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Martha Johansson (Earth-616)

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Lacks a physical body, confining her to a fluid-filled jar with technology (invented by fellow Xavier Institute student Quentin Quire) that allows it to float.

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Student

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Xavier's School for the Gifted

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Mutant


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History

Martha was a mutant runaway who was captured by the human supremacist group, the U-Men. Their founder John Sublime had her brain removed from her body, keeping the disembodied brain alive in a capsule. She has the power to negate any mutant's powers, like Leech. Sublime controlled her through drugs and syringes and used her to subdue his opponents, the two X-Men, Cyclops and Emma Frost. The two X-Men eventually broke free of her control, after which Martha took her revenge on Sublime by causing him to fall to his death.

Martha Johansson

She later became a student in the Xavier Institute's Special Class. Quentin Quire invented a special hovering case to hold her brain, usually linked to a chain held by Ernst, a mysterious, super-strong mutant appearing like an old woman, who often repeated Martha's telepathic communications.

It is revealed that Martha was one of the students that had joined Xorn's new Brotherhood of Mutants, alongside Ernst.

However, Martha's loyalty would not last as she predicted that Xorn's scheme to murder every human in Manhattan as well as turn the planet earth upside down would fail miserably. Following Xorn's death, Martha was last seen traveling with Beast after the destruction of Xavier's institute.

Powers and Abilities

Powers

  • Telepathy: Martha is a telepath, and her powers in this area are shown as being quite advanced, to the degree that she is capable of overpowering Emma Frost's subconscious defenses (it should however be mentioned that Emma's telepathy was inoperative at the time, as she was in her "diamond" form and thus had solely the scope of her willpower to rely on) and manipulating entire teams of individuals.
  • Power Negation She has the power to negate any other mutant's powers, like Leech. The range of this power has yet to be seen, but it is known that she can do it at will, unlike Leech.

    Weaknesses

Has no body.

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Transportation

Martha is carried around in a floating glass chamber.

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