Who Is Goblyn? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Goblyn is a Marvel comic book character, the alter ego of Goblyn Dean, with over 47 comic issue appearances. Goblyn was an unborn mutant whose life was saved when her twin sister Laura (Pathway) teleported her to the Dream World ruled by the Dream Queen. Rescued by Alpha Flight, she would come to be a valued member of Beta Flight, alongside her sibling.

Who is Goblyn?

Creation Goblyn was created by Bill Mantlo and Terry Shoemaker in 1987 and first appeared in Alpha Flight # 48. Origin When the Dean family had been shown by their OB provider that one of their unborn twins would be a deformed mutant the Dean's hearts sank. With the twins father vehemently pro-mutant registration and a member of anti-mutant campaigns he soon convinced his with of the unthinkable. The Dean's both treated the embryo like a cancer and tried to destroy it using concentrated X-rays in hopes to eliminate their obvious physically mutated child, while allowing the other child "normal" to exist . When only a single child, Laura, was born, they thought they indeed had succeeded. However they were unaware that Laura was also a mutant and had somehow transported her sister into an alternate dimension, where she grew up safe, but as a wild animal. Tracked down and hunted The coming years brought the Dean's more sadness as Laura grew up autistic and withdrawn from the world. With failing to get any significant results to her condition with local and other resources and in an attempt to cure her autism, her parents sent her to the New Life Clinic.

Key facts

Goblyn is of mutant origin and first appeared in "Madness". The character is published by Marvel. With 47 recorded issue appearances, Goblyn ranks among the most featured characters in comics.