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| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | As Jupiter: Red Raven Comics #1 (August 1940) As Zuras: The Eternals #5 (November 1976) |
| Created by | Martin A. Bursten Jack Kirby |
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| Alter ego | Zuras |
| Team affiliations | Eternals |
| Notable aliases | Zeus, Quetzalcoatl |
| Abilities | Superhuman strength, superhuman speed, stamina, agility, reflexes, durability, force shields, regenerative healing factor, cosmic energy manipulation allows energy blasts, flight, illusion generation, telepathy, and teleportation. |
Zuras is a fictional character appearing inAmerican comic books published byMarvel Comics. The character is depicted as a member of theEternals who is the uncle ofThanos andStarfox.
Created by Martin A. Bursten andJack Kirby, the character first appeared asJupiter inRed Raven Comics #1 (August 1940), but was later reintroduced as Zuras inThe Eternals #5 (November 1976).
Zuras first appeared inThe Eternals #5 (November 1976), and was created byJack Kirby.
Marvel Comics continuity was laterretconned so that the character presented as themythologicalgodJupiter, introduced inRed Raven Comics #1 ("Mercury in the 20th Century" by artist Kirby and writer Martin A. Bursten; August 1940), was, in fact, Zuras.[citation needed]
Zuras was born in Titanos, the first city of the Eternals, and is the son of the Eternals Kronos and Daina, and brother ofA'Lars (Mentor). With his wifeCybele, he has a daughterThena and is also the uncle ofThanos andStarfox and the nephew ofUranos.
Zuras was a warrior and vied with his brother A'lars (whom he exiled into space) for leadership of the Eternals of Titanos following Kronos' death. Zuras was the firstEternal to form aUni-Mind by creating the first ritual of the Uni-Mind, and was therefore chosen to become the leader of the Eternals of Earth.[1] He was mistaken for theGreek godZeus many times in the past, and ultimately forged a pact with Zeus to keep their people at peace.[volume & issue needed] WhenKro spread chaos in the 1940s, Zuras sentMakkari to oppose him.[2] He also forced theForgotten One into exile, stripped him of his name, and forbade the Eternals from communicating with him.[volume & issue needed] Zuras appears to have been well-traveled, since his quarters inOlympia were decorated with a jukebox, two six-shooters and battle-axes.[volume & issue needed]
Zuras authorized Thena to resume her battles against theDeviants, and ordered her and Makkari to battle against Zakka in New York.[3] He also aided Mr. Bradford, a government agent, in studying theCelestials.[volume & issue needed] Zuras used his psychic abilities to learn about the Celestial spacecraft and discovered that the Fourth Celestial Host was on its way.[4] He initiated the first Uni-Mind fusion of Eternals in modern times to attempt to communicate withArishem.[5] He ended the Uni-Mind fusion,[6] and traveled to New York City and addressed the public on the subject of the Celestial host on a television broadcast.[7] He explored the tomb ofDromedan the Brain-Snatcher,[8] and battled Dromedan.[9] He then assisted the U.S. State Department in the investigation of the Celestial threat.[10]
Zuras later encounteredThor.[11] Zuras initiated a second Uni-Mind fusion to engage the Celestial mothership, but this was interrupted by Odin and Zeus to prevent the Eternals from interfering in a pact the gods had made with the Celestials. Zuras briefly battled Zeus.[12] Zuras then allied himself withOdin and initiated the third Uni-Mind to combat the Fourth Host of Celestials in Peru. While fused with the Eternals in the Uni-Mind formation, Zuras attacked the Fourth Celestial host. The Uni-Mind was blown apart by a cosmic blast from the CelestialsGammenon andJemiah, causing it to disintegrate into its component Eternals, and the backlash caused Zuras's brain death.[13] Even then, Zuras' spirit continued to exist within his body, until his body was finally destroyed by freeing Thena from a Brain-Mine, at which point Zuras spirit left his body.[14] Zuras's spirit still seems to exist, as it has appeared at times within Olympia, such as whenIkaris challenged Thena for the title of Prime Eternal.[volume & issue needed]
Sprite stated that he used the pieces of machinery of Olympia to partially "reactivate" Zuras—and then deceived Zuras into visiting the tomb of theDreaming Celestial, forming a Uni-Mind there.[volume & issue needed] This provided Sprite with the power he needed to rewrite some aspects of reality, stripping the other Eternals of their powers and memories.[volume & issue needed] Sprite also stated that he considered Zuras to be the most powerful of the Eternals.[volume & issue needed]
In the "rewritten" world, Zuras was made into an alcoholic homeless man, with mental problems.[volume & issue needed] He was, however, restored byAjak.[volume & issue needed] Ultimately, Zuras found Sprite after the events were resolved, and killed him by snapping Sprite's neck.[15]
Zuras and the other Eternals committed suicide upon discovering their ultimate destiny when the Celestials Final Host descended on Earth.[16]
Zuras has achieved above-average development of the normal attributes of the race ofEternals through great discipline. He possesses superhuman strength, speed, stamina, and durability, and can fly at supersonic speeds. Zuras possesses the ability to manipulate cosmic energy to augment his life force granting him great longevity and regenerative abilities, the projection of concussive force, heat, and electrical energy up to a maximum range of 300 feet. He could also use cosmic energy to create force shields around himself, to levitate himself and/or others, and to psionically manipulate molecules to transform an object's shape. During his lifetime, Zuras was the only Eternal known capable of initiating the creation of theUni-Mind (the collective life-form resulting from the physical and mental merging of a significant number of Eternals) by himself. Zuras is also capable of telepathy, illusion-casting, and limited teleportation.
Zuras possesses extensive knowledge of ancient and arcane wisdom.
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