Dr. Thaddeus Paine is afictional character appearing inAmerican comic books published byMarvel Comics. The character, created by Len Kaminski, first appeared inMorbius the Living Vampire #4 (December 1994). He is asadist who wasunable to feel pain and hasprosthesic hands equipped with surgical tools. Doctor Paine is a silent partner of Dr. David Langford which got threatened, resulting in the deaths ofMartine Bancroft and his business partner.[1] Doctor Paine then experiments onMorbius the Living Vampire much like his inhumane medical experiments on thehomeless, resulting in the Living Vampire vengefully destroying his facility while the Doctor escaped.[2] Doctor Paine next torturedEddie Brock and experimented on theVenom symbiote, resulting in both individuals as Venom getting revenge byimbalancing his brain.[3]
A female incarnation namedTeddy Paine appears inVenom: The Last Dance, portrayed byJuno Temple.[4] This version is a scientist for the government organization Imperium alongsideSadie Christmas, and later bonded to theAgony symbiote.
Panda-Mania is asupervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. She was created byDan Slott andHumberto Ramos, and first appeared inAmazing Spider-Man (vol. 3) #1 (April 2014).
Panda-Mania is an unnamed female with super-strength who wears a panda-themed outfit. She is a member ofWhite Rabbit's animal-themed groupMenagerie, and has fought Spider-Man on numerous occasions.[5]
Panda-Mania appears in theSpider-Man episode "Bring on the Bad Guys", voiced byTeala Dunn.[6]
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Pandapool is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.
Pandapool is ananthropomorphicgiant panda version ofDeadpool from Earth-51315 and a member of the Deadpool Corps.[7]
Paper Doll (Piper Dali) is asupervillain created byDan Slott andMarcos Martín in 2008. After being exposed to her father's "dimensional compressor" she acquired the ability to turn two-dimensional and paper-like. In that condition she can stretch and bend her body and his hard to injure. The edges of her body are razor sharp and can cut through even Spider-Man's web. She was an obsessive fan and later stalker of actor Bobby Carr, and used her powers to kill those she felt caused problems for him. Her powers also allows her to flatten others.[8]
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Paradox is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.
Paradox is a magical construct created byDoctor Strange and a member of theMidnight Sons.[9]
Paradox makes a non-speaking cameo appearance in theSpider-Man episode "The Cellar" as an inmate of the eponymous prison.[10]
Benjamin Richard Parker (often calledBenjy by his sister) is a character appearing inAmerican comic books published byMarvel Comics. The character is from the alternate futureMC2 universe, and is the younger brother ofMay Parker / Spider-Girl, and son ofMary Jane Watson andPeter Parker / Spider-Man.
Benjamin was born after a complicated pregnancy. Because of his father's artificially altered genetic code, Ben was at a high risk of being born with some kind of genetic abnormality:deformity,disability, or perhaps evenmutant powers.[11] Due to the risk to Mary Jane's health, herobstetrician advised her to considerabortion. However, remembering that she faced similar risks when pregnant with her daughter May, Mary Jane decided to proceed with the pregnancy.[12] Ben was born while his sister foughtSeth, and to his family's relief, was apparently a perfectly healthy, normal little boy. He was namedBenjamin in honor of hisuncle andgreat uncle, while his second name,Richard, is in honor of hisgrandfather.[13]
Benjamin seems to display some superhuman abilities. He is able to balance a block toy while simultaneously spinning his arm quickly.[14] He is also seen dangling the block from his finger on a web-like string.[volume & issue needed] May discovers Ben crawling on the ceiling of their home.[15] He is once possessed by a miniature version of theCarnage symbiote. After his sister frees him from the symbiote by using the ultrasonic weaponry of the villainReverb, his father notices that the baby's ears are bleeding, and realizes that Ben lost his hearing, likely because Ben's ears are far too underdeveloped to withstand the sonic waves.[16] The doctors in the hospital try to determine whether Ben's hearing loss is permanent. May is deeply upset over this and blames herself. Nevertheless, Ben still seems to be his usual, happy self. Since discovering her baby brother crawling on the ceiling, she fears that due to his exposure to the symbiote, his abilities somehow were jump started far too early (as hers only came about in her teens).[volume & issue needed]
Normie Osborn agrees to fund an operation to restore Benjamin's hearing. The procedure is successful, giving him most or all of his hearing back. Normie carefully studies Benjy's body as he goes through it and discovers that while he was already developing his abilities, the symbiote exposure sped up the process. Peter begins to fear that Benjamin may be more powerful than he and his sister. This is strongly implied to be true when Ben spins organic webs to save both himself and Mary Jane after being thrown off a bridge by theGreen Goblin, something neither Peter nor May can do. Despite being a baby, he is also strong enough for Mary Jane to hold on to without hurting him.[17] It is also known that Peter is the only one who can get him to burp "in the morning" (as Mary Jane says it) by feeding him chili.[volume & issue needed]
In the 2014/2015 crossover eventSpider-Verse, Benjy's family is under attack fromDaemos, a relation of the 616 Spider-Man's former nemesisMorlun. During the attack, Mary Jane, Mayday's boyfriend Wes, and Peter are apparently all killed and their home destroyed. Mayday flees with Ben and is rescued by visiting Spider-Men from other dimensions who are trying to save as many Spiders as possible from similar attacks by Morlun and Daemos' family, who call themselves "The Inheritors". Mayday and Ben are taken to a safe zone where the Spiders plan their next course of action. The safe zone is eventually compromised and Ben is captured by The Inheritors. It is revealed that Ben is vital part of a prophecy that will help bring about the downfall of The Inheritors and involves "The Other" (Kaine), "The Bride" (Silk) and "The Scion" (Ben himself). However, conversely if the three specific totems are sacrificed together, their deaths will ensure that not only The Inheritors remain in power forever, but it will also stop future spider-people from appearing, and thus preventing the prophecy. Benjy is eventually saved byBen Parker- his great-uncle, andSpider-Ham. In the final fight, uncle Ben takes Benjy to safety and Spider-Ham takes Benjy's place to catch The Inheritors off-guard.[18] Afterwards, it is revealed Benjamin's mother and Wes survived the Inheritor attack, but unfortunately, his father did not. Benjamin makes a few cameo appearances in 2015'sWeb Warriors series, looked after by Mayday, Mary Jane, Uncle Ben and often visited by Anya Corazon. Benjamin is referenced several times by his sister Mayday in the eventSpider-Geddon. After the latest battle with The Inheritors concludes, Mayday comments that her brother is very likely still the Scion of the Spider-Scroll Prophecy. Her alternate world sister Annie May Parker, Spiderling, informs her that The Other is still in play too and is closer than she knows. On Mayday and Benjamin's Earth, it is revealed that The Other resurrected their father.
Teresa Parker (also addressed to asTeresa Durand) is a character appearing inAmerican comic books published byMarvel Comics. The character first appeared inAmazing Spider-Man: Family Business #1 (April 2014).[19][20][21] She is the long lost younger sister ofPeter Parker / Spider-Man and daughter ofRichard and Mary Parker.
After their parents' deaths, Peter was sent to live with theirAunt May andUncle Ben while Teresa, whose birth had been kept a secret, was adopted.[22] Many years later, Teresa was personally recruited into the C.I.A. byNick Fury.[23] Teresa first came into Peter's life after saving the latter from several mysterious gunmen sent by theKingpin.[24] Following this adventure, Teresa left the C.I.A. to join a S.H.I.E.L.D. division called the Gray Blade underNick Fury Jr., specializing in international hostage rescues and intel gathering, before becoming a fugitive after learning of a program named "Project Twilight", an exhaustive plan to take down bothsuperheroes andsupervillains. After deleting all traces of the project from Gray Blade's systems and hiding the only known backup in nanobots in her bloodstream, Teresa sought Peter's assistance in confronting the Kingpin once again, who was involved in the operation. Later on, she helped Spider-Man stop an attack by theVulture. Since Teresa had been spotted by Gray Blade operatives with Spider-Man, they arrested Peter himself due to his alter-ego being supposedly a bodyguard. When Peter then attempts to get Teresa out of New York, they are attacked by numerous criminals sent by theTinkerer, ahead of an alien armada.[25]
After traveling to the past of an alternate timeline, to retrieve information to stop the coming invasion, Teresa joined Peter in this journey, contacting Fury and confirming that she was in fact the Parkers' daughter and Peter's sister.[26] After returning to find an alternate timeline where Peter quit being Spider-Man, Teresa joins forces with Peter in restoring the correct timeline. Peter then-after finally introduces Teresa to Aunt May.[27] Months later, her S.H.I.E.L.D. partner and lover David Albright is apparently been tortured and murdered by theChameleon for information, then-after which point Teresa seeks Peter's help to help find, intercepted a meeting with "The Foreigner", whom had used Albright's information to acquire doses of the Infinity Formula to helpSilver Sable's efforts to save Symkaria from its newest civil war.[27] Despite learning of the Chameleon's noble motives and Albright's corruption, Teresa flees in pursuit, leaving Peter alone, apprehending Chameleon after the fall ofDoctor Doom.[28]
Teresa later visits The Chameleon at the prison he is serving time in, and discovers he was one of many similar agents trained in a special facility by the Finisher, the man who arranged the murder of Richard and Mary Parker, who is revealed to be alive and well.[29] It is implied in the ensuing conversation that Teresa might possibly be a Chameleon agent herself. The Finisher offers to reveal to Teresa the truth of her own origins, provided that she delivers a clairvoyant device to him that Peter had helped develop. Fearing that she is not truly a Parker, Teresa is tempted, but ultimately decides to embrace who she believes herself to be and destroys the Clairvoyant when Peter entrusts her with it, keeping it out of The Finisher's hands.[30]
Pathway (Laura Dean) is a fictionalmutant in the publications ofMarvel Comics. She first appeared inAlpha Flight #48 (July 1987), and was created byBill Mantlo andJim Lee.
