Genosha

Genosha
Name	Republic of Genosha
Aliases	"Mutant Israël", Necrosha, Mutant Free Republic of Genosha, Free Mutant Republic of Genosha
Characteristics
Population	Indeterminate; formerly 16,521,063
Location Details
Reality	Earth-616
Galaxy	Milky Way
Star System	Sol
Planet	Earth
Continent	Africa
Locale	Indian Ocean
Creators and Appearances
Creators	Chris Claremont, Rick Leonardi
First	Uncanny X-Men #235 (June, 1988)
First	Uncanny X-Men #235 (June, 1988)

History

Overview

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Flag of Genosha

Genosha, officially the Republic of Genosha, is a small crescent-shaped island located to the northeast of Madagascar, on the eastern coast of Africa in the Indian Ocean. The island has two major cities, Carrion Cove and Hammer Bay, the capital city.

Ancient History

Genosha was uninhabited throughout most of recorded history. It was discovered by European in the 16th Century and later landed on by both the Dutch and the British East India Company. A transit point for trade between Africa and Asia, the island was occasionally used by pirates until the French began to take control. After a conflict with the French, the British controlled the island in the 18th Century.

20th Century

Genosha became a crown colony in the Early 20th Century. It became an independent state in the 1960's.

Modern Era

Genosha became a thriving country, one of the richest in the world. However, the nation's wealth was due to using mutants as slaves. The government tested their citizens, and any mutants were stripped of basic rights.

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Genosha advertising its freedom

Mutants in Genosha were the property of the state and children who were positively identified with the mutant gene were put through a process which stripped them of free will and were made into "mutates". Developed by the Sugar Man and given to the Genegineer, the process was capable of modifying certain mutant abilities in order to fulfill specific labor shortages.

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The island nation of Genosha in the Indian Ocean and its capital city, Hammer Bay

The foundations of Genoshan society were upset due to the efforts of outside mutant interests. Some members of the X-Men, (Wolverine, Rogue, and their ally Madelyne Pryor), were kidnapped by Genoshan Magistrates under the order of the Genegineer.

Later, the X-Men and their allies rescued their teammates, Storm, Meltdown, Rictor and Wolfsbane, from Genoshan brainwashing, toppling the government after discovering their alliance with former X-Factor ally turned mutant hater, Cameron Hodge, and that Havok was one of the Magistrates since having his memory wiped by the Siege Perilous. Havok himself, woken from his conditioning by his brother Cyclops, killed Cameron Hodge in the process. Another ally, a member of the New Mutants named Warlock, was killed by Cameron Hodge. The news of this death was broadcast worldwide.

A new Genoshan regime that promised better treatment of mutants was put in place after Hodge's destruction. A period of general turmoil and a number of attacks by superhumans (including Magneto's Acolytes who were unwilling to forgive the former Genoshan government for its crimes against mutants) followed. The government X-Factor, including Wolfsbane, later returned to the island to help restore peace between its government and a rogue group of super-powered beings that had fled the island. The Genoshan government tried to undo the ill effects visited upon Wolfsbane.

Civil War

Unfortunately for Genosha's new government, Fabian Cortez had need of their country. Seeking a safe zone to hide in after betraying Magneto and the Acolytes, Cortez used his natural charisma to rouse the Genoshan Mutates into an uprising against their human oppressors. The existing government was horribly murdered, and street-fighting broke out between the Mutates and the Magistrates. Cortez was eventually killed, but the damage was done -- Genosha was at war with itself.

Magneto's Reign

The United Nations ceded the island nation to the powerful mutant Magneto after he demanded an entire mutants-only nation. Magneto and his Acolytes managed to reestablish a modicum of peace and stability only briefly until civil war broke out between him and the remaining human population on the island led by the Magistrates. Magneto eventually defeated the Magistrates and restored order to most of the island, with hold-outs briefly remaining at Carrion Cove before being obliterated.

The elimination of the Legacy Virus gave Magneto a freshly healthy army, leading him to declare a campaign of global conquest. A small team of X-Men stopped this plan, badly injuring Magneto in the process.

