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 before the bowl breaks apart again, sending them back to the real world. Back in the nursery, Mary tells the children that their mother lives on in their memories ("The Place Where Lost Things Go"). The next day, Mary, Jack and the children go to visit Topsy, Mary's eccentric cousin, to see if she can fix the bowl ("Turning Turtle"). Lost on their way home, Mary, John, Annabel and Georgie run into Jack, who, alongside other lamplighters, leads them on their way home ("Trip a Little Light Fantastic"). Development on a sequel to "Mary Poppins" had long been gestating in