Muir Island

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A small island off Scotland's northern coast, home of Moira MacTaggert's Mutant Research Center, built partly to help her son Kevin. The center holds mutant research, once served as Excalibur's base, and was attacked by Magneto, the Acolytes, the Shadow King, Galactus and Proteus. It was destroyed, rebuilt, and destroyed again by Mystique's Brotherhood.

Lived here: Moira Mactaggert, Beast (Dr. Henry 'Hank' McCoy), Nightcrawler (Kurt Wagner), Kitty Pryde, Polaris, Wolfsbane, Banshee, Warlock, Multiple Man, Lockheed, Strong Guy, Siryn

  1. Bronze The mutant Alpha turns Magneto into an infant, and Charles Xavier places him in Moira MacTaggert's care at the Mutant Research Center on Muir Island. Seen in Captain America Annual #4 · passage (Magneto (Erik Lehnsherr), permalink)
  2. Bronze Moira turns up at the X-Men's mansion as their new housekeeper, and the team soon learns of her Muir Island research center. Seen in Uncanny X-Men #300 · passage (Moira Mactaggert, permalink)
  3. Bronze Erik the Red dominates her and her boyfriend Havok, names her Polaris, and sends them against the X-Men, after which Xavier frees them and they recover on Muir Island. Seen in X-Men #108 · passage (Polaris, permalink)
  4. Bronze Muir Island and its Mutant Research Center, founded by Moira MacTaggert, first appear. Seen in X-Men #104 (Earth, permalink)
  5. Bronze Moira falls in love with the X-Man Banshee, and their relationship continues on Muir Island. Seen in X-Men #104 · passage (Moira Mactaggert, permalink)
  6. Bronze After being freed from mind control, Alex and Lorna recover at Muir Island. Seen in X-Men #108 · passage (Havok, permalink)
  7. Bronze Left in charge of Moira's research center on Muir Island, he is ambushed while Magneto is released. Seen in X-Men #104 · passage (Multiple Man, permalink)
  8. Bronze A cited trip by hovercraft crosses the Minch and heads north past Cape Wrath toward the island. Seen in Marvel Team-Up #69 (Earth, permalink)
  9. Bronze Her son Kevin, who calls himself Proteus, escapes Muir Island and terrorizes Scotland until Colossus destroys him. Seen in X-Men #125 · passage (Moira Mactaggert, permalink)
  10. Bronze After the Proteus crisis he leaves the X-Men to stay with Moira MacTaggert, splitting his time between Cassidy Keep and Muir Island. Seen in Uncanny X-Men #145 · passage (Banshee, permalink)
  11. Bronze After Proteus escapes Muir Island by possessing a duplicate, Jamie declines to join the X-Men and stays with Moira. Seen in Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z #8 · passage (Multiple Man, permalink)
  12. Modern Moira treats the young David Haller on Muir Island until he pulls her and Rahne into his mindscape and the New Mutants rescue them. Seen in New Mutants #26 · passage (Moira Mactaggert, permalink)
  13. Modern Maimed by the Marauders after the Morlock massacre, Nightcrawler is taken into a coma on Muir Island for treatment by Moira. Seen in Uncanny X-Men #215 · passage (Nightcrawler (Kurt Wagner), permalink)
  14. Modern Wounded by a Marauder during the Morlock massacre, she loses control of her phasing and recovers on Muir Island. Seen in Uncanny X-Men #210 · passage (Kitty Pryde, permalink)
  15. Modern After the Mutant Massacre, Lockheed stays beside the intangible Kitty as she is moved to Muir Island. Seen in New Mutants #46 · passage (Lockheed, permalink)
  16. Modern Wounded during the Mutant Massacre and unable to leave his steel form, he is sent to Muir Island to recover. Seen in Uncanny X-Men #215 · passage (Colossus, permalink)
  17. Modern He covers a bank raid by Black Tom on Muir Island and is beaten by the new X-Men after a fight with Dazzler. Seen in Uncanny X-Men #218 · passage (Juggernaut (Cain Marko, conjectured), permalink)
  18. Modern She and Multiple Man leave Muir Island to join the Fallen Angels in New York, with trips to far-off worlds. Seen in Fallen Angels #1 · passage (Siryn, permalink)
  19. Modern Lockheed becomes a founding member of Excalibur on Muir Island. Seen in Excalibur #11 · passage (Lockheed, permalink)
  20. Modern Destiny is killed on Muir Island during the Reavers' attack, and Mystique swears vengeance on Forge. Seen in X-Factor Annual #6 · passage (Mystique (Raven Darkholme), permalink)
