
▲During her brief time as Anodyne, when she was still believed to be a human, Madelyne was endowed with Asgardian magic that manifested as eldritch flames which granted her the power to heal and cure. Among her beneficial actions were fixing the childhood brain injury that prevented Cyclopsproper fromcontrol controllingbehind hisCyclops's optic blasts, curing [[Puck (comics)|Puck]] of his's mystically induced dwarfism, unifying [[Aurora (comics)|Aurora]]'s multiple personalities, and giving the ability of control for [[Rogue (comics)|Rogue]] the ability to control her's mutant power. Madelyne also seemed to gain the physical stature of an Asgardian.
As the Goblin Queen, demonic eldritch magic activated Pryor's long-dormant mutant powers, and also exponentially enhanced them to the point where she could warp reality, equivalent to the abilities of [[Proteus (Marvel Comics)|Proteus]], within a localized area, possibly over an entire city.▼
▲As the Goblin Queen, demonic eldritch magic activated PryorMadelyne's long-dormant mutant powers, andwere alsoactivated with demonic eldritch magic and exponentially enhanced them to the point where she could warp reality, equivalent to the abilities of [[Proteus (Marvel Comics)|Proteus]]'s abilities, within a localized area, possibly over an entire city as demonstrated during ''Inferno''.
After her apparent resurrection as a non-physical entity of psionic energy (similar to the [[Shadow King]]) by Nate Grey, Madelyne regained her natural mutant abilities. Without the demonic enhancements, her powers are still considerable. Her telepathy enables her to read minds, broadcast her thoughts, create [[illusion]]s, change or erase memories, and defend herself against other telepaths. With her telekinesis, Madelyne can lift and manipulate large objects, levitate, fire powerful mental force-blasts, form [[Force field (science fiction)|protective shields]], and rearrange small objects on a molecular level. Madelyne also utilizes her powers to augment her physical strength and agility, making her formidable in hand-to-hand combat.
After her apparent resurrection as a non-physical entity of psionic energy (similar to the [[Shadow King]]) by Nate Grey, Madelyne regained her natural mutant abilities albeit without the demonic enhancements, though her powers are still considerable. Her telepathy enables her to read minds, broadcast her thoughts, create [[illusion]]s, change or erase memories, and defend herself against other telepaths. With her telekinesis, Madelyne can lift and manipulate large objects, levitate, fire powerful mental force-blasts, form [[Force field (science fiction)|protective shields]], and rearrange small objects on a molecular level. Madelyne also utilizes her powers to augment her physical strength and agility, making her formidable in hand-to-hand combat. Madelyne also learned how to use her powers to [[Teleportation|teleport]] over long distances by [[Psychokinesis|psychokinetically]] shifting in and out of the [[astral plane]], and was shown to be able to carry along at least one other person with her when teleporting, and was also able to channel [[psionics|psionic energies]] from other psionic-powered mutants to boost her own abilities or those of another (usually Nate Grey, and on occasion Cable). It is's speculated that [[Selene (comics)|Selene's]]'s tutelage made these added abilities possible. Since being restored back into a flesh-and-blood physical human-being, PryorMadelyne seems not to have thesethe specificteleporting mutantand psionic-energy channeling abilities anymore, thoughand sheso then uses Limbo's magic to teleport.
As the Red Queen, alongMadelyne with her usual powers, Madelyneadditionally demonstrated other abilities of a mysterious nature which she referred to as "magic", which were probably related to the eldritch magics she had previously wielded. She was shown to heal wounds, locate spirits interdimensionally, and work in conjunction with science to restore life to the dead.<ref name="ux508"/>
To prepare Madelyne to rule Limbo as its next queen, [[Illyana Rasputin]] had been teaching her other magics. The first example shown is how to channel emotions to create certain types of weapons similar to the Soulsword and the Souldagger. By channeling her emotional pain and regret, Madelyne created a mystical [[scythe]] [[War scythe|weapon]] called both the "Scythe of Sorrows" and the "Soul-Scythe", and uses it as a symbol to command Limbo’s demons and as a medium to focus Limbo's magic. Illyana also handed Limbo's huge library of eldritch texts over to Pryor, which she frequently consults as needed.