Laura Dean's parents weremutant-phobic and decided to abort Laura's twinfetus because it was a mutant. While still a fetus, Laura protected her twin sister by using her mutant abilities to send her to another dimension, dubbed "Liveworld".
Laura grew up withdrawn from the world. In an attempt to cure her, her parents sent her to the New Life Clinic, which was actually run by theinsane villainScramble.[volume & issue needed] Laura managed to escape but was later caught byBedlam and forced to become a member of his team of Derangers.[volume & issue needed] During the clash withAlpha Flight, Laura swapped places with her twin, whom she had namedGoblyn, in Liveworld.[volume & issue needed]
After Alpha Flight defeated Bedlam, Goblyn and Laura were admitted intoBeta Flight under the misbelief that they were the same person.[volume & issue needed] However, this was all sorted out when Alpha Flight travelled to Liveworld and there encountered theDreamqueen.[volume & issue needed] When they returned to Earth, and Alpha disbanded, Laura and Goblyn went to live withPurple Girl.[volume & issue needed]
They re-joined Beta Flight whenTalisman dispatched them on a quest forNorthstar, thanks to Laura's ability to open portals to other dimensions.[volume & issue needed] The two stayed on when the team was once again funded by the government and Department H was re-formed.[volume & issue needed] However, both were severely injured whenWild Child went insane and attacked them.[volume & issue needed] Laura sent Goblyn instinctively to Liveworld and had to return with Beta Flight to save her.[volume & issue needed]
Perun is the name of two fictional characters appearing inAmerican comic books published byMarvel Comics. The mainstream character is based on themythical deity inSlavic mythology, withcontrol over thunder and lightning similar to that of theNorse GodThor. Perun first appeared inCaptain America #352–353 (April–May 1989), and was created byMark Gruenwald andKieron Dwyer.
In the mainstreamMarvel Comicsuniverse, Perun is the name of a fictional Russian superhero who serves in Russia's government-sponsored super-team alongsideFantasma, TheRed Guardian,Vostok andCrimson Dynamo.[volume & issue needed]
He wears a helmet and red cloak similar to those of Thor. He had long hair and a beard, with a great deal of body hair. Perun is an avatar of the Slavic godPerun inhabiting the body of Valeri Sovloyev.
Perun evidently first joined the Russian super-team when it was known as the Supreme Soviets. When the Soviets attacked their predecessors, the Soviet Super Soldiers, Perun is disguised as Thor due to Fantasia's magic. Nearly killing Ursa Major with his lightning.[volume & issue needed]
Perun and his team, subsequently renamed the People's Protectorate, are featured inAvengers, working with the Canadian teamAlpha Flight and the American teamAvengers.[31]
Perun and his team, now called the Winter Guard[citation needed] (a name it has retained ever since), come into conflict with theHulk and thePantheon over the kidnapping of Igor, a Russian spy. The Hulk believes Igor to have been responsible for his, the Hulk's, creation. Igor is put through a re-creation of the incident, which causes great distress. The Hulk easily defeats Perun and takes his weapons, using them to temporarily entrap Vostok. The confrontation ends in a stalemate, for Igor had gone mad with guilt and nobody was sure what to do.[32]
When a group of aliens calling themselves Starblasters tries to push the moon away from Earth,Quasar assembles a group with some of the most powerful heroes of the world, recruiting Perun,Carol Danvers,Black Bolt,Hyperion,Ikaris,Darkstar,Vanguard andMonica Rambeau.[33]
Perun and fellow Slavic god Chernobog later join theWinter Guard.[34]
In theUltimate Marvel universe, Perun is a member of The Liberators, described simply as a "Soviet Thor." His appearance is vastly different from his mainstream appearance; he is clean-shaven and has no visible head hair. His powers are seemingly derived from a force-belt similar to that ofThor. Like his mainstream Marvel counterpart, he carries a hammer and sickle (the latter of which was dropped byGregory Stark for loss of Soviet symbolism, but decided to keep the hammer to be Fury'sown Thor).[35]
Perun was originally an unnamed soldier who was given the same equipment as Thor. Alongside the other members of the Liberators, Perun attacks and rapidly subdues the forces ofS.H.I.E.L.D. and the weakened Ultimates. Strategic locales all across theUnited States are taken. The Liberators kill thousands of soldiers and citizens alike. Perun personally incapacitatesQuicksilver with a lightning strike.[36]
Perun and theCrimson Dynamo attackAir Force One capturingU.S. PresidentGeorge W. Bush. The plane and the passengers are brought back to theWhite House inWashington D.C. This is where most of Perun's teammates are killed in battle.[37] He is seen wandering the streets, trying to find someone to surrender to.[38]
He can also be seen in the cover ofUltimate Comics: Avengers #1.[39] Despite their invasion failing, S.H.I.E.L.D.'sNick Fury, and Dr. Gregory Stark decided to give Perun a second chance, instead of him being executed in his home country. Perun was spared a chance forAvengers operation, but is later killed by the vampiricNerd Hulk (aclone of theHulk) inUltimate Avengers 3.[35] His hammer is later used byCaptain America in a last-ditch effort to save the Triskelion and its inhabitants, using the hammer to teleport it toIran. With all the vampires dead thanks tosunlight, Captain America then beheads the vampiric Hulk clone in retribution.[40]
Pestilence is the name of different characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Some of them are members of theHorsemen of Apocalypse.
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Plague was originally a member of theMorlocks with disease-inducing abilities before joining the Horsemen of Apocalypse and becoming Pestilence.
She fell to her death afterLightspeed accidentally knocked her off her flying steed.[41][42]
| Pestilence | |
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 Pestilence attacks members ofAlpha Flight in his first cover appearance. FromAlpha Flight #37 (August 1986) The cover art is by Dave Ross. | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | Alpha Flight #36 |
| Created by | Bill Mantlo and David Ross |
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| Alter ego | F.R. Crozier |
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This Pestilence is a literary version of the real lifeCaptainFrancis Crozier,R.N., anUlsterman who was second in command inFranklin's lost expedition to theNorthwest Passage and later disappeared after taking command of the expedition from the deceased Franklin.