Professor X remotely viewing the Genoshan mutant massacre by Cassandra Nova's Wild Sentinels

Wild Sentinels

The entire island was reduced to rubble and its mutant population was slain by Cassandra Nova's Wild Sentinels. There were very few survivors, many evacuated, and the Brotherhood of Mutants turned one of the Sentinels into a memorial statue. Foreign military forces threw up a cordon around the island; no one got in and those trying to leave were fired upon.

Xavier's Leadership

Magneto and Xavier joined forces to rebuild Genosha. A few survivors and newly arriving mutants who wished to help with the rebuilding process remained on the island including Callisto, Freakshow and Wicked. There was a conflict with Magistrates, the island's former law enforcement. Though they were assisted by humanoid creatures they referred to as 'trolls', the Magistrate's forces were driven off. Some of the Magistrates were captured and kept in the island's makeshift jail, while others agreed to work with Xavier to rebuild the island. Unus the Untouchable and his squadron of mutants remained a problem, as they didn't wish to be part of Xavier's group.

House of M

After the Scarlet Witch's nervous break-down, Magneto snatched Wanda from her battle with her fellow Avengers and brought her to Genosha, where he asked Xavier to restore the Scarlet Witch’s sanity - but to no avail. Xavier couldn't help her and, concerned for the threat to reality that Wanda posed, Xavier consulted the Avengers and the X-Men about what to do with Magneto’s daughter. Their decision was rendered moot, though, as by the time they reached Genosha reality altered around the heroes - changing into the world ruled by the “House of M”. While conventional reality was eventually restored, it came at a high price, as thousands if not millions of Earth’s mutant population lost their powers or died in the process, leaving only a few hundred mutants alive and powered. Just like most of his new Genoshan allies and enemies, Magneto was among the de-powered people, remaining trapped on the island.

Quicksilver stole the Terrigen Crystals from the Inhumans in an attempt to restore his old powers, and to restore the powers of other mutants depowered by M-Day. The theft led to a conflict on Genosha between the re-powered mutants (whose powers came back as too powerful for their own good), the Inhumans, and the U.S. Office of National Emergency (O.N.E.). The conflict ended with the re-powered mutants surrendering and O.N.E. confiscating the Terrigen crystals, to which Black Bolt responded by verbally declaring war on the United States.

Collective

Energy cannot be created nor destroyed, and the same held true for the energies of the numerous depowered mutants. Eventually, these energies gathered in the form of an unsuspecting energy-absorbing mutant named Michael Pointer. “The Collective” fought the Avengers, and traveled to Genosha and reached out to the startled Magneto. The Collective, controlled by Xorn, attempted to restore Magneto’s powers and convince him to lead the remaining mutants into taking over the planet. To the Collective’s surprise, Magneto resisted and allowed the Avengers to separate the energy from his body and send it into the sun. The comatose Magneto was also taken into S.H.I.E.L.D. custody, but the helicopter that was supposed to transport him off Genosha exploded once it lifted off. Magneto survived the explosion and remained depowered until the High Evolutionary's dangerous experiment returned his magnetic abilities.

While searching for a cure to M-Day, Beast and Dark Beast traveled to Genosha to study the numerous mutant corpses on the island.

While in search of their mother, the Scarlet Witch, Wiccan and Speed travelled to Genosha to comb through the ruins for her or for any clues as to her whereabouts. Unfortunately, they left empty handed.

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Genosha rebuilt as Necrosha with its capital city of Black Rome

Necrosha

Selene travelled to Genosha with her followers, who were resurrected by the Technarch transmode virus and declared it the location of her new Rome. She used the Techno-Organic virus to raise all those who were killed by Cassandra Nova's Sentinels. Selene then consumed all those mutants, powered or not, and ascended to a godlike status, but was eventually killed by X-Force, and her Inner Circle was disbanded. Elixir quit the team, citing difficulty in shifting out of his black form. In the aftermath, Elixir opted to remain on Genosha, healing and burying the corpses left by Selene and her Inner Circle.

During a visit to Genosha by the students of Jean Grey's School for Gifted Youngsters' students organized by Beast and Kitty Pryde, Sabretooth and AOA Blob assaulted Kid Gladiator and Kid Omega in order to kidnap Genesis.

