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| The Blood Brothers | |
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | Iron Man #55 (February 1973) |
| Created by | Jim Starlin |
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| Species | Roclite |
| Team affiliations | Lethal Legion |
| Abilities | Superhuman strength and durability (increased when in proximity to one another) Vampiric need to drain blood |
TheBlood Brothers are asupervillain duo appearing inAmerican comic books published byMarvel Comics.
Zoe Terakes andShakira Barrera portray a version of the characters called the "Blood Siblings" in theMarvel Cinematic UniverseDisney+ seriesIronheart (2025).
The Blood Brothers first appeared inIron Man #55 (Feb. 1973) and were created byJim Starlin.
Following their debut, the Blood Brothers returned inMarvel Feature #12 (Nov. 1973), again fighting thesuperhero Iron Man, here teamed withFantastic Four memberThe Thing. The Blood Brothers continued as Iron Man antagonists inIron Man #88-89 (Aug.-Oct. 1976), then disappeared from publication for several years before resurfacing to battle the titular superhero team inThe Avengers #252-253 (Feb.-March 1985). Following appearances inQuasar #12 (July 1990), andX-Men vol. 2, #107 (Dec. 2000), they aided Earth's superheroes against a common threat in the three-issue miniseriesMaximum Security (Dec. 2000-Jan. 2001). They were next seen as interplanetary prison escapees on Earth in the four-issue miniseriesDrax the Destroyer #1-4 (Nov. 2005-Feb. 2006), where one Blood Brother died.
Gh'Ree andR'Hos Blood,[1] the Blood Brothers, are twin ape-like aliens called Roclites originally in the service ofThanos, acting as the guardians of his first base on Earth.[2] WhenIron Man receives a mental signal sent by an imprisonedDrax the Destroyer, he becomes a target for the Blood Brothers, who ambush him and take him to Thanos' base where Drax is being held. When the two heroes overpower the brothers, Thanos detonates an explosion, forcing the heroes to flee and leave the Blood Brothers behind.[3][4] When Thanos later obtains theCosmic Cube, Iron Man returns to Thanos' base to search for him, and is taken by surprise by the Blood Brothers, who are still alive and remain loyal to Thanos. They attempt to kill Iron Man, but he and theThing, who saw Iron Man's flight overhead and followed him to the base, overpower the Blood Brothers. With the henchmen defeated a second time, Thanos teleports the Blood Brothers to an unrevealed location.[5]
They reappear years later in the service of theController, and battle Iron Man once more. Iron Man defeats them both with the aid of the heroDaredevil.[6] Sometime later, the United States military discovers Thanos' old Earth base inArizona and, after activating some of the machinery, accidentally teleports in the Blood Brothers. The two battle theAvengers and are eventually depowered byEros.[7]
The Blood Brothers are imprisoned, but are later released byQuasar and left on Mars.[8] They later attempt to stopRogue from rescuing amutantSkrull.[9] The brothers help Earth's heroes battleEgo the Living Planet, but are imprisoned withPaibok andLunatik.[10] The pair eventually escape and crash-land on Earth. They help enslave a small Alaskan town in an attempt to craft a space-worthy ship. This fails, due to the intervention of Drax the Destroyer, with one brother apparently being killed.[11] The second brother survives and is later seen escaping theRaft.[12]
The surviving Blood Brother later joins theHood and his criminal empire,[13] and helps fight the Skrulls during theirinvasion of Earth.[14] WhenJonas Harrow, one of the many members of the Hood's syndicate, develops a power drainer, the surviving Brother is part of a splinter group rebelling againstNorman Osborn's power structure.[15] This ends when Harrow is killed by the Hood.[volume & issue needed]
InThe Black Vortex, the Blood Brother is shown to be wasting away without his brother's life force to sustain him.J'son exposes him to the titular artifact, which transforms him into a more powerful form dubbedBrother Blood, and inducts him into his Slaughter Lords.[16]
InAvengers: Standoff!, both Blood Brothers appear alive as inmates of Pleasant Hill, a gated community established byS.H.I.E.L.D.[17]
The Blood Brothers later appear as members of theGrandmaster'sLethal Legion, where they compete against theChallenger'sBlack Order.[18]
The Blood Brothers possess superhuman physical abilities that are dependent on their proximity to one another.[3] They can also drain blood in the manner of avampire, though it is unclear whether they completely rely on blood for sustenance.
The Blood Brothers appear as bosses inMarvel's Guardians of the Galaxy, voiced byKwasi Songul and Christian Jadah.[3][24][25] These versions areRosson andGarek Blood,[26] bounty hunters and members of theLethal Legion.
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