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45-868: Abraxas is a primordial entity who is the anthithesis to Eternity and represents the destruction of the Multiverse . He first appeared in Fantastic Four Annual #2001. Abraxas was fated to destroy the Multiverse upon the death of Galactus , but he was erased from existence when Reed Richards used the Ultimate Nullifier in Fantastic Four Volume 3 #49. Abyss is the name of different characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Abyss

90-637: A "Jeweled Demolisher Beam" which projects mystic energy for almost limitless amounts of times. Aggamon also has access to many other mystic objects such as gems and is served by an entire army of underlings. Agony is the name used by a symbiote in Marvel Comics . The symbiote, created by David Michelinie and Ron Lim , first appeared in Venom: Lethal Protector #4 (May 1993), and was named in Carnage, U.S.A. #2 (March 2012). It

135-711: A fight that restored her memories. She was aprenhended and sent to the Raft by Spider-Girl, who helped her fully regain her identity in a futile attempt to reform her. Blunt is later freed with the Bastards of Evil in the Fear Itself story arc. A character based on the Allison Dillon incarnation of Aftershock appears in Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur , voiced by Alison Brie . This version daylights as Ms. Dillon,

180-526: A floating chair, but later he was given bionic body parts. Ahab, now more cyborg then ever, tried to hunt Rachel down through the time-wandering spirit of the alternate future's Franklin Richards , at one point creating Hounds out of Scott Summers and Sue Storm -Richards. Ahab was defeated by the actions of the Fantastic Four and the combined X-teams. Years later, Rachel finally defeated Ahab with

225-503: A full-fledged agent. Her partner was Alex DePaul, who personally taught her. She was asked to recruit Hercules when Ares began his assault on Earth. Though he initially said no, he changes his mind when his friend, Tharamus, is murdered. Together, Hercules fought Ares while Palamas was forced to fight DePaul who was in league with Ares the whole time. Kara Palamas appears in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. portrayed by Maya Stojan . This version

270-420: A school teacher. While not made explicitly clear within the series, show developer Steve Loter referred to her as Electro's daughter. Agamemnon is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Agamemnon is a half-human, half- Asgardian . He was born immortal, and though he never physically aged beyond the age of 16 (although he employs holograms to appear as an old man),

315-718: A spell over the being that prevents Aggamon's full recovery unless his slaves were freed, and left with the Purple Gem. Sometime later, Aggamon is one of the many witnesses to a fight between Doctor Strange and the mystical tyrant Dormammu . This taught him respect for other powerful dimensional universes. He has since sold some of his gems throughout the multiverse. It is unknown whether he has given up his slaves to regain his full health or not. An averagely powerful sorcerer, Aggamon can conjure mental visions, open dimensional portals, and can perform other magical abilities similar to Doctor Strange's but not nearly as powerful. He carries

360-437: Is a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent who was kidnapped and brainwashed by HYDRA leader Daniel Whitehall . In the episode " Face My Enemy ", she infiltrated S.H.I.E.L.D. using a phototastic veil to resemble Melinda May . After fighting the real May, the mask gets fused on to her face with an electric lamp. Now resembling a scarred May, she continues to work diligently and faithfully to Whitehall before being freed following his death. Aggamon

405-557: Is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Aggamon is depicted as a supervillain and minor enemy of Doctor Strange who has allied with Dormammu and Clea . He is the ruler of the Purple Dimension, a realm in which he tricks natives of other dimensions into visiting the place and forcing them to become slaves. He first appeared in Strange Tales #119 (1964). For millennia, Aggamon

450-529: Is a fictional agent in the Marvel Universe . The character, created by Tom DeFalco and Ron Frenz , first appeared in Hercules: Heart of Chaos #1 (August 1997). Kara Lynn Palamas was a historian and researcher who held a special interest in classic mythology. When gods and heroes started to appear all over the world, she was sought after by S.H.I.E.L.D. and was put into training to become

495-496: Is a half-alien half-mutant. He was created by Fabian Nicieza and Jeff Johnson and first appeared in X-Force Annual #2 (October 1993). The son of Shi'ar emperor D'Ken and a human woman, the character's mutant ability is to ignite any blood that is accessible through an open wound. To use his power, Adam X carried a large number of blades. Adam X was originally intended to be the brother of Cyclops and Havok , but

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540-611: Is a human scientist working for Trask Industries ' "Hounds" program and an advisor to Sentinel Services.In finale season 1, he was killed by Polaris , who shot down his plane in a rage. Ai Apaec is a supervillain based on the chief deity of Moche culture . AIDA ( Artificial Intelligence Data Analyser ) is a fictional computer system in comic books published by Marvel Comics . The character, created by Mark Gruenwald and Bob Hall , first appeared in Squadron Supreme #1 (September 1985). Created by Tom Thumb , AIDA

