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Genosha | |
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Marvel Comics location | |
![]() Flag of Genosha from X-Men '97 | |
First appearance | The Uncanny X-Men #235 (October 1988) |
Created by | Chris Claremont Rick Leonardi |
In-universe information | |
Type | African country |
Race(s) | Humans, Mutants |
Locations | Hammer Bay, Ridgeback Mountains, Carrion Cave |
Characters | Genoshans |
Genosha (/dʒəˈnoʊʃə, ɡəˈnoʊʃə/) is a fictional country appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. It is an island nation that exists in the Marvel Universe and a prominent location in the X-Men comics. The fictional nation served as an allegory for slavery and later for South African apartheid before becoming a mutant homeland and subsequently a disaster zone.[1][non-primary source needed] The island is located off the southeastern African coast southwest from Seychelles and northeast of Madagascar. Its capital city was Hammer Bay.
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