  21. Modern The Shadow King possesses Muir Island through Legion and Moira presides over gladiatorial matches until Forge frees her. Seen in Uncanny X-Men #280 · passage (Moira Mactaggert, permalink)
  22. Modern X-Factor and the X-Men defeat the Shadow King on Muir Island, and Bobby rejoins the X-Men as a member of Storm's Gold Team. Seen in X-Men vol. 2 #27 · passage (Iceman, permalink)
  23. Modern Returning to Earth, he defeats the Shadow King on Muir Island at the cost of his spine and then rebuilds the school with Forge's help. Seen in X-Factor #70 · passage (Professor X, permalink)
  24. Modern Rogue is drawn into the Shadow King's control on Muir Island, where she first meets Gambit. Seen in Rogue & Gambit #2 · passage (Rogue, permalink)
  25. Modern Held under the Shadow King's control on Muir Island, Guido is beaten in an arena fight by Rogue. Seen in Uncanny X-Men #278 · passage (Strong Guy, permalink)
  26. Modern On Muir Island she falls under the Shadow King's control and fights her father until he is defeated. Seen in Uncanny X-Men #280 · passage (Siryn, permalink)
  27. Modern Nightcrawler asks Moira to host a new Excalibur at her research facility, moving the team to Muir Island. Seen in Excalibur #75 · passage (Nightcrawler (Kurt Wagner), permalink)
  28. Modern Possessed by the Shadow King during the takeover of Muir Island, Jamie then joins the government-backed X-Factor. Seen in X-Factor vol. 3 #11 (Multiple Man, permalink)
  29. Modern A fragment that split from the Phalanx takes the name Douglock and joins Excalibur at Muir Island. Seen in X-Men Annual vol. 2 #1999 · passage (Warlock, permalink)
  30. Modern Leaving X-Factor, Rahne returns to Muir Island to help Moira search for a Legacy Virus cure and joins Excalibur. Seen in Excalibur #90 · passage (Wolfsbane, permalink)
  31. Modern Mystique and the Brotherhood destroy the Muir Island facility, and Moira fakes her death with a Shi'ar golem after delivering a Legacy Virus cure to Xavier. Seen in X-Men vol. 2 #108 · passage (Moira Mactaggert, permalink)
  32. Modern Convinced the first post-M-Day mutant baby is the messiah, Bishop destroys the Sentinel Squad, shoots Xavier and tries to kill her on Muir Island. Seen in Uncanny X-Men #494 · passage (Bishop, permalink)
  33. Modern A mutant baby resets Rogue's powers after the Marauders hold her in a coma on Muir Island. Seen in New X-Men vol. 2 #46 · passage (Rogue, permalink)
  34. Modern Assigned to a new X-Force, she fights the Marauders and Predator X at Muir Island. Seen in X-Men vol. 2 #207 · passage (X-23 (Laura), permalink)
  35. Modern During Messiah Complex a panicked teleport scatters her team, and a second jump carries students and Predator X to Muir Island. Seen in New X-Men vol. 2 #46 · passage (Pixie, permalink)
  36. Modern After capturing the first post-M-Day mutant child on Muir Island, he is killed when Mystique has him touch Rogue. passage (Mister Sinister (Nathaniel Milbury), permalink)
  37. Modern On a Necrosha mission to Muir Island she is possessed by Proteus until Magneto defeats him. Seen in X-Men: Legacy #233 · passage (Husk, permalink)
  38. Modern The island is identified as the point where Earth's ley lines converge. Seen in Chaos War: X-Men #2 (Earth, permalink)
  39. Modern The Force appears as a god to Thunderbird and helps the resurrected X-Men on Muir Island. (phoenix-force)
  40. Secret Wars Responding to a distress call at Muir Island, Cyclops is killed by the Terrigen Mists, and Emma Frost hides his death behind a projection. Seen in Death of X #1 · passage (Cyclops (Scott Summers), permalink)
  41. Secret Wars Jamie dies of Terrigen Mist poisoning after investigating its effect on mutants, and is buried on Muir Island. Seen in Death of X #1 · passage (Multiple Man, permalink)
  42. Secret Wars In Death of X, he is seen at Muir Island burying the mutants killed by Terrigen Mist. Seen in Death of X #4 · passage (Rockslide, permalink)

Fox films

An island off northern Scotland that is the home and workplace of Moira MacTaggert, a former CIA agent turned medical scientist. She later treats a comatose patient there, who turns out to be Charles Xavier.

Lived here: Moira Mactaggert, Professor X

  1. 2006 His consciousness survives in a comatose patient on Muir Island and speaks to Moira MacTaggert; timeline: original. Seen in X-Men: The Last Stand · passage (Professor X, permalink)

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