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* '''Solitaire''' - A highly manipulative Prime Being with both metamorphic and healing powers, she first took the form of a green-skinned Insectivorid version of the lovely blond Marionette to seduce Bug so that he would help her get on the team. Solitaire then turned herself into a sexy, scantily-clad version of Rann's dark-haired mother Sepsis.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix3/solitairemv.htm|title= Solitaire|first=Jeff|last= Christiansen|date= November 29, 2005|publisher= Appendix to the Handbook of the Marvel Universe|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160920095935/http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix3/solitairemv.htm|archive-date= September 20, 2016|url-status= live}}</ref>

Years later Arcturus, Marionette and Bug (both Marvel properties) reappear as a team called the Microns. They aid the mutant [[Cable (comics)|Cable]] when the scientist [[Psycho-Man]] abducts the shape-changing [[Copycat (Marvel Comics)|Copycat]].<ref>{{cite comic| writer= [[Jeph Loeb|Loeb, Jeph]]|penciller= [[Ian Churchill|Churchill, Ian]]|inker= [[Scott Hanna|Hanna, Scott]]|story= True Lies|title= [[Cable (comics)|Cable]]|issue= #37|date= November 1996}}<br>{{cite comic| writer= Loeb, Jeph|penciller= Churchill, Ian|inker= Hanna, Scott; [[Vince Russell|Russell, Vince]]|story= In Perspective|title= Cable|issue= #38|date= December 1996}}<br>{{cite comic| writer= Loeb, Jeph|penciller= Churchill, Ian|inker= Hanna, Scott|story= All Things Great And Small|title= Cable|issue= #39|date= January 1997}}</ref> They battle Microverse inhabitant Baron Zebek of Aegyptus alongside the visiting super-team [[Alpha Flight]]<ref>{{cite comic| writer= [[Steven T. Seagle|Seagel, Steven T.]]|penciller= [[Anthony Winn|Winn, Anthony]]|inker= [[Aaron Sowd|Sowd, Aaron]]|story= Small Sacrifices|title= [[Alpha Flight]]|volume= 2|issue= #10|date= May 1998}}<br>{{cite comic| writer= Seagel, Steven T.; [[Joe Casey|Casey, Joe]]|penciller= [[Ariel Olivetti|Olivetti, Ariel]]|inker= [[Pier Brito|Brito, Pier]]|story= Microcosm|title= Alpha Flight|volume= 2|issue= #11|date= June 1998}}</ref> and later assist [[Rick Jones (character)|Rick Jones]] and [[Genis-Vell|Captain Marvel]] during their adventures in the Microverse.<ref name="CM6">{{cite comic| writer= [[Peter David|David, Peter]]|penciller= [[ChrisCross]]|inker= [[Anibal Rodriguez (comics)|Rodriguez, Anibal]]|story= It's A Small Universe After All|title= [[Genis-Vell|Captain Marvel]]|volume= 4|issue= #6|date= June 2000}}</ref> In another largely untold tale, they also reteam with the X-Men against Baron Karza, who had recently been reborn, and his ally [[Thanos]] who seek to merge several of the sub-atomic universes.<ref name="CM6" /> Arcturus Rann and Princess Mari became involved in the Psyklop invasion of K'ai, [[Jarella]]'s homeworld.<ref>{{cite comic| writer= [[Scott Reed (comics)|Reed, Scott]]|penciller= [[Miguel Munera|Munera, Miguel]]|inker= [[Terry Pallot|Pallot, Terry]]|story= Book 1: Conquest of Jarella's World|title= Realm of Kings Son of Hulk|issue= #1|date= April 2010}}</ref>

* "The Micronauts: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus Vol.1"

Marvel Comics, May 2024

A live-action film version of the Micronauts was in development by [[Hasbro Studios]] and [[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]] in 2015. In May 2023, Marvel re-acquired the licensing rights to publish classic issues of''The Micronauts'' in omnibus format.