30 Facts About Madame Xanadu

Madame Xanadu is a comic book mystic published by DC Comics.

Madame Xanadu was the first DC Comics publication exclusive to the direct market but the second overall due to a Superboy Spectacular release a year earlier.

The first issue of Madame Xanadu bore little difference from an issue of Doorway to Nightmare.

Madame Xanadu was a regular supporting cast member in volumes 2 and 3 of The Spectre, those versions written by Doug Moench and John Ostrander .

Madame Xanadu's origins were explored in the first few arcs of her Vertigo series.

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Madame Xanadu is the same Nimue who casts an imprisoning spell on her former lover Merlin, blaming him for manipulating Camelot and the course of history for his own gain.

Madame Xanadu's spends time in Kublai Khan's court at Xanadu, leading to her assumed name of "Madame Xanadu".

This, in turn, prevents Madame Xanadu from interfering, despite having foreseen the potential menace the unchecked Spectre would have brought on Earth.

Madame Xanadu's possesses limited real magic abilities of her own, but her mastery of the mystic arts has led her to manipulate various forces in order to gain great power.

At first, Madame Xanadu tries to lead Corrigan astray in order to use the Spectre-Force for her own agendas.

Madame Xanadu's is depicted in a nude love scene with the Spectre in the form of mist, although readers in the letters column did not find this clear and Xanadu's nudity gratuitous.

Over time, Madame Xanadu is instrumental in ensuring the safety of Corrigan's soul, stopping the various rampages of the Spectre, and ultimately shows up at Jim Corrigan's funeral not as an advisor or enemy, but as his friend.

Madame Xanadu's is consulted by the Suicide Squad about the increasing difficulty of dealing with Enchantress.

Madame Xanadu's provides the Squad with a ring and necklace that can harm the Enchantress if she tries to use her powers against the ring-bearers' wishes.

Madame Xanadu gives Timothy Hunter a reading, helping him along his path as an emerging sorcerer.

Madame Xanadu's confronts Tim's companion John Constantine, whom she believes stole a magic artifact called the Wind's Egg from her.

Madame Xanadu's has regrown her eyes 14 times, only for them to be burned out again, because the Spectre's powers are beyond hers.

Madame Xanadu has found a way around the Spectre's curse by training an adept, Daena, to read the cards for her.

Madame Xanadu's standing in the new magic order has yet to be explored in detail, but it is known that she is still trying to cure her blindness.

Madame Xanadu's is unable to help Mary Marvel locate Captain Marvel Jr.

Madame Xanadu's does advise Mary to avoid Gotham City, because "it isn't safe for magic".

Furthermore, the Dark Ages Madame Xanadu is seen in a relationship with both Etrigan and Jason Blood, each one believing she was humoring the other for the sake of their forced merging.

Present-day Madame Xanadu is featured in the DC Universe reboot, in Justice League Dark, resuming her role as the keystone and supporter of the magical community in the DCU.

Madame Xanadu's is at length revealed to be the mother of the supervillain Doctor Destiny.

Madame Xanadu's has the appearance of a stereotypical Romani fortune teller who wears dangly earrings.

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Madame Xanadu has a supernatural sensitivity to occult activities and mystic phenomena.

Madame Xanadu's uses tarot cards to interpret what she senses, and is able to tell the future of others.

Madame Xanadu's parlor is full of magical books and objects, as well as jars containing the essences of malevolent entities.

Madame Xanadu's rarely uses these objects of power, merely acting as a guardian of them.

Madame Xanadu is immortal, never aging and unable to die of natural causes thanks to her deal with Death.