Volcana (Marsha Rosenberg) is a fictional character (a supervillainess turned superheroine) appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character first appeared in Secret Wars #3 (July 1984) and was created by Jim Shooter and Mike Zeck.
Fictional character biography Marsha Rosenberg is a day care employee from Denver who, along with her friend Skeeter, is transported to Battleworld during the events of Secret Wars. Seeking power and respect, she and Skeeter agree to serve Doctor Doom in exchange for superpowers. Utilizing alien technology, Doom gives Rosenberg the ability to transform into a molten lava-like form and generate powerful thermal energy blasts. Taking the name Volcana, Rosenberg allies with Doom and battles She-Hulk. During the series, Volcana develops a relationship with the supervillain Molecule Man, Owen Reece. Some time later, Volcana accompanies Molecule Man and the Fantastic Four to the Beyonder's universe. She separates from the Molecule Man when he and the Beyonder are fused into a Cosmic Cube. Unlike her friend Skeeter, who became the supervillainess Titania, Volcana also operates as a superhero. Volcana assists the Avengers in repairing the damage to the Earth's crust caused by the Beyonder. Volcana later takes a comatose Molecule Man to an army hospital. After Molecule Man recovers, he and Volcana are allowed to return to their apartment in Denver. Volcana is briefly reunited with a de-powered Molecule Man (who had mysteriously returned to Earth) and battles Klaw. She gains the ability to assume volcanic rock and volcanic ash forms. Volcana subsequently discovers that, just before his supposed death, Molecule Man had secretly given her a portion of his reality-warping powers to her, allowing her to manifest other forms at critical times, just when she needed them. Once Molecule Man regains his power from her, Volcana finds herself no longer able to tolerate the darker side of his personality. Volcana terminates their relationship, although Molecule Man vows to prove his love to her. Nightwatch hires Volcana and Titania to fight She-Hulk to keep her from obtaining documents that would incriminate him. However, She-Hulk defeats the two with help from her secretary Angie Huang, her supernatural monkey Hei Hei, and Hellcat.
Powers and abilities Marsha Rosenberg gained superhuman powers through cellular augmentation performed by Doctor Doom. As Volcana, she originally had the ability to convert her entire body into plasma. She later gained the ability to transform into a basalt-like composition with immense strength and durability that still enables movement or a malleable pumice-like form.
In other media Volcana appears in The Super Hero Squad Show, voiced by Grey DeLisle. This version is a member of Doctor Doom's Lethal Legion. Volcana appears in the novel Spider-Man/X-Men: Time's Arrow: The Present, written by Tom DeFalco and Adam-Troy Castro. Additionally, an alternate universe version of Volcana appears as a member of a resistance movement against a fascist version of the X-Men.
References
External links Volcana at The Appendix to the Handbook of the Marvel Universe
