This article lists monsters in Marvel Comics .
96-720: In the earlier parts of Marvel Comics, issues such as Journey into Mystery , Strange Tales , Tales of Suspense , and Tales to Astonish would detail stories of its different monsters . They consist of various monsters from mythologies (e.g., giants , e.g., cyclopes , trolls , ogres , etc., orcs , goblins , imps , undead , e.g., zombies , mummies , and vampires , etc., demons , ghouls , werewolves , werehyenas , werecats , and wererats , etc.), and novels (e.g., Frankenstein's monster and Count Dracula , etc.), giant aliens , kaiju , Deviant Mutates (and even human and animal mutates/ mutants ), and experiments that went horribly wrong. In later Marvel Comics stories, some of
192-455: A horror comics anthology, it changed to giant-monster and science fiction stories in the late 1950s. Beginning with issue #83 ( cover dated Aug. 1962), it ran the superhero feature " The Mighty Thor ", created by writers Stan Lee and Larry Lieber and artist Jack Kirby , and inspired by the mythological Norse thunder god . The series, which was renamed for its superhero star with issue #126 (March 1966), has been revived three times: in
288-574: A brief quarrel which ended with the life seed destroyed by Sunfire and Psylocke recognizing Sabretooth from her time on the Exiles, Dark Beast sneaks over to the portal back to the main Marvel Universe, Earth-616, and walks in, leaving X-Force stranded in the Age of Apocalypse world. He then released the now fully evil Dark Angel from his prison and helped him form an army to destroy Earth. Following
384-696: A captive of Locksmith , and is saved by Spider-Woman . Eventually, the Shroud invites her to join the supervillain team Night Shift , which she accepts, later becoming co-leader of the group. She serves in several missions, mainly facing the Avengers . She takes some time out to work with Superia and the Femizons as they battle Captain America . Dansen and the rest of Night Shift are hired by Snapdragon to kill Moon Knight on behalf of Count Nefaria who
480-525: A cure for M-Day. The two form an uneasy alliance to tackle the impending mutant extinction, but part ways due to their drastically different moral approaches to science. During a trip to the Guthrie household aimed at requesting samples of DNA from the mother and father of several mutant, and non-mutant, children – the Dark Beast (without warning Henry) poisons one of the un-mutated Guthrie boys, Lewis, in
576-590: A dimensional portal and returns to the Age of Apocalypse along with Nightcrawler. There, he discovers Weapon Omega's defeat at the hands of the human coalition and the capture of the Apocalypse seed. However, returning to the Age of Apocalypse with the X-Men and X-Treme X-Men in tow resulted in the release of evil beings known as the Exterminator which were trapped in the walls between realities by their creators,
672-440: A high tech uniform and goes by the name Darter. As Darter, Randy can glide through the air and fire lasers at his enemies. His first fight is with White Tiger who he manages to knock down. Later, the two fight again in a gymnasium where Spider-Man and Carrion are fighting. When Carrion flees with Spider-Man, Randy realizes that he was betrayed by his master and swears revenge on Carrion. He encounters his master while trying to drain
768-608: A job as a mail attendant in the Fantastic Four's headquarters, the Baxter Building , and later joins his fellow rehab-program creatures, the extraterrestrials Fin Fang Foom , Googam and Gorgilla , to defeat the microscopic alien conqueror Tim Boo Baa . He also starts a relationship with Fantastic Four's robotic receptionist Roberta . At some point, Elektro was arrested upon being mistaken for Electro and
864-518: A laboratory under an outhouse somewhere in the mutant nation of New Tian following Hydra 's takeover. He used this lab to experiment on Inhumans . While searching for an Inhuman named Leer, Quake and the Secret Warriors found Dark Beast's hidden lair. Quake confronted Dark Beast on the whereabouts of Leer, but Dark Beast claimed that he didn't know who Leer was. He continued to profess his ignorance even when tortured by Quake and Karnak. Then
960-782: A late start, Worlds Unknown (May 1973). The first five issues of Journey into Mystery vol. 2 featured such adaptations as Robert E. Howard 's "Dig Me No Grave", by writer Thomas and penciler Gil Kane , in issue #1; Robert Bloch 's "Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper" by Thomas and Ron Goulart and penciler Kane, in #2; and H. P. Lovecraft 's "The Haunter of the Dark" by Goulart and penciler Gene Colan , in addition to anthological horror stories by writers including George Alec Effinger , Steve Gerber , Steve Englehart , and Steve Skeates , and pencilers such as Billy Graham , Jim Starlin , Ralph Reese , and P. Craig Russell . Most issues also included
1056-548: A lucky blow. Spider-Man later teams up with several members of the Midnight Sons who are investigating the activities of a demonic Spidey-doppelganger . While pursuing this creature, the heroes discover and stop Paralyzer's plan to recreate Zzzax . After the Sentinels destroy Genosha , Paralyzer, again called Shocker, helps Toad and other mutants create a statue of the island's former ruler Magneto. Unus becomes
