Arcanna is a fictional superheroine in the Marvel Comics universe and a member of the Squadron Supreme. A superhero is a fictional character who is noted for feats of courage and nobility and who usually has a colorful name and costume and abilities beyond those of normal human beings. ... Marvel Comics is an American comic book line published by Marvel Entertainment, Inc. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this comics-related article or section may require cleanup. ... The Squadron Supreme is a team of comic book superheroes in the Marvel Comics universe, a thinly disguised version of DC Comics Justice League of America. ...

The original 1970s character (loosely based on DC's Zatanna) does not comes from "mainstream" Marvel universe (so-called Earth-616), but from Earth-712. The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, inclusive. ... Zatanna (nicknamed Zee) is a fictional character, a superheroine in the DC Comics universe. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this comics-related article or section may require cleanup. ... In the fictional Marvel Universe, Earth-616 or Earth 616 is the name used to identify the primary continuity in which most Marvel Comics titles take place. ... In the Marvel Comics Multiverse, Earth-712 or Earth 712 is the designation used to identify the continuity in which the Squadron Supreme operate. ...

Frome 2003-2005, Marvel published the 18-issue Supreme Power series, which presented an out-of-continuity re-imagining of the Squadron Supreme with the character rebooted. Arcana had a different history and had powers similar to that of Marvel's Scarlet Witch. Supreme Power is a comic book series which was published under Marvel Comics MAX imprint for mature audiences, from 2003 to 2005 and writen by J. Michael Straczynski and drawn by Gary Frank, lasting eighteen issues. ... Reboot, in series fiction, means to discard all previous continuity in the series and start anew. ... The Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff) is a fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe, a mutant who began as a super-villainess before reforming and becoming a super-heroine. ...

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Squadron Supreme (Earth-712)

Fictional character biography

The origin of Arcanna's magical abilities is still unknown. Arcanna originally worked as a medium before becoming a professional crime fighter who captured criminals for profit. Phillip Jones was her husband who stayed home to raise their children Drusilla, Katrina and Andrew. She later accepted an offer of membership into Squadron Supreme, making her the fifth recruit. Magic/magick and sorcery are the influencing of events, objects, people and physical phenomena by mystical or paranormal means. ...

Midway through Squadron Supreme: The Utopia Project, Arcanna discovered she was pregnant. Fearing that the other members of the Squadron would curtail her duties as they had during her previous pregnancies, she kept her condition a secret. She and her family moved into Squadron City, the Squadron's new headquarters. She went into labor during the climactic battle with Nighthawk's group. At the end of the series she gave birth to her son, Benjamin Thomas Jones. Nighthawk is a comic book superhero in the Marvel Comics universe, and a member of the Squadron Supreme. ...

In Squadron Supreme: Death of a Universe, Arcanna switched places with Moonglow in order to go on a mission in which she had been forbidden to participate. It was as Moonglow that she encountered Quasar and the Avengers in the mainstream Marvel Universe. Moonglow is a fictional character found in comic books from Marvel Comics. ... Quasar (real name Wendell Elvis Vaughn) is a fictional character, a superhero in the Marvel Comics universe. ... The Avengers are a superhero team, consisting of many of Marvel Comics most popular heroes. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this comics-related article or section may require cleanup. ...

In Squadron Supreme: New World Order, Arcanna's son Benjamin, having gained vast powers and calling himself Mysterium, informed her she that the Squadron Supreme was going down a road without her. She retired from adventuring to be with her family.

Squadron Supreme (Supreme Power)

Fictional character biography

Arcanna (II) Art By Gary Frank

In Part III: High Command, Arcanna Jones is introduced as a scientist and author of Quantum Physics: The New Reality. She has the ability to perceive and influence parallel quantum dimensions. She is what physicists described as "the ultimate observer", and can see all the quantum possibilities and choose which will become reality. To explain this, Arcanna evokes the Schrödinger's cat paradox, which asserts if a cat in a box has a 50% chance of being killed, it is neither alive nor dead (or both alive and dead) until the box is opened and the cat is observed. She had come to General Richard Alexander in hopes of finding the source of her power in order to eliminate it. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (523x786, 322 KB)[edit] Summary Art By Gary Frank From Squadron Supreme #1 [edit] Licensing This image is of the cover of a single issue of a comic book, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (523x786, 322 KB)[edit] Summary Art By Gary Frank From Squadron Supreme #1 [edit] Licensing This image is of the cover of a single issue of a comic book, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the... // The many-worlds interpretation (or MWI) is an interpretation of quantum mechanics that rejects the non-deterministic and irreversible wavefunction collapse associated with measurement in the Copenhagen interpretation in favor of a description in terms of quantum entanglement and reversible time evolution of states. ... Schrödingers Cat: If the nucleus in the bottom left decays, the geiger counter on its right will sense it and trigger the release of the gas. ...

Arcanna, Dr. Emil Burbank, Raleigh Lund and Al Gaines are ordered to apprehend or destroy Hyperion. During the ensuing fight, Hyperion's eye-beams, Nuke's radiation blast, and Arcanna's own quantum alterations create a brief and unexplainable skip in reality. All five initially thought they were in an alternate reality, but it was revealed to be their own reality four years in the future. Master Menace is a fictional character from Marvel Comics who appears in two separate but related continuities, Squadron Supreme and Supreme Power. ... Shape is possibly based on Elongated Man. ... Nuke is a superhero from Earth-712 in the fictional Marvel Universe, a member of the Squadron Supreme and its rebooted equivalent, Supreme Power, a thinly disguised pastiche of DC Comics Justice League of America. ... Hyperion is a character in the Marvel Comics series Supreme Power, published under the mature-readers imprint MAX Comics, written by J. Michael Straczynski and drawn by Gary Frank. ...

She was originally meant to be on a covert operations team, but that changed after Hyperion informed reporter Jason Scott of the project and gave him a list of the super-humans working for the government. She now works for Squadron Supreme. Arcanna now wears a costume that is an update of the old Squadron Supreme version. Hyperion is a character in the Marvel Comics series Supreme Power, published under the mature-readers imprint MAX Comics, written by J. Michael Straczynski and drawn by Gary Frank. ...

Arcanna shares abilities with Marvel's own Scarlet Witch and DC's Zatanna. The Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff) is a fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe, a mutant who began as a super-villainess before reforming and becoming a super-heroine. ... Zatanna (nicknamed Zee) is a fictional character, a superheroine in the DC Comics universe. ...

External links

• http://www.bright.net/~jackbohn/sq_suprm/arcanna.htm
• Marvel Directory entry
• Two Images of Arcanna