63 Facts About Nico Minoru

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Nico Minoru, is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

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2.

Nico Minoru is a sorceress like her parents and great-grandmother before her and can cast nearly any spell imaginable with her staff.

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Nico Minoru uses her talents to make up for her parents' villainous actions and to prevent anyone from assuming the Pride's place at the top of Los Angeles organized crime.

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Nico Minoru is traumatized by those events and temporarily walked away from the Runaways.

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5.

Nico Minoru later joined Marvel's first all-female Avengers team, A-Force.

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Since her debut, Nico Minoru has been described as one of Marvel's most notable and powerful LGBT female heroes.

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Nico Minoru was portrayed by Lyrica Okano in the Hulu streaming television series Runaways, set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

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Nico Minoru's parents were still magicians, but posed as wealthy antique dealers; this cover story was ultimately used for Gert's time travelling parents.

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Every year, Nico Minoru's parents join five other couples in a charity event; one year, Nico Minoru and the other kids spy on their parents.

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10.

Nico Minoru is shocked to discover her father speaking an enchantment, and after witnessing the murder of an innocent girl by their parents, Nico Minoru joins the others in their massive ransack to run away from their parents.

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Nico Minoru's mother, wielding a large staff with a ball at the end, reveals that she and Nico's father are dark wizards; she then attempts to jam the Staff into Nico's chest.

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12.

Sometime after running off, Nico Minoru takes on the name Sister Grimm to escape the name her parents gave her, but drops it after a while.

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13.

The story begins with Nico Minoru dressed in a Japanese school girl's outfit, stating that it's perhaps time to let go of the goth trend.

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Nico Minoru is soon talked into going to a nightclub with her friends, where she meets her parents' old rival Marie Laveau; Laveau seeks revenge on Nico's parents for stealing the Black Mirror, one of the four Cornerstones of Creation.

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Nico Minoru reassures them that she is willing to "rip [Victor's] damn heart out" if necessary.

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16.

The Gibborim instead attempt to take Nico Minoru, revealing that Nico Minoru's soul is innocent, thus, suitable for the Gibborim's consumption.

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17.

Nico Minoru wields a weapon similar to the Staff of One, with more adornments.

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18.

When reunited with her comrades, a significant development to Nico Minoru's abilities is evident, where she is freely able to float, displays more proficiency and confidence in casting spells and able to use a spell with an effect more complicated than most of her others thus far.

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Nico Minoru uses a spell to scatter a group of invading Majesdanians all over the planet.

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20.

Later on, Nico Minoru uses the spell "Zombie Not" to turn an army of zombies back to humans; the spell, backfiring, turns the zombies into an actual "zombie knot", thus creating a one large zombie.

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21.

When Chase refused to let Cammi stop Nico Minoru, she broke his arm and leg, taking the Darkhawk amulet for herself in order to stop Nico Minoru from killing everyone.

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22.

Nico Minoru has dyed her hair slightly red and still sports the witch arm she gained in the fight with Apex.

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23.

Nico Minoru has the power to teleport and create floating and cloaking spells.

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24.

Nico Minoru tries to convince Bloodstone to come back with them, but he refuses.

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25.

Nico Minoru comes up with a third option, pretend to join Zemo and destroy his organization from the inside.

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26.

Nico Minoru is last seen enjoying some vacation time on a lake with the rest of the group in the final issue of the series.

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27.

Meanwhile, She-Hulk comforts Nico Minoru, who is still mourning the loss of her friends, telling her that she believes Singularity lives on.

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28.

Nico Minoru convinces Countess to have a change of heart as Dazzler Thor succumbs to the compounded effects that the Terrigen Mist are having on her otherworldly system.

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29.

Alice tells Nico Minoru that killing her is the only way to save the people.

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30.

When Nico Minoru refuses, an infected Bloodstone threatens to kill Danvers.

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31.

The Staff comes with two limitations; first, and more importantly, Nico Minoru cannot cast the same spell twice, or the spell will misfire and a random effect will occur; for example, the second time she tried to cast "Freeze, " she produced pelicans, and the second time she attempted to cast a "Fumigation" spell, the staff teleported Nico Minoru and Karolina miles in the Los Angeles desert.