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#17327868289961152-572: A pedestrian as he left town. The Dark Beast was able to keep up his ruse until the Onslaught Saga, during which the Dark Beast joined Onslaught . Onslaught had, in fact, known from the beginning of Dark Beast's ruse and mentally shielded him from other telepaths at the mansion, intending to question him about the reality of his origin. However, upon learning what happened in Dark Beast's reality when mutants ruled, Onslaught decided to destroy both races rather than helping mutants take their place as
1248-568: A proper ending when the alternative would have surely been easier. In Gillen's final issue, a letter from Tom Hiddleston , who portrays Loki in the Marvel Cinematic Universe , was published, in which he praised Gillen for his take on the character. With issue #646, the focus of Journey into Mystery changed with its rebranding under the Marvel NOW! imprint . Written by Kathryn Immonen and drawn by Valerio Schiti ,
1344-499: A quick scientific experiment. He then carries the dying boy's body back to the house, suggesting that they should try one of the girls next. Shocked and enraged with his actions, Hank attacks the Dark Beast who, disgusted with Henry's inability to do all that is necessary to save their mutant species, beats him almost unconscious. The fight is interrupted by Mrs. Guthrie, who fires a round from a double-barrelled shotgun into Dark Beast's left shoulder. After scolding Mrs. Guthrie for thinking
1440-457: A reprinted story from Marvel's 1950s predecessor, Atlas Comics . By issue #6, however, the magazine became a reprint title featuring science-fiction and giant-monster tales from the first Journey into Mystery series, as well as from the " pre-superhero Marvel " anthologies Amazing Adult Fantasy , Strange Tales , Strange Worlds , and Tales to Astonish . As a consequence of the company-wide crossover " Heroes Reborn ", Thor ceased to be
1536-601: A round of birdshot would put him down, the Dark Beast is knocked unconscious by Henry. During the " Dark Reign " story-line, Dark Beast later appears as a member of the Dark X-Men (a team of X-Men put together by Norman Osborn ). He serves as the team's scientist. He constructs a device known as the "Omega Machine" to experiment on mutants in Alcatraz for H.A.M.M.E.R. and starts testing on Beast, causing him great pain and torment as it begins slowly eating him away. Osborn
1632-427: A still inactive X-Gene, it works as a catalyst, becoming lethal for potential mutant children. Dark Beast reasoning that this will 'test' humanity's hatred of mutants by putting them in a position where they will risk their children dying to prevent them becoming mutants. As Dark Beast continues mocking them, Magik executes him with her teleportation discs to send part of Dark Beast into the ceiling, killing him. During
1728-484: A team of New Tian mutants entered the laboratory to remove the Inhumans for intruding into New Tian, and Dark Beast was taken into the mutants' custody. Dark Beast's apparent resurrection was later revealed to be Mister Sinister's doing, who saw fit to save Dark Beast's head and attached it to a brand-new body that appeared to be Dark Beast's old self, but with some technological improvements like cannons in his arms and
1824-537: A wall until it was freed by the natives. Fin Fang Foom is a Makulan , a dragon-like alien from the planet Kakaranthara. There are two types of monsters called Gargantus : The first Gargantus is a giant blue aquatic humanoid monster that appeared in Strange Tales #80 and 85. A different Gargantus is an alien robot who is an enemy of Iron Man. He appeared in Tales of Suspense #40. A nightmare version of
1920-598: Is a giant alien conqueror from the planet Oobagon VIII who had conquered 275 worlds. The high commander of Oobagon VIII sent Bombu to Earth as part of a scouting mission for the Oobagonians. While subjugating the natives while operating as a witch doctor, Bombu's plan did not go well when he was struck by lightning. The natives then pelted Bombu, who then fled Earth. Some years later, Bombu is sent back to Earth by his high commander to prepare Earth for an Oobagonian invasion. While manifesting in an unnamed American city, Bombu
2016-754: Is a giant alien monster that was captured and augmented by the Warlords of the planet Beta. As the Beta-Beast was not strong enough to deal with the Mega-Monsters used by the Megan warlords, the Betans moved their base to Earth's Moon where they had it challenge Godzilla to see if he was able to fight the Mega-Monsters: Triax, Rhiahn and Krollar. The Beta-Beast was killed by Godzilla, proving to
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#17327868289962112-761: Is a large extradimensional humanoid being with a tail. He is originally from a "dark dimension" (not related to Dormammu 's dimension). He later becomes master of the Undying Ones ' dimension after defeating the Nameless One . Darter ( Randy Vale ) is a minor villain in Marvel Comics. The character, created by Bill Mantlo and Jim Mooney , first appeared in Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #29 (April 1979). Randy Vale
2208-585: Is among the mutants in Magneto's army in House of M . He is punished for wanting to kill an injured enemy. Later, he is killed during the liberation of Genosha, an island that has mutant slaves. Dark Beast aka Black Beast is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. As an alternate reality version of Beast , he first appeared in issue #1 of X-Men: Alpha in 1995 and
2304-499: Is an Afro-Brazilian businessman and the father of Roberto da Costa . Daggoth is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Dagoth is a demon who clashes with Doctor Strange . Dakimh the Enchanter is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Dakimh is described as a wise but eccentric wizard that lived in pre-cataclysmic Atlantis , and who
