SHATTERED LANDS
Type: Essentially
Earth-like dimension
Environment: Magical realm
Usual
means of access: Magic (Shaman was
able to transport
Alpha Flight using the magical Great
Key)
Dominant
Life Form: None
Significant
Inhabitants: The Great Beasts
(Kariooq, Kolomaq, Neooqtoq the Ravager, Ranaq, Somon, Tanaraq, Tolomaq, Tundra);
formerly that planet's native inhabitants
First
Appearance: Alpha Flight I#24
(July, 1985)
History:
(Alpha
Flight I#24
(fb) - BTS) - Once an
inhabitable planet, the Shattered Lands existed in a
dimension
adjacent to Earth. Roughly a million years from its creation, the Great
Beasts
rose in the realm and began pillaging and corrupting the planet. Once
they had
exhausted all that existed in their realm, the Great Beasts traversed
into
other realms to do the same, leaving the souls of the realm's deceased
in the
Pit of Ultimate Sadness. After attacking Earth three times, the Great
Beasts
were mystically sealed behind a barrier, trapping them in their own
barren
realm.
(Alpha
Flight I#24) - In an
effort to rescue the spirit of Walter Langkowski, Shaman used the Great
Key to
allow Alpha Flight travel into the Shattered Lands. Once
there, they
were attacked by the Great Beast Somon, who summoned the Great Beasts
Tundra,
Kariooq, and Tolomaq against them. Snowbird battled Somon, eventually
forcing
him to relinquish control of the other Great Beasts and causing them to
battle
one another. Forcing the now-weakened Somon to reveal to them the
location of
Walter Langkowski's spirit, Alpha Flight ventured to the Pit of
Ultimate
Sadness, located beneath the Great Glow-Globe of Phistash-Hasrak, where
Somon
explained that the souls of those who once inhabited the realm laid in
torture.
Within the Pit, Somon explained to Alpha Flight that, in order to enter
the Pit's
Well of Sorrows, they must sacrifice love, hate and power. Sending
Aurora
(representing love), Northstar (representing hate) and Talisman
(representing
power) into the Well, Alpha Flight soon realized the Well was a trap
set by
Somon. Snowbird quickly killed Somon and three trapped Alphans were
reunited
with the rest of the team. Shaman soon deduced from Somon's trap that
no actual
souls still remained within the Well of Sorrows but rather, the only
wandering
soul (Walter's) resided above the Well, within the Glow-Globe of
Phistash-Hasrak. Containing Walter's soul within a globe of its own
from his
pouch, Shaman then transported Alpha Flight back to Earth, where they
met with
Heather Hudson and Box, who relinquished his robot form to house
Walter's soul.
(Alpha Flight I#55) - Energy bursting out from Wanda Langkowski aka. Sasquatch created a portal to the Shattered Lands and Paradise. The Great Beasts retreated to the Shattered Lands after a short battle with Sasquatch, Snowbird and the Inua.
(X-Man#40 (fb) - BTS) - X-Man saw the Great Beasts' domain in Tundra's mind.
(Wolverine II#172) - The Inua banished Mauvais to the Shattered Lands. He was found by the Great Beasts, who discussed whether to throw him back to Earth or not.
(Omega
Flight#3) – The Wrecking Crew were drawn to a portal to the Shattered
Lands and upon entering it, came face to face with Tanaraq. Unaware
they had been followed by Simon Walters, alter-ego of Beta Ray Bill,
the Wrecking Crew were surprised when Beta Ray Bill arrived and
attacked them. The force of their attacks erupted from the portal’s
location in the Royal Ontario Museum in Canada.
(Omega Flight#4) – With the portal opened, demons from the Shattered Lands invaded Earth, taking down Omega Flight’s
helicopter as they arrived on the scene. The team began battling the
demons as Tanaraq took possession of Sasquatch’s form and forced him to
battle Omega Flight as well. When Michael Pointer arrived on the scene,
he refused to kill Sasquatch but Tanaraq replied that he had no qualm
against killing.
(Omega Flight#5) – While Omega Flight battled
the Shattered Land demons, Talisman helped Walter Langkowski drive
Tanaraq from his body and imprison him inside Shaman’s mystic medicine
pouch. Beta Ray Bill then flew the pouch and the chasing demons back
through the portal to the Shattered Lands and demanded Michael Pointer
seal the portal behind him. Beta Ray Bill then continued to fight the
Shattered Land inhabitants in their own realm.
(Chaos War: Alpha Flight#1) - The Great Beasts summoned Sasquatch to their realm and asked him for his aid against the Chaos King (Mikaboshi). The Great Beasts then returned Sasquatch with his deceased former teammates (Guardian, Marrina, Shaman & Vindicator) back to Earth to fight the Chaos King and his army.
Comments: Created by John
Byrne and Bob Wiacek.
Thanks to Markus Raymond for adding Alpha Flight I#64, X-Man#40, Wolverine II#172 & Chaos War: Alpha Flight#1.
Profile
by Proto-Man.
CLARIFICATIONS:
The Shattered Lands have no known connections to:
- any other alternate or adjacent
dimensions
The Great Key was a magical item contained within Shaman's pouch that allowed its wielders to travel to the Shattered Lands. Shaman used it to transport Alpha Flight into the realm to retrieve the soul of Walter Langkowski.
--Alpha
Flight I#24
images: (without ads)
Alpha Flight I#24, p10-11, splash page (Shattered Lands,
main
image)
Alpha Flight I#24, p6, pan4 (Great Key)
Appearances:
Alpha Flight I#24 (July, 1985) - John Byrne (writer, pencils), Bob
Wiacek
(inks), Dennis O’Neil (editor)
Alpha Flight I#64 (November, 1988) - Bill Mantlo (writer), Jim Lee (pencils), Al Milgrom (inks), Carl Potts (editor)
X-Men#40 (July, 1998) - Terry Kavanagh (writer), Richard Pace (pencils), Bud Larosa (inks), Glenn Greenberg (editor)
Wolverine II#172 (March, 2002) - Frank Tieri (writer), Sean Chen (pencils), Norm Rapmund 8inks), Mime Marts (editor)
Omega Flight#3 (August, 2007) – Michael Avon Oeming (wirter), Scott Kolins (art), Andy Schmidt (editor)
Omega Flight#4 (September, 2007) – Michael Avon Oeming (writer), Scott Kolins (art), Andy Schmidt (editor)
Omega Flight#5 (October, 2007) – Michael Avon Oeming (writer), Scott Kolins (art), Andy Schmidt (editor)
Chaos War: Alpha Flight#1 (January, 2011) - Jim McCann (writer), Reilly Brown (pencils), Terry Pallott (inks)
Any
Additions/Corrections? please
let me know.
First Posted: 11/21/2012
Last
Updated: 11/23/2012
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