In 1845, F.R. Crozier was appointed doctor and chief science officer for anArctic expedition led by famed explorerSir John Franklin, who sought the fabledNorthwest Passage; the expedition consisted of two ships, theTerror and theErebus. Six months after the departure of the expedition, the ships became trapped in the Arctic ice, which never melted; in October 1847, Sir John set forth with a party in search of help and was never seen again. On April 22, 1848, with the stores of food nearly exhausted, Crozier led the remainder of the crew out of the doomed ships and set out over the ice for a 600-miles march to safety. Many of the crew died ofexposure during the march and were left unburied, and a number of advance scouts were apparently flash-frozen where they stood; with the remaining crew dying one by one, on the night of 8 May Crozier, desperate to find a way to survive, ingested an elixir he had prepared before, which induced a state ofsuspended animation that his men mistook for death. His plan was to remain where he fell, allowing the ice to preserve him until the weather warmed enough to revive him, upon which he wouldn't need food or substance; what he had not anticipated was that, out of respect for him and his position, his remaining crew decided to bury him. Interred inpermafrost, the sun never reached Crozier and he spent the next 148 years buried alive and going insane.[43]
Nearly a century and a half later, the demigoddessSnowbird was pregnant with her first child. Because of her mystical nature, a place of power was necessary to complete her delivery.Shaman used his power to beseech spirits for aid to lead Alpha Flight to such a place of power and they transported Snowbird there. During the journey they were joined by Shaman's daughter,Talisman.[44] As the child was being born and Shaman was in the process of binding its life force toEarth, the child's life force and Alpha Flight were subject to a mystical attack. Talisman had been corrupted by her power over the spirits of the Earth and was deeply angry at her father. She told Shaman that she had ordered the spirits he had beseeched to lead him to a place of power that was also a place of death. She had sensed a spirit trapped between life and death and led Alpha Flight there to precipitate the attack on them. She wanted to show Shaman up through his failure to save Snowbird's child, at which time she would step in and bind the attacking spirit. Snowbird's baby was possessed by Crozier, calling himself Pestilence. However, Talisman had fatally miscalculated, because Pestilence had never truly died, thus he was not a spirit and was not subject to her powers. Pestilence attacked Alpha Flight anew and grappled with Talisman, tearing the mystical circlet that was the source and focus of her powers from her head.[43] Alpha Flight plunged Pestilence through the ice. Emerging from the water, Pestilence tricked Snowbird into assuming the form ofSasquatch, who was in truth one of the Great Beasts. In that form Pestilence was able to take control of her. He then summoned the spirits of the remaining Great Beasts to the battle. Shaman donned the circlet of power, becoming the new Talisman. He bound the spirits of all the Great Beasts save Snowbird-as-Sasquatch, using her to attack Pestilence directly, forcing him to flee the battle.[45]
Still in possession of Snowbird's child, Pestilence went south, leaving behind him a trail of strange death, until he reached a mining town in Klondike; he was followed by the child's father, Douglas Thompson, who however caught the same incurable plague that killed off the town's population, although he was able to warn Snowbird and Talisman about his location. In an abandoned mine, Alpha Flight again battled Pestilence, until he again seized control of Snowbird in the form of Sasquatch, ordering her to kill him. She did, and Pestilence was released to seek another host body to possess. In trying to keep Snowbird from being possessed,Vindicator slew Snowbird, but was too late, as, after Snowbird's and her family's funeral, Pestilence rose from Snowbird's grave, still in Sasquatch form, and again attacked Alpha Flight. When hard-pressed, Pestilence's spirit tried to possess yet another, but this time Vindicator was able to trap his spirit in the void held within the medicine bag formerly belonging to Shaman.[46]
Recently, it was revealed that Pestilence had found a new host, but he was caught in "some sort of disintegrator blast".[47]
Pestilence had a number of supernatural abilities of unknown origin, perhaps deriving from his being buried at a place of power for over a century (Talisman theorized it had something to do withLlan the Sorcerer and his 10,000-year cycle of evil). He had the power to spontaneously generate life forms symbolic of disease and death, includingmaggots andflies. He could control the spirits of the dead, including those of the great Beasts. Pestilence could transform his appearance into that of other people, both alive and dead. Pestilence had the power to generate disease, could cause instantaneous but temporary rapid aging and had the power to draw upon the "bodilydecay" of other living beings to rejuvenate himself. Pestilence had extensive knowledge of chemistry beyond what was commonly known in the 19th century. His knowledge was such that he could create potions which could induce a deathlike state of suspended animation.
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | Marvel Comics #1000 (Oct. 2019) |
| Created by | Jonathan Hickman (writer) Dustin Weaver (artist) |
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| Full name | Pestilence |
| Species | Human Mutant |
| Team affiliations | Horsemen of Apocalypse |
| Partnerships | Apocalypse (father) Genesis (mother) |
| Abilities | Disease Vector |
Pestilence was one of four children ofApocalypse andGenesis, born and raised onOkkara. She and her siblings grew up to be the first Horsemen of Apocalypse and fought against theBrood inAncient Egypt.[48][49][50] When the forces of the dimension of Amenth invaded Earth and split Okkara intoKrakoa andArakko, Pestilence, along with her mother, her siblings, all Okkaran mutants, and the newly created island of Arakko, was voluntarily sealed away in Amenth to stop the invasion while her father Apocalypse remained on Earth.[51] After Genesis becameAnnihilation's new host, Arakko was subjugated and united with the forces of Amenth.[52] Pestilence and her siblings were sent toOtherworld to destroy the province of Dryador and lay siege to the Starlight Citadel. WhenSummoner successfully lured Apocalypse to Otherworld, the Horsemen attacked and severely wounded their father. WhenSaturnyne intervened and arranged theX of Swords tournament,[53] Pestilence traveled with her sisterWar to recruit their auntIsca the Unbeaten, the mercenaryPogg Ur-Pogg, andSolem.[54]
While War andDeath participated in the tournament, Pestilence andFamine served as the regents of Dryador[55] and later fought against the Krakoan mutants to invade Earth. Following the battle, Pestilence returned to Amenth with her siblings (excluding Death) and their parents,[56] though she and Famine continued to act as regents of Dryador.[57]
When Genesis incited a civil war on Planet Arakko, Pestilence fought on her mother's side.[58] When she attempted to killStorm, she was killed by her enraged brother Death.[59]
Pestilence was anOmega-level mutant able to create poisoned arrows that infected their targets with transmissible fatal disease, an ability known as "Disease Vector."[53] She was also very long-lived, having been alive for thousands of years.[49][50]
Petra is a fictional character appearing in thecomic books published byMarvel Comics. The character first appears in thelimited seriesX-Men: Deadly Genesis #1 (November 2005), and was created by writerEd Brubaker and artistPete Woods. She is one of the "Missing X-Men".
Petra was the first of her family to be born in theUnited States. Her mother, father and brother emigrated fromDenmark while the former was pregnant with her. They lived the typical American life in the suburbs ofNew York City for most of her childhood. Shortly after her thirteenth birthday, Petra's family was killed by a rockslide while on a camping trip, and Petra unknowingly used her mutant powers of earth manipulation to avoid getting hurt. After spending weeks in Child Protective Services, Petra was sent to live inNew Jersey in a foster home. She was placed in a home that had five other children that were forced to share the same bedroom. Her foster mother was old and uncaring, and her foster father was too caring while trying tohold and touch her all the time.
One day on an outing toCentral Park, her foster father tried to touch her yet sank knee-deep into the ground. It was then that Petra realized that she was amutant, and she ran away. She found a cave and hid there for days crying, knowing that with her abilities she could have either killed or saved her family. She camped in Central Park for a couple of years, using her power to manipulate rock caves into shelters to avoid being arrested and sent to juvenile detention centers. When she was sixteen, she discovered another useful aspect of her ability: she could turncoal intodiamonds by concentrating hard enough. For a year, she used this aspect of her power to make diamonds of varying sizes to sell topawn shops so she could buy food and survive. One day, however, a pawn shop employee said he was going to call the owner of the store, but he called the police.
Running to her rock shelter, the police found Petra before she could hide, and took her into custody after a brief battle. When she awoke, a female guard informed her that she was being released into the custody ofDr. Moira MacTaggert who was there to help Petra. This at first frightened Petra because she had never known anyone to try to help her because of her abilities, only hurt her.[60] After some time with Dr. MacTaggert,Professor X took Petra alongsideSway,Darwin andVulcan to rescue the originalX-Men team trapped on the mutant islandKrakoa.[volume & issue needed] Petra instinctively used her powers to bury Vulcan and Darwin, and then gets incinerated by the volcano creature that was created by Krakoa.[61]
When the X-Men establish Krakoa as a mutant paradise, Petra was among the revived mutants living there to which she, Sway and Vulcan were residing in the Summer House.[62] During the "Empyre" storyline, Petra and Sway have a drink with Vulcan at the Summer House on the Moon. After Vulcan defeated theCotati attackers, Petra and Sway catch up.[63]
Petra was a "terrakinetic" or "geo-morph",[64] having the ability topsychokinetically manipulate, control, levitate and reshape the classic element ofearth—sand,stone,rock,lava or dirt—and could even transform the consistency of earth and rock, such as turning a lump ofcoal into adiamond.[60] She also could use this power to cause minorearthquakes and create shapes out of solid rock. Petra means "rocky" in Latin and "stone" inGreek.
A character based on Petra namedChristy Nord appears inWolverine and the X-Men, voiced byKari Wahlgren as an adult and Danielle Judovits as a child.[citation needed] This version is the geokinetic daughter ofChristoph Nord who lives on a farm near the U.S.-Canadian border. In "Past Discretions", she attacksWolverine under the belief that the latter killed her father before learning Wolverine was tasked byWeapon X to kidnap Christoph. Though he stopped upon realizing this would make Christy an orphan,Sabretooth completed the mission. In "Stolen Lives", Christy is abducted by a brainwashed Christoph before being rescued by Wolverine andMystique.Emma Frost later undoes Christoph's brainwashing, allowing the Nords to reunite.
Phage is the name used by asymbiote inMarvel Comics. The symbiote, created byDavid Michelinie andRon Lim, first appeared inVenom: Lethal Protector #4 (May 1993), and was named inCarnage, U.S.A. #2 (March 2012) due to an unrelated character from theVenom: The Hunted comic storyline andVenom: Along Came A Spider toy line.[65] It was created as one of five symbiote "children" forcefully spawned from theVenom symbiote along withRiot,Agony,Lasher andScream. Phage is usually depicted as a brown symbiote that primarily covers its appendages with spikes.