2400-458: Is an Atlantean beast that first appeared in Tales to Astonish #77 and was created by Stan Lee , Adam Austin , and Bill Everett . The Behemoth was an Atlantean beast that was created by Atlantean scientists to protect Atlantis from future threats. The Beta-Beast is a giant alien monster that first appeared in Godzilla #12 and was created by Doug Moench and Herb Trimpe . The Beta-Beast
2496-415: Is an undergraduate at Empire State University. One day, Randy accidentally stumbles across a clone casket that once belonged to Miles Warren . The casket opens to reveal a decayed clone named Carrion . Upon learning of his creator's death, Carrion offers a partnership with Randy to get revenge on Spider-Man . In return Randy is offered power, but it is not specified what exactly the power entails. Randy dons
2592-413: Is arrested by S.H.I.E.L.D. only to be attacked by Hydra , who attempt to get Jefferson to join. He instead kills his would-be recruiters and returns home to Rio. He tells his wife what happened and they go looking for Miles, finding their son at Ganke Lee 's house. Jefferson is later attacked by Conrad Marcus , putting him in the hospital. He is attacked again, but Spider-Man battles and defeats Venom at
2688-473: Is closed forever with AoA Nightcrawler's sacrifice, Dark Beast is taken away by the authorities. Dark Beast was soon able to escape from the authorities and was revealed to be the mastermind behind the events that lead the Uncanny X-Men and S.H.I.E.L.D. to war. He started hunting the X-Men affiliated with Cyclops by hacking into S.H.I.E.L.D. using classified research sources to upgrade his work and find
2784-479: Is imprisoned. Upon getting word of this, the robots at the Baxter Building saw the prison riot that Elektro was in. Elektro was later freed from prison when the confusion was cleared up. Experiment 247 first appeared in Tales to Astonish #1 and was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. Experiment 247 is a common snapping turtle that was given hormone regulator serum by Dr. Parker. It was trapped behind
2880-469: Is not impressed with the test results of the Omega Machine and wants Dark Beast to make sure the machine works in removing powers from mutants, not killing them. Dark Beast continues to experiment with his Omega Machine, using Beast as his key test subject. Each use of the device causes Beast to look more decrepit and weak. Deciding to use a new subject to test the device on, Dark Beast goes to collect
2976-418: Is offered a spot in S.H.I.E.L.D. but chooses to live a simple life of being a husband to Rio and father to Miles. Jefferson keeps Miles from ever interacting with Aaron and keeps a strict household in an attempt to lead his son on a clean path. Despite his overall dislike of Aaron's criminal activities, Jefferson is saddened by his brother's subsequent death. During the events of United We Stand , Jefferson
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3072-566: Is operating as the Kingpin of Los Angeles. When they fail and are bailed out of prison by Snapdragon's lawyer, Count Nefaria reduces Dansen, Digger, Needle, Tatterdemalion, Tick Tock, and Misfit to ashes. During the " Spider-Geddon " storyline, Dansen and Digger turn up alive as they, Brothers Grimm, Skein, and new member Waxman rob a bus of people, only to be thwarted by Superior Octopus due to his goggles tuning out Dansen's hypnotism. Superior Octopus agrees to spare them more pain in exchange for
3168-915: Is the father of Miles Morales / Spider-Man . The character was created by Brian Michael Bendis and Sara Pichelli , and first appeared in Ultimate Comics Spider-Man #1 (November 2011) as part of Marvel Comics' Ultimate Marvel line of books set in a universe and continuity separate from the mainstream Marvel Universe . Jefferson is an African-American man who is married to the Puerto Rican woman Rio Morales . He does not get along with his criminal brother Aaron Davis . Things get out of control and Jefferson winds up in jail, only to be bailed out by Nick Fury . Impressed with his fighting skills, Fury has Jefferson join gangster Turk Barrett 's gang for intel, eventually working his way up to Wilson Fisk 's criminal empire. Afterwards, Jefferson
3264-737: The Brotherhood of Mutants . Right before House of M , the Dark Beast was in Genosha where he joined Xavier's team after being offered parole . It was confirmed in The 198 Files one-shot that he stayed powered after M-Day . Dark Beast returns and finally confronts his counterpart in the Endangered Species storyline, where he ambushes him in Neverland, the extermination camp ran by Weapon X , to offer his services regarding finding
3360-520: The Greco-Roman demigod Hercules . Comics historian Les Daniels noted that "the adventures of Thor were gradually transformed from stories about a strange-looking superhero into a spectacular saga." A second Journey into Mystery ran 19 issues (October 1972 – October 1975). The title was one of four launched by Marvel Comics editor-in-chief Roy Thomas to form a line of science fiction and horror anthologies with more thematic cohesion than
3456-815: The Secret Empire . Darby changes his code-name to Paralyzer when the Mutant Force become the Resistants . The Resistants' protest against the United States' Mutant Registration Act is cut short by a clash with John Walker , who is Captain America at that time. Later, the Resistants revert to their Mutant Force identities and costumes. Their next clash is with the New Warriors . Paralyzer later battles Spider-Man , subduing him with
