Karma
Xi'an Coy Manh
Created by Chris Claremont & Frank Miller
First Appearance
Marvel Team-Up #100 (1980)
Appearances
268
Primary Team
New Mutants
Debut Era
1980s
A Vietnamese mutant who can psychically possess and control other people's bodies. Karma was the first New Mutant recruited and one of the first openly LGBTQ+ characters in Marvel Comics. A refugee and eldest sibling who raised her younger siblings, Karma brings a maturity and quiet strength to the team that grounds its more impulsive members.
Appearances Over Time
Series
Most Appearances By Series
New Mutants (2009) 38 issues
The New Mutants (1983) 27 issues
The Uncanny X-Men (1981) 26 issues
New Mutants (2020) 24 issues
Astonishing X-Men (2004) 18 issues
New X-Men (2004) 17 issues
New Mutants (2003) 11 issues
Uncanny X-Men (2019) 11 issues
Wolverine (1988) 10 issues
X-Men: Legacy (2008) 6 issues
Events
Event Participation
First Appearance
Marvel Team-Up #100
1980
First X-Men Appearance
The New Mutants #1
March 1983