== Reception ==
=== Critical reception ===
David Harth of ''[[Comic Book Resources (CBR.com]]'') called Madelyne Pryor one of Marvel's "coolest X-Men villains", writing, "Pryor can't catch a break, which is part of what makes her interesting. She's easy to empathize with for readers, as she is definitely a character readers can feel sorry for and even root for to an extent. Her motivations make her a believable villain, and as a clone of Jean Grey, she wields a jaw-dropping amount of power."<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Harth |first=David |date=2022-09-September 19, 2022 |title=10 Coolest X-Men Villains |url=https://www.cbr.com/xmen-coolest-villains/ |access-date=2022-11-November 26, 2022 |website=CBR |language=en-US}}</ref>
=== Accolades ===
* In 2014, ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' ranked Madelyne Pryor 30th in their "Let's rank every X-Man ever" list.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=June 09Franich |first1=Darren Franich Updated |last2date=EDTJune 9, |first2=2022 at 12:31 PM |title=Let's rank every X-Man ever |url=https://ew.com/article/2014/05/21/x-men-best-worst/ |access-date=2022-11-November 15, 2022 |website=EW.comEntertainment Weekly |language=en}}</ref>
* In 2020, ''[[CBR.com]]'' ranked Madelyne Pryor 1st in their "X-Men: 10 Most Powerful Members of the Sisterhood of Mutants" list.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Allan |first=Scoot |date=2020-09-September 14, 2020 |title=X-Men: 10 Most Powerful Members of the Sisterhood of Mutants, Ranked |url=https://www.cbr.com/x-men-most-powerful-members-of-the-sisterhood-of-mutants-ranked/ |access-date=2022-11-November 26, 2022 |website=CBR |language=en-US}}</ref>
* In 2022, ''[[Digital Trends]]'' ranked Madelyne Pryor 6th in their "10 most powerful X-Men villains" list.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Orlando |first=Anthony |date=November 9, 2022-11-09 |title=10 most powerful X-Men villains, ranked |url=https://www.digitaltrends.com/movies/10-most-powerful-x-men-villains-ranked-from-weakest-to-strongest/ |access-date=2022-11-November 15, 2022 |website=Digital Trends |language=en}}</ref>
* In 2022, ''[[Screen Rant]]'' included Madelyne Pryor in their "10 Best X-Men Characters Created By Chris Claremont" list<ref>{{Cite web |last=Chachowski |first=Richard |date=March 5, 2022-03-05 |title=The 10 Best X-Men Characters Created By Chris Claremont, Ranked |url=https://screenrant.com/best-x-men-characters-created-by-chris-claremont-ranked/ |access-date=2023-01-January 25, 2023 |website=ScreenRantScreen Rant |language=en}}</ref> and "10 New Characters We Can Hope To See In X-Men ’97" list.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Prom |first=Bradley |date=2022-08-August 31, 2022 |title=10 New Characters We Can Hope To See In ''X-Men '97'' |url=https://screenrant.com/new-characters-marvel-fans-want-x-men-97/ |access-date=2022-11-November 15, 2022 |website=ScreenRant |language=en-US}}</ref>
* In 2022, ''[[CBR.com]]'' ranked Madelyne Pryor 9th in their "10 Coolest X-Men Villains" list.<ref name=":0" />
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===Marvel Mangaverse===
In the [[Marvel Mangaverse]] title ''Legacy of Fire'', Madelyne Pryor was reinvented as '''Madelyne Pyre''', a powerful sorceress and possessor of the Phoenix Sword, who was training her sister Jena to be her successor.<ref>''X-Men: Phoenix - Legacy of Fire'' (2003)</ref>
===''X-Men: The End''===
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====Epilogue====
Doom himself acknowledged Pryor's re-ascendenceascendance to Baroness. Pryor then became one of four Barons (among the others, an alternate version of Sinister) Doom chose as his "Generals" and ordered to field their armies to crush an uprising against the God Emperor.<ref>''Secret Wars'' (2015) #6</ref> The Goblin Queen followed Doom's wishes, until betrayed and then beaten-down by Sinister and [[Carol Danvers|Captain Marvel]].<ref>''Secret Wars'' (2015) #7</ref>
====''All-New, All-Different Marvel''====
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===''X-Men: Grand Design''===
In ''[[X-Men: Grand Design]]'', a limited series by [[Ed Piskor]] that does an abridged and condensed retelling ofcondenses four decades of X-Men-related canon from the 1960s debut onward, Madelyne's introduction and early storylines are included but substantially rewritten in the second half of the title's "[[X-Men: Grand Design – Second Genesis|Second Genesis]]" chapter. Madelyne debuts and participates in stories that originally featured [[Lee Forrester]], who is entirely excluded in this retelling (but is name-dropped later in the series' final panel).<ref>{{cite comic|title=X-Men: Grand Design - X-Tinction |issue=2|date=Aug 2019|artist=Ed Piskor|writer=[[Ed Piskor]]|publisher=Marvel Worldwide, Inc.}}</ref> When Madelyne and Scott Summers meet and begin their relationship, she is not a pilot in Alaska but is still described as surviving a plane crash in the past, and Mastermind's actions on Madelyne never happen at all in this telling before she and Scott marry.<ref>{{cite comic|title=X-Men: Grand Design - Second Genesis|issue=2 |date=Oct 2018}}</ref>