3552-513: The elimination of the Morlocks. Fearing discovery, the Dark Beast continued his operations in secret. During this time he also trained Marshall Stone III how to control his powers, and set him up as the bounty hunter known as Random. The Dark Beast later kidnapped the real Beast and kept him a prisoner behind a brick wall. He infiltrated the X-Men in his place by altering his appearance to match
3648-598: The " Sins of Sinister " storyline, it is revealed that Dark Beast's head was retrieved and secretly kept alive and preserved in a tube by Mister Sinister which he uses for advice. When Dark Beast asks for Mister Sinister to let him out, Mister Sinister informs him that he's not the "darkest beast" anymore. The Dark-Crawler, formerly known as the Night-Crawler (unrelated to the X-Men superhero Nightcrawler ), which first appeared in Incredible Hulk #126 (1970),
3744-556: The "Mutant Force" entry in the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition #9. Randall Darby is discovered and recruited by Magneto to become a member of his Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, taking the code-name Shocker. After being abandoned by Magneto, Darby and his teammates come to be known as the Mutant Force. Under this name they work for the United States government and later
3840-499: The 1970s as a horror anthology, and in the 1990s and 2010s with characters from Marvel's Thor mythos. The title was also used in 2019 for a limited series as part of the " War of the Realms " storyline. The first Journey into Mystery series was initially a horror-fantasy anthology published by Marvel Comics ' 1950s forerunner, Atlas Comics , with a first issue cover-dated June 1952. Artist Joe Kubert , who would later become one of
3936-538: The Betan warlords that he might be able to destroy the Mega-Monsters. Blip is an electrical alien monster that first appeared in Tales to Astonish #15 and was created by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby , and Dick Ayers . The Blip is a giant alien monster composed of electrical energies. Bombu is an alien monster that first appeared in Journey into Mystery #60 and was created by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, and Dick Ayers. Bombu
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4032-549: The Celestials, and destroy anyone they touch. In order to defeat these cosmic beings, the X-Men and X-Treme X-men decided to imprisoned them within that reality forever, otherwise, the Exterminators would destroy the whole multiverse. AoA Nightcrawler teleports them to Earth-616 one at a time and Dark Beast goes with them. Dark Beast arrives on Earth-616 but is knocked out by Gambit. After the Age of Apocalypse reality
4128-664: The Creature from the Black Bog and helped it escape from its murky prison. Before leaving Earth upon fixing his ship, the Creature from the Black Bog rewarded John and Martha by taking their memories and sprinkling it into the Fountain of Youth which restored them to their physical age. Devil Dinosaur is a red Tyrannosaurus -like creature that came from Dinosaur World. Dragoom first appeared in Strange Tales #76 and
4224-688: The Hellhound, and Balder the Brave go on a quest to save the Earth. In 2023, the McElroys continued the storyline in the " Outre Space " arc of their tabletop role playing podcast, The Adventure Zone , using the Marvel Multiverse rules set. Doctor Demonicus Emmanuel da Costa is a fictional character appearing in American comic book published by Marvel Comics. Emmanuel da Costa
4320-529: The Howling Commandos and is capable of speech, albeit broken. He teamed up with the Sasquatch to track down Groot . He insulted Gorilla-Man by calling him less than a monkey on a bicycle at a zoo. Anuxa is a giant monster who was first seen in Tales to Astonish #7 and was created by Stan Lee and Don Heck . Anuxa was part of a monstrous alien race that sent him to Earth as a scout. When
4416-734: The Jean Grey School for Higher Learning. During the Monsters Unleashed storyline, the Abominable Snowman was one of the many monsters summoned by Kid Kaiju and helped defeat the Leviathon Mother and its creatures. The second Abominable Snowman was created by Keith Giffen and Eduardo Francisco and first appeared in Nick Fury's Howling Commandos #2 (Jan. 2006). He is depicted as a member of
4512-419: The Marvel Comics character of the same name came into being. Glop is a giant monster that emerged from a movie screen that was playing the movie it was in. Marvel Comics had its own rendition of Godzilla . Gog is a Tsiln . Journey into Mystery Journey into Mystery is an American comic book series initially published by Atlas Comics , then by its successor, Marvel Comics . Initially
4608-569: The Morlock's Tunnels after the fall of Norman Osborn. He was able to capture the Lizard and began developing a means of enhancing the Lizard's control of the reptilian parts of the human brain in order to turn human beings into humanoid lizards. Dark Beast had been abducting victims of bullying or abuse from the streets, until the X-Men and Spider-Man found his base. Dark Beast locks Spider-Man out of
4704-749: The Night Shift becoming his paid agents. They agree to his terms and are ordered to return the stolen items. Superior Octopus leaves advising them never to cross him or they will not live long enough to regret it. Dansen has the mystical ability to hypnotize or kill anyone who witnesses her dancing. She can also make herself undetectable to the human senses. Dar-Benn is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics . The character, created by Ron Marz and Ron Lim , first appeared in Silver Surfer vol. 3 #53 (June 1991). He
