| Mahkizmo | |
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_from_Captain_Marvel_Vol_10_1_002.jpg) Mahkizmo as depicted inCaptain Marvel (vol. 10) #1 (January 2019). Art by Carmen Carnero (penciler/inker) and Tamra Bonvillain (colorist). | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | Fantastic Four #151 (October 1974) |
| Created by | Gerry Conway Rich Buckler |
| In-story information | |
| Alter ego | Mahkizmo |
| Team affiliations | Men of Machus |
| Notable aliases | The Nuclear Man |
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Mahkizmo, also known as theNuclear Man, is a fictional character appearing inAmerican comic books published byMarvel Comics. As his name suggests, he is an extrememale chauvinist.
Mahkizmo first appeared inFantastic Four #151 (October 1974), and was created by writerGerry Conway and artistRich Buckler. He is the enemy ofThundra, herself a character meant to symbolize extremefeminism.[1]
The character subsequently appears inThe Sensational She-Hulk #34 (December 1991), #38-39 (April–May 1992),Fantastic Four: Foes #1 (March 2005), #5-6 (July–August 2005).
Mahkizmo received an entry in theMarvel Legacy: The 1970s Handbook #1 (2006).
Mahkizmo is the ruler of Earth-74101 in the 23rd century, where men enslaved women. His timeline is the thematic opposite ofThundra's universe, where the women subjugated the men. The two come into conflict when Thundra travels to the 20th century ofEarth-616 to change the past and prevent Machus from existing. Mahkizmo sentenced Thundra and theFantastic Four to gladiatorial combat before being killed in an energy explosion when Thundra and theThing punch him at the same time.[2] This also merges his and Thundra's universes of Machus and Femizonia.[volume & issue needed]
Mahkizmo survives the implosion as an intangible and invisible entity, and is angered that the people of the merged world were living peacefully. He travels in time to prevent the universes from merging before being defeated by the Thing andShe-Hulk.[3]
Mahkizmo was originally depicted as a straightforward villain. During his appearance inThe Sensational She-Hulk, writer/artistJohn Byrne treated Mahkizmo as a comedy character by accentuating the character's oafishness to grotesque proportions. Part of the story's humor was based on the character's limited intelligence. In issue #39, it was revealed that Mahkizmo did not know how babies were conceived, and hence had not realized that his plan to kill all women would prevent future generations from being born.
Mahkizmo is among the Fantastic Four enemies who meet with thePuppet Master to form an alliance. They are captured and transferred to theVault in theNegative Zone before being temporarily freed by the sorceress Threska.[4]
Mahkizmo later battlesCaptain Marvel when she is transported to an apocalyptic version ofRoosevelt Island.[5][6]