Phage's first host wasCarl Mach, a mercenary hired alongside Scream (Donna Diego), Agony (Leslie Gesneria), Lasher (Ramon Hernandez) and Riot (Trevor Cole) byCarlton Drake'sLife Foundation in San Francisco. Phage and his four symbiote "siblings" are defeated bySpider-Man and Venom.[66] The hosts kidnapEddie Brock in an attempt to communicate with their symbiotes in Chicago. Brock refuses to aid them while the hosts are killed by Diego.[67]
Phage's second host wasRico Axelson, aLieutenant assigned alongside Riot (Howard Odgen), Lasher (Marcus Simms), and Agony (James Murphy) to the Mercury Team. WithCletus Kasady on the loose in Colorado, Phage and the Team Mercury assist Spider-Man,Scorn andFlash Thompson.[68] However, Phage and his teammates are killed by Carnage in their secret base,[69] and the four symbiotes bond with Mercury Team'sdog.[70]
After being possessed byKnull, the four symbiotes possess a bickering family, with Phage taking the sonBilly. The group head to New York to assist in Carnage's quest[71] and huntDylan Brock andNormie Osborn but are defeated and separated from their hosts by theMaker.[72] Under Knull's possession, Phage merges with his "siblings" into one, but is defeated byAndi Benton.[73]
Phage's fourth host isBuck Cashman's hunting dogMitch.[74]
Phage's fifth host isBuck Cashman. Led by theCarnage symbiote, Phage and the other three symbiote enforcers participate in a conspiracy involving theFriends of Humanity, only to be defeated by Thompson, Silence andToxin and taken intoAlchemax's custody.[75][76][77]
During the "Venom War" storyline, the Phage symbiote bonds with Carl Strickland of theWild Pack while fighting the Zombiotes.[78]
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Chester Phillips is aWorld War IIgeneral in theMarvel Universe. The character, created byStan Lee andJack Kirby, first appeared inTales of Suspense #63 (March 1965).
Within the context of the stories, General Chester Phillips is one of the army officers overseeing subject selection forProject: Rebirth. He takes a personal interest inSteve Rogers as the best candidate for the first test.[81] Both he andAbraham Erskine refuse to allow General Maxfield Saunders to haveClinton McIntyre receive the first full treatment. When Saunders steals the serum and apparently kills McIntyre, Phillips has the body shipped away and Saunders arrested.[82]
| Phobos | |
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 Phobos (Alexander) fromAres: God of War #5 Art byTravel Foreman | |
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| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | Original: Dr. Strange, Sorcerer Supreme #32 (August 1991) Current: Ares: God of War #1 (March 2006) |
| Created by | Original: Roy Thomas Jean-Marc Lofficier Current: Michael Avon Oeming Travel Foreman |
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| Full name | Original: Phobos Current: Alexander Aaron |
| Species | Olympian[84] |
| Team affiliations | Original: Olympians Current: Secret Warriors |
| Notable aliases | Original: God of Fear Current: Pre-Retcon: God of War[85] Currently: Phobos |
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Phobos is the name of two fictional comic book characters appearing in books published byMarvel Comics characters, based on theGreek mythological deity of the same name. The first appeared inDr. Strange, Sorcerer Supreme #32 (August 1991) in a story written byRoy Thomas andJean-Marc Lofficier.
The second and current Phobos first appeared in the 2006Ares: God of War mini-series (written byMichael Avon Oeming; art byTravel Foreman). He is the son ofAres, step-brother toHippolyta, and a member of theSecret Warriors.[87]
Due to the nature of gods in theMarvel Universe, in addition to theretcon surrounding the current Phobos (see below) the relationship between the two has not been explicitly explained.
The original Phobos first appeared in the "A Gathering of Fear" storyline inDr. Strange, Sorcerer Supreme[88] #32 (August 1991) written byRoy Thomas andJean-Marc Lofficier. He reappeared in "The Great Fear" storyline in DS:SS #39 (March 1992).
Phobos and his brother Deimos are sons ofAres andNox (posing asVenus) but were killed byThor andHercules in their first appearance.[89] Later the Fear Lords release so much fear that Nox is able to bring her sons back, creating them from theDarkforce but they were eventually defeated again.[90] Phobos meets his final fate whenAmatsu-Mikaboshi assaults Olympus and kills him.[91]
The current Phobos, Alexander, first appeared in theAres limited series in 2006 written byMichael Avon Oeming. Here, he is manipulated byAmatsu-Mikaboshi into becoming a warrior until his father, Ares, saves him many years later, a young adult with god-like powers.[85] This ending is ignored for future storyline purposes. The character returns,retconned byBrian Michael Bendis and reduced to a ten-year-old boy with no specialized training inMighty Avengers #1, then reappears in theSecret Invasion crossover, inMighty Avengers and theSecret Invasion limited series. OnceDark Reign started, he began appearing regularly inSecret Warriors.
The current Phobos is a young boy named Alexander Aaron.[92] In the 2006Ares: God or War mini-series, Alexander is taken from his father, Ares, byZeus, and then kidnapped by the Japanese god Amatsu-Mikaboshi. Mikaboshi, in an attempt to destroy the Marvel pantheons, trains and manipulates Alex for at least five Olympian years–which vary substantially from human years in that years can pass to the gods while simultaneously only a few days or months passing for humans – under the guise of a mother-figure who eventually turns him into a deadly swordsman. He is saved from the evil deity when the combination of Zeus and Ares's influences broke his brainwashing. Their salvation apparently eliminates his skills.[volume & issue needed]
Brian Michael Bendis then ret-conned these events inMighty Avengers. When Alex / Phobos is first approached by fellow Secret Warrior Daisy, he is once again a young boy, untrained, and aware that his father is the god Ares (Mighty Avengers #13). (The general story of Mikaboshi destroying the Marvel pantheons and Zeus' sacrifice remains canon however).[93] It is at this point that Daisy reveals to Alex that he is Phobos.[94] Afterwards he begins to gain fear like powers, having inherited the original's abilities. However, in Mighty Avengers #13 he scared off a couple of boys, and after that he lied to Daisy that he doesn't have any powers, but she doesn't believe him. After talking with her he says 'that explains so much' because he realises then that he's new Phobos, and was born mortal, but after drinking Mikaboshi's blood he became god and now he has fear powers and Daisy told him who he really is (new god of fear). In that issue Ares tells him that he's an Avenger right now and he cannot worry about his grades.[volume & issue needed]
During the Secret Invasion storyline, Alex is recruited byNick Fury for his team ofSecret Warriors.[95] Post-invasion, he remains a member of the team and has shown evidence of additional pre-cognitive powers.[86] However, his father has noticed his absence upon receiving a truancy notice.[96] In the aftermath ofUtopia, Ares followed Alex and Daisy to one of Fury's base, where he discovers his son's affiliation with the formerS.H.I.E.L.D. director. Fury tells Ares that his son has potential. Ares ultimately accepts his son's decision, meaning that he doesn't need to hide his allegiance anymore.[97] Phobos later pilots a FuryLife Model Decoy to assistBlack Widow andSongbird but they are captured by the Thunderbolts. As soon asNorman Osborn shoots the LMD in the head, Phobos reveals himself, inflicting Osborn with the fear that he will lose his mind soon enough.[98] DuringSiege, Phobos tried to tag along with the other secret warriors to help theAsgardians, but Nick Fury wouldn't let him, because he knew his father would die and he didn't want him to witness it. When the fiasco was over,Thor confronted Phobos telling him that Ares was dead and he offered to take him to see his next of kin in Mount Olympus. However, he declined his offer. Thor offered that if he ever changed his mind, he would take him there. Although he had mixed feelings with his dad, he still felt sad that he died.[volume & issue needed]
Phobos is now in Elysium after having been stabbed and killed byGorgon wielding the sword Godkiller. His last appearance had his father proud of his actions as they were reunited in the afterlife.[99]
Both versions of Phobos control the power of fear, a power that has been seen to cause victims to run for their lives as well as attack their partners. Certain characters have proven immune to this ability (such as Nick Fury, Gorgon); they cite that they lack fear as the reason.[100] The current version of Phobos (Alex) was at one time a highly trained swordsman and possessed strength and endurance similar to other Olympian gods in the Marvel universe,[92] however this has since been ret-conned.[94]Secret Warriors #10 re-establishes his training with a sword. He was denied use of it by his father Ares, who required him to be proficient in all forms of arms before returning his sword. Currently he, like the previous Phobos, can instill fear in others. Additionally, he has shown evidence of pre-cognitive powers.[86] When utilizing his fear based powers, Alex's eyes glow. The color has shown to vary between white and red. Whether this is simply due to the artist's rendering or the level of power usage is unknown.[100][94]
According to theThor & Hercules: Encyclopaedia Mythologica, the original Phobos and the current Alex are two separate characters. More specifically, they are half-brothers. The Phobos profile indicates that the original Phobos (and his brother Deimos) were killed during Mikaboshi's invasion of Olympus, and that Alexander inherited the fear-based powers of his slain older half-brother following his return to Earth.[101]
Piecemeal is the name of two fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.
Young Gilbert Benson was a mutant with the ability to absorb different energy frequencies and store them within his body. His mother, the armored mutant mercenary known as Harness, forced Gilbert to travel across the world with her to absorb the dispersed energy of Proteus.