4800-639: The Thor-spinoff backup feature "Tales of Asgard" beginning in issue #97 (Oct. 1963). They were dropped entirely with issue #105 (June 1964), when the "Thor" feature expanded from 13 to 18 pages. With the previous issue, the cover logo had changed to Journey into Mystery with the Mighty Thor . Its final issue was #125 (Feb. 1966), after which the series was retitled The Mighty Thor in its trademarked cover logo and simply Thor in its postal indicia copyright notice. Thor's evil adoptive brother Loki
4896-659: The Uncanny X-Force team, who wanted McCoy's help to find a cure for Archangel. As Warren succumbs to the darkness within him, Dark Beast confronted the team with the revelation that the only place left to turn for a cure is the Age of Apocalypse reality. They arrived ten years after the X-Men had defeated Mister Sinister , yet it appears that the X-Men still face enormous challenges in this harsh setting. As they follow Dark Beast, unknowingly followed by Wild Child and Sabretooth , to one of his labs, Dark Beast approaches one Gatekeeper, who reveals that no one has ever entered
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#17327868289964992-487: The X-Men. He was the one to infect Cyclops, Emma Frost, Magik, Magneto and Colossus with nano-sentinels, which is the reason for their broken powers after the incident with the Phoenix Force. Beast finally launches a coordinated attack using a hijacked S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Helicarrier to launch a nuclear strike, and new indestructible sentinels that have adapted to all the X-Men's powers. The only thing he didn't account for
5088-421: The ability to alter his body at will. He was eventually defeated and held prisoner at Harry's basement. Faced with a lack of resources, Cyclops agrees to let Dark Beast work on an "anti-vaccine" to neutralize Callahan's current mutant 'vaccine', with Warlock monitoring the process of creating the cure to ensure that it does only what Dark Beast says, Dark Beast defining it as a simple airborne virus that will feed
5184-405: The alien robot Gargantus created by Count Nefaria (as the Dream Master) appears in The Marvel Superheroes Show (1966) in the Iron Man segment ("Dream Master" episode). There were two different Gigantos : The first one was a Deviant Mutate that dwelled in Subterranea. The second one was an Atlantean beast that resembled a sperm whale with arms and legs. Gigantus is a giant monster from
5280-486: The cause of several inhabitants of a small town to dream-walk and continuously repeat "I'm an X-Man". As they investigate, both Mimic and Omega are overwhelmed by some kind of energies and go on a rampage, leaving Mystique and Dark Beast alone with a patient that they were examining. Shortly thereafter the energies takes a humanoid form, and Nate Grey , best known as X-Man, once more takes physical form, much to Dark Beast's shock and horror. Dark Beast has since returned to
5376-490: The character has been a mainstay in the Marvel Universe, and was renamed Xemnu the Titan. Journey into Mystery #69 and the teen-humor title Patsy Walker #95 (both June 1961) are the first modern comic books labeled "Marvel Comics", with each showing an "MC" box on its cover. Beginning with issue #83 (Aug. 1962), the title introduced the Norse god superhero Thor . The anthological stories, by now primarily science fiction -fantasy, gradually diminished after this, with
5472-407: The comic book creature Bruttu. When he burst through the wall, he was unable to speak due to his now-monstrous vocal cords only producing monster sounds. While evading the military and learning that Anne Benson secretly loved him, Bruttu made his way back to the lab and thought of himself when he reactivated the machine. It was enough to turn Bruttu back into Howard Lindley. Afterwards, Howard destroyed
5568-482: The company's earlier attempts that decade, which had included the series Chamber of Darkness and Tower of Shadows . Whereas those titles generally presented original stories, these new books would instead adapt genre classics and other stories. With the four titles' debuts set to be staggered over the course of four months, Marvel premiered Journey into Mystery vol. 2 (October 1972), Chamber of Chills (Nov. 1972), Supernatural Thrillers (Dec. 1972), and, with
5664-430: The dominant species of Earth has died out, Anuxa is to claim the Earth for his kind. 1,000,000 years later, Anuxa got impatient that humanity would survive the many disasters. Upon hearing of the atomic bomb, Anuxa went back into the iceberg that he was using as a hiding place and continued to bide his time for the day when the atomic bombs would wipe out humanity. Batragon is a giant bat/Komodo dragon hybrid monster that
5760-414: The energies of the life seed to aid Weapon Omega to resurrect a number of fallen mutants in order to provide Weapon Omega an army of powerful mutants. At an undisclosed time, Dark Beast leaves the Age of Apocalypse and returns to Earth-616 Universe. He is soon approached by the AoA version of Nightcrawler, who wants to return to their home dimension. Using the Celestial Dreamer, Dark Beast once again opens
5856-414: The events of the Dark Angel Saga , Dark Beast has assumed command over the Clan Akkaba of Earth 616 and relocated off world alongside Ozymandias, Famine, War, a pregnant Pestilence, and a badly injured Earth 295 Blob. It also appears he retrieved Sugar Man from Steve Rogers' custody, and together they have rebuilt the dimensional portal technology and returned to the Age of Apocalypse, where the two are using