585-520: Is a mutant and the half-brother of Nightcrawler . He was created by Scott Lobdell , Mark Waid , Roger Cruz , and Steve Epting , and he first appeared in Age of Apocalypse: Alpha , which takes place in an alternate reality. The Age of Apocalypse version of the character is a Horsemen of Apocalypse and a living portal who can send others to another dimension. Years after the Age of Apocalypse event ended,

630-812: Is a primordial being who wields the Power Cosmic . Aegis was created by writer Keith Giffen and artist Andrea Di Vito , and she first appeared in Annihilation: Silver Surfer #3, dated August 2006. Aegis is a member of the Proemial Gods who build and maintain the universe. She is the Proemial responsible for eliminating aberrations. After a war among the Proemials, Aegis and Tenerous were captured by Galactus. She and Tenebrous aligned with Thanos and Annihilus to fight Galactus and

675-560: Is an acronym for Artificial Intelligent Digital Assistant , and which is converted into a Life Model Decoy (LMD) based on Agnes Kitsworth. While helping S.H.I.E.L.D. fight Eli Morrow , she uses information from the Darkhold to betray Radcliffe and utilize a virtual reality world, the Framework, to better experience human emotions and enact Project: Looking Glass to help her exist in the real world. In pursuit of her goals, she assumes

720-571: Is an ancient Sorcerer Supreme who created the Eye of Agamotto —a tool of magical clairvoyance used by superhero sorcerer Doctor Strange . Agamotto appears in Avengers Assemble , voiced by Corey Burton . This version was the first Sorcerer Supreme millennia prior before being corrupted by power. Subsequently, he was banished from Earth, with his right eye being removed and part of his power transferred into it. Agent 33 ( Kara Lynn Palamas )

765-689: Is being pursued by S.H.I.E.L.D. operatives. He is offered sanctuary with X-Factor but declines. He later complied with the Registration Act. Aegis was killed during a fight with the Huntsman when the breastplate fails to protect him after jumping out of a 12-story window. Huntsman was acting on behalf of Hera after Zeus' death. He later appears in Erebus, a casino where souls try to win a chance at resurrection. He helps Hercules save Zeus from his imprisonment by Hades and accompanies Amadeus Cho to

810-594: Is defeated by Andi Benton . Agony's fourth host is Gemma Shin , a communications director who is secretly a terrorist. Now led by the Carnage symbiote, Agony and the other three symbiote enforcers participate in a conspiracy involving the Friends of Humanity , only to be defeated by Flash Thompson, Silence and Toxin . While her fellow symbiotes are taken into Alchemax 's custody, Agony manages to escape. Agony subsequently joined Mayor Wilson Fisk 's Thunderbolts after

855-523: Is the cruel ruler of the Purple Dimension. He hears the news of the powerful sorcerer Doctor Strange. Interested in gaining power, he hires thieves to steal Strange's Purple Gem. Tracing the valuable to the dimension, Doctor Strange promises that to regain the gem, he would swear himself to slavery. As soon as he was regiven the possession, he breaks his promise and challenges his enemy to a mystic duel. The battle went on for hours, until, unable to continue without losing his life, Aggamon surrenders. Strange casts

900-681: Is the first human created by God . The character is derived from the biblical Adam . He was a recurring character in Ghost Rider volume 7 and Man-Thing volume 5. The biblical Adam had previously been featured in Marvel's Bible Tales for Young Folk series in 1953. When the Serpent was freed , Adam saw this as a sign and offered to Johnny Blaze to remove the curse of Ghost Rider off him, instead giving it to one of his students Alejandra Jones . Adam X , also referred to as The X-Treme ,

945-597: The Elysian Fields . Aftershock is the name of two fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. In the MC2 reality, Allison Dillon is the daughter of former supervillain Max Dillon / Electro . She inherited her father's electric powers, but their different electric auras left them unable to touch the other without harming themselves. Growing up in foster homes, Dillon becomes

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990-716: The Pantheon members are all his descendants. He recruited the Pantheon, stationed in the Nevada desert based headquarters called The Mount. He first appeared in The Incredible Hulk (vol. 2) #381 (May 1991). Aside from being immortal, Agamemnon does not appear to have superhuman powers. He is a master in analyzing and forecasting the future development of social structures, as well as a master battle strategist and an excellent hand-to-hand combatant. He also has access to

