A random thought I had.

[Robinson Guardian Of The Universe Find all posts View Profile Close Robinson]

I was thinking about it at work yesterday and was wondering.


Aside from Apocolypse is Logan the second oldest earthbound character in the marvelverse?

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I have no expertise in this matter, but a quick search found Romulus and Selene as other (as far as I can tell) earthbound Marvel characters that are significantly older than Logan. Of course I never heard of either of them before doing said search, so perhaps they are too minor to count?

EDIT: Apparently Selene is currently dead? So she wouldn't count anyway, I assume.

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I think Mr Sinister might be a bit older but I'd need to compare the dates in the 'Further Adventures of Cyclops and Phoenix' and 'Origin'.
However, Exodus (one of Magneto's acolytes) was born in the dark ages, does it count if he was in suspended animation?
How about Ghost Rider? The host is in his 30's but the demon is ancient.
Also, not sure how old Madame Web is.

Depending on how you define by 'earthbound', Thor, Loki, Hercules* and any of the other gods (or demi-gods) are pretty damn old

*Mount Olympus, Greece, so yeah, earth-bound

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Is Gateway immortal?

[chivalrous Corps Honor Guard Find all posts View Profile Close chivalrous]

Is Gateway immortal?

I don't think it's ever established - only that he's old.

There are the Externals as well (initially X-Force villains), Selene - the black queen of the Hellfire club is one of them.
Speaking of Selene, there was also the vampire guy she hung around with during Necrosha who was fairly old.
There are the Eternals too.

[Robinson Guardian Of The Universe Find all posts View Profile Close Robinson]

I meant earthbound as in born on earth, so that should exclude and gods, aliens and things of the sort.

[Lantern A-train Guardian of the Universe Find all posts View Profile Close Lantern A-train]

Would Namor count as he was born on Earth. In the water but on Earth all the same.

chilvarous, The original old lady Madame Web is dead and there is a new Madame Web.

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I meant earthbound as in born on earth, so that should exclude and gods, aliens and things of the sort.

so 'Earthborn' then
Still leaves Hercules and any of the Greek Gods in the running.

I was going to say that a few of the Immortal weapons were pretty old, but their cities are outside earth-realm.

Would Namor count as he was born on Earth. In the water but on Earth all the same.

Namor was born in the 20th century in 616 - his father was shipwrecked in 1915 which led to his meeting Namor's mother, although his origins in the Ultimate Universe have him as an ancient 2000+ year old demi-god
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Also, Dracula.

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I did not know that about Namor. And I learned something today

[Agent Purple The Illustrated Man Find all posts View Profile Close Agent Purple]

Romulus is actually older than Apocalypse.

http://marvel.wikia.com/Romulus_%28Earth-616%29

Dude stretches back to prehistoric times, even before ancient Egypt.

[Robinson Guardian Of The Universe Find all posts View Profile Close Robinson]

So its a no then.

[Agent Purple The Illustrated Man Find all posts View Profile Close Agent Purple]

It was a no a while ago, Exodus being brought into the discussion and all; Romulus just sealed the deal.

[Robinson Guardian Of The Universe Find all posts View Profile Close Robinson]

Oh I know, I just wanted to be a smart ass all about it. Although a character created in the last five years shouldn't count.

[Agent Purple The Illustrated Man Find all posts View Profile Close Agent Purple]

Don't tighten that sphincter too much, now.

[Robinson Guardian Of The Universe Find all posts View Profile Close Robinson]

I have to, a trains lurking around here somewhere.


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