Raza Longknife
Raza Longknife is a male extraterrestrial comic character who features in Marvel Comics.
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Biography
Raza Longknife
Presumably the last survivor of his species other than his brother, Raza was held in captivity by the Shi’ar, where he was brutally tortured, taunted and affixed with cybernetics. Raza came to believe that his cybernetics made him too difficult to kill, thus denying him the decent death dictated by his religion. The Shi'ar scientists may have deliberately done this to Raza as a punishment and in defiance of the religion different than theirs. (Starjammers v1 #2)
Hauled off to a mining prison colony, the cyborg faced a lonely life of hard labor, until he befriended the Saurian Ch’od and the Mephitisoid Hepzibah. The trio fought and evaded the guards for some time, trying to find a way to escape the planet. When Hepzibah was re-captured, Raza and Ch’od went searching for her, but instead found new prisoner Christopher Summers. Though at first too traumatized by a recent beating to respond, Christopher soon regained his courage and helped Raza and Ch’od rescue Hepzibah. Neither Raza, Ch’od nor Hepzibah knew how to fly a ship but, with Christopher’s pilot experience, they had hope. Soon after, the group managed to steal a ship, the Starjammer, and escape the planet. (Classic X-Men v1 #15)
Shortly after, during a clash with the Imperial Guard, Raza was shocked to find his brother Zenith amongst their number. During the battle, Zenith was killed by Binary, who was unaware of his relation to Raza, adding further strain on their friendship. Carol was dismissive about her fight with Zenith, upsetting Raza, who retired to his quarters. It turns out Raza was not upset because Zenith was killed but because he was unable to kill Zenith himself. Furthermore, the blood rites of his people now demanded vengeance on Carol. (X-Men: Spotlight On...The Starjammers v1 #2)
Overview
Personality and attributes
Powers and abilities
Raza has been converted into a cyborg, with various bionic body parts, including his left eye, his left arm and hand, and much of his face and thorax. This gives him superhuman strength, enhanced agility, speed, and reflexes thanks to his robotic parts. Raza's cyborg body contains computers that he can utilize for various tasks. Raza can convert his bionic left hand into a bladed weapon at will. His cyborg body contains advanced sensor systems and atmosphere processing systems that enable him to breathe in various alien environments. He is a skilled hand-to-hand combatant, trained in various forms of combat known in the Shi'ar Galaxy. He is a brilliant swordsman and marksman, with various forms of Shi'ar weaponry. He wears battle armor of unspecified composition, and uses Shi'ar knives, swords, and energy guns.
Notes
- Raza Longknife was created by Dave Cockrum where he made his first appearance in X-Men v1 #107 (October, 1977).
Alternate Versions
- In Gambit and the X-Ternals v1 #2 (1995), an alternate version of Raza Longknife appeared in the Age of Apocalypse reality that was designated as Earth-295 in the Multiverse. Raza Longknife was a slave to the Shi'ar empire alongside Christopher Summers. He subsequently escaped and joined the Starjammers, a group of space pirates that were opposed to Emperor D'Ken's rule of the Shi'ar Empire. They were led by D'Ken's sister Deathbird. When Gambit and his X-Ternals arrived in Shi'ar space, they were rescued from a battle with the Imperial Guard by the Starjammers, with Raza among their number. He remained aboard the Starjammer as Deathbird and the X-Ternals went to the planet holding the M'kraan Crystal.
In other media
Television
- In X-Men: The Animated Series, Raza Longknife made a non-voiced appearance in the setting of the animated television series starting from the Phoenix Saga.
Appearances
- X-Men v1: (1977)
- Uncanny X-Men v1:
- New Mutants:
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