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 daughters and two sons. As in "Mary Poppins", Mary leaves at the end (via an enchanted merry-go-round), but this time with a "return ticket, just in case" she needs to return. When Mary last left the Banks children in Cherry Tree Lane, she took a "return ticket, just in case." In the third book, she returns to the park in front of Cherry Tree Lane the way she came, falling with fireworks. Once again she takes up nanny duties in the Banks household and leads Jane, Michael, the toddler twins John and Barbara (as well as the new baby girl