Gustav Brandt (Marvel)
Gustav Brandt is a male comic character who features in Marvel Comics.
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Biography
Gustav Brandt
While working with the French government in Vietnam Gustav met and fell in love with Lua Nguyen. After marrying, they were hunted down by her brother Khruul throughout Vietnam for ten months before Lua gave birth to their daughter who would become known as Mantis. Soon, however, Khruul caught up to them and during a firefight, Gustav lost his sight, and Lua was killed. Gustav managed to save his daughter and soon came upon the Priests Of Pama where he was trained in martial arts and to live without his sight. After years of training, he left and did not take his daughter with him. (Avengers v1 #123) He then returned to America where he was approached by Cornelius van Lunt who offered him a position in his criminal organization known as Zodiac. Gustav accepted and took his position as Libra in Honolulu, Hawaii. Months later Libra attended a meeting with other Zodiac leaders when Nick Fury posed as Scorpio and "captured" the Avengers. Soon the Avengers managed to break free and a quarrel started between the two teams. Libra and the other Zodiac leaders managed to escape. (Avengers v1 #72)
Years passed and Libra began a correspondence with the Supreme Intelligence in a S.H.I.E.L.D. installation on the Blue Area of the Moon. They discussed the upcoming confrontation with Immortus and how Rick Jones would play a part in it. Soon the time came and the two helped the Avengers, Kang, and Rick Jones fight Immortus and the Time-Keepers. After the ordeal was settled Libra vanished back into a place called the Between to continue his research. (Avengers: Forever v1 #12)
Gustav was chosen as the herald for the In-Betweener. The In-Betweener needed an agent to correct what he saw as an imbalance in the Earth's decreased chance of being destroyed after a White Event occurred there. (Starbrand & Nightmask v1 #5) Gustav tested the nature of Earth's current Star Brand, Kevin Connor, by asking if Kevin would destroy another planet namely Kree-Pama in order to save the Earth. When Kevin refused to destroy another world to save his, Gustav concluded that Kevin was unable to protect the Earth and therefore the imbalance the In-Between saw did not exist. (Starbrand & Nightmask v1 #6)
Overview
Personality and attributes
Powers and abilities
He had the ability to shift into the Place Between Places that was a mystical dimension untraceable to most life-forms.
Notes
- Gustav Brandt was created by Roy Thomas and Sal Buscema where he made his first appearance in Avengers v1 #72 (January, 1970).
Appearances
- Avengers v1: (1970)
- Starbrand & Nightmask v1:
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