Gregor (Spider-Man)
Gregor is a male comic supervillain who features in Marvel Comics.
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Biography
Takhar Orisha was a male human born the son of Aja Orisha who was formerly one of the Balū-Ayē that were a sisterhood of mystics that resided in the remote regions of Wakanda. The young Aja had been chosen when she was a young girl and left her family in the hands of her new guardian Umama Asase in what was considered a great honor among the Wakandans with this having occurred over 150 years ago. She trained to be a spiritual protector of her country where she resided at their temple in the mountains in the hidden heart of Wakanda. She then had to take part in the Yansan-An Ritual where she was to be reborn fully as one of the Balū-Ayē. The rebirth ceremony though was an introspective journey where one was buried and emerged having confronted their inner demons. However, Aja suffered from a sense of wanderlust where a year later she decided to go out into the world to satisfy this urge. She then left Balū-Ayē travelling across Africa before moving to Asia and Europe where she became saddened at seeing the barbarism in the outside world. Despite that, the doors to Wakanda were forever closed to her and thus she continued her travels where by 1921 she found herself at New York City. Though she had developed an incredible fortune she did not find herself to be accepted in high class society for being a black woman. It was in Harlem though at a night club when she met Dr. Henry McKay. The two fell in love and married three weeks later upon meeting one another. However, two months later, he came to die leaving Aja grief stricken but she came to be pregnant with his son that was the one legacy her husband had left to her. (Spider-Man: The Lost Hunt v1 #4)
Gregor believed Vladimir was the only son of Sergei Kravinoff. (Spider-Man v1 #54) He would tell the young Vladimir tales of the Grim Hunter, a fierce warrior feared by the gods themselves. Flying with an eager and boastful Vladimir over Northern Maine, Gregor told the boy not to underestimate his prey. Booting Vladimir from their helicopter after telling him that his weapon for the night's hunt would be his mind -- his deadliest weapon -- Gregor left Vladimir to fend off an attack from a masked assailant who eventually revealed himself to be Vladimir's estranged father Sergei. (Spider-Man v1 #50) Following Sergei's suicide, a culmination of his last hunt for Spider-Man, Gregor easily filled Sergei's role as friend, teacher, and confidante to Vladimir. (Web of Spider-Man v1 #121)
He was guarding the ancestral home estate of the Kravinoff family in Russia when Jason Macendale arrived asking to speaking to Vladamir Kravinoff offering Kraven's journal. It was only then that Gregor allowed Macendale to enter into the estate. After an initial standoff with his Macendale, Vladimir decided to allow Jason to stay in his home and asked Gregor to prepare a room for their guest. Vladimir demanded his fathers journal with him asking Gregor to bring cash, gold and jewels as payment but Jason stated he did not want riches but rather the elixir Kraven that imparted powers to a human being. Gregor intervened to stop Vladimir from killing Jason Macendale and offered an alternative where they would use a distilled elixir on their guest. In reality, Gregor had convinced Vladimir that Jason would not survive exposure and that they would gain the full knowledge of the journal along with testing it on Macendale. (Spider-Man v1 #47) Telling Vladimir to get to safety as an empowered Macendale broke free of the transfusion apparatus, Gregor surmised that an anomaly in Macendale's bloodstream caused the unpredictable result. Following Macendale's departure, Gregor begged Vladimir to refrain from using the serum on himself, but was ordered to begin preparations. (Spider-Man v1 #48) Trying a final time to persuade Vladimir to hold off on using the serum, Gregor was shouted down, and reluctantly told Vladimir's doctors to begin the procedure. With the experiment a success, Gregor was instructed to bring Vladimir his Sergei's journals and prepare the servants to travel to the United States. (Spider-Man v1 #49)
Arriving at the Kravinoff estate in Upstate New York, Gregor looked on with dismay as Vladimir descended into madness, seeking to avenge his father's suicide following his last hunt for Spider-Man. Learning that Spider-Man was sighted, Gregor brought Vladimir the hunting attire and equipment for his grim hunt. Travelling with Vladimir via helicopter, Gregor offered to stay close in case he needed assistance, but was told Vladimir's pursuit to restore his family's honor was to be his alone. Remaining in radio contact, Gregor caught up to Vladimir, now calling himself the Grim Hunter, to stop Spider-Man from savagely beating him. Torn from the helicopter, Gregor saw to the wounded Grim Hunter, telling Spider-Man he'd protect him to his last breath but would not fight back since Vladimir's fight was his legacy. Snared with webbing, Gregor and Vladimir were captured by Spider-Man and taken into police custody. (Spider-Man v1 #50) Vladimir bribed his and Gregor's way out of custody. (Spider-Man v1 #53) Watching the Grim Hunter speak to a painting of his father while proclaiming his lust to avenge his family's honor, Gregor lamented the fact he'd lost Vladimir to the Kravinoff family curse. (Spider-Man v1 #54) The Grim Hunter's intense preparation for his hunt against Spider-Man continued to give Gregor pause. Silently questioning his role in Vladimir's plans, Gregor felt tormented by his surrogate son's descent into insanity, knowing that death he hoped to avenge was suicide. (Web of Spider-Man v1 #121) Contacted by the Grim Hunter for aid while he hunted the mysterious Kaine in Central Park, Gregor arrived just as Kaine struck the killing blow with his "mark", mortally wounding Vladimir. Rushing to his side, Gregor held Vladimir's lifeless body, overcome with grief and desiring retribution. (Spider-Man v1 #55)