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32.

Nico Minoru discovered this limitation when she tried to resurrect Alex Wilder, and explained why she could not magically revive the deceased future version of Gertrude Yorkes.

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33.

Furthermore, Victor Mancha questions how Nico Minoru is floating, apparently indicating that this was indeed not of the Staff's own magic.

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34.

Nico Minoru was granted a new left arm where she could perform spells without holding the Staff of One.

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35.

Nico Minoru expresses feelings for Alex Wilder during their original getaway, but is hesitant to start a romance.

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36.

Nico Minoru refuses Alex's offer brutally and helps usher her friends to safety.

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37.

Nico Minoru is sent to Father Flanagan's Home for Unwanted Goth Kids.

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38.

When Nico Minoru takes the leadership position, it proves she has the intelligence and courage to make difficult decisions.

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39.

Nico Minoru admits she is confused but she will figure "who and what likes on her own" and then she kills them.

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40.

Nico Minoru begins a relationship with Victor, but the relationship is quickly ended mutually after Victor falls for another girl.

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41.

Nico Minoru became very isolated and unstable after the events of Avengers Arena, where she was dismembered, resurrected, and ultimately survived MurderWorld, having almost no contact with the Runaways, even ignoring Molly's birthday.

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42.

Nico Minoru explains she was destroyed after the events of the Arena, she was terrified of her new powers and was likely suffering from severe PTSD, and seeing Chase return to normal after the experience only made her hurt more.

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43.

Nico Minoru is a very emotional person and has repeatedly expressed difficulty with knowing precisely what she is feeling.

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44.

Nico Minoru admits to Victor that she has a tendency to seek comfort after highly emotional situations or periods of stress.

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45.

Nico Minoru has a confusing and frustrating time with the mutual feelings between her and Karolina a romantic relationship never developed as their timing never seemed to work out.

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46.

Nico Minoru did eventually realize that she truly did love Karolina and after asking for a second chance, started a relationship with her.

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However, despite the betrayal, Nico Minoru demonstrates willingness to forgive when she unsuccessfully tries to resurrect Alex, and states that even though Alex was a traitor, he did not deserve death.

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48.

Nico Minoru momentarily gave up being good as it kept turning out wrong and hurt people she loves.

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49.

Nico Minoru decided to 'do the wrong thing' in order to feel good, and briefly rekindled her romance with Alex before he betrayed her.

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50.

Karolina's feelings for Nico Minoru were hinted at throughout volume 1, ending with Karolina sheepishly blushing when Nico Minoru says she has sworn off boys.

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51.

Nico Minoru immediately turned Karolina down; however, when Karolina decides to travel to her home planet Majesdane with Xavin, Nico Minoru is distraught for losing her friend.

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52.

The Runaways stop Nico Minoru from casting a spell to bring Karolina back to Earth.

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53.

Nico Minoru confessed for a long time she was confused about herself so she couldn't see her clearly.

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54.

Nico Minoru knows who and what she wants now and asks Karolina to give her a second chance.

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55.

Nico Minoru admits she provides a motherly role to Chase's rule-breaking persona.

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Nico Minoru is the only person that Chase bids farewell before leaving to sacrifice himself for the Gibborim, which Nico Minoru interprets as a cry for help.

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57.

Nico Minoru repeatedly chided Chase for acting out of character and risking their lives.

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58.

Nico Minoru was angry that Chase had reverted to his old-self after Murder World, while she thought of herself as broken.

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Nico Minoru was devastated when Chase was left comatose after a battle.

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60.

Nico Minoru told Gert that should Nico Minoru get hurt, Gert would be the leader of the group.

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61.

Nico Minoru explains that she seeks physical comfort after periods of stress.

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62.

However, Nico Minoru admits that Victor is genuinely a good guy and would not mind being in a relationship with him.

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63.

Nico Minoru represents a change for the better when it comes to the representation of LGBT people of color.

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