Axi-Tun

The Axi-Tun are a species that feature in Marvel Comics.

History

The Axi-Tun

Eons ago, they came to Earth as it was the nexus and celestial centre in a circle of civilised worlds. For the Axi-Tun to conquer other worlds, Earth had to fall under their control and they came in a time when primitive humans lived on the planet's surface. Empowering elite warriors of their kind, these became the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse whose great power allowed them to hold it from all their alien foes. This was until a race far mightier than them came to Earth where a century-long battle was waged that humbled and banished the Horsemen. They came to return to their mother-world but their defeat resulted in them being branded cowards and traitors who were exiled to wander the universe for eternity. (Giant-Size Fantastic Four v1 #3)

The Axi-Tun Mcm-Xli served both as navigator of the nebula-cruiser Tekeli-Li and as mate to her three crewmen, to help relieve the monotony of their lengthy space voyage. The Tekeli-Li crash-landed near Germany's Siegfried Line, and the energies released in the resultant explosion destroyed the body of Nazi soldier Werner Schmidt. The Axi-Tun crew saved Schmidt's brain and eyes, preserving them in a transparent tank and attaching it to a humanoid metal body.The Axi-Tun crew awakened Schmidt and equipped him with hearing devices. Thinking Schmidt was no threat to them, they showed him their vessel's energy source, a strange glowing ring-like object (the "Ring of the Nebulas") designed to magnify the power of any mechanical device. Schmidt's cybernetic nature led the ring to increase his own brain waves, enabling him to cast the four Axi-Tun into a deep trance; he soon claimed the ring and enslaved the aliens. Schmidt then began taking the designation Operative A.1416, a.k.a. Brain Drain renamed the male Axi-Tun after Germanic/Teutonic gods Donar (Satorymho), Froh (Xepdgin), and Loga (Frobbank) (see comments), and Mcm-Xli after Brunnhilde the Valkyrie from Wagner's Ring operas, which were Hitler's favorite operas. Enamored of Mcm-Xli, Schmidt attempted to make her his lover; however, Mcm-Xli either had more will power than the males, or the ring's power affected her less, and she rebuffed Schmidt, stealing the ring from him and fleeing. Schmidt retained his augmented mental powers, which allowed him to maintain control of the Axi-Tun males, and his increased intelligence made him invaluable to the Nazi party, allowing him to establish an underground bunker near the Siegfried Line. Bereft of her memories but retaining the ring, 'Hilda' made her way to London, England. (Invaders v1 #2)

When Captain America saved 'Hilda' during a Nazi bombing of London, he discovered the ring as she dropped it. Though only able to recall her 'Hilda' name, she had some vague memory of German territory on a map, and the suspicious Invaders brought her there to investigate, taking Namor's ship to the Siefried Mile. As they approached a crater Hilda recognized, Donar struck their ship with his axe, sending the ship flying out of control and causing them to bail out: As the ship landed on its own, Namor and the Torches were warned by Froh, Donar, and Loga to turn back or perish. (Invaders v1 #1)

Namor, the Torch, and Toro squared off against Donar, Loga, and Froh, respectively and relatively ineffectively. Meanwhile, Cap took Hilda into a cave for protection, and they were drawn to a near-kiss by gazing into each other's eyes until they were taken prisoner by Nazi soldiers and brought into an underground bunker under Brain Drain's direction. Brain Drain questioned Hilda on the Ring's location, but her memory continued to fail her, and when Cap asked what was going on, Brain Drain explained how he came to command the "Star-Gods." This information caused Hilda to remember her past, and she continued to resist Brain Drain's will, refusing to love any human, let alone something like him. Ultimately, she cast the ring into a tank of corrosive "eerie blue-green waters." Now knowing what she had been and with her ship totally destroyed, Mcm-Xli decided she could not abide living on the backward, savage Earth, and elected instead to perish, in the process, using her powers to prevent Brain Drain from perverting their science. As she prepared for the atomic fires to consume herself and her crewmen, Mcm-Xli, Brain Drain told her he had done everything for her, and she leapt into the corrosive tank, convincing Brain Drain to join her therein. The Axi-Tun males then abandoned their battles, returned to the base, and joined Mcm-Xli within the waters, now glowing crimson with seething, barely contained energies. As the Invaders fled in Namor's ship, the four Axi-Tun willed themselves into oblivion by fusing their own latent powers with that of the now destroyed Ring of the Nebula. They seemed to almost recreate the ring for an instant, until the energies reached critical mass and a localized nuclear explosion destroyed the base and almost everything in it. (Invaders v1 #2)

Overview

They considered themselves to be the crown of creation that held a divine destiny. It was shown that they had a revulsion towards other species that were considered unclean to them. Historically, the Axi-Tun always maintained their distance from their inferiors and wanted nothing to do with them. (Cosmic Powers Unlimited v1 #4)

Members

• Votan : Lord Votan was the male Supreme Ruler of the Axi-Tun system. (Cosmic Powers Unlimited v1 #4)
• Trantor : a male Lord who served as the former Supreme Ruler of the Axi-Tun system and was the father of Votan. (Cosmic Powers Unlimited v1 #4)
• Alberik :
• Aldebron :
• Andrex :
• Dampyre :
• Frobbank :

Notes

• The Axi-Tun were created by Marv Wolfman, Gerry Conway and Rich Buckler where they made their first appearance in Giant-Size Fantastic Four v1 #3 (November, 1974).

Appearances

• Giant-Size Fantastic Four v1: (1974)

External Links

• Marvel Database Entry

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