Strange (Nevernevernarnozbia; Daydreamers character)

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Real Name: Presumably Strange

Identity/Class: Extradimensional (Nevernevernarnozbia; see comments) magic-user (or just somewhere between a plot device and a deus ex machina as a manifestation of Franklin Richards' subconscious)

Occupation: Sorcerer

Group Membership:

Affiliations: Daydreamers (Howard the Duck, Leech, Artie Maddicks, Man-Thing/Ted Sallis, Franklin Richards, Tana Nile)

Enemies: Dark Hunter, Red Witch of the Southeast, Red Witch of the Southwest;
apparently the King and Queen of Nevernevernarnozbia

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: "Mr. Lady" (from Franklin Richards)

Base of Operations: Unrevealed;
at least formerly Nevernevernarnozbia

First Appearance: Daydreamers#1 (August, 1997)

Powers/Abilities: Strange at least seemingly possessed mystic abilities, including forming mystic spheres for transporting theirself and at least a few others, projecting mystic blasts and banishing others, at least temporarily.

Strange carried a wand through which to focus the apparent magical feats.

However, Strange, as seen in this story was apparently just a manifestation of Franklin Richards' subconscious, and so Strange could presumably do whatever Franklin wanted or needed.

Height: Unrevealed (approximately 6' 2.5" (based on the height of Stephen Strange-616)
Weight: Unrevealed (approximately 200 lbs.; Strange looked more muscular than Stephen Strange-616)
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Blond (although that may have been a wig), with a black mustache and eyebrows

History:
(Generation X#25 - BTS / Daydreamers#1 (fb) - BTS) - When Black Tom Cassidy assaulted the Massachusetts Academy's Biosphere, the Man-Thing transported itself, Howard the Duck, the mutants Leech and Artie Maddicks, Franklin Richards (son of the Fantastic Four's Mr. Fantastic/Reed Richards and Invisible Woman/Sue Richards) and Rigellian Colonizer Tana Nile to the Nexus of Realities to save them where they floated atop a chunk of Earth also transported with them.

(Daydreamers#3 (fb) - BTS) - In denial of his parents' seeming death against Onslaught, Franklin Richards apparently thought to escape reality via a series of realms he apparently subconsciously created or to which he just navigated himself and the others.

At the same time, however, to force himself to accept the loss of his parents, Franklin also subconsciously created the Dark Hunter.

(Daydreamers#1 (fb) - BTS) - After Howard fell through a portal in Nevernevernarnozbia, the Man-Thing transported the rest of them to Nevernevernarnozbia as well, although they arrived in a different part of that realm, landing with their chunk of turf atop the Red Witch of the Southeast (who was a Scarlet Witch/Wanda Maximoff counterpart), leading to them being cheered by heroes by a group of Thing (Ben Grimm)-like toddlers or little people (Grimmkins?).

(Daydreamers#1 (fb)) - Tana Nile hoped for answers when a figure approached in a glowing sphere, and she introduced herself, after which Strange introduced theirself. Strange then told them that the being they crushed had long terrorized the people of Nevernevernarnozbia and that for that they must be rewarded, "so...What can I getcha?!"

Franklin told "Mr. Lady" that they were trying to find their friend, Mr. Howard and get back to Earth and asked if Strange could do that. Strange replied that traveling to other realms was somewhat beyond their sorcerous abilities and that the king may be able to help them with that, although the king was not known to be the nicest guy in the place. However, Strange noted that for transportation about Nevernevernarnozbia itself, "Well -- by the Eyeliner of Agamotto, that I can do!" Franklin asked Strange to take them to the king, and Strange formed a mystic sphere that transported the group to the vicinity of the Palace of the King within an hours time. However, they were then blasted, and Strange noted their attacker to be the Red Witch of the Southwest (the twin of the really flat witch) who served the king, "and it looks like she's got a real bustle in her hedgerow, if you know what I mean."

Strange retaliated with an energy blast, but the Red Witch absorbed it into her broom and hurled it back at them via a "return to sender" spell. Strange warned the others to hang just before the blast shattered the protective sphere, after which Strange noted that this certainly wasn't doing anything good to their hair.

(Daydreamers#1 (fb) - BTS) - While Strange escaped, the rest of the group was captured within a binding spell of the Red Witch and brought to the throneroom of the king (who looked something like Dr. Doom) and the queen (who resembled the White Queen/Emma Frost), where Howard the Duck had been brought as well after being captured by the Black Knights. strange-nevnevnaroz-blast

(Daydreamers#1) - After Leech drained the Red Witch's binding spell, freeing himself and his allies, the group was confronted by the Dark Hunter and his crew aboard a ship.

