| Corvus Glaive | |
|---|---|
 Corvus Glaive as depicted inInfinity #3 (November 2013). Art by In-Hyuk Lee. | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | Infinity: Free Comic Book Day (May 2013) |
| Created by | Jonathan Hickman Jim Cheung |
| In-story information | |
| Team affiliations | Black Order |
| Partnerships | Proxima Midnight Supergiant |
| Abilities |
|
Corvus Glaive is asupervillain appearing inAmerican comic books published byMarvel Comics. Created by writerJonathan Hickman and artistJim Cheung, he is a prominent member of theBlack Order, a team of aliens who work forThanos.
Glaive has made several appearances in media, including television series and films.David Kaye voices him in animation, andMichael James Shaw portrays him in theMarvel Cinematic Universe filmsAvengers: Infinity War andAvengers: Endgame.
Corvus Glaive was created by writerJonathan Hickman and artistJim Cheung, and first appeared inInfinity: Free Comic Book Day (May 2013).[1]
The character was described by Hickman as "Thanos' most favored. Corvus is cruel, arrogant and the most loyal of the Black Order. A warrior who betrayed his people and sold his soul to Thanos to pursue a different kind of glory".[2]
EditorTom Breevort has said:
He was the one character among the generals who was designed by Jim, and he was designed by Jim specifically because this story was being done and Jim had to get to him first. In essence, this is no different than any other design challenge. Jonathan laid the particulars of the characters out on the table, Jim went to town and did a few designs — different roughs for the head and so forth. We selected from that and away he went. He's the most prominent of the five lieutenants. He's Thanos' second-in-command and the one who most readily speaks for him, and yet you want him to have a certain amount of visual contrast to Thanos. While Thanos is a fairly big, blocky character and really became that over the years, Corvus — he's not skinny, but he's more slender, more lithe, more wiry — sort of in reflection of the glaive weapon that he carries. He's like the physical personification of that in a sense.[2]
Corvus Glaive is a member ofThanos'Black Order. He was chosen for his mastery in combat and tactical abilities and thus was chosen to lead the group. He is also the husband of fellow order memberProxima Midnight. His first order is to attack Earth to please his master.[3] He attacks theJean Grey School for Higher Learning, but is called away whenEbony Maw finds Thanos' sonThane.[4] Corvus is obliterated byHyperion while Thane overpowers the group and freezes Thanos and Proxima inamber.[5] However, Corvus revives himself using hisglaive.[6][7]
Corvus meets up withNamor, who frees Proxima and Thanos, and asks that they join hisCabal due to his own anger towards Earth.[8] However, Namor soon finds himself hating the Cabal's tactics and vows to work with theIlluminati to defeat them. Namor is betrayed, with him and the Cabal being trapped in a universe that is going to be destroyed. They all manage to escape into theUltimate Marvel universe and vow to get revenge.[9] The Cabal members escapethe destruction of the multiverse via a life raft and end up on Battleworld.[10]
Corvus returns to his own universe when the multiverse is restored and forms his own version of the Black Order, slowly building his army all over the galaxy.[11] However, Thanos returns and confronts Corvus. Not wanting to be killed by Thanos, Corvus kills himself using the pieces of his destroyed glaive.[12]
Corvus Glaive later returns from the dead when the Black Order is reformed byChallenger. Corvus and the Order face off against an alien version of theLethal Legion formed byGrandmaster in a contest where Earth is the battlefield.[13]
Corvus Glaive possesses the typical attributes of a super powered individual including super strength, speed, endurance, senses and some invulnerability. His namesake weapon gives him immortality and can be summoned to his hand at will.[5][6][7][14]
Corvus Glaive appears in media set in theMarvel Cinematic Universe, voiced and motion-captured byMichael James Shaw.[15][16][17]