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Nanny

Nanny

13 appearances · Bronze Age · 1978–2024 · 1 key issues
Who is Nanny?

Nanny is a robot caretaker created by the villainous Magneto to tend to the X-Men after he stripped them of their powers and reduced them to childlike states, keeping them docile and imprisoned aboard his Antarctic base.

Debuting in the pages of The X-Men #112 in 1978, Nanny is a Bronze Age Marvel creation born from the celebrated partnership of Chris Claremont and John Byrne — two of the most influential architects of the X-Men's golden era. This character has quietly persisted across an impressive 46-year span, appearing most frequently in The Uncanny X-Men and Classic X-Men alongside some of Marvel's most iconic mutants: Storm, Colossus, Logan, and Hank McCoy. With X-Men team affiliation and at least one collector-recognized key issue to their name, Nanny is a fascinating piece of Bronze Age X-history that rewards the dedicated fan digging into the rich, layered continuity that Claremont and Byrne built together.

Teams & affiliations
X-Men
★ First appearance
The X-Men #112
Aug 1978

Top series

Covers through the years — 1978–2024

The X-Men #112 1978
The X-Men #112
Classic X-Men #19 1988
Classic X-Men #19
The Uncanny X-Men #347 1997
The Uncanny X-Men #347
Sabretooth and the Exiles #[nn] 2024
Sabretooth and the Exiles #[nn]

Appearances

The X-Men (1963)
The Uncanny X-Men (1981)
Classic X-Men (1986)
#19
The Very Best of Marvel Comics (1991)
Uncanny X-Men #266 Facsimile Edition (2020)
Sabretooth and the Exiles (2023)