Makkari (Marvel)
Makkari is a comic superhero who features in Marvel Comics.
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Biography
Origin
Makkari
During his travels with Ulysses, the pair encountered Natalya Maximoff who was a magic user known as the Scarlet Witch. (Scarlet Witch v2 #4)
With the outbreak of World War II, Makkari once more became involved in the affairs of mortal men. As Mercury, he clashed with Kro who posed as the dictator of Prussland and instigated war in Europe. Using his super speed, Mercury prevented weapons and plans from being distributed to the Prussland front, leaving soldiers to remain idle long enough to stop fighting and begin talking to each other instead of fighting. Clashing with Pluto, Mercury sent him fleeing into the night. (Red Raven Comics v1 #1)
In 1943, Makkari was among a number of heroes who were slain by the Cosmic Cube wielding Red Skull and impaled on a massive wall. (Avengers/Invaders v1 #10) However, the Cube was recovered by Private Paul Anselm who resurrected all the slain heroes who aided the combined efforts of the Invaders and the time-displaced New Avengers and Mighty Avengers. When the Skull was defeated, the heroes used the Cube to wipe Makkari's memories of the event to preserve history. (Avengers/Invaders v1 #12)
In 1956, he joined the Explorers' Club and formed a team with Ulysses Bloodstone and Doctor Druid called the Monster Hunters. (Marvel Universe v1 #4) One of their first adventures as a team was to take down Gorgilla who was sent to New York City by the Deviant Kro. They tracked the creature throughout the city and tried to capture him at Yankee Stadium. They failed and the trial lead them to the Statue of Liberty and Doctor Druid used his powers to calm the beast so they could return it to the wild. (Marvel Universe v1 #5) They traveled to Midnight Mountain to return the creature but they was attacked by the Lizard Men. But with the help of Gorgilla, they were able to fight them off. (Marvel Universe v1 #6) Makkari was kidnapped in the fight. They traveled deep beneath the Earth to find the layer of Kro. They freed their friend but Kro escaped when they was set upon by Kro's mutates allowing him time to escape. (Marvel Universe v1 #7)
In 1958, Makkari and the Monster Hunters traveled to a Long Island research center, where they meet the newly formed team called the First Line. They were then attacked by a series of mutated humans who had been turned into monster by a Skrull device. (Marvel: The Lost Generation v1 #2) Makkari, on the insistence of his old friend Pixie, joined the First Line under the new name Major Mercury. (Marvel: The Lost Generation v1 #5)
Modern
When the Fourth Host of Celestials arrived on Earth, Sersi alerted Makkari to the Deviants' attack on New York City shortly before being captured herself. With Zuras' blessing, Makkari and Thena helped defend the city against the attackers. (Eternals v1 #5) He was amongst the group who revealed the races' existence to Professor Samuel Holden. (Eternals v1 #6)
Overview
Personality and attributes
Powers and abilities
Like all Eternals, her lifeforce is augmented by cosmic energy and she has total mental control over her physical form and bodily processes even when she is asleep or unconscious. As a result, Makkari is unable to die by aging and is resistant to diseases and toxins to an unknown degree. Her cosmically reinforced body is virtually indestructible as well. Only a cosmic force more powerful than her own or total molecular disintegration can truly injure Makkari. An Eternal can only die through an injury that disperses a significant portion of their body molecules, or if they are injured after their mental control over their body is somehow broken.
Makkari has devoted the majority of her Eternal energies to the improvement of her personal speed. She can create cyclones by running in circles, and can run up walls and across water. At one point in her life, Makkari trained with the Eternal guru Elo to boost her speed to unprecedented levels. She was successful in becoming faster than ever before (her body apparently generated tachyons as a side effect of her extreme velocity) but at the cost of many of her other Eternal abilities, such as flight, matter manipulation, and energy projection.
Notes
- Makkari was created by Jack Kirby where he made his first appearance in Eternals v1 #5 (November, 1976).
Alternate Versions
In other media
Television
Films
- In Eternals, Makkari appeared in the setting of the live-action film set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe where she was portrayed by actress Lauren Ridloff. This version of the character was a woman of color as well as deaf. Makkari was shown to have lived on her ship the Domo for years and it was implied that she was in a relationship with Druig. Makkari rejoined the team to stop Tiamut and prevent the destruction of planet Earth. Makkari and the team confronted Ikaris and Sprite to stop Tiamut. Makkari merged with the others to form the Uni-Mind and petrified Tiamut. Makkari, Druig, and Thena traveled in the Domo to seek out more Eternals to tell them the truth. Upon discovering that Sersi, Phastos, and Kingo had been captured by Arishem who intends to study their memories to see if humanity is worthy enough to live, the trio allied with Eros and Pip Gofern to save them.
Appearances
- Eternals v1: (1976)
- All-New Invaders v1:
- Scarlet Witch v2:
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