Absorbing the energy, Piecemeal grew into a monstrous amalgamation of Gilbert and Proteus and set about warping reality across Scotland. Eventually theX-Factor team convinced the amalgamation that it could never be happy, and it opted to end its own existence.[volume & issue needed]
Piecemeal was a cyborg created in a secretAmazon laboratory by a scientific team supervised by theRed Skull. Piecemeal was assembled from a combination of human and animal corpses and high-tech weaponry for the purpose of being the ultimate killing machine. Before the Red Skull could fully program Piecemeal's mind, theHulk attacked the laboratory, but Piecemeal escaped in the confusion. The mindless Piecemeal wandered through the Amazon before stowing away on a cargo plane en route toScotland. A retiredPantheon member residing onLoch Ness later summoned the Hulk when Piecemeal began attacking tourists and draining their minds. Piecemeal battled the Hulk–during which he revealed his ability to duplicate the Hulk's appearance and powers–and was apparently killed.[104]
Pigeon is an anthropomorphicpigeon and animal version of Vision.
Pit Bull is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.
Pit Bull is ananthropomorphicpit bull who is the leader of drug cartel in Mexico called the Man-Dogs.
Pogg Ur-Pogg is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, created by writerJonathan Hickman and artists Pepe Larraz andLeinil Francis Yu and first appearing inX of Swords: Stasis #1 (December 2020). He was a mercenary from the dimension of Amenth who constantly spoke in rhyme and had a love of gems and precious metals. Pogg was recruited to fight forArakko in theX of Swords tournament.[54] His first two contests were duels againstMagik. He defeated her in their first fight but lost in their second. He won the three subsequent contests in which he participated.[105][106] Pogg later fought against theKrakoanmutants in the battle after the tournament.[56] Following Amenth's defeat, Pogg traveled to Earth. He briefly battled theX-Men during an attempted robbery on Gameworld, though he was pacified by a gift of mysterium in exchange for never fighting the X-Men again and owing a favor toForge.[107]
Though he appears to be a large multi-armed, crocodile-like beast, this is actually an organic suit. Pogg Ur-Pogg's true body is that of a small, weak, goblin-like creature.[106] In combat, he wields akhopesh-like sword.[54]
Poison (Cecilia Cardinale) is a fictional character appearing inAmerican comic books published byMarvel Comics. The character was created by writerSteve Gerber and artistCynthia Martin. Poison first appeared inWeb of Spider-Man Annual #4 (1988).
Pork Grind is a pig version of Venom from Earth-8311 and one ofSpider-Ham's enemies. His name is a play on ofpork rind, cooked pieces of pork fat.
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| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | Avengers #304 (June 1989) asPortal:Darkhawk #5 (July 1991) |
| Created by | Danny Fingeroth Rich Buckler |
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| Alter ego | Charles Little Sky |
| Species | Human Mutant |
| Team affiliations | A.R.M.O.R. |
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Portal (Charles Little Sky) is amutant fictional charactersuperhero appearing inAmerican comic books published byMarvel Comics.
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The character first appeared as Charles Little Sky inAvengers #304 (June 1989) and as Portal inDarkhawk #5 (July 1991).
Native AmericanCharles Little Sky was born in Hartsdale,New Mexico. As ateenager, he manifested his dimension-spanning powers during a confrontation between theAvengers andPuma, the superhuman protector of Little Sky's tribe. Little Sky fled thereservation he lived on, moving toNew York City where he took a job as a construction worker. He was followed by Puma, who had set out in pursuit of Little Sky out of fear that the powers he'd soon manifest would prove dangerous. When Puma finally tracked him down atEllis Island, Little Sky's powers activated for the first time, opening a portal to the dimension where theU-Foes had been exiled, freeing them. The U-Foes attempted to kill Little Sky to keep him from using his powers to banish them again, and the Avengers and Puma were forced to team up to protect him. During the fight, Little Sky escaped, using his powers and began traveling the dimensions.[108]
Along the way he picked up a variety of weapons, including a gun that fired 'energy harpoons,' and learned to control his powers. In one dimension he encountered Kistur, the leader of an intergalactic gang of criminals who was armed with one of the androidDarkhawk bodies created byDargin Bokk. Kistur asked Little Sky to join the gang so they could use his powers to plunder other dimensions. Little Sky refused and Kistur tried to kill him, but Little Sky fought back and ended up accidentally shooting Kistur's Darkhawk amulet, the focal point of his powers, out of his chest. The loss of the amulet killed Kistur's Darkhawk body, and Little Sky removed and donned Kistur's body armor for further protection. Worried that Kistur might revive, Little Sky attempted to destroy the amulet, but when that failed, he discarded it in another dimension.[109] Little Sky eventually managed to return to Earth, opening a portal to amuseum inNew York City thatChris Powell and his family were touring. Powell transformed into his Darkhawk persona, and Portal, mistaking Powell for a reborn Kistur, attacked. Darkhawk managed to incapacitate Portal, who was taken in federal custody by aGuardsman.[110] Portal had been injured during the fight and was placed in a hospital under the guard ofCaptain America. TheU-Foes wanted Portal to take them to a dimension they'd once happened upon while they were exiled from Earth, and they attacked the hospital. Captain America, Darkhawk andDaredevil defeated the U-Foes, but Portal revived and after explaining how he had acquired parts of his armor from an opponent resembling Darkhawk, escaped to another dimension during the fight.[111]
Portal surfaced again to retrieve his weapons and equipment from a federal research center, battling some Guardsmen.[112] Portal was targeted by theBrotherhood of Evil Mutants led byToad, whose memberSauron brainwashed Portal into assisting them.[113] He was rescued by Darkhawk,Spider-Man, andSleepwalker, after which he escaped again into another dimensional warp.[114] Portal would later return as Darkhawk's ally, protecting New York in his stead at a time when Darkhawk seemed to be dying and needed time to recuperate. During that time, Portal was targeted by Shaper, a superhumansnuff artist who'd targeted Darkhawk for death. Shaper ended up going after Portal instead when Portal began using Chris Powell's amulet to become the Darkhawk in Chris's place. Meanwhile, members of the Mahari race, another alien species from the same home world as Kistur, took control of the Darkhawk ship in a plan to avenge Kistur. They reanimated Kistur in a redesigned Darkhawk android as Overhawk, and went after Portal's family. In the end, Portal and Darkhawk managed to prevent them from destroying the Earth.[volume & issue needed]
Charles is one of the few mutants that retained their superhuman powers after theM-Day.[volume & issue needed] He is shown as the director ofA.R.M.O.R. and he used his powers to transportMachine Man andJocasta to theMarvel Zombies universe.[115] He collects Jocasta after Machine Man retrieves a sample of the still-livingVanessa Fisk's tissues, but is forced to leave a badly damaged Machine Man behind.[116] After fending off the Zombies that invaded A.R.M.O.R., with the help of Jocasta, Machine Man and the 616-EarthMorbius, Portal discovered that some of them managed to escape. He then approved Morbius' project to reform theMidnight Sons to destroy the living dead.[117]
Portal is amutant capable of opening rifts in space passing through extra-dimensional warps to transport himself and others. His portals allow instantaneous travel between different vibratory-attuned planes of reality, or "dimensions". Opening a portal without preparation will give him access to another dimension completely at random. He seems to possess some talent for finding dimensions he has been to before, yet he could not immediately find Earth again once he first got lost in the dimensional planes. Presumably, then, Portal has a kind of extrasensory "marking" ability, allowing him to record the space/time coordinates of a dimension while he is present in it, so that he could return to it again in the future if he chooses. He could not automatically return to Earth because he had not consciously "marked" it before leaving. Portal is capable of using his powers for teleportation, traveling instantly across about a few miles within a single dimension. Trying to transport himself more than a few miles in one jump, however, will destabilize the portal and send him off into another dimension, even if he is trying to stay anchored in one. Dimensional warps created by Portal cease to exist when he is rendered unconscious.
Portal has also been shown to be able to home in on other people who have gone through one of his portals, opening a new gateway to retrieve or follow them if necessary. He used that ability to rescueSpider-Man from the dimension he had thrown the wall-crawler into while underSauron's control. Portal is also armed with a wide variety of weaponry, including a huge gun that shoots 'energyharpoons' (fires concussive force blasts capable of leveling an office building), a hand-weapon (capable of firing a fast-hardening adhesive substance which impedes physical movement of target), a wheel (a1⁄2-inch-thick (13 mm) throwing disc which can separate into components with independent guidance systems, each of which contains a burst of concussive force equal to several hand grenades). He also has a suit of body armor composed of alien materials that he stole from a deadDarkhawk android that has been outfitted to allow him to survive in space. Portal carries a supply of adhesive ammunition contained in his belt, and a directional mechanism that focuses his warp power. Little Sky also has a quantity of gymnastics training.[109] He is highly skilled in the use of his own weaponry, and a skilled motorcyclist.
