Bridget O'Neil

In the Mirage Comics April's mother is first introduced in the context of a journey, as April and Renet travel back in time to explore the mystery of April's true origin.

More than thirty years ago, Mrs. O'Neil suffered a complication during the birth of her daughter Robyn, so that she could not have any more children. In his investigation of some things that he purchased, but had not yet sorted, her husband discovered a strange crystal that O'Neil could use to make drawings come to life miraculously. O'Neil decided to satisfy his wife's desire for at least one more child; however, all of the babies he created dissolved into nothingness, because he had drawn them with a pencil. Sometime later O'Neil tried again with an ink pen; the result did not disappear this time and grew into a young woman, April.

Sometime after these events, Mrs. O'Neil died, but the circumstances and the time of her death are not detailed in the Mirage comics.