Diamanda Nero is a fictional character, a Marvel Comics

Marvel Comics

Marvel Worldwide, Inc., commonly referred to as Marvel Comics and formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, is an American company that publishes comic books and related media...

 supervillain.

Publication history

She was created by John Francis Moore

John Francis Moore

John Francis Moore lumber merchant, politician. Born: 1816, Wiltshire, England. Died: April 5, 1870, Montreal, Quebec. Buried: Hamilton Cemetery. He was mayor of Hamilton, Ontario in 1857.Married twice: Jane Loughry; Elizabeth Donnelly...

 and Pascal Alixe. She debuted appeared in the first issue of the mini-series X-Men: Phoenix, which depicts the early battles of Rachel Summers

Rachel Summers

Rachel Anne Summers is a fictional character, a comic book superheroine created by writer Chris Claremont and artist/co-writer John Byrne for Marvel Comics....

 after arriving to the Askani

Askani

The Askani are fictional characters, a fictional organization in the Marvel Universe in the future/alternate timeline designated as Earth-4935, also known as Earth Askani...

 timeline.

Fictional character biography

In this future, Nero serves as Apocalypse

Apocalypse (comics)

Apocalypse is a fictional character who is an ancient mutant that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character first appeared in X-Factor #5 , created by writer Louise Simonson and designed by artist Walter Simonson...

's second-in-command and the ruler of his empire while the mutant overlord hibernates due to his extremely advanced age.

According to the Official Handbook to the Marvel Universe - Alternate Universes, Diamanda is Apocalypse's daughter.