Kevin Tremain was a mutant captured and studied by theMandarin. His first appearance was inX-Men (vol. 2) #50. On a secret mission, theSix Pack attacked the secret base Tremain was held in. Tremain was mortally injured;Cable tried to save his life, first by using his telekinesis to keep Tremain's body together, and finally by giving him ablood transfusion. Although it seems he survived this trauma, Cable seemed to think Tremain had later died.[118]
Years later, Tremain resurfaced as Post, the lowest ofOnslaught's emissaries. Post had superhuman size, strength, stamina, and sturdiness. He was also a mathematical genius. After being infected with the T-O virus via blood transfusion from Cable, Post became a cyborg, who was also able to generate energy discharges, cloaking fields, biogenetic scanners and teleport himself to remote locations.[119]
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Malcolm Powder first appeared inAlias #6 (April 2002), created byBrian Michael Bendis andMichael Gaydos. Powder was a high school student and a fan ofJessica Jones.
He made his first appearance by breaking into Jessica's apartment and answering her phone. Jessica kicked him out. Later, while Jessica was looking for a Rick Jones (not thefamous one), Powder showed up again asking for a job as her personal part-time secretary. He was kicked out once again.[120]
Powder arrived again, this time asking Jessica about the secret identities ofCaptain America andDaredevil. He asked for a job, and Jessica agreed under the condition that he find information onMattie Franklin, who was missing.[121] To Jessica's surprise, Powder showed up with a girl named Laney, who claimed her brother was dating Mattie around the time she disappeared.[122] He was last seen answering Jessica's phone as her secretary.[123]
Malcolm Joseph Ducasse appears in theNetflix series set in theMarvel Cinematic Universe, portrayed byEka Darville.
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| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | Captain Marvel Special #1 (1989) |
| Created by | Dwayne McDuffie Mark D. Bright |
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| Alter ego | Frank Skorina |
| Team affiliations | Masters of Evil |
| Abilities | Superhuman strength High-level resistance to injury Ability to sweat a nitroglycerin like compound which can detonate on impact |
Powderkeg is a fictional supervillain appearing inAmerican comic books published byMarvel Comics.
Powderkeg first appeared inCaptain Marvel Special #1 and was created byDwayne McDuffie andMark D. Bright.
Little is known about the man who became Powderkeg. He was a mercenary hired to steal high-tech circuitry for Brazilian crime lord Kristina Ramos. He ran afoul of Captain Marvel II (Monica Rambeau) who had thought she lost her powers after stopping a mutatedMarrina. She encounters Powderkeg and used her new powers to defeat him.[143] Powderkeg fights theAvengers during a failed mass prison escape occurring at theVault ("Venom Deathrap: The Vault"). During the incident, he follows the leader of the breakout, Venom. Teamed withMentallo andVermin, they temporarily defeatIron Man andHank Pym. The entire breakout is soon neutralized by technological means, with energy pumped through Mentallo.[144]
Powderkeg is later recruited byDoctor Octopus to join his incarnation of theMasters of Evil during theInfinity War. The Masters of Evil confront theGuardians of the Galaxy in theAvengers Mansion. Everyone becomes embroiled in a fight against evil doubles of both teams. Magus, the villain behind the Infinity War, had recruited an army of super-powered doubles to defeat and absorb Earth's superpowered resistance.[145] Both groups work together to survive the assault. Doctor Octopus wants to continue his assault on the Mansion and on the Guardians. Powderkeg and his other allies disagree, unwilling to turn on those who they had fought besides minutes earlier. The Masters turn on Octopus, pursuing him out of the Mansion.[146]
At some point, Powderkeg is captured and imprisoned, where he would later team up with a number of other villains against theShe-Hulk, although they are defeated.[147] He has appeared inBrand New Day as one of the patrons of the Bar With No Name.[148] At some point in time between then and the fall of Norman Osborn, he was captured and sent toThe Raft, where, during a visit by theAvengers Academy, there was a power failure caused by team memberHazmat. The power failure enables the prisoners to riot. Powderkeg almost crushes Hazmat andMettle, but the timely intervention ofTigra saved them. He is put back in his cell in the end.[149]
Powderkeg is superhumanly strong and highly resistant to injury. Further, he sweats a nitroglycerin-like compound which can detonate on impact, lending explosive force to his punches.
Powderkeg's fight with theYancy Street Gang andThing of theFantastic Four is discussed in the non-fiction bookFrom Krakow To Krypton.[150]
Power Mongoose is an anthropomorphicmongoose and animal version of Power Man.
Presence is the name of a fictional character appearing inAmerican comic books published byMarvel Comics.
As a younger man,Sergei Krylov was aBelarusian nuclear physicist born inMinsk,BSSR. His twin children,Nikolai Krylenko andLaynia Petrovna, were taken from birth by the Soviet government to be trained as soldiers, after their mutant natures manifested.
Sergei eventually became one of the most influential men behind the scenes of the Soviet government. However, despite being a scientific genius, he was also quite mad. He caused aChernobyl-like nuclear disaster in the "Forbidden Zone" using cobalt radiation baths and a nuclear blast, which transformed Tania Belinsky into his super-powered thrall as the secondRed Guardian. The nuclear energy transformed Sergei into a superhuman being as well, and he could now generate nuclear energy within his own body for various uses. Sergi began calling himself "The Presence". The Presence and Red Guardian battled theDefenders when they came to find her. The Presence left when she regained her free will and spurned him.[151] Soon after, the Presence battled a giant mutated amoeba in the "Forbidden Zone", and was then reunited and reconciled with Red Guardian.[152]
The government now wanted the threat of the Presence eliminated. His own children had been trained by the government as super-powered soldiers and, unaware of their true relationship, were sent to kill him. Alongside the Red Guardian, Presence encountered theHulk,Professor Phobos, and theSoviet Super-Soldiers in the "Forbidden Zone". Darkstar and Vanguard learned that the Presence was their father and turned against the Soviet regime, and saved the Presence from Phobos. To save the Soviet Union from the radiation of the Forbidden Zone, an irradiated Soviet wasteland, the Presence and the Red Guardian absorbed the radiation into themselves and left for outer space, where they claimed they would transform themselves into inert matter.[153] The twins became agents on their own, fighting for the good of the people, and sometimes working with their father.
The Presence was revealed to be held prisoner with Red Guardian (now calling herselfStarlight) on theStranger's laboratory world.[154] The pair returned to Earth with theJack of Hearts. The Presence attempted to kill Eon, but was instead trapped in the "Quantum Zone" dimension byQuasar.[155] It was revealed in flashback howMaelstrom had persuaded the Presence to attack Eon.[156] The Presence was eventually rescued from the "Quantum Zone" by Neutron, and teamed with him to seek vengeance on Quasar. The Presence learned of the Soviet Union's collapse, and returned to Russia with the intent to create a "new order".[157] Later, the Presence sent Starlight to capture theBlack Widow and Darkstar.[158]
Vanguard was ultimately killed in a battle while he and Darkstar were aiding the cosmic heroQuasar. Darkstar blamed Quasar for her brother's death and fled back to Russia. When she encountered her father, Darkstar shared her feelings with him, and the Presence forced Quasar to fleeEarth on the threat of killing Quasar's loved ones. Sergei visited his son's memorial and sought to revive him by shifting his atoms to microscopically enter Vanguard's body. There he discovered a trace of Vanguard's mutant energy remained, keeping him faintly alive. The Presence managed to use this energy to resurrect his son, but nearly exhausted his own power, and was cast adrift in the subatomic reality he had entered.[volume & issue needed]
While in subatomic exile, the Presence discovered new aspects of his power and atomic particles, and when he had sufficiently regenerated, resumed his normal size and returned to the Forbidden Zone. There he embarked on a plan to unite all of the former Soviet Union by transforming its people into a race of zombie-like radioactive beings living under a communal mind.[159] He managed to convert several Siberian scientists, Vanguard and the rest of theWinter Guard, and theAvengers, who investigated the disturbance, leaving onlyThor and the seemingly-immortalFirebird to stand against him.[160] As Thor threatened to kill the Presence, Starlight, as the Presence's companion, ultimately offered their surrender and used her own power to revive those who had been transformed and remand herself and the Presence to Russian custody; she did not share his vision, but their powers meant that they would only ever have each other for company, and so she wished to keep him alive.[161] In the final struggle of theKang War, the Presence and Starlight aided in the struggle to destroyKang the Conqueror's Damocles Base space station,[162] with Starlight blackmailing the Presence for assistance by threatening to leave him if he attempted anything more than simply doing his job and subsequently returning to his cell.[163]
In the 2010Darkstar and Winter Guard limited series, The Presence was apparently destroyed permanently when the Russian superhero Powersurge sacrificed his life to defeat him after he once again tried to conquer Russia after Starlight left him for good to join the People's Protectorate, where she fell in love with his son,Vanguard.[164][165][166]
InDeadpool and the Mercs for Money, the Presence is briefly revived by Umbral Dynamics (a corporation secretly led by Caroline Le Fay) by harvesting the power of several superhumans with radiation-related powers. After a fight with the new Mercs for Money and Deadpool, the Presence is killed again byNegasonic Teenage Warhead who drains his power.[167]
Presence appears inLego Marvel Super Heroes 2.[168]
Preyy is Killmonger's trained leopard who was killed during his rise to power in Wakanda by Achebe.
