Aerie (Sky-Island)

Aerie
Name	Sky-Island
Aliases	Sky-city, Sky Isle, Aerie
Location Details
Reality	Earth-616
Galaxy	Milky Way
Star System	Sol
Planet	Earth
Locale	Atlantic Ocean
Creators and Appearances
First	Red Raven Comics #1 (May, 1940)
First	Red Raven Comics #1 (May, 1940)

History

Sky-Island is a floating island eight miles above the Atlantic ocean, and is home to the inhuman race of Bird-People. The Bird-People possess superior technology and utilize powerful anti-gravity drives to float the island high above the Earth's surface. They also use their technology to shroud the island in a thick fog bank, making it visually undetectable.

With a growing hatred for the humans who were filling their skies with smog, the Bird-People had planned to invade human civilization. Their champion, Red Raven, foiled their plot by using gas to place the entire avian population (including himself) in suspended animation, and sank their domed island to the bottom of the ocean, setting a timer to return them to the surface and reawaken them after several years. When the island eventually resurfaced near the end of the suspended-animation cycle the X-Men superhero Angel stumbled upon the island. Angel believed it would be more humane to revive the Bird-People, but Red Raven disagreed. He again sank the island, continuing the suspended animation process, and set Angel adrift on a raft.

Sometime later, following an undersea earthquake, the Red Raven's suspended-animation capsule broke loose. It floated to the surface, where Red Raven was found by his old wartime ally, Sub-Mariner. The imperfect suspended-animation technology that he had used, however, had begun to drive Red Raven insane, a condition that worsened when he wrongly believed that the Bird-People all were dead. In a mad rage, he accidentally caused an explosion that destroyed the island.

Years later, Red Raven was revived and became co-leader of the new Sky-Island with his daughter. Together they organized the surviving Bird-People to rebuild the island.

Trivia

• Sky-Island may have been inspired by the children's novel "Sky Island: Being the Further Adventures of Trot and Cap'n Bill after Their Visit to the Sea Fairies", which took place on a floating island surrounded by a Great Fog Bank.

See Also

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