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Widget is a machine that was created by Tweediedope of the Crazy Gang and that
appears to be at least partly sentient. Widget can speak English words, but it
is not yet known how intelligent Widget truly is, or whether Widget can think
independently of any programming his creator may have given it. Widget possesses
the ability to open portals into other dimensional worlds. These doorways are
activated by energies that are themselves magical or that are related to magic.
The portals that Widget has created so far lie along the lay-lines of Great Britain,
which are mystical lines of force. A person may pass through these portals into
another dimension if he or she possesses energies that are magical or related
to magic. Hence, Captain Britain, whose superhuman powers are derived from magic,
may use the portals to travel from one dimension to another. The presence of the
energies infusing Rachel Summers, alias Phoenix, are themselves enough to trigger
Widget to activate a portal. Widget can also activate pedals to other dimensions
if Widget is at a place imbued with mystical energies, such as Stonehenge. Widget
consumes metallic objects, usually those that human beings would consider junk.
From these consumed objects Widget can construct metallic extensions of itself,
such as the mechanical doorways that he can form around the portals he opens into
other dimensions Widget can also fly through means that remain unknown. Kitty
Pryde, alias Shadowcat, a one time member of the now dissolved British-based team
of champions known as Excalibur, and Alistaire Stuart of the Weird Happenings
Organization, discovered Widget, who opened a portal that led them to an alternate
Earth. Since then, Widget has accompanied the team of Excalibur, making possible
their journeys from one alternate Earth to another First Appearance:
EXCALIBUR #2 |
