Medusa (comics)

Medusa
Medusa, Queen of the Inhumans. Art by Jae Lee.
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	Fantastic Four #36 (March 1965)
Created by	Stan Lee (writer) Jack Kirby (artist)
In-story information
Full name	Medusalith Amaquelin Boltagon
Species	Inhuman
Place of origin	Attilan
Team affiliations	Inhuman Royal Family Fantastic Four Frightful Four Lady Liberators Illuminati Future Foundation A-Force
Notable aliases	Madame Medusa
Abilities	Accomplished thief Prehensile hair Superhuman strength, speed, stamina, durability, agility, and reflexes (common among the Inhumans)

Medusa is a fictional character, a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

Medusa first appeared in Fantastic Four #36 (1965), and was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby.

Medusa appears in the new series FF by Matt Fraction and Mike Allred, which debuted in November 2012.

Beginning in May 2015, Medusa will appear as one of the main characters in A-Force, an all-female Avengers spin-off being launched by G. Willow Wilson, Marguerite Bennett, and Jorge Molina during Marvel's Secret Wars crossover.

Medusa belongs to the race of Inhumans, a species of prehistoric earthlings mutated by the Terrigen Mists produced deep under the Inhuman city-state of Attilan, presently located in the oxygen-rich Blue Area of the Moon. Crystal (who later became the wife of the Avenger Quicksilver) is Medusa's younger sister. Considered a member of Attilan's Royal Family, Medusa's parents chose to expose her to the Terrigen Mists when she was a child.

During her adolescent years Medusa would often visit her distant cousin Black Bolt during his confinement, and she learned to communicate with him through body language. During the course of these visits, the two fell in love and became engaged. She attended Black Bolt's release from his isolation cell at the age of eighteen, and witnessed the first confrontation between Black Bolt and his insane brother Maximus the Mad. Maximus also claims to be in love with Medusa, and has made frequent attempts to usurp both the throne of Attilan as well as his brother's bride-to-be. It was in Maximus' first successful attempt to take the throne that Medusa was knocked off a sky-sled by the Trikon and afflicted with amnesia. She left Attilan, and wandered Europe as a thief.