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Negative Zone Prison Alpha Publication information Publisher Marvel Comics First appearance Civil War: Front Line #5 In story information Type Prison Negative Zone Prison Alpha is the name of a fictional prison in Marvel Comics. It is also referred to as Prison 42, Wonderland, and Fantasy Island.
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History
When it came to the Civil War storyline, a new maximum-security prison for superpowered individuals was created by the government in the very place that no superhuman could escape from unaided...the Negative Zone. The Prison was nicknamed 'Fantasy Island' by its inmates and "Prison 42" by its designers Tony Stark & Reed Richards, as it had been their 42nd idea out of a hundred for 'A Safer America' after the Stamford Disaster. Although it suffered one major breakout from the Secret Avengers, causing the release of all of its unregistered superheroes, Tom Brevoort has stated that 'Project 42' remains a prison for particularly powerful supervillains, while for regulars 'There's still the Raft and Riker's Island.'[1]
It was later revealed in Civil War: Front Line that it had never been intended for anyone other than supervillains, and that the heroes imprisoned there would have been released once the war was over.[2]
In the War of Kings storyline, the Negative Zone prison is later attacked by Blastaar.[3]
Known Inmates
The following consists of inmates that were either criminals or part of the Anti-Registration Side of the Civil War.
- Bison
- Cloak and Dagger
- Condor
- Devos the Devastator
- Diablo
- Dragon Man
- Dreadface
- Gorilla-Man
- Grey Gargoyle
- Hydro-Man
- Iconoclast
- Iron Fist (posing as Daredevil)
- Jack Flag
- Kang the Conqueror
- Klaw
- Lady Deathstrike
- Mad Thinker
- Mahkizmo
- Megaman
- Miek
- MODOK
- Molecule Man
- Mole Man
- N'Kantu, the Living Mummy
- Occulus
- Overmind
- Prodigy (Ritchie Gilmore)
- Prowler
- Psycho-Man
- Puppet Master
- Red Ghost and his Super-Apes
- Robbie Baldwin
- Ruined
- B'arr
- Exalt
- Stem
- Skeleton Ki
- Sphinx
- Staak
- Stegron
- Taskmaster
- Terrax
- Threska
- Tinkerer
- Trapster
- Typeface
- Wizard
In other media
Television
- In The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes episode "Some Assembly Required", Iron Man mentioned that he's been working with Mister Fantastic on building a prison in the Negative Zone to contain the escaped supervillains after the mass-breakouts at the Vault, the Cube, the Big House, and the Raft. The Negative Zone Prison Alpha debuts in "The Man Who Stole Tomorrow." All the guards are Ultron models. Known inmates at the Negative Zone Prison Alpha so far are Blizzard, Mandrill, and Kang the Conqueror.
Video games
- In Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2, the Negative Zone plays an important part. It contains "Prison 42", the prison for unregistered heroes and the nanite-controlled supervillains. It is the place where the Fold has first become active. After the player's team infiltrate the prison to acquire nanite samples that can be used to devise a cure for the Fold, Nick Fury had to self-destruct Prison 42 to keep the Fold from invading Earth when Captain America's attempts to cause a distraction accidentally release waves of Fold-infected superhumans. A news cutscene in either of the two endings mentioned confirmation of Prison 42's destruction.
References
- ^ CIVIL WAR ROOM #7: TALKING TO TOM BREVOORT - NEWSARAMA
- ^ Civil War: Front Line #11
- ^ Avengers: The Initiative #27
External Links
- Negative Zone Prison Alpha at Marvel Wiki
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