1035-944: The Silver Surfer . The two successfully defeated Galactus for Annihilus. Outlasting the events of the Annihilation Wave, Aegis and Tenebrous pondered what to do. Recognizing their threat, the Silver Surfer attacked the two, but was outclassed until he used the energies of the Crunch , a barrier between the universe and the Negative Zone , to slay both primordials. Aegis is a superhero created by Jay Faerber and Steve Scott who first appeared in The New Warriors (vol. 2) #0 in June 1999. Trey Rollins

1080-513: The " Venom War " storyline, the Agony symbiote possessed Silver Sable following Navaan Tadjvar's death. Ahab is a fictional character appearing in comic books published by Marvel Comics . Dr. Rory Campbell was a psychologist who had previously met the scientist Moira MacTaggart . He accepted a position as Moira's assistant at Muir Island , at the same time that the mutant hero team Excalibur became stationed there. Campbell attempted to reach

1125-648: The Avengers before eventually joining them to stop the Incursions and being killed in battle with the Beyonders . The second incarnation of Abyss appears in the Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur episode "Moon Girl's Day Off", voiced by Maya Hawke . This version possesses teleportation capabilities and is the latest in a long line of generational female supervillains. However, she begins to reconsider villainy after encountering Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur . Adam

1170-513: The alias of Ophelia / Madame Hydra and pursues a relationship with Leo Fitz 's Framework counterpart, the "Doctor". Successfully enacting the project, AIDA grants herself various powers, such as imperviousness to conventional forms of harm, and kidnaps Fitz. Taking advantage of her experiencing human emotions, Fitz convinces AIDA to rescue the former's teammates, though they are captured by Jemma Simmons . Learning Fitz loves Simmons instead of her, AIDA escapes and joins forces with Anton Ivanov in

1215-487: The character was introduced in the main Marvel Universe . This version is Nils Styger , a native of Genosha who possesses the additional ability to transform parts of his body into elastic tendrils. Abyss debuted in The Avengers (vol. 5) #1, and was created by Jonathan Hickman and Jerome Opeña . She is an alien who is composed of living gas and can manipulate the minds of others. Abyss comes into conflict with

1260-501: The character was retired when Nicieza left the series. However, in 2021 the anthology title X-Men Legends would reveal Adam is genetically related to the Summers, as genetic information from Katherine Summers was used in his creation, along with that of a previously undeclared sister named "Eve-Y". Aegis is the name of several characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Aegis , or Lady of All Sorrows ,

1305-673: The deadly Legacy Virus to Sebastian Shaw of the Hellfire Club , claiming that he hoped that Shaw's greater resources would find a cure, but also receiving a state-of-the-art prosthetic leg in the bargain. Soon afterwards Campbell was captured by the villain Apocalypse and transformed into the Horseman called Famine , utilizing life-draining technology. In this capacity, he fought the X-Men but managed to escape before Apocalypse

1350-531: The four symbiotes bond with Mercury Team's dog . After being possessed by Knull the four symbiotes possess a bickering family, with Agony taking the mother Tess . The symbiotes head to New York to assist in Carnage's quest before hunting Dylan Brock and Normie Osborn , only to be defeated by the Maker and separated from their hosts. Still under Knull's possession, Agony merges with her "siblings" into one, but

1395-713: The help of her Excalibur teammates and reprogrammed the Master Mold of the future, causing the Sentinels to preserve all life (even Ahab's). An alternate version of Ahab was later retrieved from a future timeline by Kang to aid in fighting the Apocalypse Twins and saving the Earth from destruction. Afterwards, Kang dropped Ahab off in the present day with the Red Skull to help build mutant internment camps. Ahab

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1440-410: The highly advanced technology produced by the Pantheon scientists and craftsmen. Since the revelation that he is Loki's son, he has also demonstrated knowledge of magic and spell casting. Though he does not appear to have any innate magic ability, he has shown skill in employing magical artifacts and rituals. Agamotto is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Agamotto

1485-604: The hopes of making S.H.I.E.L.D. suffer for the pain they caused her. While attempting to retrieve the Darkhold , she is attacked by Robbie Reyes 's supernatural powers which harm her. S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Phil Coulson later borrows supernatural powers to successfully kill AIDA. Aireo is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Aireo is an aerokinetic Inhuman , also known as Skybreaker , who can manipulate air. Eternity (Marvel Comics) Too Many Requests If you report this error to

1530-444: The island during a storm that was exacerbated by an attack by Siena Blaze and nearly died; however, he was rescued and brought ashore by team member Phoenix. While working at Muir Island, Campbell discovered the existence of a future timeline where he became the mutant hunting Ahab, creating and leading hordes of mutant trackers called Hounds . Campbell became determined to prevent that future from ever happening. Excalibur had captured

