Karn (Marvel)
Karn is a male comic character that features in Marvel Comics.
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Biography
Karn was a member of the Inheritors, a clan of totemic hunters who fed on the life force of Totems, beings that connect the animal and Human kingdoms, originally from Earth-000. He was presumed to be the best amongst his siblings and favored by his parents but during a hunt against the Master Weaver, before he could strike the finishing blow, the Master Weaver revealed that unlike his family, he did not enjoy the hunts rather wish he could create. This hesitation caused the death of his mother at the hands of the Master Weaver. Solus, the family patriarch arrived and subdued the Master Weaver. He was then condemned to wear a diving mask to forever hide his shame and was exiled to hunt Spider Totems across the Multiverse until he could earn his place once more. (Superior Spider-Man v1 #33)
Karn would continue hunting Spiders across the universe in which a time displaced Superior Spider-Man would discover his trail by tracking the energy of his staff. While during a fight with a Cyborg Spider-Man of Earth-2818, he would be ambushed by Superior Spider-Man's team. Despite being outnumbered and weakened, he still fought with an upper hand. He was suddenly joined by his estranged brother and sister Brix and Bora and during their bickering caused the heroes to escape. While during the hunt to slay Ai Apaec of Earth-1771, he would lament his past mistake while hunting the Master Weaver and hopes that every portal that opens would lead him back to his family.
He later was responsible for slaying the Spider-Wolf of Earth-13989 and calls out to his father to boast his victory and asked if he can finally return to which Solus would respond by telling the Master Weaver to send him to a more challenging opponent.
When Karn attempted to devour Spider-Ma'am, he was confronted by Anya Corazon, Spider-UK, Ashley Barton, Paviitr Prabhakar, and Spider-Punk. Disarmed, Karn rebuked their attempts to reason with him as they revealed intimate details about his history and asked him to join them. Spider-Army stated that they could come up with a method for Karn to survive without killing and fulfill his lifelong desire of traveling the Multiverse, recording the beauty of the different dimensions. Spider-Army then reveal that the Master Weaver gave them the scroll which contains all the information regarding him and the other Inheritors, stating that while Karn could use the information of the Weaver's betrayal to undermine them and be taken back in by his family, he'd never be truly accepted. Karn acknowledged the truth in their words, asking if they could truly forgive him for the atrocities he committed and warning them that his hunger might be uncontrollable, but thanking them for giving him new hope. Spider-Army allowed him to drain a non-lethal amount of life-force from each of them to satiate his hunger, and Karn agreed to join them against his family. (Spider-Verse Team-Up v1 #3)
Through the Web of Life and Destiny, he came to see that the Spider-Totems that were sent to confront his family failed in their task with Jennix creating cloned bodies for their kin. Thus, the Spiders looked to gather an army to help defeat the Inheritors before they could gather their strength and Karn opened portals to help them travel to their destinations. Whilst alone, he was ambushed by his sister Verna with the two battling and at first it seemed Karn had the advantage but his status as the keeper of the Web of Life and Destiny meant he was vulnerable to feeding as he was now a Spider-Totem. As such, Verna fed off him and left her brother seemingly dead as she joined the rest of her family in bringing about the resurrection of their father Solus. (Spider-Geddon v1 #2) In the aftermath of the crisis, the Inheritors were defeated and the various Spider Totems had a funeral on Loomworld for their fallen comrades including Karn. (Spider-Gwen: Ghost Spider v1 #4)
Overview
Personality and attributes
Powers and abilities
Karn's body was tougher and more resistant to certain types of injury than the body of a human being. It is known that Karn can withstand great impact forces, notably when he was electrocuted, hit by a swinging tree and fell down a cliff yet was barely fazed. (Superior Spider-Man v1 #32) He was also able to withstand gunshot and knife wounds with little injury. He has shown to be immune to fire (Superior Spider-Man v1 #33) Karn possesses superhuman strength that varies according to how recently he has fed and on what kind of source. Karn has shown the ability to destroy very dense objects with relative ease. (Superior Spider-Man v1 #32)
The Master Weaver can warp reality by snapping strands of the web, causing objects or people to be unraveled from reality. (Superior Spider-Man v1 #33) He also demonstrated the ability to isolate reality's from the Web of Life and Destiny into their own pocket dimension. (Spider-Verse v1 #1) The Master Weaver was able to open inter-dimensional portals that lead from Earth-001 to the various alternate realities and send his allies to whichever reality they want. (Amazing Spider-Man v4 #21)
Upon becoming the keeper of the Web of Life and Destiny, he became a Spider-Totem that meant that he was vulnerable to feeding by an Inheritor. (Spider-Geddon v1 #2)
Notes
- Karn was created by Dan Slott, Christos N. Gage and Giuseppe Camuncoli where he made his first appearance in Superior Spider-Man v1 #32 (September, 2014).
In other media
Video games
- In Spider-Man Unlimited, Karn appeared as a boss villain in the Gameloft video game where he was voiced by actor Matthew Mercer.
- In Marvel Rivals, Karn as the Master Weaver appeared as an NPC in the setting of the third person hero shooter video game where he was voiced by actor Andrew Kishino. From an island he suspended above Tokyo, the enigmatic Master Weaver plans to use the energy from a temporal rift created by the Timestream Entanglement to strengthen the Web of Life and Destiny. His disciple, Spider-Zero, was concerned about her master's actions and aims to close the rift for good. In response to her disobedience, the Master Weaver banished Zero from Spider-Islands. Players could be aligned with him and upon winning the match a cutscene showed the Master Weaver dropping onto the field to bar Spider-Zero's Spider-Mobile from breaking through the web around Spider-Island.
Appearances
- Superior Spider-Man v1: (2013)
- Amazing Spider-Man:
- Spider-Verse v1:
- Spider-Geddon v1:
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