40 Facts About Molly Hayes

1.

Molly Hayes is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

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Molly Hayes was originally the team's sole mutant; despite having telepathic mutant parents, Molly Hayes's mutant powers are superhuman strength and invulnerability.

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Molly Hayes used to be the youngest member of the team, but after inviting fellow mutant Klara Prast to join, Molly takes comfort in having another mutant and someone her own age.

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4.

Molly Hayes is extremely proud of her mutant heritage and admires the X-Men.

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5.

Molly Hayes's trademark is an expansive lineup of hats displayed throughout the series.

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6.

In 2009, Molly Hayes was named the fourth toughest females in the Marvel Universe, after Rogue, She-Hulk and Ms.

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7.

Molly Hayes was supposed to be thirteen years old in the original pitch instead of eleven.

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8.

Molly Hayes is with friends Alex Wilder, Karolina Dean, Gertrude Yorkes, Chase Stein, and Nico Minoru when they observe their parents calling themselves The Pride and preparing the ritual sacrifice of a young girl.

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Molly Hayes is preemptively escorted away by Karolina while the older children watch the sacrifice commence.

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10.

However, Molly Hayes first uses her strength to knock Leslie Dean out of the sky, saving Gert.

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11.

Molly Hayes promptly falls asleep from exhaustion and the Runaways take her to their new hideout, a dilapidated mansion called "the Hostel".

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12.

Molly Hayes dies by ingesting Karolina's solar-irradiated blood and when Molly witnesses Topher's death, she realizes that the superhero life is not a game, and cries for her mother.

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13.

Molly Hayes expresses disinterest in the Pride's motivations, but is excited when Alex plots to disrupt the Pride's ritual sacrifice to the Gibborim.

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14.

Molly Hayes participates in the search, and during the second fight with Excelsior, Molly Hayes discerns Chamber's fake accent; he is later revealed to be Geoffrey Wilder in disguise.

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15.

Molly Hayes stops him with a single punch, only to become distressed when she realizes the Punisher has no superpowers and that she has really hurt him.

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16.

Molly Hayes coerces Molly and other children into robbing banks for him.

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17.

Molly Hayes is abducted in a battle with a second incarnation of the Pride, made up of Alex's MMORPG friends and led by a younger version of Alex's father, Geoffrey.

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18.

Molly Hayes begins to annoy Wolverine and the two argue until he insults Molly Hayes's parents and calls her a brat, causing her to throw him through the roof.

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19.

The villain and his soldiers had attempted to claim a portion of Los Angeles, although the Molly Hayes stopped him, massacring his men and putting him in a traumatizing seven-year coma where he could not close his eyes, all for their own sadistic enjoyment.

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20.

Molly Hayes recovered and seeks revenge against them by telling Molly her parents were evil and sadistic, having killed innocent people and children.

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21.

Molly Hayes calls them far worse than any super villain, and ultimately plans on killing her as his final act of revenge.

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22.

Wolverine and Molly Hayes manage to defeat him, though Molly Hayes realizes she'll never think of her parents the same way again.

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23.

Molly Hayes tells him "the guys" have given her homework and asks him to tell her about extinction, but it's clear she actually wants to talk about the Decimation of mutants.

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24.

Molly Hayes follows and manages to calm her down by telling her that mutant extinction does not mean that they would die any earlier than usually, but just that their children and grandchildren would be normal people.

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25.

Molly Hayes begins by saying she knows she's underage, but she is cut off.

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26.

Missing school life, Molly Hayes asked Nico to use her magic and legally enroll her in middle school.

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27.

However, while Molly Hayes was hesitant about whether or not she should accept, the cupcake was inadvertently consumed by Julie Power, who was visiting the Runaways, turning her into a 13-year-old again.

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28.

However, Molly Hayes was only able to use her powers for a limited amount of time before she became fatigued and fell asleep.

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29.

When she first used her powers, Molly Hayes fell asleep after only throwing one punch, but as the series continued, Molly Hayes has been able to use her powers for increasingly longer periods of time and to greater extremes without tiring.

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30.

Molly Hayes was later revealed to have invulnerability as well, as evident when Excavator of the Wrecking Crew smashes his enchanted shovel over Molly Hayes's head, causing the shovel to crack into pieces.

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31.

Molly Hayes's strength has failed her on two occasions - she wasn't able to punch the adamantium armor of a Doctor Doombot, and she wasn't able to get out of Leslie Dean's unbreakable Majesdanian bonds.

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32.

In 2009, Molly Hayes was ranked the fourth strongest lady in the Marvel Universe, after Rogue, She-Hulk and Ms.

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33.

Molly Hayes has a tendency throughout the series to gravitate towards people that she can look up to as a big sibling.

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34.

Molly Hayes meets Victor Mancha when the Runaways abduct him from his high school, hoping to preempt the prophecy that Victor will one day kill the Earth's heroes.

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35.

Molly Hayes adjusts rather quickly to Victor's addition to the team; she spends more time off the battlefield with Victor than most, playing board games with him and pairing up to go shopping.

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36.

Molly Hayes tells Victor that she's not particularly scared of him, and is willing to give him the benefit of the doubt regarding his supposed future.

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37.

Gert was usually the one that Molly Hayes asked most of her questions to and they were normally paired together to guard the Hostel and their getaway car.

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38.

When Gert was killed at the hands of Geoffrey Wilder, Molly Hayes spent time sitting in front of a photo of Gert in the new Hostel's photo wall.

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39.

Molly Hayes invites her to join the team, and together they manage to convince her to come with them to escape her tragic fate of being married to an abusive husband.

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40.

An adult version of Molly Hayes appears as a member of a future team of X-Men in the X-Men 50th Anniversary crossover, Battle of the Atom.

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