1575-473: The mental programming of the Squadron's brainwashing technique causes Ape X to suffer an aneurism, much to AIDA's confusion, since the artificial intelligence lacks the knowledge to understand her mistake. AIDA appears in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. , voiced by Amanda Rea in the third season , and portrayed by Mallory Jansen in the fourth season . This version is Holden Radcliffe 's A.I. assistant whose name

1620-651: The others were misled into believing Brock was picking the group off, unaware that the true killer was the schizophrenic Diego who had snapped from Scream's influence. Agony's second host was James Murphy , a Petty Officer assigned to the Agony symbiote for Mercury Team With Cletus Kasady on the loose in Colorado, Murphy trains with Agony for months in specific tasks alongside Phage (Rico Axelson), Lasher (Marcus Simms) and Riot (Howard Odgen), as well as assists Spider-Man, Scorn and Flash Thompson . Murphy and his teammates are later killed by Carnage in their secret base and

1665-614: The outlawing of superhero activities. She assists Electro , the Rhino and U.S. Agent in taking down Moon Knight . During the " Venom War " storyline, Wild Pack member Navaan Tadjvar helps battle the Zombiotes, and is possessed by the Agony symbiote after using the Lethal Protector armband. After Navaan is bitten by a Zombiote, Agony leaves him and he subsequently explodes due to the Lethal Protector's kill switch . During

1710-438: The scientist, costing him a leg. Campbell continued to fear his perceived "destiny" of becoming Ahab occurring. He left Excalibur to work with Alistair Stuart at the department as a mutant liaison officer. Rory hoped the benign position helping mutants would prevent him from being harmed by mutants in a way that would trigger his alternate future self's rabid anti-mutant hatred. Later, he traded secrets of McTaggert's research into

1755-727: The supervillain the teenage villain Aftershock . Electro finds his daughter with the help of Spider-Man and Spider-Girl in Spider-Girl #81 and convinces her to stand down. In the main Marvel Comics continuity, Aftershock is Danielle Blunt a young woman empowered and brainwashed by the Superior to become the field leader of the " Bastards of Evil ", believing herself to be Electro's daughter. Her position as field leader caused frictions with teammate Singularity, leading to

1800-472: The villain Spoor, one of Magneto 's Acolytes, and Campbell built a special room to perform therapy on Spoor, who had the power to control another's mood. The room had built-in lasers to react to any hostile behavior and Campbell used mood stabilizers while talking to Spoor so as to inhibit his mutant power. Nevertheless, Spoor eventually provoked Campbell into attacking him. As a result, the room's weapons fired at

1845-424: Was a computer imbued with artificial intelligence. Thumb gave it a female personality and would often flirt with his creation. AIDA was also the only person who knew of Tom's cancer diagnosis. AIDA eventually tells Ape X , but Tom has resigned himself to his fate. AIDA and Ape X try to create a robot duplicate of her creator but this endeavour is abandoned. When Moonglow infiltrates the Squadron, AIDA alerts Ape X, but

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1890-528: Was a kid in Brooklyn who found a magic breastplate. He became the superhero Aegis and joined the New Warriors . When Hercules learns that Rollins has the breastplate, he takes Rollins to Olympus and battles him, accusing him of stealing the breastplate. Rollins earns the right to keep the breastplate, and he learns that it was gift from Athena . During the superhero civil war . an unregistered Aegis

1935-927: Was created as one of five symbiote "children" forcefully spawned from the Venom symbiote along with Riot , Lasher , Phage , and Scream . Agony is usually depicted as a purple symbiote that primarily uses hair-like tendrils from its head. Agony's first host was Leslie Gesneria , a mercenary hired by Carlton Drake 's Life Foundation in San Francisco. Gesneria bonded with the Agony symbiote in conjunction with Scream (Donna Diego), Phage (Carl Mach), Riot (Trevor Cole) and Lasher (Ramon Hernandez), but they were defeated by Spider-Man and Venom. The symbiote's "siblings" later kidnapped Eddie Brock in an attempt to communicate with alien symbiotes in Chicago. When Brock refused to aid them Gesneria, Cole, and Mach were killed while

1980-403: Was defeated. On Earth-811 , Ahab became the leader of the government-sanctioned Hound program, commissioned to track down and capture mutants for internment. In this reality, Rachel Summers was Ahab's pinnacle of Hound creation, although Rachel subsequently escaped into the current timeline, horribly mutilating Ahab by throwing him into one of his machines. For a while, Ahab was a paraplegic in

2025-490: Was forced to stay in this reality and time, and took control of Prestige. He travelled to Transia , but was attacked and wounded badly, needing help from their government. When X-Force arrived they saw him and immediately engaged. After the battle was over, they found his head and body separated from each other and that he was dead. Roderick Campbell appears in The Gifted , portrayed by Garret Dillahunt . This version

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