ALICIA MASTERS
Earth-8101
Real Name: Alicia Masters
Identity/Class: Alternate Earth (Earth-8101) primate
Occupation: Sculptor
Group Membership: None
Affiliations: None
Enemies: Charles Darwin of Earth-616
Known Relatives: None
Aliases: None
Base of Operations: Monkhattan
First Appearance: Marvel Apes: Speedball I#1/2 (March, 2009)
Powers/Abilities: Alicia Masters possesses no superpowered abilities. Blind since infancy, she developed exceptional tactile sensitivity and artistic skill, becoming a gifted sculptor able to create highly detailed works through touch alone.
Height: Unrevealed (approximately 5'6")
Weight: Unrevealed (approximately 160 lbs.)
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Red
History:
(Marvel Apes: Speedball I#1/2) - Alicia Masters enjoyed a stroll through the busy streets of Monkhattan when the sudden arrival of the human Charles Darwin caused quite the chaos. Darwin had been transported to the Marvel Apes reality from 1862 on Earth-616 by the Ancient One, wishing to show Darwin there was more to existence than rationality and observation.
Masters tried her best to calm the masses and tried to touch and feel Darwin's face to get a better understand of the city's outcry. Still shocked of his sudden arrival in a primate world, Darwin punched Masters in the face, causing the other primates on streets to revolt.
(Marvel Apes: the Amazing Spider-Monkey I#1/2) - While Alicia Masters was knocked down, one of the apes caught her while the other apes prepared to attack Darwin. However, suddenly the Simian Torch of the Fantastic Four flew in and used his fire abilities to keep the revolting apes at bay while rescuing Darwin.
Comments: Created by Tom Peyer.
The Marvel Apes limited series (2008) was conceived as a playful companion to the earlier Marvel Zombies phenomenon. Following the unexpected commercial success of Zombies, Marvel looked to replicate the formula by reimagining its superheroes in another offbeat, high-concept alternate reality. Writer Karl Kesel, inspired by Silver Age whimsy and the classic "What If?" tradition, pitched a world where Marvel's heroes and villains were evolved primates rather than humans. The project was greenlit as a four-issue miniseries, launching with a tongue-in-cheek promotional campaign that leaned into its absurdity while still delivering a surprisingly dark, satirical storyline. The series spawned several tie-ins and one-shots, positioning the Ape-Verse as both a parody of and homage to Marvel's multiverse storytelling.
Earth-8101 is the main Marvel Apes reality, but there are three others as well:
- Earth-81218, possible future of Earth-8101 set in the year 2099.
- Earth-90543, monkey Speedball was send back to his world and branded a traitor by the Ape-Vengers. This was a bad dream of the Gibbon.
- Earth-95019, diverged from Earth-8101 when zombies invaded their world. The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A-Z Update #5 indicates that the timelines designated Earth-95019 and Earth-21050 were seemingly erased when Earth-616's Gorilla Girl went back to the moment the portal was opened and destroyed it.
Profile by MarvellousLuke
CLARIFICATIONS:
Alicia Masters has no known connections to
Images: (without ads)
Marvel Apes: Speedball I#1, p36, pan3 (main image)
Marvel Apes: Speedball I#1, p37, pan1 (punched by Charles Darwin)
Appearances:
Marvel Apes: Speedball I#1/2 (March, 2009) - Tom Peyer (writer), Chad Hardin (pencils), Walden Wong (inks), Stephen Wacker (editor)
Marvel Apes: the Amazing Spider-Monkey I#1/2 (June, 2009) - Tom Peyer (writer), Chad Hardin (pencils), Rob Campanella (inks), Stephen Wacker (editor)
First Posted: 1/12/2026
Last Updated: 1/12/2026
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