Negative Zone Prison Alpha is the name of a fictional prison in Marvel Comics

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. It is also referred to as Prison 42, Wonderland, and Fantasy Island.

History

When it came to the Civil War

Civil War (comics)

Civil War is a 2006-2007 Marvel Comics crossover storyline built around a self-titled seven-issue limited series written by Mark Millar and penciled by Steve McNiven, which ran through various other titles published by Marvel at the time...

storyline, a new maximum-security prison for superpowered individuals was created by the government in the very place that no superhuman could escape from unaided...the Negative Zone

Negative Zone

The Negative Zone is a fictional setting, an antimatter universe depicted in publications from Marvel Comics, most frequently in Fantastic Four and Captain Marvel. Created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, it first appeared in Fantastic Four #51 .-Fictional description:The Negative Zone in the Marvel...

. The Prison was nicknamed 'Fantasy Island' by its inmates and "Prison 42" by its designers Tony Stark

Iron Man

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 & Reed Richards

Mister Fantastic

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, as it had been their 42nd idea out of a hundred for 'A Safer America' after the Stamford Disaster. Although it suffered one major breakout from the Secret Avengers, causing the release of all of its unregistered superheroes, Tom Brevoort has stated that 'Project 42' remains a prison for particularly powerful supervillains, while for regulars 'There's still the Raft and Riker's Island.'

It was later revealed in Civil War: Front Line

Civil War: Front Line

Civil War: Front Line is an 11-issue, limited series tie-in to Marvel Comics's Civil War event which started in August 2006.Part of the story is told from the perspective of two reporters embedded in the opposite camps of the war...

 that it had never been intended for anyone other than supervillains, and that the heroes imprisoned there would have been released once the war was over.

In the War of Kings

War of Kings

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storyline, the Negative Zone prison is later attacked by Blastaar

Blastaar

Blastaar, sometimes called the Living Bomb-Burst and Blasstaar, is a Marvel Comics supervillain. Blastaar is an opponent of the Fantastic Four and lives in the Negative Zone...

.

Known Inmates

The following consists of inmates that were either criminals or part of the Anti-Registration Side of the Civil War

Civil War (comics)

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.

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• Diablo
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• N'Kantu, the Living Mummy
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• Occulus
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   (Ritchie Gilmore)
• Prowler
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• Psycho-Man
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• Red Ghost
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   and his Super-Apes
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• Taskmaster
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Television

• In The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes
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  episode "Some Assembly Required", Iron Man mentioned that he's been working with Mister Fantastic on building a prison in the Negative Zone to contain the escaped supervillains after the mass-breakouts at the Vault
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  , the Cube
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  , the Big House
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  , and the Raft
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  The Raft is a fictional island prison facility in New York City for psychopathic superhuman criminals appearing in comic books published by Marvel Comics...
  
  . The Negative Zone Prison Alpha debuts in "The Man Who Stole Tomorrow." All the guards are Ultron
  Ultron
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   models. Known inmates at the Negative Zone Prison Alpha so far are Blizzard
  Blizzard (Donnie Gill)
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  , Mandrill
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  , and Kang the Conqueror
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  .

Video games

• In Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2, the Negative Zone plays an important part. It contains "Prison 42", the prison for unregistered heroes and the nanite-controlled supervillains. It is the place where the Fold has first become active. After the player's team infiltrate the prison to acquire nanite samples that can be used to devise a cure for the Fold, Nick Fury had to self-destruct Prison 42 to keep the Fold from invading Earth when Captain America
  Captain America
  Captain America is a fictional character, a superhero that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character first appeared in Captain America Comics #1 , from Marvel Comics' 1940s predecessor, Timely Comics, and was created by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby...
  
  's attempts to cause a distraction accidentally release waves of Fold-infected superhumans. A news cutscene in either of the two endings mentioned confirmation of Prison 42's destruction.

External Links

• Negative Zone Prison Alpha at Marvel Wiki