Ch'od
Ch'od is a male extraterrestrial comic character who features in Marvel Comics.
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Biography
Ch'od was a male Saurid born on the planet Timor (Varanus IV) located in the Shi'ar Empire. He was once a slave on the planet Alsibar, where he came to meet a human by the name of Christopher Summers. (Classic X-Men v1 #15)
Alongside the Starjammers, Ch'od came to aid them against D'Ken's Imperial Guard. (X-Men v1 #107)
Ch'od battled Wonder Man and the Vision while escorting the Shi'ar nega-bomb. (Wonder Man v1 #8)
The X-Men help rescue him. Ch'od assisted when the Hulk needed help infiltrating an alien empire that was threatening the lives of his friends. (Incredible Hulk v1 #416)
Ch'od experienced the loss of his right hand after trying to prevent the abduction of Lilandra by the Shi'ar Imperial Guard. He blames himself for failing to prevent the abduction. (War of Kings v1 #1)
Overview
Personality and attributes
He kept within a small white ferret-like life form as a pet that he named Cr'reee. (X-Men v1 #104)
Powers and abilities
As a member of the Saurid race, Ch'od possesses superhuman strength, durability, and endurance, and possesses both lungs and gills.
He is also an expert marksman (with various forms of Shi'ar weaponry), swordsman, and hand-to-hand combatant, having been trained in various forms of combat known in the Shi'ar Galaxy. He is a highly skilled starship pilot. He has carried Shi'ar-manufactured swords, battleaxes, and energy guns as weapons.
Notes
- Ch'od was created by Dave Cockrum where he made his first appearance in X-Men v1 #104 (April, 1977).
Alternate Versions
- In Gambit and the X-Ternals v1 #2 (1995), an alternate version of Ch'od appeared in the Age of Apocalypse reality designated as Earth-295 in the Multiverse. Ch'od was a slave to the Shi'ar empire alongside Christopher Summers. He subsequently escaped and joined the Starjammers, a group of space pirates that were opposed to Emperor D'ken's rule of the Shi'ar Empire. They were led by D'ken's sister Deathbird. When Gambit and his X-Ternals arrived in Shi'ar space, they were rescued from a battle with the Imperial Guard by the Starjammers, with Ch'od among their number. He remained aboard the Starjammer as Deathbird and the X-Ternals went to the planet holding the M'kraan Crystal.
In other media
Television
- In X-Men, Ch'od appeared in the setting of the 1990s animated television series during the Phoenix Saga story adaptation.
Appearances
- X-Men v1: (1977)
- Uncanny X-Men v1:
- New Mutants:
- War of Kings v1:
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