Orka (Marvel)
Orka is a male comic supervillain who features in Marvel Comics.
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Biography
Orka was a male member of the blue-skinned race of Atlanteans where he was a citizen of Atlantis. (Sub-Mariner v1 #23)
He came to find himself within the armies of the warlord Krang where he served as a lowly lackey. After his master's exile, he took an Atlantean cruiser to meet him where he suggested that they use it as part of an attack against Namor. However, Krang dismissed his suggestion and instead sought to form an alliance with the barbarian warlord Attuma. To accomplish this, he needed wealth and began to pilfer it from the ocean's depths from sunken craft where the two encountered the undersea fortress of the scientist Lemuel Dorcas. The two then entered into an alliance where Dorcas offered to enhance Krang's soldiers and requested a test subject with the warlord making Orka take part in the experiment. (Sub-Mariner v1 #23)
Orka managed to get free but was defeated by Namor again. The Brand Corporation, subsidiary of Roxxon Oil, contacted Orka and augmented his abilities to not require a power-transferring machine and cause him to grow in size. He defeated the Avengers who had returned from another reality, but was himself defeated by Thor. (Avengers v1 #149) When the Atlantean barbarian Attuma takes over the city of Atlantis, Orka is pardoned from his exile and joins the Imperial Army. Part of an invasion force that attacks the surface world, Orka battles the Avengers and the Fantastic Four, but is defeated by heroine She-Hulk and the Black Panther and imprisoned. (Avengers Annual v1 #18) Later, Orka was among those villains recruited by the self-proclaimed Master of the World in his attempt to overthrow the United Nations, only to be captured by the Heroes for Hire team. (Heroes for Hire v1 #4)
During the Civil War, Misty Knight was tasked with heading a team of heroes that looked to stop superhuman related crimes. This saw her assembling a new incarnation of the Heroes for Hire that included former villains among their ranks that was an opportunity for them to redeem themselves. Orka was among those that joined the team where he participated in a sting operation against supervillain criminals. (Heroes for Hire v2 #1)
Orka came to attack the surface world where he struck at the New York Harbor only to be confronted and defeated by the Regent. The seeming superhero after defeating the Atlantean took him to be imprisoned at the Cellar where he placed him in a hidden cell to have Orka's powers beamed to his Regent suit. (Amazing Spider-Man v4 #13)
As Namor declared a state of hostilities against the surface, he gathered a band of Atlantean warriors to aid him with Orka joining the ranks of the Defenders of the Deep. (Avengers v8 #9)
Overview
Personality and attributes
He had been a loyal followers and lackey of Krang who followed his orders. (Sub-Mariner v1 #23)
Powers and abilities
Originally, Orka was an ordinary though strong member of the Atlantean race. After taking part in Dr. Dorcas's experiments, he was imparted the strength and savage instincts of a school of Killer Whales. He was noted for his physical strength that surprised Namor though the Sub-Mariner was said to be faster than Orka. (Sub-Mariner v1 #23)
An added aspect of his transformation was that he was given a Killer Whale's ability to breath out of water. This meant that he did not require a hydro-helmet in order to survive on the surface. (Sub-Mariner v1 #23)
For a time, he was a member of the Defenders of the Deep. (Avengers v8 #9)
Notes
- Orka was created by Roy Thomas and Marie Severin where he made his first appearance in Prince Namor, the Sub-Mariner v1 #23 (March, 1970).
In other media
Television
- In Avengers Assemble, Orka appeared in the animated television series in the episode "Kingbreaker" Pt. 1 where he was voiced by actor Roger Craig Smith. He was an Atlantean Commander who became the new head of security after it Tiger Shark was revealed to had been a traitor working for the Shadow Council. When Black Panther, White Wolf, and Attuma's daughter Lady Elanna bring their fight with Killmonger, Tiger Shark, and the Atlantean soldiers on their side to Atlantis' Coral Guard, Orka and his soldiers show up. When he learns of the coup and Tiger Shark claims that Attuma has gotten soft, Orka sides with Elanna and his soldiers lock up Killmonger, Tiger Shark, and the traitorous Atlantean soldiers. Then he apologizes to Elanna for hesitating. Orka later assists in rescuing the Atlantean civilians from the damages caused by Princess Zanda's bombs and was present when Killmonger kills Attuma. As Black Panther and White Wolf go after Killmonger, Orka gives Lady Elanna her father's trident and swears her in as the new ruler of Atlantis. Orka later led the Atlantean soldiers into attacking Black Panther and White Wolf as they were taking Killmonger as their prisoner due to him knowing where the real Black Widow is.
Appearances
- Prince Namor, the Sub-Mariner v1: #23 (1970)
- Heroes for Hire v2:
- Amazing Spider-Man v4: (2016)
- Avengers v8:
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