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#17327868289965952-438: The focus of his own series, which was restored to Journey into Mystery beginning with issue #503 (Nov. 1996). The feature "The Lost Gods" ran through issue #513, followed by issues starring Shang-Chi , Master of Kung Fu and the Black Widow for three issues each, and reluctant vampire Hannibal King for two, ending with issue #521 (June 1998). The Thor title resumed its original numbering in 2009 with Thor #600, including
6048-420: The hands of Magneto, and was also responsible for the creation of Holocaust's lead hunter Wolverine (not to be confused with the X-Men's Wolverine who was known only as Weapon X in that reality). With the end of the Age of Apocalypse, the Dark Beast was able to escape into Earth-616 through the M'Kraan Crystal . He was believed to have died due to Quicksilver 's interference in his set trajectory. However,
6144-438: The intervening issues of Thor in its count while disregarding the 1990s Journey Into Mystery issues. Starting with issue #622, the series for a second time had its title restored to Journey Into Mystery , which accompanied the launch of a new title, Mighty Thor. Thor's supporting cast returned as the focus of a run written by Kieron Gillen , who had written Thor from #604 to #614, and drawn by Doug Braithwaite . Starring
6240-402: The lab after Dark Beast's disappearance. As they walk in they find a picture with Sinister, Dark Beast, Havok and Cyclops on it, with Dark Beast mistakenly revealing that Prelate Scott Summers is also dead. Dark Beast soon finds the life seed. Nightcrawler then teleports in and swipes the seed away, before he could give it to the X-Force, figuring that Dark Beast was up to some evil plot. After
6336-739: The leader of the group. Shocker is seen during a meeting of Unus' people after Unus is swallowed by Freakshow , one of the other mutants on the island. The group is not sure they will take Unus back if he survives. He does return, prompting Shocker and the others into attacking him in order to prove he can still defend himself. Shocker loses his powers on M-Day and the energies that he used to control are drawn to The Collective . Darby can generate powerful fields of bio-electromagnetic energy from his body. He also has cybernetic claws of unknown origin in lieu of his hands and feet, and can channel his electrical energy through them into shock bolts or high-voltage fields of electromagnetic energy. Randall Darby
6432-424: The life from Spider-Man. Randy tries to attack Carrion, but he is hit with the red death causing him to rapidly deteriorate and die. Randy Vale appears in Spider-Man: Homecoming , portrayed by Christopher Berry . This version is an employee of Adrian Toomes ' salvaging company who becomes a criminal after the Department of Damage Control 's formation causes the company to go out of business. Jefferson Davis
6528-418: The machines and professed his love to Anne Benson. The Crawling Creature is a reptilian monster that first appeared in Tales to Astonish #22 and was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. The Crawling Creature is a reptilian monster that lived in the underground parts of the Grand Canyon where it menaced a lost tribe of cave people. While fleeing the Crawling Creature during a mining expedition, Walter Carter
6624-548: The main war comics artists for DC Comics , drew the story "The Hog" in Journey into Mystery #21 (January 1955). Issue #23 was the first to be approved by the Comics Code Authority , which led to restrictions on horror comics. The title was caught in the collapse of Atlas' distributor, and publication was suspended for a year between issues #48 (Aug. 1957) and #49 (Nov. 1958). Xemnu , a huge, furry alien monster, first appeared in Journey Into Mystery #62 (Nov. 1960). The character reappeared in issue #66 (March 1961). Since then
6720-479: The monsters would later be seen inhabiting Monster Isle. During the " Monsters Unleashed " storyline, the Inhuman Kei Kawade summons various monsters, identified as Goliathons , to help the superheroes fight the Leviathon Tide. The Abominable Snowman is a large cryptid often found in the Himalayas. The first Abominable Snowman ( Carl Hanson ) was created by Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko and first appeared in Tales to Astonish #13 (Nov. 1960). Carl Hanson
6816-402: The mutant vaccine's virus before it can smother the X-Gene, leaving them free to activate. However, after the anti-vaccine has been dispersed worldwide, it is revealed that Dark Beast, with some help from Mister Sinister, had in fact 'tricked' the X-Men as the serum indeed shuts the virus of the mutant vaccine's and is harmless to those who already had their X-Gene activated, but in the presence of
6912-532: The newly captured Mindee of the Stepford Cuckoos . When he reaches the holding cell however, he discovers that Mindee's capture was done to allow X-Force to follow. Dark Beast is then attacked and stabbed multiple times by both Wolverine and Warpath. Dark Beast recovered quickly from his injuries suffered by the hands of Wolverine and Warpath as he was sent by Norman Osborn as well as Mimic, Weapon Omega and Mystique under Jean Grey's form, to investigate
7008-580: The only damage was that he landed twenty years in the past of Earth-616 without any memory whatsoever. He soon met a young Emma Frost , who helped him to regain some of his scattered memories. The Dark Beast then set base in Manhattan's subway tunnels, and was responsible for the creation of the Morlocks . The characteristics of the experimentation were later recognized by the 616 Mister Sinister as an unauthorized use of his own theories, leading him to order
