Widget

Widget is a mysterious small robotic entity who first appeared alongside the founding of Excalibur, the British-based superhero team. Its true origins and nature were deliberately cryptic, hinting at a strange connection to interdimensional travel.

Few characters capture the eccentric, dimension-hopping spirit of late-'80s Marvel quite like Widget, who burst onto the scene in the landmark Excalibur Special Edition in 1987, brought to life by the legendary creative duo of Chris Claremont and Alan Davis. A fixture of the Excalibur universe from the Copper Age onward, Widget has kept extraordinary company — sharing pages with the likes of Captain Britain, Phoenix, Nightcrawler, and Meggan across nearly three and a half decades of Marvel storytelling. With appearances stretching from Excalibur through Marvel Comics Presents and into Uncanny X-Force, this is a character with surprising staying power and two collector-significant key issues to their name. Thirty-eight catalog appearances spanning 1987 to 2021 make Widget a rewarding discovery for any fan who loves the wilder, more wonderfully strange corners of the Marvel Universe.