Bova (comics)

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Bova
Publication information
Publisher Marvel Comics
First appearance Giant-Size Avengers #1 (Aug. 1974)
Created by Roy Thomas
Rich Buckler
In-story information
Full nameBova Ayrshire
SpeciesUplifted Guernsey Cattle
Team affiliations New Men
Notable aliasesThe Old Woman on the Hill

Bova is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

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Publication history

Bova first appeared in Giant-Size Avengers #1 (August 1974), and was created by writer Roy Thomas and artist Rich Buckler.

Fictional character biography

Bova is an Guernsey cattle and one of the New Men (creatures genetically engineered and altered into an anthropomorphic form by the High Evolutionary). [1]

A woman named Magda—pregnant with twins Pietro Maximoff and Wanda Maximoff—takes sanctuary at Mount Wundagore in Transia, the home of the High Evolutionary, after seeing her husband Magnus use his magnetic powers for the first time. Fearing that Magnus would discover the children, Magda leaves the sanctuary and dies of exposure to the elements. The twins are attended by Bova. Bova soon assists the World War II superheroine Miss America through labor, but the birth results in a stillborn child and Miss America dies. Bova hides the truth from her husband Robert Frank and claims that only the mother has died, and that he now has twin children. Frank is shocked at the death of his wife and flees. [2] [3] [4] Bova therefore serves as the foster mother to Pietro and Wanda. The High Evolutionary also had Bova raise and nurture the young New Men as their nanny. [1]

Wanda and Pietro—as adults, now known as the superheroes the Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver—are abducted by Django Maximoff and taken to Wundagore. Wanda is temporarily possessed by the demon Chthon; after being freed, she is told by Bova that she is not related to Django or Robert Frank. [2]

When the High Evolutionary saw the Celestials coming to Earth to judge it, Lady Bova is among the New Men that the High Evolutionary exterminated. [5]

Powers and abilities

As a cattle, Bova possesses physical abilities superior to that of a human. She is additionally a skilled nurse and caretaker who has fostered several superheroes.

In other media

Bova appears in the X-Men: The Animated Series episode "Family Ties", voiced by Shirley Douglas. [6]

References

  1. 1 2 Thomas, Roy  ( w ), Buckler, Rich  ( p ), Adkins, Dan  ( i )."Nuklo-- The Invader That Time Forgot!"Giant-Size Avengers,vol. 1,no. 1(August 1974).
  2. 1 2 Gruenwald, Mark ; Grant, Steven ; Michelinie, David  ( w ), Byrne, John  ( p ), Green, Dan  ( i )."The Yesterday Quest!" The Avengers ,no. 185(July 1979).
  3. ↑ Gruenwald, Mark; Grant, Steven; Michelinie, David ( w ),Byrne, John ( p ),Green, Dan ( i )."Nights of Wundagore!"The Avengers,vol. 1,no. 186(Aug. 1979).
  4. ↑ Gruenwald, Mark; Grant, Steven; Michelinie, David ( w ),Byrne, John ( p ),Green, Dan ( i )."The Call of the Mountain Thing!"The Avengers,no. 187(Sept. 1979).
  5. ↑ To, Marcus  ( w ),To, Marcus ( p ),To, Marcus ( i ),Caramagna, Joe ( let ). New Warriors ,vol. 5,no. 1(April 2014).
  6. ↑ "Family Ties". X-Men: The Animated Series . Season 4. Episode 17. May 4, 1996. Fox Broadcasting Company.
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