7104-456: The picture as he becomes the Abominable Snowman. Over time, the Abominable Snowman became an inhabitant on Monster Isle and supposedly grew bigger. He was among the monsters that witnessed the arrival of the X-Men members Shadowcat and Magik when they arrived to pick up a mutant girl named Bo. When Shadowcat and Magik found Bo, the Abominable Snowman and the other monsters attacked them until Magik teleported herself, Shadowcat, and Bo back to
7200-422: The real McCoy's fur color, although he occasionally found himself at risk of discovery due to Hank possessing a broader range of knowledge than himself, requiring him to bluff his way through some of the questions he was asked. He helped keep up the ruse by slaying many of Hank's childhood friends and teachers, although he found himself unable to kill Hank's parents. Angered at this emotional weakness, he decapitated
7296-494: The robot decides to conquer mankind and attacks the city of San Francisco. Poole, however, recovers from the hypnotic trance and deactivates Elektro by accessing one of the robot's feet and removing a transistor. Years later, Mister Fantastic wipes Elektro's flawed programming and replaces it. He then "enrolls" Elektro in his rehabilitation program, which involves Elektro being reduced to human size and stripped of his powers so as to allow him to enter human society. Elektro takes up
7392-457: The room and triggers the mutation in Gambit, Storm, Emma Frost and Wolverine, although Emma comes through the 'attack' unharmed as she is in her diamond form, giving her and Spider-Man time to escape Dark Beast's minions and release the Lizard to knock him out. Later the X-Men and Spider-Man reverse the process and take Dark Beast into custody. While being transported, Dark Beast is approached by
7488-605: The series began starring the Marvel Asgardians , with the Lady Sif as its lead character. The series was cancelled with issue #655 (Oct. 2013). During the " War of the Realms " storyline in 2019, the title was used for a limited five–issue run written by Griffin , Justin , Travis and Clint McElroy . The series was drawn by André Lima Araújo with covers from Valerio Schiti. In the limited series, Spider-Man, Hawkeye, Wonder Man, Sebastian Druid, Death Locket, Thori
7584-575: The seven-page story "Elektro" by writer-editor Stan Lee and penciler Jack Kirby . Elektro debuted in an issue of what fans and historians call pre-superhero Marvel comics , published by Marvel's 1950s and early 1960s predecessor, Atlas Comics . Elektro was originally a supercomputer created by scientist Wilbur Poole. The computer, however, achieves independent thought and hypnotizes Poole, and forces him to build an immense robotic body, 60 feet (18 m) tall, for protection and mobility. Calling itself Elektro and now armed with several dangerous weapons,
7680-570: The teachings of his mentor as her only surviving disciple. Dansen Macabre is an exotic dancer and a devoted worshipper of the God Shiva . She first appeared in Marvel Team-Up #93 (May 1980). She uses her powers to hypnotize Spider-Man into battling the Shroud in an attempt to kill both of them. The pair manage to overcome her dances and defeat her. She briefly appears later as
7776-465: The underwater city of Mu who first appeared in Tales to Astonish #63 and was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. Gigantus was sent by his king to invade the surface world. It retreated when a prop builder named Mr. Baxter built Ulvar to scare it back to Mu. Glop is a giant monster that first appeared in Tales to Astonish #21 and was created by Steve Ditko . It was originally called "the Hulk" before
7872-437: The world's rulers, only just being defeated thanks to the sacrifice of the Avengers and Fantastic Four . He also had a few run-ins with Generation X and Gene Nation . There he was the leader of the newly revamped Gene Nation, although through the robotic body of Wynter, attempting to capture Generation X to experiment on them. The previous meeting between him and Emma Frost was also revealed. He also led an incarnation of
7968-466: Was a greedy explorer who had heard of the infamous Abominable Snowman. To capture the creature and make money off it, Hanson steals a cursed photograph. In the Himalayas, he was unable to get help in finding it as people constantly warned him to get rid of the cursed photograph before the curse overtakes him. As he progresses up the mountain, Carl's hair grows longer, his mind becomes addled, and he drops
8064-1587: Was a male Pink Kree general who used a robot of the Silver Surfer to execute Clumsy Foulup and General Dwi-Zann during the Infinity Gauntlet . He was killed by Deathbird during the Kree-Shi'ar war . Paralyzer ( Randall Darby ), also known as the second Shocker , is a fictional character, a mutant appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics . Shocker II, created by Jack Kirby , first appeared in Captain America Annual #4 (1977). The character subsequently appears in The Defenders #78–80 (Dec 1979 – Feb 1980), 83 (May 1980), 87 (Sep 1980), 125–126 (Nov–Dec 1983), and 128–130 (Feb–Apr 1984). The character appears as Paralyzer in Captain America #343 (Jul 1988), 346 (Oct 1988), 368 (Mar 1990), 394 (Nov 1991), Midnight Sons Unlimited #3 (Oct 1993), and Captain America #426 (Apr 1994). The character returns to his Shocker identity, appearing in The New Warriors vol. 2 #6 (Mar 2000), X-Men #132 (Nov 2002), The Uncanny X-Men #442–443 (June 2004), Excalibur vol. 3 #2 (Aug 2004), and The New Avengers #16–19 (Apr–Jul 2006). Shocker II appears as part of
