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  Madripoor - Marvel Universe: The definitive online source for Marvel super hero bios.
Amahl Farouk, possessed the body of the young mutant Karma to hold court in Madripoor, although Karma was eventually freed from his control by her teammates in the New Mutants.
Wolverine helped maintain an uneasy truce between the various factions on Madripoor until he was framed for the murders of several of his friends by crimelord Nguyen Ngoc Coy and Madripoor's ruler, Prince Baran; when their deception was revealed, Coy turned on Baran and killed him, only to himself be killed by Tyger Tiger.
Control of Madripoor was soon usurped by the criminal known as Viper, who cemented her power via marriage to Wolverine in repayment of a debt of honor he owed her; Wolverine and others assisted Viper in repelling an alliance of the Hand and the terrorist organization Hydra.
www.marvel.com /universe/Madripoor   (420 words)

  
  Madripoor
Madripoor is a fictional island in Southeast Asia in the X-Men canon.
Madripoor was once a haven for pirates, and that tradition is somewhat continued today with its lawless quality; the Principality does not allow other nations to extradite criminals.
Madripoor is a small island in the Indonesian archipelago, between Singapore and Sumatra.
www.paleorama.com /Marvel-M/Madripoor.php   (268 words)

  
 Madripoor
Madripoor is a small island nation located to the south of Singapore in the vicinity of Kepulauan Riau and Kepulauan Lingga in the Indonesian archipelago.
During this time, Madripoor was ruled by a crimelord known only as Roche, who sought to eliminate Tyger Tiger because she posed a threat to his organization.
Baran’s death left the throne of Madripoor without an heir; however the criminal known as the Viper soon usurped control after Wolverine was forced to marry her to fulfill an old debt.
www.angelfire.com /comics/clashofthetitans/otherfap/madripoor.html   (801 words)

  
 Geography of the Mutant World   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
A clash of cultures has split Madripoor into the upper-class, technologically advanced "Hightown" and the low-class, seedier "Lowtown." Logan, under the alias "Patch," of course prefers Lowtown.
Until recently Madripoor was run by Prince Baran, but now Viper has been selected to take his place.
General Nguyen Ngoc Coy had an open-ended lease on the penthouse during his tenure as half of Madripoor's crime lord team, and Karma often stayed with him as she searched for her missing siblings.
www.mutanthigh.com /geography/madripoor.html   (442 words)

  
 Earth
The Principality of Madripoor is a small island nation located in the Indonesian archepelago.
Madripoor's heritage of piracy has evolved into the present system of government whose laissez faire policy allows for virtually any sort of business transaction provided that the ruling status quo is not threatened.
Because of its strategic location near one of the major trade routes, Madripoor's harbor and dock facilities are among the largest and most extensive in the world.
hero.cagworks.net /asia.html   (784 words)

  
 Madripoor at AllExperts
Madripoor is a fictional island in Southeast Asia in the X-Men canon.
Based on illustrations, its location is shown to be in the southern portion of the Strait of Malacca, southwest of Singapore.It is apparently based on Singapore; they are both south Asian island port nations with a single major city.
Madripoor (could be Scarborough Shoal or Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority?) is a small island in the Philippine archipelago.
en.allexperts.com /e/m/ma/madripoor.htm   (346 words)

  
 Madripoor
Madripoor is a small island nation located to the south of Singapore in the vicinity of Kepulauan Riau and Kepulauan Lingga in the Indonesian archipelago.
During this time, Madripoor was ruled by a crimelord known only as Roche, who sought to eliminate Tyger Tiger because she posed a threat to his organization.
Baran’s death left the throne of Madripoor without an heir; however the criminal known as the Viper soon usurped control after Wolverine was forced to marry her to fulfill an old debt.
www.sanktejo.com /roleplay/3017/otherfap/madripoor.html   (801 words)

  
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When the Taylor Foundation got involved and headed over to Madripoor to sort things out from their end, the FBI got in touch with Interpol and kept an eye on things.
Madripoor was one of the places he'd always meant to visit but had never gotten around to it.
Madripoor was home to a vast amount of organisations, the Hand, Hydra, the Yakuza all of which were constantly being surveyed.
solo4.abac.com /lubakmetyk/others/wheatley/XF11.txt   (3662 words)

  
 Madripoor - Marvel Database - a Wikia wiki
Based on illustrations, its location is shown to be in the southern portion of the Strait of Malacca, southwest of Singapore.
Its official name is the Principality of Madripoor, and its capital and single large city is Madripoor, which is divided between wealthy Hightown and impoverished, crime-ridden Lowtown.
This serves to represent the extreme social inequality in Madripoor, described as "A place for the very rich and the very poor." Madripoor was once a haven for pirates, and that tradition is somewhat continued today with its lawless quality; the Principality does not allow other nations to extradite criminals.
www.marveldatabase.com /Merge:Madripoor   (328 words)

  
 Bloodscream
Bloodscream was a vampire who worked in Madripoor as a criminal enforcer with his partner, Roughhouse.
Unlike most vampires Bloodscream could apparently only be killed by metal forged from another planet other than Earth.
Eventually Wolverine tired of this harassment and lopped his head off with a mystical sword that was forged from an other-worldly metal.
www.guajara.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/b/bl/bloodscream.html   (183 words)

  
 Mutants United Logs - ... until another thought did not cross, so much as ran screaming in incoherent terror...
What is in Madripoor that you're so convinced that I'd like?" She stretched slightly, her bones and the metal attached creaking slightly before she relaxed again.
Madripoor was really a place that had been fought over by yakuza for ages, and the one to take it over would have the most power.
"You do know, that when we go back to Japan Madripoor isn't the only thing you're going to have to deal with." Her family knew she was up and about, since her accounts were now active.
www.greatestjournal.com /community/mu_logs/337857.html   (1974 words)

  
 Abdul Alhazred's agents (Wolverine foes)
These men kidnapped Tyger Tiger, a crimelord of Madripoor, along with her pilot, Archie Corrigan, that Alhazred would be able to takeover her position after he slew her.
Although the kidnapping was successful, internal fighting led to the crashing of their plane in the jungles of Madripoor.
Alhazred's servants were sent to prison in Madripoor, which harsh as it was, was apparently the lesser of two evils compared to returning to Alhazred empty-handed.
www.marvunapp.com /Appendix/alhazag.htm   (338 words)

  
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"Madripoor is an island country in the Ryukyu island chain, a series of islands extending from the Southern tip of Japan to China, dividing the Pacific Ocean from the China Sea.
Tonight the city of Madripoor is in flames, as guerilla forces attempt to free their nation from the control of the drug cartels.
I hope you will join with me in applauding the actions of these freedom fighters this night, as they send a message to the drug cartels that cannot be ignored, and make the streets that much safer for our children.
www.unreachablestar.net /xet/rina.htm   (3867 words)

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