Krakoa

Giant-Size X-Men #1 Main article: Giant-Size X-Men Krakoa was originally a very small island in the Pacific Ocean that was located close to where some nuclear bombing tests were done. The radiation somehow turned the island's ecosystem into a hive-mind entity.

In Giant-Size X-Men #1, The modern X-Men united for the first time and defeated him

Later a "son of Krakoa" appeared. It was the result of a spore that was released from Krakoa as it was shot into space. Nightcrawler eventually defeated this "Vega-Superior" by tricking him into drowning himself.

Krakoa was apparently found and captured for study by the cosmic entity known as The Stranger, as seen when Quasar visited one of his 'laboratory worlds'. Krakoa was eventually freed as well as many of the specimens.

[edit] X-Men: Deadly Genesis

Main article: X-Men: Deadly GenesisThe 2006 X-Men: Deadly Genesis storyline features a major retcon in which it is revealed that many of the elements in Giant-Size X-Men #1 were in fact deceptions and delusions created by Professor X to hide the major part of the story. Another team of young mutants, composed of Petra, Darwin, Sway, and the third Summers brother Kid Vulcan, from a parallel X-Mansion led by Moira MacTaggert, were sent to help the original X-Men. They managed to save Cyclops and returned him to Professor X. However Krakoa, no more intelligent than an animal, killed Petra and Sway and left Darwin and Kid Vulcan almost dead. Xavier had erased all records of the real events in Cyclops' mind, and altered the mutants' minds to cast the illusion of a speaking, sentient Krakoa.

[edit] Manifest Destiny

Main article: X-Men: Manifest DestinySunspot's business partner tells the Young X-Men that his workers went missing on an uncharted island. This island turns out to be an offshoot of Krakoa.

[edit] Powers and abilities

In its original depiction, Krakoa was an immensely powerful being. It could manipulate its flora and fauna at will and possessed incredible psi powers, rivaling those of Professor X; indeed, it was capable of subtly manipulating his mind from a great distance to prevent him contacting experienced heroes for help. After the revelation of the events surrounding Vulcan, it was revealed that Krakoa was little more than an animal-like system whose intelligence was merely survival instinct.

[edit] Other versions

[edit] Amalgam Comics

[1][2]Krakoa the Living Dinosaur Island from Amalgam Comics.For Amalgam Comics, Krakoa was combined with Dinosaur Island to form Krakoa the Living Dinosaur Island. The insane mutant hater Dr. Will Magnus and his Sentinel robots used Krakoa as their base of operations before their location was discovered by Magneto.

[edit] Ultimate Krakoa

In the Ultimate Marvel continuity of Ultimate X-Men, Krakoa was reimagined as an apparently normal island near Genosha, on which TV mogul Mojo Adams hosts his gruesome reality TV show Hunt for Justice, in which mutant felons are hunted to death. It is where Ultimate Deadpool takes Spider-Man and the X-Men in the Deadpool arc of USM.

[edit] What If?

Krakoa was featured in various versions of What If?:

• In "What If the X-Men Died on the First Mission," Polaris demagnetizes Krakoa only for the featured X-Men to not be able to get off in time.
• In "What If an All New, All Different X-Men Never Existed," the original X-Men had never disbanded and were able to defeat Krakoa easily.
• In What If? Deadly Genesis, Vulcan and his team make their way through the island, surviving its assault. Vulcan becomes separated from the group and finds the captured X-Men. After accidentally killing them all in a panic, Vulcan escapes the temple and, with the rest of his team, the island itself. Krakoa is then jettisoned into deep space, where it remains untouched for years until being discovered by the Silver Surfer. There, Sway finds a time pocket and uses her powers to replay the events of Vulcan's killings. After confronting and disabling him of his powers, Professor Xavier banishes Vulcan to the island, where he is forced, as punishment, to replay the transpired murders of the X-Men every time he requires food.
• In the story What If? Rise and Fall of the Shi'ar Empire Krakoa is resurrected by a power-mad Vulcan using the Phoenix Force, with a battle between him, Rachel Summers, Havok, Cyclops, and Cable taking place on it.