Since that time, the D'Bari have been shown in flashback inClassic X-Men #43 (January 1990), and later writers have asserted that a small number of D'Bari survived by not being on their homeworld at the time of its destruction.
The D'Bari are a humanoid plant species native to the fourth planet of the D'Bari system, located within the sphere of influence of theShi'ar empire.[6][7][8] The species are introduced when the D'Bari Vuk, who was stranded on Earth centuries prior, allies withNamor and petrifies theAvengers so he can retrieve his spaceship and leave Earth.Captain America, who was not among the petrified Avengers, promises to free Vuk's ship in return for restoring the Avengers. Vuk agrees to this and helps stop Namor before leaving Earth.[9][6][7][10][11]
During the "Maximum Security" event, Vuk assumes the alias Starhammer and attacks theX-Men. However, Jean Grey alters Vuk's mind, making him believe that he killed her and sending him into a state of shock.[17][2][6][8][10][11]
It is later revealed that Vuk and the remaining D'Bari settled on another planet. Vuk vows revenge when Jean Grey's mental tampering wears off, but Maggie, the daughter ofCaptain Britain andMeggan, convinces him to give up his quest and travel to an alternate universe where D'Bari IV was not destroyed.[18][2][6][8]
The D'Bari appear in theAvengers Assemble episode "Guardians and Space Knights".[21] In this version, D'Bari IV was consumed byGalactus, but the D'Bari evacuate the planet before it is destroyed and eventually settle on another planet.