Contacted by Parnival Plunder, Gregor met with him in his New York skyscraper headquarters, disgusted with it's sterility. Attacked by Plunder's men to test his skills, Gregor defeated them with ease, prompting Plunder to offer him significant payment to kill his brother, Ka-Zar, Lord of the Savage Land. (Ka-Zar v3 #1) Gregor travelled to the Savage Land via an airskimmer, a flying, motor-cycle-like vehicle. (Ka-Zar v3 #2) Arriving in the Savage Land, Gregor took control the N'Gala tribe, convincing them that taking their picture stole their souls. Providing them with armaments, Gregor watched their failed attempt to kill Ka-Zar. (Ka-Zar v3 #1) Ka-Zar spotted Gregor observing the aftermath of the attack. While discussing his superiority over Ka-Zar, Gregor bemoaned the fact that for all of the technology he brought into the Savage Land he had failed to consider bringing communication devices. Presented with 'magic voice boxes' forcibly wrested from the King of the T'okchi tribe, Gregor sent his forces off with instructions to expect orders. After ingesting a potion, Gregor made his way to a hidden "airskimmer" vehicle to depart, regretting that he'd not encountered Ka-Zar during his activities in the Savage Land, noting a part of him that lusted for a final battle between himself and the 'Lord of the Savage Land'. Meeting Gregor's desire, Ka-Zar attacked, taking his foe down into a nearby body of water. Using his knowledge of the Savage Land to his advantage, Ka-Zar lured Gregor into the path of a geyser, momentarily fazing him. Recovering, Gregor drew his firearm on Ka-Zar who was saved by the timely arrival of his wife, Shanna, and ally Zabu. Using a distraction from a bursting geyser to flee to his airskimmer, Gregor was stopped by Ka-Zar, whose tenacity impressed him; Gregor noted that were they not enemies he'd have enjoyed teaching Ka-Zar the same things he taught Kraven. Making a swift exit on his airskimmer with Ka-Zar's son Adam Kyle Matthew in hand thanks to a N'Galan abductor, Gregor dragged a trailing Ka-Zar who ultimately disabled the airskimmer's to steer. Plummeting into the nearby arctic snow, the airskimmer went down in a fiery explosion, seemingly taking Gregor and Matthew with it. (Ka-Zar v3 #2)
Overview
Personality and attributes
The name Gregor was said to be a fiction that had been created by Sergei Kravinoff. (Spider-Man: The Lost Hunt v1 #4)
Gregor believed that Sergei Kravinoff had shown him the truth of the world. It was for this reason that he believed Kraven to had been a great man who cared for him. He had said that Sergei was the greatest man he had ever known and would not tolerate anyone to blacken his name. (Spider-Man: The Lost Hunt v1 #3)
It was said that he had denied his past and heritage with him instead claiming Kravinoff's history as his own. This saw him originally denying his birth name of Takhar and instead embracing Gregor for himself. (Spider-Man: The Lost Hunt v1 #3)
He served as a trusted advisor to Vladimir and as a voice of reason. Gregor was loyal to Vladimir and believed that the power of his father's elixir was his birth right. (Spider-Man v1 #47)
Gregor was not above eliminating targets in order to silence them as his loyalty was to the Kravinoff's. (Spider-Man v1 #47)
Takhar was the son of a Wakandan woman named Aja Orisha who had left her homeland over a century ago. Meanwhile, his father was a talented doctor named Henry McKay from Harlem. Takhar had never met his father who died months after marrying Aja leaving her pregnant with their son. (Spider-Man: The Lost Hunt v1 #4)
Powers and abilities
Through meditation, he could instil his rage and negative emotions into animals thus influencing them to aid him in battle. It was his mothers love for him that allowed him to slip past her psychic defences. (Spider-Man: The Lost Hunt v1 #3)
He was fluent in Russian and English. (Spider-Man v1 #47)
He was able to apply burning herbs and ancient oils that brought about the most violent and primitive impulses within a warrior's soul. Gregor's own knowledge allowed him to apply toxic elements into a mix of medicinal herbs in order to alter the effects of a healing ceremony. (Spider-Man: The Lost Hunt v1 #3)
Gregor was skilled in the use of firearms where he made use of pistols. (Spider-Man v1 #47)
Notes
- Gregor was created by Howard Mackie and Tom Lyle where he made his first appearance in Spider-Man v1 #47 (June, 1994).
Appearances
- Spider-Man v1: (1994)
- Ka-Zar v4:
- Spider-Man: The Lost Hunt v1:
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