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 Cover ofAztek: The Ultimate Man #1 (August 1996) by Howard Porter. | |
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| Publisher | DC Comics |
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| Created by | Uno:
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| Abilities | Manipulates four-dimensional energy for:
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Aztek is the name of two superheroes appearing inDC Comics. Both versions are based in the fictional Vanity City, and are champions of theAztec godQuetzalcoatl. The first Aztek first appeared inAztek: The Ultimate Man #1 in August 1996, and was created byGrant Morrison,Mark Millar, and N. Steven Harris.[1] Following the short run series, Aztek appeared in several issues ofJLA also written by Morrison.[2] The second Aztek, this one being a female version, appeared inJustice League of America vol. 5 #20 in December 2017, created by Steve Orlando andIvan Reis, as the rival and later partner of theRay.
Uno is raised from childhood by a secret organization named the Q Society to be the champion of Quetzalcoatl and battle their enemy, the deityTezcatlipoca.[3] He is given a magical suit of armor that bestows many abilities and augmenting his strength.[2] After his training is completed, he enters the United States and assumes the identity of recently deceased physician Curt Falconer.[4]
Aztek later joins theJustice League,[5] but resigns after learning thatLex Luthor is a benefactor of the Q Society.[6] He is blinded while battling the planet-destroying machine Mageddon, who is revealed to be Tezcatlipoca. InWorld War III, Aztek sacrifices himself to helpSuperman destroy Mageddon/Tezcatlipoca.[7]
A new version of the character,Nayeli Constant, debuted inJustice League of America vol. 5 #20. She is asoftware engineer inAustin, Texas who obtains Aztek's helmet and armor and modifies them to suit her needs. Constant comes into conflict with theRay, as they both seek to protect Vanity, before they decide to work together.[8] Constant later works withWonder Woman to fight the forces ofTezcatlipoca.[9]
Aztek has peak human physical and mental conditioning. He wears an ancient helmet and armor powered by a "four-dimensional mirror", from which he derives flight, infrared and X-ray vision, invisibility, intangibility, bodyheat camouflage, entrapment nets, plasma beams and density manipulation, as well as augmenting his peak physical abilities to superhuman levels. The helmet could feed information directly into his brain even after he was blinded in his first confrontation with Mageddon. The four-dimensional power source could self-destruct in a highly explosive manner.[2]
An alternate timeline variant of Aztek known asAzteka appears in the "Rock of Ages" storyline.
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The original run of theeponymous title has been collected as atrade paperback:JLA Presents: Aztek: The Ultimate Man (by co-authorsGrant Morrison andMark Millar, and pencils by N. Steven Harris, and inks byKeith Champagne, 1996; collectsAztek: The Ultimate Man #1–10, 240 pages, April 2008,ISBN 1-4012-1688-9).[11]
Aztek also appeared in several issues of Morrison'sJLA (5, 10–12, 15, 36, 38–41), as well as the final two issues of Mark Millar'sJLA: Paradise Lost and his fill-in issue forJLA (27).
He has profile entries inJLASecret Files and Origins #1 andThe DC Comics Encyclopedia.
