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| Blastaar | |
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 Blastaar as depicted inThing vol. 2 #6 (June 2006). Art by Kieron Dwyer. | |
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| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | Fantastic Four #62 (May 1967)[1][2] |
| Created by | Stan Lee (writer) Jack Kirby (artist) |
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| Alter ego | Blastaar |
| Species | Baluurian |
| Team affiliations | Aliens of theNegative Zone Legion Accursed Frightful Four |
| Notable aliases | Living Bomb-Burst Blasstaar |
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Blastaar (UK:/ˈblɑːstɑːr/,US:/ˈblæstɑːr/) (also known as theLiving Bomb-Burst andBlasstaar) is a character appearing inAmerican comic books published byMarvel Comics.[3] Created byStan Lee andJack Kirby, the characterfirst appeared inFantastic Four #62 (May 1967). Blastaar is anopponent of theFantastic Four and lives in theNegative Zone. He is also an enemy ofAnnihilus, another Fantastic Four villain.
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Blastaar debuted inFantastic Four #62 (May 1967), created byStan Lee andJack Kirby.[4]
He appeared in the 2016Spider-Man/Deadpool series.[5]
Blastaar is a member of analien race known as the Baluurians, of the planet Baluur in theNegative Zone (in Sector 56-D, as charted by Reed Richards). He ruled the Baluurians as their monarch ruthlessly until his subjects rebelled and rose against him. Blastaar was deposed as monarch, and became a Negative Zone outlaw. Blastaar was locked up in a special containment suit and set adrift in outer space in the Negative Zone. When he broke loose he sightedReed Richards, who had been trapped in the Negative Zone as well and followed him andTriton back to Earth. He fought with theSandman and Richards' group of superheroes, theFantastic Four,[6] but was driven back to the Negative Zone by Mister Fantastic.[7]
Over the following years, Blastaar would repeatedly return to Earth to attempt to conquer it and fight the Fantastic Four many times, as well as theAvengers,Thor and other superheroes.
Blastaar went into a coma at one point, but was revived by Professor Paxton Pentecost and became an unwilling servant of Pentecost. Blastaar was forced to battle theHuman Torch and theHulk. He was defeated and imprisoned inadamantium and sunk into the Atlantic Ocean.[8] Blastaar was later freed from his adamantium prison, and battled theInhumans.[9]
Blastaar later made his first alliance withAnnihilus, another conqueror living in the Negative Zone. Blastaar utilized theSuper-Adaptoid in an attempt to regain the throne of Baluur. He was opposed by his wife Nyglar, who summoned theThing and the Avengers to thwart Blastaar and his allies.[10] Blastaar later did regain the throne of Baluur and started to conquer Negative Zone, only opposed by Annihilus. Blastaar led a fleet of warships to conquer Earth, and captured Reed Richards. Blastaar freed Annihilus in an attempt to prevent the Fantastic Four from thwarting his conquest of Earth.[11] Blastaar and Annihilus battled, however. Blastaar was betrayed by his subordinate, Tanjaar, and paralyzed.[12]
Blastaar was later discovered in the Negative Zone by theEternals. He overthrew the Eternals, but was then defeated by the Avengers and imprisoned by the Eternals.[13]
Annihilus and Blastaar have teamed up at times, but usually they are fierce enemies. Blastaar's son, Burstaar, has helped his father, but has his own ambitions and allied with theKree.
InAnnihilation: Conquest, Blastaar is kidnapped and tortured by thePhalanx, who believe that they killed him.[14] In reality, he entered a death-like state of hibernation that he used to fool them.[15]
Prior to his appearance inGuardians of the Galaxy, Blastaar became king of theNegative Zone.[16] He and his forces seize control ofNegative Zone Prison Alpha and recruit a number of the imprisoned Earth superhumans there into his army.[17] Later he is approached by the Raptors Talon andRazor, who offer Blastaar the Cosmic Control Rod they took from Catastrophus, in exchange for his assistance in influencing the outcome of the war between theShi'ar and the Inhumans.[15] The prison is taken away from Blastaar by super-powered forces of the US Government. The convictHardball assists in this setback for Blastaar.[18]
Following the climax of the war, Blastaar had an encounter with Nova and his fellow Centurions who were in the process of battling renegade Kree and Shi'ar soldiers. Blastaar wished to capture the soldiers for himself to further assert his own position as ruler over Kree territories. Avoiding a fight, Nova appealed to Blastaar's desire to be seen as a legitimate king and ruler and convinced him to acknowledge the jurisdiction of theNova Corps.[volume & issue needed]
Blastaar and his forces allied with the consortium of galactic rulers who fought off infection from theCancerverse. Although he regularly antagonized his more heroic and altruistic allies such asMedusa, the Guardians of the Galaxy and Nova. Eventually, he opted to retreat his forces in an act of self-preservation and no longer aid the heroes.[volume & issue needed]
Blastaar made a bid to become King of the Kree, Shi'ar and Inhumans by staging a coup against Medusa shortly after the depletion and exhaustion of her armies following Thanos Imperative. He beat Medusa, but was defeated by the Annihilators and returned to the Negative Zone.[volume & issue needed]
In the one-shotGuardians of the Galaxy: Bane of Blastaar, Blastaar plans to conquer theMilky Way using anti-matter and comes into conflict with the Guardians of the Galaxy.[19]
Blastaar has superhuman strength and endurance, being unaffected by conventional weaponry and extreme variations in temperature and pressure. He can live without nourishment for several weeks and survive in the vacuum of space by entering a state of hibernation.
Blastaar can project blasts of concussive kinetic force from his hands, enabling him to fly via self-propulsion.
He is also highly trained in the arts of warfare of and by his race and has access to advanced technology from his home world such as starships and plasma-based weapons. However, he often uses his powers without augmentation.
In 2022,Comic Basic ranked Blastaar sixth in their "Top 10 Most Feared Nova Villains of All Time" list.[20]
Blastaar appears inFantastic Four (2005), voiced byBob Joles.[21]
The following trade collections contain appearances by Blastaar.
| Title | Material Collected | Appearance Summary | Date Released | ISBN |
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| Avengers: The Initiative, Dreams and Nightmares | Avengers: The Initiative #26-30 | The Initiative attempts to retakeNegative Zone Prison Alpha from Blastaar. | October 6, 2010 | ISBN 978-0785139058 |
| X-Men/Steve Rogers: Escape from the Negative Zone | Uncanny X-Men Annual (2006) #3,Steve Rogers: Super Soldier Annual #1, andNamor: The First Mutant Annual #1 | FormerCaptain America, Steve Rogers and theX-Men encounter Blastaar in the Negative Zone. | August 3, 2011 (Hardcover) | ISBN 978-0785155607 (Hardcover) |
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