Tana Nile
Tana Nile is a female extraterrestrial character who features in Marvel Comics.
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Biography
Tana Nile
Taking on a human form, she claimed to had been someone who had recently moved into the city and became the new roommate of Jane Foster. (Thor v1 #129)
Nile came to be hired by the Fiyero House faction within the Kree empire who sought to take control of the empire by removing remnants of the old guard. Thus, they hired Tana in order to provide false testimony to bring the downfall of those that would threaten them. (Annihilation: Ronan v1 #4) She came forth as a witness against Ronan the Accuser where she claimed to had seen him secretly making overtures to Skrull Baroness S'Ybak with him offering to betray the Kree empire in exchange for control over the conquered territories. It was her testimony that saw Ronan fall from grace as he was stripped of his badge as a Public Accuser and exiled to a periphery world. (Annihilation: Ronan v1 #1) Ronan later decided to seek her out in order to find the truth about his exile leading to Tana going into hiding. She went to the world of Godthab Omega where she joined the ranks of Gamora's band of female warriors known as the Graces. Upon joining them, she had requested their aid in protecting her from the Kree Accuser. (Annihilation: Ronan v1 #2) The planet later came under attack from the forces of the Annihilation Wave that emerged from their dimension in the Negative Zone to conquer the positive-matter universe. The Graces stronghold on Mount Virago came under attack from the insectoid horde with Tana Nile participating in the defence but she was fatally injured fighting them off. Ronan arrived and came to hear her confession over the conspiracy by Fiyero House but she passed away shortly afterwards. (Annihilation: Ronan v1 #4)
Overview
Personality and attributes
She was able to adopt a human female form. (Thor v1 #129)
Through her power, she was known to make others bow to her. (Thor v1 #129)
Powers and abilities
Notes
- Tana Nile was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby where she made her first appearance in Thor v1 #129 (June, 1966).
In other media
Television
- In Ultimate Spider-Man, Tana Nile had a cameo appearance in the animated television series in the episode "Guardians of the Galaxy" where she was voiced by actress Grey DeLisle.
- In Guardians of the Galaxy, Tana Nile appeared in the setting of the animated television series in the episode "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" where she was voiced by actress Jessica DiCicco. This version was shown as being the daughter of the Grand Commissioner of Rigel with her being an adolescent who fled Rigel-3 as she wanted to continue to a emotion-filled party lifestyle on Conjunction as she attempted to avoid the Rigellian coming of age ritual called the Centering. The Grand Commissioner hired the Guardians of the Galaxy to bring Tana Nile back to Rigel-3 where after some difficult they were able to apprehend her. Tana's father warned the Guardians of his daughter throwing tantrums and that they were to keep her away from a group of Rigellian rebels called the Empathetics that were renegades who refused the Centering and instead wanted to keep their emotions.
Appearances
- Thor v1: (1966)
- Annihilation: Ronan v1:
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