8160-422: Was among the scientists that Magneto's right-hand person Briar tried to contact in order to make a special cocktail to augment Magneto's powers for the upcoming incursion between Earth-616 and Earth-1610. This occurred sometime before he began suffering from his own genetic experiments. During the " Secret Empire " storyline, Dark Beast turns up alive and no longer having health problems. He is shown to have set up
8256-593: Was confronted by the police who managed to taser him. Bombu was then arrested and incarcerated in a county jail, though he did use his one telephone call to inform the high commander of his failure. Bruttu (also called the Brute That Walks ) is a giant monster that first appeared in Tales of Suspense #22 and was created by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, and Dick Ayers. Howard Lindley was a short scientist who had been picked on for his size. When an atomic machine tapped into Howard's imagination, it transformed him into
8352-449: Was created by Scott Lobdell and Roger Cruz . In the " Age of Apocalypse " reality, Hank McCoy was a mad scientist and geneticist working for Mister Sinister in his breeding pens, intent on breeding more powerful mutants according to Apocalypse's " survival of the fittest " ideology. Because of Charles Xavier 's death and without being taught ethical science while in the X-Men, McCoy became someone ruthless and evil. While Sinister
8448-505: Was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. Dragoom is a giant fiery denizen of the Vulcan race who escaped prison from his home world and came to Earth with the intent of conquering the planet. However, Dragoom fled when he was deceived by the filmmaker Victor Cartwright into believing that there were other Vulcans on the planet. Elektro first appeared in Tales of Suspense #13 (Jan. 1961), in
8544-467: Was first seen in Godzilla #4 and was created by Doug Moench and Tom Sutton . Batragon was once an ordinary bat and Komodo dragon that was transformed into a bat/Komodo dragon hybrid monster by a Lifestone that was wielded by Doctor Demonicus who then dispatched it to steal an oil tanker to use its oil to power his equipment. This attracted the attention of Godzilla, who then fought Batragon at Doctor Demonicus' volcano lair and destroyed it. Behemoth
8640-752: Was introduced in issue #85 (October 1962). Other adversaries for the new hero included the Radioactive Man introduced in #93 (June 1963), the Enchantress and the Executioner in #104 (April 1964), the Absorbing Man in #114 (March 1965), and the Destroyer in #118 (July 1965). An oversized annual publication , featuring Thor, was released in 1965 and introduced the Marvel version of
8736-451: Was methodical and rational in his experiments, McCoy found sadistic delight in causing pain to his lab subjects. It was the cruelty of his experiments that caused him to be nicknamed "the Beast", both by prisoners and Sinister's Elite Mutant Force. McCoy also experimented on himself in order to further his mutation, and gained his ape -like bestial appearance. Any mutant that he deemed unworthy
8832-422: Was saved by a passing helicopter. The Creature from the Black Bog is a giant alien monster that first appeared in Tales of Suspense #23 and was created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko. The Creature from the Black Bog is a peaceful alien explorer who landed on Earth to fix its engines and got stuck in the bog where he was unable to reach the vines. Sometime later, an elderly couple named John and Martha later found
8928-617: Was the Thor antagonist Loki , who had been reincarnated as a child following his sacrifice in the series Siege . Gillen's run was favorably reviewed, with one critic writing: Gillen's work has always been big on theme and interconnectedness, and this is no exception. The finale encapsulates the run as a whole — ambitious, ambiguous, clever and uncompromising, as challenging as it is entertaining. Sometimes those qualities hurt it, and although sales were never especially healthy it's to Marvel's credit that they helped keep it afloat long enough for
9024-404: Was the new X-Man David Bond, aka Hijack , who can control any electronic device. Dark Beast's body has been so weak after experimenting on himself, that he needed a life support suit, so after a short battle his suit was eventually punctured, and he set a bomb that caused his apparent death. During the "Last Days" part of the " Secret Wars " story-line, it was mentioned months ago that Dark Beast
9120-433: Was the pupil of the sorceress Zhered-Na, who was banished from Atlantis by King Kamuu for prophesying that the continent would sink below the ocean. After starting a cult, Zhered-Na takes her favored disciple Dakimh and greatly extends his life span so that he ages at an extremely slow rate. While Zhered-Na perishes, Dakimh survives the cataclysm that sinks Atlantis and escapes, continuing to live for centuries and maintaining
9216-527: Was turned into a component of a genetic stew that was used to create Apocalypse's army of Infinites. Besides being one of the creators of the Infinites, the Dark Beast also experimented on Blink , Jamie Madrox (thus being one of the creators of The Madri), Impossible Man , merged all of the Power siblings into one hideous creature, created Tiger Shark , made Nemesis into Holocaust following his defeat at
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