Mobius M. Mobius

Mobius M. Mobius
Mobius as depicted in She-Hulk (vol. 2) #3 (December 2005). Art by Don Simpson (penciller/inker) and David Kemper (colorist).
Publication information
PublisherMarvel Comics
First appearance
  • As Mobius M. Mobius:
  •     Fantastic Four #346 (November 1990)
  • As Mr. Tesseract:
  •     Fantastic Four Annual #27 (1994)
  • As Mr. Ouroboros:
  •     She-Hulk #3 (February 2006)
  • As Mr. Paradox:
  •     She-Hulk #3 (May 2006)
Created byWalter Simonson
In-story information
Alter egoMobius Mobius Mobius
Team affiliationsTime Variance Authority
Notable aliases
  • Moby
  • Mr. Mobius
  • Mr. Tesseract
  • Mr. Ouroboros
  • Mr. Paradox

Mobius M. Mobius is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer/artist Walter Simonson, the earliest incarnation of the character first appeared in Fantastic Four #346 (November 1990). A clone of Mark Gruenwald, various versions of Mobius from different points in time (and other clones of him) make up the bureaucratic leadership and middle management of the timekeeping organization known as the Time Variance Authority, including Mr. Tesseract, Mr. Ouroboros, and Mr. Paradox.[1]

Mobius appears in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) series Loki (2021–2023) and in a post-credits scene cameo in the film Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023), played by Owen Wilson, with Ke Huy Quan playing Ouroboros "O.B." in Loki season 2 (2023) and Matthew Macfadyen playing Mr. Paradox in the film Deadpool & Wolverine (2024).

Publication history

Mobius M. Mobius first appeared in Fantastic Four #346, cover date November 1990, created by writer/artist Walter Simonson.[2][3] Cloned managers for the Time Variance Authority that resemble Mark Gruenwald[4] — and, later, Tom DeFalco[citation needed] — both longtime Marvel Comics writers. The most frequent recurring manager is Mobius M. Mobius, a Gruenwald clone.[5]

Fictional character biography

Mobius M. Mobius is a bureaucrat and middle management for the Time Variance Authority (TVA), who attempted to discipline the Fantastic Four for violations of the TVA's laws.[volume & issue needed]

Justice Might, Justice Truth, and Justice Liberty are three officers who aided Mobius in recapturing the Fantastic Four while they were running loose inside the Null-Time Zone.[6]

In Venom War, Mobius and the TVA arrive on Earth-616 to arrest Jimmy Hudson as he is from another universe.[7]

Variants

Mr. Tesseract

Mr. Tesseract is a past version of and subordinate to Mobius. He was assigned to reconstructing the lost data from Earth-616.[6]

Mr. Paradox

Mr. Paradox is a judge and a future version of Mobius. He is erased from existence after Clockwork blasts him with a Retro-Active Cannon.[8]

Mr. Ouroboros

Mr. Ouroboros is Mr. Paradox's clone. He is erased from existence after Clockwork blasts him with a Retro-Active Cannon, but eventually resurrected and redesigned to resemble his Marvel Cinematic Universe counterpart.[8][9][10]

In other media

(L–R): Owen Wilson, Ke Huy Quan, and Matthew Macfadyen have played different separate characters based on Mobius and his clones

Numerous iterations of Mobius M. Mobius and his clones appear in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), portrayed by Owen Wilson, Ke Huy Quan, and Matthew Macfadyen, depicted as separate individual "variants" instead of identical clones of the same character.

Mobius

Main article: Mobius (Marvel Cinematic Universe)

O.B.

Main article: O.B. (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
  • Ouroboros "O.B." appears in the second season of Loki (2023), portrayed by Ke Huy Quan while predating his comic book counterpart's redesign.[17][18] The chief engineer of the Time Variance Authority, who deals with the maintenance and repair of all the complex tools, including time travel devices. In the episode "Science/Fiction", O.B. is revealed to be a temporal variant of Dr. A.D. Doug, a failed science fiction author and theoretical physics teacher at Caltech in 1994.