Madelyne's history continues in the first half of the "X-Tinction" chapter that follows, starting with the birth of Nathan/Cable and the marriage's disintegration, to concluding at her death during ''Inferno''. While the encounter with Loki with her moment as Anodyne and her later abduction by Genosha are excluded, all the rest of her story with the X-Men is here. Madelyne is emphasized as the victim in everything, not culpable for ''Inferno'' nor intending to harm her son. And her death is presented as more accidental instead of suicide.<ref>{{cite comic|title=X-Men: Grand Design - X-Tinction |issue=1 |date=July 2019}}</ref>
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==In other media==
===Television===
* TheMadelyne characterPryor hasmakes a non-voicedspeaking cameo appearance in the ''[[X-Men: The Animated Series]]'' episode "Time Fugitives".<ref>{{cite web |urllast=https://twitter.com/xmendirector/status/1776868667684217066Houston |first=Larry |date=April 4, 2024 |title=Only a very few sharp-eyed X-Men fans spotted the cameo of Madelyne Pryor (the Goblin Queen) I added when Jean Grey mind-scanned Cable's mind in "Time Fugitives Part 1". Jean Grey has the ponytail. Madelyn had full hair.. |workurl=Twitter|date=4https://twitter.com/xmendirector/status/1776868667684217066 April 2024|accessdate=4 April 4, 2024 |work=Twitter}}</ref>
* Madelyne Pryor / Goblin Queen appears in ''[[X-Men '97]]'', voiced by [[Jennifer Hale]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Madelyne Pryor Voice - X-Men '97 (TV Show) |url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/tv-shows/X-Men-97/Madelyne-Pryor/ |titleaccess-date=MadelyneMarch Pryor28, Voice2024 -|website=Behind X-MenThe '97Voice (TVActors Show)|website=behindthevoiceactors.com|access-date=2024-03-28|postscript=. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its opening and/or closing credits and/or other reliable sources of information.}}</ref> This version initially serves Mister Sinister before being convinced to turn against him. She later joins [[Genosha]]'s ruling council before she is killed in a [[Sentinel (comics)|Sentinel]] attack.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Parker |first=Jamie |date=March 27, 2024 |title=Madelyne Pryor vs. Jean Grey: X-Men '97's Goblin Queen of Marvel, Explained |url=https://www.cbr.com/madelyne-pryor-vs-jean-grey-xmen-97-explained/ |access-date=September 9, 2024 |website=CBR |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Matadeen |first=Renaldo |date=April 12, 2024 |title=Every Character Death in ''X-Men '97'' Episode 5 |url=https://www.cbr.com/xmen-97-episode-5-gambit-character-deaths/ |access-date=September 9, 2024 |website=CBR |language=en}}</ref>
===Video games===
* Madelyne Pryor / Goblin Queen appears as aan alternate costume for Jean Grey in the [[Personal computer|PC]] version of ''[[Marvel: Ultimate Alliance]]'' via a [[Mod (video gaming)|mod]].{{citation needed|date=May 2024}}
* Madelyne Pryor / Black Rook appears in ''X-Men: Battle of the Atom''.{{citation needed|date=March 2024}}
* Madelyne Pryor / Goblin Queen appears as a playable character in ''[[Marvel: Future Fight]]''.{{citation needed|date=March 2024}}
* Madelyne Pryor / Goblin Queen appears as a playable character in ''[[Marvel Strike Force]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Timberlake |first=Rebecca |date=2022-07-July 11, 2022 |title=10 Best Characters In Marvel Strike Force |url=https://www.thegamer.com/best-characters-marvel-strike-force/ |access-date=2022-11-November 15, 2022 |website=TheGamer |language=en-US}}</ref> This version is a member of the [[Marauders (comics)|Marauders]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Sheehan |first=Gavin |date=November 17, 2019 |title=Marvel Strike Force Brings The Marauders Into the Battle |url=https://bleedingcool.com/games/marvel-strike-force-brings-the-marauders-into-the-battle/ |title=Marvel Strike Force Brings The Marauders Into the Battle |access-date=September 17, November 20192020 |publisher=Bleedingcool |access-date=2020-09-17}}</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
* About Madelyne Pryor in [https://womenwriteaboutcomics.com/2019/11/x-men-book-club-justice-for-madelyne-pryor/ Women Write About Comics]
* [http://www.comicvine.com/madelyne-pryor/29-10981/ ComicVine.com: Madelyne Pryor]
* [http://uncannyxmen.net/characters/pryor-madelyne UncannyXmen.net Spotlight on Madelyne Pryor]
* All About Madelyne Pryor in: [https://webfandoh.com/post/madelyne-pryor-history-powers-and-everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-x-men-character Madelyne Pryor: history, powers and everything you need to know about the X-Men character]
* Madelyne Pryor in [http://fanlore.org/wiki/Madelyne_Pryor Fanlore Wiki]
* {{Marveldatabase}}
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