Prodigy is the name of different characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.
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| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | Slingers #0 (Sept. 1998) |
| Created by | Joseph Harris Adam Pollina |
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| Alter ego | Ritchie Gilmore |
| Species | Human |
| Team affiliations | Slingers Initiative Heavy Hitters New Warriors |
| Abilities | Adept wrestler Mystically infused costume grants: Vast superhuman strength, speed and stamina Near-flight leaping Gliding via cape |
Prodigy (Ritchie Gilmore) is afictional superhero appearing inAmerican comic books published byMarvel Comics. Prodigy first appeared inSlingers #0 (Sept. 1998), and was created by Joseph Harris andAdam Pollina. Prodigy was one of the feature characters in the 2011 six-issue limited seriesFear Itself: Youth in Revolt. Prodigy eventually joined theAvengers Initiative.
Ritchie Gilmore is a typicaljock, captain of his college wrestling team, and one of the most popular guys in school. But Ritchie wants more from life; he wants to be stronger and more powerful. TheBlack Marvel gives him the Prodigy costume, and the chance to be something better. The costume had been imbued with power: it gives Ritchie superhuman strength, he can leap so far and high that it appears that he is flying, and his cape even allows him to glide. Black Marvel makes Ritchie the leader of his new team, theSlingers. As Prodigy, Ritchie can finally be the person he always wanted to be and finds that he enjoys the life of a superhero. However, he is cold and unfeeling towards his teammates, not even showing concern whenDusk falls to her death, and isn't even shocked when she comes back to life. Prodigy feels that he should not have to help his team, and that they need to learn how to handle things on their own. Once, he leaves the Slingers in a collapsing tunnel, saying that if they are truly heroes, they would be able to survive. He is just as prone to beat his friends as his enemies. When he feels thatRicochet challenges his authority, he attacks him, and is only prevented from seriously injuring him byHornet's intervention. Hornet also has to blast Prodigy with his laser "stingers" to keep him from killing a gang member. Prodigy learns that Black Marvel had made a deal with a demon called Mephisto to give him his costume, and that the demon had collected his "mentor's" soul as payment. While the other three members of his team go to save Black Marvel, he abandons them. But when Ricochet is confronted with an illusion of his dead mother, Prodigy comes back to snap him out of his trance. Prodigy admits that his heart was filled with hate, and he lets that hatred go, and helps his friends free the Black Marvel's soul. The team disbands, but Prodigy apologizes for his actions before he leaves, and says he needs to check on his grandmother, as she had been missing quite a while.[169]
Prodigy returns very drunk standing on a rooftop and openly defies the Superhuman Registration Act during theCivil War storyline.Iron Man soon arrives on the scene along with agents ofS.H.I.E.L.D. Prodigy declares Iron Man a traitor and then attacks him. Prodigy is defeated by Iron Man and apprehended by S.H.I.E.L.D. agents. Prodigy succeeds, however, in sending a message to the people of the Marvel Universe. It is considered the first act ofCivil War.[170] Prodigy is later shown, where he is one of the inmates imprisoned within the Negative Zone Prison Alpha; where he was seen byPeter Parker (during his tour with Iron Man) in regards to the status of those that refused to register.[171] Prodigy is one of the heroes that is freed from his cell whenHulkling, under the guise of Dr. Hank Pym, opens the cells. He joins Captain America's side to fight Iron Man.[172]
Prodigy next appears as one ofThe Initiative's new recruits. One of the stipulations of his release from jail is that he takes responsibility for his drunken actions against Iron Man, then appear to fully support the Initiative. Hank Pym talks to him about his drinking 'problem' which Gilmore denied, yet one of the first things he does is go out and buy beer for the group, although he doesn't allow the under-ageBatwing to drink.[173] During theSecret Invasion storyline, Prodigy is one of the many heroes who fight rampaging powered Skrulls inTimes Square.[174] After the invasion, Prodigy is placed on a probationary period, rather than being assigned to an Initiative team.[175]
After agreeing to work forNorman Osborn as seen in theDark Reign storyline, Prodigy is placed on theHeavy Hitters.[176] However, eventually he becomes disillusioned with the reorganization of the Initiative under Osborn, who had placed criminals on Initiative teams and publicly seceded his team from the Initiative. Part of this was team member 'Outback' who was in reality the violent thief 'Boomerang'. Prodigy waits for Osborn's reprisal out in the open, intending for the fight to be caught on camera.Force of Nature attack him, and are soon joined by theU-Foes,Freedom Force, members of theShadow Initiative, and some members of theHood's army.Justice offers to help, but Prodigy wants to do this alone. Then he is ganged up on by the Initiative members while his teammates Telemetry and Nonstop upload footage of the combat toYouTube.[177] Prodigy was held at Prison 42. Norman Osborn insisted he be treated well so the public will eventually forget about him.[178] After Osborn is removed from power following theSiege of Asgard, Prodigy is released and honored for his resistance against Norman Osborn. He has joined the motivational speaker circuit, but he's also trying to reunite the longtime fractured roster ofSlingers.[179]
During theFear Itself storyline, he takes an office job. Then, Commander Steve Rogers has him assemble a new incarnation of the Avengers Initiative, to deal with the fear and chaos that was happening. At the end of the story-arc, he gets a promotion, only to find out his "promotion" is storage arrangement.[180] Prodigy later appears amongst the heroes on Jeremy Briggs' side, a millionaire who convinced Prodigy a more independent super-team was best. He worked withKomodo andHardball, among others.[181] However, Briggs' real plan was to eliminate all powers forever, no matter who he had to kill to do it. Briggs was slain in a later fight.[182]
Prodigy's costume is mystically infused with power, giving him vast superhuman strength, speed, and stamina. He can leap incredible distances and when he jumps, it appears that he is flying. His golden costume is completely bulletproof, and can withstand most physical assaults. His cape functions as a hang glider, and enables him to glide on air currents.
Prodigy is also adept in the skills of collegiate wrestling. He himself is the captain of the wrestling team at Empire State University. He often employs these grappling techniques when he fights. Prodigy has used submission moves as well, which may stem from the recent trend of collegiate wrestlers competing inMMA.
| The Professor | |
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_from_Marvel_Comics_Presents_Vol_1_77_001.jpg) Professor Thorton as seen inMarvel Comics Presents #77. | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | Marvel Comics Presents #73 |
| Created by | Barry Windsor-Smith (writer – artist) |
| In-story information | |
| Alter ego | Truett Hudson |
| Team affiliations | Weapon X Weapon Plus |
| Notable aliases | Professor Andre Thorton, Number One |
| Abilities | Genius-level intellect |
ProfessorAndre Thorton (real nameTruett Hudson; also known asThe Professor) is a fictional character appearing inAmerican comic books published byMarvel Comics. He is an enemy ofWolverine and had a hand in his origin as part of theWeapon X Project Professor Thorton first appeared inMarvel Comics Presents #73 and was created byBarry Windsor-Smith.
In 1972, nearly twenty years beforeLogan was romantically involved and abducted withSilver Fox at Windsor snow lodge, Professor Thorton experimented on numerous mutants includingSabretooth andMastodon. He hiredCarol Hines as his assistant and the scientistAbraham Cornelius. His experiments on Wolverine are responsible for his adamantium-laced skeleton.[185] He is also connected to the creation ofAlpha Flight on to developing super-soldiers for the US government. During the adamantium-lacing process, the physical trauma causes Wolverine to regress to violent animal behavior, prone to attacking anyone who comes near.[186] At one point, Thorton's mysterious "master" takes control of Wolverine and has him attack everyone in the facility, cutting off Professor Thorton's right hand and killing him.[187] Though an ending scene clarifies to the reader that this was a virtual reality simulation of an escape attempt by Wolverine, in later appearances Thorton has a metal hook in place of his right hand.[188]
Years later, Professor Thorton and Carol Hines lure Wolverine into an abandoned warehouse in Canada which was once the secret location for the Weapon X program. Codenamed Project X, Wolverine discovers Weapon X was funded by theCIA and sheltered in Canada. Professor Thorton activates a robotic android named Shiva which is programmed to destroy all of Project X's test subjects starting with Wolverine. Silver Fox (who works for another secret organization calledHYDRA) is revealed to be behind the entire plan and steps forward to interrogate Professor Thorton at gunpoint. He tries to grab the gun from Silver Fox and she shoots him fatally.[189] It was shown thatRomulus was in control of Weapon X and gave orders to Truett both observing Wolverine as he was unconscious.[190] Although it is said that Romulus had known Logan in a past life, it is unclear if he knew of Logan while he was young and living at the Howlett estate if this he did then he would have known of Truett's connection to Logan.[191]
Professor X-Bug is an anthropomorphicworm and animal version of Professor X.
Protector (Thoral Rul) was the Prime Thoran ofXandar, whose duty was to protect the Xandarian's Living Computers (aka Worldmind). Protector was killed whenNebula's forces wiped out Xandar's population.[197]
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Protégé is a cosmic entity from analternate future of theMarvel Universe.