Magneto's return

After his return, the Red Skull took the idea of mutant concentration camps from Ahab's future and turned the island into one of them. Following the defeat of the Red Onslaught, a powerful form of the Skull, Magneto returned to Genosha and began rebuilding it once again.

However, his fledgling mutant community in Genosha perished when the Terrigen Mist cloud swept over it, causing sixty of the mutants present take ill and die. Magneto continued to inhabit Genosha, making it the base of operations for his new team of X-Men.

Unbeknownst to the rest of his team, however, Magneto had planted a series of explosives around Genosha. When the Dark Riders attacked, Magneto and his X-Men defeated them, and then detonated the explosions, sinking the island of Genosha and killing the riders, while simultaneously sending a message to the rest of the world.

Facts

Localization

• Genosha is located off the east coast of Africa, in the Indian Ocean. The Seychelles are southwest of the country while Madagascar is southwest of the island nation.

Languages

The major language of Genosha is English.

Economy

The monetary unit used in Genosha is the Genoshan Dollar.

Genosha was a thriving country, one of the richest in the world. However, the nation's wealth was due to using mutants as slaves.

The richest and influential citizens lived at Havershaw Heights away from the poorer parts of the country.

Politic and international relations

The capital and largest city of Genosha is Hammer Bay. It was home to the central government.

Genosha is a parliamentary democracy and a member of the Commonwealth of Nations. Prime Minister David Moreau was in power for over fifteen years. Sasha Ryan was the Commissioner for Mutant Affairs, the second most powerful position on Genosha, with wide-ranging powers over the entire mutant population.

Genosha was an apartheid state, the government tested their citizens, and any mutants were stripped of basic rights. Citizenship in Genosha was permanent and the government did not recognize any immigration. Citizens who attempted to leave the country were tracked down and forcibly brought back to the island by the special police force known as Magistrates, and mutant problems were handled by a special group of mutants known as the Press Gang. The Press Gang consisted of Hawkshaw, Pipeline, and Punchout, and were aided in their task by Wipeout.

Alternate Realities

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The island nation of Genosha

Ultimate Universe (Earth-1610)

Genosha is a small island nation in the Indian Ocean south of Madagascar. Its main export is reality and action-television programs. After the assassination of the government minister by Longshot, mutants were reduced to second-class citizens. Other prominent citizens include Mojo Adams, Spiral, and Deadpool.

Billboard advertising Magneto's Genosha

Marvel Animated Universe (Earth-8096)

Genosha is an apparent mutant paradise under the rule of Magneto. Magneto offered the country as a sanctuary for mutants from around the world, promising peace and equality. Despite the façade, Magneto was actually an oppressive ruler who unfairly incarcerated Genoshan mutants who did not abide by his tyrannical rules. When Magneto's true manipulative agenda was revealed, he was ousted by his daughters, the Scarlet Witch and Polaris.

Zenosha - Amalgam Universe (Earth-9602)

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The royal Magnus family of Genosha

House of M (Earth-58163)

Genosha is considered the unofficial capital of the world. Ruled by the benevolent King Erik Magnus. King Magnus and his royal family frequently hosted dignitaries from across the world and even from other planets. When Layla Miller awoke heroes to the nature of the altered reality, they took to Genosha to attack the Scarlet Witch.

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Genosha Bay Penitentiary

Genosha Bay - Marvel Noir (Earth-90214)

Genosha Bay was originally settled by Quaker missionaries who built a penitentiary that was extremely isolated to allow prisoners to contemplate the gravity of their sins. By the 1930s, Genosha Bay became a United States' extraterritorial prison. Run by Warden Emma Frost, Genosha Bay held prisoners from around the world, and became notorious for practicing inhumane punishments on its prisoners ranging from sleep deprivations and water torture. Genosha caught the notice of the public and culminating in a Senate Judiciary Meeting on consider closing the prison. However, even if the prison were to be close down, lawmakers were unwilling to allow its more severe criminal sociopaths from being relocated into prisons on the mainland United States. In reality, Genosha Bay was used as a proving ground in recruiting the prisoners as a next generation of government operatives.

