Mary Poppins (character) it appeared fully formed in her mind in 1934. Neil Gaiman's short story "The Problem of Susan" mentions a posthumously (for P. L. Travers) published work "Mary Poppins Brings in the Dawn", in which Mary Poppins was Jesus's nanny. Mary Poppins appears in Alan Moore's third "League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" graphic novel, "", when it returns to Margaret Cavendish's "Blazing World". She later reappears in "Century: 2009", where she defeats the Antichrist created by Oliver Haddo. In this appearance, she and other characters hint that she may be a personification of God. In a sequence celebrating British children's literature during
Mary Poppins Returns the nostalgia to "". Brian Truitt of "USA Today" labelled it as "comforting nostalgia-fest" and "satisfaction in spit-spot fashion" while commending the performances of Blunt and Miranda (which he referred them as "endlessly charming") as well Marshall's knack on musical numbers and Shaiman's "swinging delight" original score. Peter Travers of "Rolling Stone" rated the film with three out of five stars, praising Blunt's unique portrayal of the titular character while referring the film as an "industrial-strength sugarplum" and felt that the sequel didn't live up to the 1964 original, but nevertheless praised the film in which he remarked: ""Mary Poppins