(Daydreamers#2) - After incapacitating Franklin's allies, the Dark Hunter lunged at Franklin, telling him to prepare himself for the eternal darkness, but Strange then appeared in another mystic sphere and interrupted, noting, "Oh, poo.."

Strange continued, "Enough, tall, dark and...well, tall and dark! Wearing black before five p.m. is so gauche! Your presence is an insult to my aesthetic sensibilities." With a wave of their wand, Strange temporarily banished or dispersed the Dark Hunter, continuing, "Begone! And take the 'fleet; with you! Hmmmph! Sailors!"

After the Man-Thing (threw whom Franklin was subconsciously speaking) asked, "Who or what was that?" Strange noted that to be a good question and queried Franklin. When Franklin asked how should he know, Strange replied, "Hmmm, yes, well...I've managed to shoo him away for a little while, but he'll likely be back. I suggest you all move on." Howard asked it he could send them back to Earth, and Strange reaffirmed that they could not do that, but that they could move the group along to the next world. And, with a wave of the wand and a "There's no place like any-place-but-here...there's no place like any-place-but-here..." the Daydreamers were transported to a Seussian realm resembling "Here and There."

Comments: Created by J.M. DeMatteis, Todd Dezago and Martin Egeland.

Nevernevernarnozbia would seem to be a mash-up of Never Never Land, Narnia and Oz.

While all of the realms and being they encountered were apparently created by Franklin Richards, somewhere in an infinite Multiverse, there exists a Nevernevernarnozbia and a Strange. Perhaps Franklin drew subconsciously on that realm and briefly made a realm mimicking the real one, or perhaps he actually merged the realm one into a pocket realm of his own creation. So, perhaps we may see this Strange again sometime...

Strange seemed to be a cross-dressing/transvestite counterpart of Dr. Stephen Strange. I don't know what personal pronouns Strange preferred, as that wasn't really a thing back in 1997. I stuck with the proper name Strange but used "they" as needed to make the text less awkward.
The youthful Franklin, not realizing that he was apparently creating the realms and people they were encountering, and also not particularly concerned with political correctness, referred to the introduction, "I am...Strange," with "You sure are," and he later referred to Strange as "Mr. Lady."

This profile was completed 10/15/2025, but its publication was delayed as it was intended for the Appendix 25^th anniversary 's celebratory event.

Profile by Snood.

CLARIFICATIONS:
Strange should be distinguished from:

STRANGE - aetheric creation of Dr. Strange, later merged with the Dark Dimension's Nobel to become Paradox-- Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme#61
STRANGE of Earth-924 - member of Calibur--Excalibur I#49
STRANGE of Earth-928 circa 2099 AD ( ) - sorceress, used eye + orb of Agamotto--Spider-Man 2099 I#32
DOCTOR STRANGE (Stephen Strange) - usually Earth's Sorcerer Supreme--Strange Tales I#110
DOCTOR STRANGE of the High Evolutionary's Counter-Earth (Stephen Strange) - see NECROMANCER--Dr. Strange, Sorcerer Supreme#46
DOCTOR STRANGEFATE of Earth-9602 (Charles Xavier) - combined forms of Dr. Stephen Strange + Dr. Fate + Professor X, attempted to force remerging of dimensions, given pocket universe by Dr. Strange--DC vs Marvel#3
DOCTOR STRANGER YET - monstrous warthog-like form, existed in Earth briefly remade by the Creators--Dr. Strange II#25
other "Strange" characters, groups, items, events, races or places...

images: (without ads)
Daydreamers#1, pg. 15, panel 6 (upper, with wand);
pg. 17, panel 3 (within sphere with Daydreamers, firing blast);
#2, pg. 4, panel 5 (full, within sphere)

Appearances:
Daydreamers#1 (August, 1997) - J.M. DeMatteis (plot), Todd Dezago (script), Martin Egeland (penciler), Howard M. Shum (inker), Mark Bernardo (editor)
Daydreamers#2 (September, 1997) - J.M. DeMatteis (plot), George Broderick, Jr. (script), Martin Egeland (penciler), Howard M. Shum (inker), Mark Bernardo (editor)

First posted: 09/30/2026
Last updated: 10/15/2025

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