Lord Xavier's Castle in Gha-No-Shah

Gha-No-Shah (Earth-13059)

Gha-No-Shah is a Tolkienian style realm rule by the evil tyrant Lord Xavier, Witch King. It is inhabited by Orcs, giant Beasts, and peaceful Crawlers. A team of interdimensional X-Men helped to over through the Witch King and bring peace to the land.

Earth-24201

Genosha is in the Battleworld domain of X-Topia Province. It ended up quarantined due to the Extinction Virus that was killing the mutants.

Points of Interest

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Hammer Bay, the capital city of Genosha

• Hammer Bay (Capital City)
  • Magneto Monument
  • Magda Square
  • Havershaw Heights
• Carrion Cove
• Ridgeback Mountains

Earth-58163

• House of Magnus Royal Palace

Residents

Current Residents

• None.

Former Residents

Non-exhaustive list of former residents of Genosha:

• Alda Huxley
• Alice
• Beast/Mutate #666 (Hank McCoy)
• Blink (Clarice Ferguson)
• Blob (Fred Dukes)
• Book (Annika)
• Boom-Boom/Mutate #035 (Tabitha Smith)
• Broadband
• Burst/Mutate #028
• Caiman
• Pipeline (Cormick Grimshaw)
• Cortez (Fabian Cortez)
• Cyclops/Mutate #007 (Scott Summers)
• Genegineer (David Moreau)
• Delphi
• Mutate #01 (Edgerton)
• Elixir (Josh Foley)
• Negasonic Teenage Warhead (Ellie Phimister)
• Freakshow
• Frenzy (Joanna Cargill)
• Glamour
• Gregori
• Gunshot
• Hack
• Hawkshaw
• Hub
• Jennifer Ransome
• Josette
• Katu (Kath Katu)
• Eric Kleinstock
• Harlan Kleinstock
• Sven Kleinstock
• Leon Matheson
• Lightning Rod
• Madame Reneau
• Lukas
• Red Queen/Mutate #9818 (Madelyne Pryor)
• Mandy
• Magneto
• Meg
• Mellencamp (Seamus Mellencamp)
• Mortis (Lois London)
• Mutate #49 (Michael)
• Mollo
• Mutate 682
• Abyss (Nils Styger)
• Omega Sentinel (Karima Shapandar)
• Phillip Moreau
• Piecemeal/Mutate #416
• Prodigal
• Punchout
• Purge
• Renee Majcomb
• Random (Marshall Stone III)
• Robert
• Rogue/Mutate #9602 (Anna Marie)
• Scanner (Sarah Ryall)
• Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff)
• Shola Inkose
• Skelter
• Spoor (Andrew Graves)
• Storm/Mutate #020 (Ororo Munroe)
• Selene, the Black Queen
• Senyaka (Suvik Senyaka)
• Sugar Man
• Syth
• Tam Anderson
• Taylor
• Zealot/Mutate #685 (Thomas Philip Moreau)
• Toad (Mortimer Toynbee)
• Tyr
• Ugly John (Steve)
• Unus the Untouchable (Gunther Bain/Angelo Unuscione)
• Unuscione (Carmella Unuscione)
• Wipeout
• Wither (Kevin Ford)
• Wolfsbane/Mutate #490
• Wolverine//Mutate #9601
• Professor X (Charles Xavier)

Teams and groups

Teams or groups who were based or originate of Genosha.

• Acolytes
• Genoshan Excalibur
• Genoshan Magistrates
• Genoshan Mutates
• Press Gang
• Selene's Inner Circle & Dead Mutants Army
• Unforgiven
• Unus' Gang
• X-Patriots

See Also

• 262 appearance(s) of Genosha
• 9 appearance(s) in handbook(s) of Genosha
• 28 minor appearance(s) of Genosha
• 150 mention(s) of Genosha
• 9 mention(s) in handbook(s) of Genosha
• 36 image(s) of Genosha
• 8 article(s) related to Genosha

Links and References

• Genosha on Wikipedia.org
• Genosha at UncannyXmen.net