The character, created byJim Valentino, first appeared inGuardians of the Galaxy #15 (August 1991) as the childlike ruler of theUniversal Church of Truth of the alternate future of theGuardians of the Galaxy. Valentino modeled him after his son Aaron at seven years old.[198] He is depicted as a superhuman of unlimited potential, with the ability to duplicate not only super-powers, but also the skills of others simply by observing the ability being used.[199]
Later, Protégé uses its abilities to duplicate the powers of theLiving Tribunal, nearly usurping its place in Marvel's cosmology.[200] When attempts to defeat Protégé fail, The Living Tribunal states that any and all realities rest on Protégé's shoulders. Protégé itself claims to have become the newOne-Above-All.[201]Scathan the Approver, aCelestial, saves all realities by judging against Protégé. The Living Tribunal then absorbed Protégé into itself to prevent him from endangering all realities again.[202]
Psynapse is a fictional villain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created byChris Claremont, he first appeared inX-Factor #65.
Psynapse is a telepathic member of theInhumans Royal Family and is the cousin ofCrystal andMedusa. She is among the Inhumans who sided withApocalypse and joined theDark Riders.[203]
| First appearance | X-Men #107 (October1977) |
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| Created by | Chris Claremont andDave Cockrum |
| Species | Unidentified extraterrestrial race |
| Teams | Imperial Guard |
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| Aliases | Impulse |
Pulsar, originally code-namedImpulse, is a member of theShi'arImperial Guard. Created byChris Claremont andDave Cockrum, the character first appeared inX-Men #107 (October 1977). An energy being in a containment suit, Pulsar is capable of flight and the projection of energy blasts. Like many original members of the Imperial Guard, Pulsar is the analog of a character fromDC Comics'Legion of Super-Heroes: in his caseWildfire.[204]
Impulse was amongst the first of the Imperial Guard encountered by the team of superhuman mutants known as theX-Men who sought to rescuePrincess Lilandra from her brotherD'Ken. Following their emperor's orders, the Guard clashed with the X-Men on a nameless Shi'ar Empire planet and were on the verge of winning when the band of interstellar freebooters known as theStarjammers arrived to turn the tide of battle in the X-Men's favor.[205] After the battle, Lilandra takes over as Majestrix, and the Guard swears allegiance to her.[206]
He is with the Guard when they come into conflict with a rogue Space Knight named Pulsar and an alien named Tyreseus. After a large battle which also involvesRom and other Space Knights—which leads to the deaths of four new Guardsman — Pulsar and Tyreseus are defeated.[207]
Impulse is again part of the mission duringOperation: Galactic Storm, an intergalactic war between the Shi'ar and theKree. The Imperial Guard are integral to the Sh'iar creating a massive super weapon—the "Nega-Bomb"—using Kree artifacts, including the originalCaptain Marvel's Nega-Bands, which the Guard steals from his tomb. The bomb is capable of devastating an area equivalent to that of the Kree Empire (which is supposedly located throughout theLarge Magellanic Cloud). Ultimately, the Nega-Bomb device is successfully detonated, killing 98% of all Kree.[208] The Shi'ar annex the remnants of the Kree Empire, with Deathbird becomingviceroy of the Kree territories.[209]
Ronan the Accuser then leads the Kree in a surprise attack against the Shi'ar, using theInhumans as an army to disrupt the Shi'ar control of the Kree. Appearing over the city ofAttilan, Ronan seizes control in a surprise attack and forces the Inhumans and their king,Black Bolt, to obey, or he would destroy their only home and everyone in it. He compelsKarnak,Gorgon, andTriton to covertly join the Imperial Guard, while Black Bolt andMedusa attempt the assassination of the Shi'ar ruler Lilandra at a ceremony ratifying an alliance between the Shi'ar and theSpartoi. Black Bolt manages to defeat Ronan in personal combat.[210] the attempt on Lilandra's life fails because the shapeshifting Imperial GuardsmanHobgoblin dies in her place.[211]
The character is seemingly killed byVulcan in theEmperor Vulcan storyline. Vulcan, a powerful mutant intent on conquering the Shi'ar Empire, fights the Guard, killing Cosmo andSmasher (and seemingly Impulse,Neutron, andTitan) before he is defeated byGladiator, who puts out his left eye.[212] It turns out that Impulse either survived Vulcan's attack or was replaced by someone from the Subguardian ranks, because he reappears in theWar of Kings storyline.[213] Beginning with the "Infinity" crossover, the character's name was changed toPulsar.[214]
Pulsar has many further adventures with the Imperial Guard, including being involved in the trial ofJean Grey and the return of Thanos.[215][216]
| Pulse | |
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | X-Men vol. 2, #173 (September, 2005) |
| Created by | Peter Milligan (Writer) Salvador Larroca (Artist) |
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| Alter ego | Augustus |
| Species | Human Mutant |
| Team affiliations | X-Men The 198 |
| Notable aliases | Gus Pulsey |
| Abilities | Ability to disable superpowers, electronic systems, and telepathic intrusions |
Pulse (Augustus) is a fictional character appearing inAmerican comic books published byMarvel Comics. Pulse is amutant who retained his powers post-M-Day. Pulse first appeared inX-Men vol. 2, #173 (September, 2005).
Sometime after havingGambit was not right for her. Mystique's plan to rid Rogue of Gambit involved sowing discord in the couple's romance and, once the pair was soon to be no more, introduce Rogue to Augustus. Given the dialogue between Mystique and him,[217] in which Mystique says that she "wanted to see for [herself] that [Augustus] is the man she hopes he is," it can be assumed that the associates did not yet know each other well.
Augustus and Mystique were next seen,[218] stealing paintings from a house. Mystique asks what he does with all of the money he gets from selling stolen goods on theblack market, he replies that he invests the money intostocks he knows will soon crash, as he gets some kind of sick pleasure out of losing other peoples' money. Mystique replies, "Time you were safely married, Augustus." Augustus is worried about Gambit's reaction, and comically remarks upon the authenticity of how Cajun he really is. Mystique then reveals she is certain that of all the men she checked out to be Rogue's new romance, Augustus is the one who can "make my daughter happy."[volume & issue needed]
Mystique and Augustus make their way back to theXavier Institute and Mystique announces she is joining the X-Men[219] after what happened last time—before making it very clear that she is going to set Augustus up with Rogue. In a moment alone, Augustus and Rogue sit down in a tree to talk to one another. At first, Rogue is defensive and declares that no matter what her "crazy mother" told Augustus, she and Gambit are happy together. She explains that they, of course, have their problems, and Augustus replies that he doesn't have problems. Continuing on, Augustus says that Mystique wants Rogue to be happy, and no forsexual harassment?" Rogue replies that she isn't, and explains her power to him. He tells her not to worry about it and his eyes begin to glow. Rogue looks down at his hand and notices that nothing has happened to him; she asks how long his hand has been there without anything happening. He replies, "Don't worry about that, either."[220]
Outside of Apocalypse's temple, Mystique suggests that they use Pulse to neutralizeApocalypse;[221] the X-Men argue over the idea. Rogue interrupts, stating that they should ask Augustus if he can do this to Apocalypse. He smiles coyly and replies that he "doesn't know." Later in the issue, Gambit is revealed to be the new Horseman of Death.[volume & issue needed] In his time as a Horseman, Gambit twice attempted to kill Rogue so as to break his ties to his former life. Both times, Pulse was able to save Rogue by neutralizing Gambit's powers and physically overcoming him. Afterwards, Pulse attempted to woo Rogue; at first, Rogue seemed somewhat accepting of the idea, but once Pulse made a comment about Gambit, Rogue rejected him, stating that she "never [wants] to worry about romance again."[222] As Rogue left, Mystique commented on his poor timing. Pulse told her to go away,[volume & issue needed] and his current status is unclear. SinceDecimation he was one of the few mutants to retain his powers and was forcibly relocated to the mutant camp forthe 198.[volume & issue needed]
Augustus produces a disruptive pulse from his eyes which can disable systems and people, including mutant and non-mutant powers, and scramble electronic systems. His power also creates a masking effect that shields his mind from psychics.
Pulse appears inThe Gifted, portrayed byZach Roerig.[223] The version is a member of the Sentinel Services under theHound Program.
Punfisher is an anthropomorphicshark and animal version of thePunisher.
Puppy is a fictional character appearing inAmerican comic books published byMarvel Comics. The character, created byChris Claremont, first appeared inFantastic Four vol. 3 #9 (July, 1998).Allegedly the offspring ofLockjaw, Puppy was a teleporting dog owned byFranklin Richards.
Pyko is a fictional character appearing inAmerican comic books published byMarvel Comics. The character, created byBill Mantlo, first appeared inThe Incredible Hulk vol. 1 #271 (February 1982). Pyko is an anthropomorphic turtle living on Halfworld who is the planet's chief toymaker.[224]
Pyko appears in theGuardians of the Galaxy episode "We Are Family", voiced byBrian George.[225][226] This version is the leader of a resistance against the robots of Halfworld. However, his extreme methods eventually lead the robots to devolve him and every other animal on the planet.