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Ashema the Listener
Ashema the Listener powerful son of Reed Richards of the Fantastic Four,
Franklin Richards. They were to evaluate him as a new
member of the Celestial host, and destroy the Earth left
behind, as it had served its purpose by producing a being
on par with themselves.
Ashema, appearing to Franklin as a young black
woman in a green overcoat, became embroiled in the
comics crossover event called Heroes Return. After losing
his family to the creature known as Onslaught, Franklin
had unwittingly created an alternate universe where
they, and other heroes lost to Onslaught, lived on.
Ashema decided that Franklin needed to choose one
earth to be destroyed. However Franklin taught Ashema
the ability to feel human empathy, and cause her to
change her mind about him and humanity. She eventual-
ly defies her brethren, and saves Franklin’s Counter Earth
Publication information by storing it inside of her dreams.
However The Dreaming Celestial, a renegade, extended
Publisher Marvel Comics its influence to the Counter Earth, and began corrupting
First appearance Heroes Reborn: The Return #1 (Dec. 1997) it and Ashema. Ashema retaliated, but fell under the con-
trol of the Dreaming Celestial. She was saved by the Fan-
Created by Peter David, Salvador Larroca tastic Four and Doctor Doom, and helped recapture the
In-story information Dreaming Celestial. It is presumed that she left Earth to
rejoin the other Celestials, as she has not been seen since.
Team affiliations Celestials
In the fictional Marvel Comics’ universe, Ashema the Lis- References
tener is a member of the cosmically powerful Celestials.
Fictional character biography
Ashema took human form while on a mission with Nezarr
the Calculator. The two were to sent to retrieve the ultra-
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