Mr. Paradox

Main article: Mr. Paradox (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
  • Mr. Paradox appears in Deadpool & Wolverine (2024), portrayed by Matthew Macfadyen. A agent of the TVA seeking to become its leader[19][20] to revert the organization back to its old ways, who has been assigned to oversee the slowly disintegrating, Earth-10005, due to the death of its "anchor being", Wolverine. Growing frustrated with the process and TVA new status quo of not pruning, he created a timeline-killing device known as a "Time Ripper" to mercy-kill the timeline. He extracts Deadpool to offer him a place on Earth-616 but Deadpool refuses and steals his TemPad to travel the multiverse in search of a Wolverine variant to prevent his world's destruction; he eventually brings a variant to the TVA, but Paradox labels him the "worst" Wolverine in the multiverse as he let down his entire world and prunes both of them which sends them to the Void where they meet Charles Xavier's sister Cassandra Nova, the self-declared ruler of the Void. Paradox’s plan is eventually exposed when his sleeper agent Pyro attempts to kill Nova, who then travels to Earth-10005 to capture Paradox and takes control of the Time Ripper to destroy all timelines except for the Void. After Deadpool and Wolverine destroys the Time Ripper, which also kills Nova, Paradox is arrested by his superior Hunter B-15.

References

  1. ^ She-Hulk #3 (2006)
  2. ^ Hoskin, Michael (September 4, 2021). "Mobius M. Mobius (Time Variance Authority)". The Appendix to the Handbook of the Marvel Universe. Archived from the original on December 20, 2021. Retrieved April 14, 2024.
  3. ^ Gallotte, Danielle (December 29, 2023). "Loki: 10 Things You Didn't Know About Mobius". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on January 19, 2024. Retrieved April 14, 2024.
  4. ^ Anderson, Jenna (June 5, 2021). "Loki: The Marvel Comics Pro Who Inspired Owen Wilson's Mobius". ComicBook.com. Archived from the original on June 5, 2021. Retrieved April 7, 2022.
  5. ^ Fantastic Four Annual #24 (1991).
  6. ^ a b Fantastic Four Annual #27 (May 1994). Marvel Comics.
  7. ^ Venom War: Deadpool #3 (January 2025). Marvel Comics.
  8. ^ a b She-Hulk vol. 2 #3 (Feb. 2006). Marvel Comics.
  9. ^ Spider-Gwen: Ghost Spider #1 (December 2018). Marvel Comics.
  10. ^ Web of Spider-Man (vol. 3) #1 (May 2024). Marvel Comics.
  11. ^ "Loki Production Brief" (PDF). Disney Media and Entertainment Distribution. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 6, 2021. Retrieved June 6, 2021.
  12. ^ Polo, Susana; Patches, Matt; McWhertor, Michael (December 11, 2020). "All the Easter eggs in Marvel's Loki and Falcon and the Winter Soldier trailers". Polygon. Archived from the original on December 11, 2020. Retrieved December 11, 2020.
  13. ^ Dumarog, Ana (April 29, 2021). "Loki Faces Deletion From Reality According To New TV Show Synopsis". Screen Rant. Archived from the original on April 29, 2021. Retrieved April 29, 2021.
  14. ^ Owen Wilson Says Tom Hiddleston Taught Him Everything He Needed to Know About Loki. SiriusXM. February 12, 2021. Archived from the original on April 17, 2021. Retrieved February 24, 2021 – via YouTube.
  15. ^ Whitbrook, James (April 5, 2021). "Marvel Secrets in the New Loki Trailer: The Avengers, Time-Keepers, and More". io9. Archived from the original on April 5, 2021. Retrieved April 5, 2021.
  16. ^ Busch, Jenna (February 16, 2023). "Ant-Man And The Wasp: Quantumania Credits Scenes Explained". /Film. Archived from the original on February 17, 2023. Retrieved February 16, 2023.
  17. ^ "OUROBOROS O.B." Marvel.com. Archived from the original on October 19, 2023. Retrieved October 17, 2023.
  18. ^ Kuo, Christopher (October 5, 2023). "How Will 'Loki' Handle the Multiverse? Its Writer Talks Season 2". The New York Times. Archived from the original on October 5, 2023. Retrieved October 18, 2023. ... as new ones, such as O.B., a T.V.A. fix-it man played by the Oscar-winning actor Ke Huy Quan ...
  19. ^ Pulliam-Moore, Charles (February 11, 2024). "The first Deadpool & Wolverine trailer is one big joke about Marvel's past". The Verge. Archived from the original on February 12, 2024. Retrieved February 12, 2024.
  20. ^ Purslow, Matt (July 12, 2024). "Deadpool & Wolverine: 30 Spoiler-Filled Details From the First 35 Minutes". IGN. Archived from the original on July 12, 2024. Retrieved July 12, 2024.