Terrax

Terrax in Drax v1 #2.

Terrax is a male comic supervillain who features in Marvel Comics.

Biography

Origin

First encounter with Terrax in Fantastic Four v1 #211.

Tyros was a male extraterrestrial inhabitant of the planet Birj which was the fifth moon of the gas giant Marman located 80 thousand light years from Earth. By adulthood, he came to be a powerful warlord who ruled the city of Lanlak that was situated in the northern hemisphere of his world. (Fantastic Four v1 #258)

Herald

Tyros managed to reform a physical form for himself where he encountered a band of young superheroes who formed a team later known as the New Warriors. Together, the managed to determine that Terrax's form was unstable and that constant contact with the Earth was needed for him to maintain his body. Thus, they worked together to separate him from the ground thereby causing his body to crumble leading to his defeat. (New Warriors v1 #1)

During the Annihilation War, the forces of the Annihilation Wave emerged from the Negative Zone in order to conquer the positive-matter universe under the direction of Annihilus. In this time, he sought to claim the Power Cosmic and dispatched his Seekers to acquire the Heralds of Galactus. Within the Skrull empire, Terrax was ambushed by the Seekers and their specially bred Currs where they swarmed around him leading to his eventual capture. (Annihilation: Silver Surfer v1 #2)

Whilst returning to the Wave, the worms controlling him and his compatriots began to weaken allowing them to free themselves. Thus, Terrax regained control of his mind and in a rage caused a large explosion that destroyed his captors vessel. This left only him, Paibok and the Infant Terrible alive though the pair were weakened following their extended captivity. The three crashed on a nearby world where they were saved from the wreckage by a Centaurian woman named Chandra who was revealed to had been enslaved by Randau the Space Parasite who had taken numerous slaves to the planet. Thus, Chandra asked for the three in aiding to defeat the tyrant leading to Terrax agreeing and even ready to charge the enemy then and there despite the protestations of Paibok. Ultimately, he decided to wait for the next day where they launched a surprise attack against Randau. The Space Parasite then confronted them where he absorbed the Infant Terrible's energies whilst dispatching Paibok with ease. Terrax then attempted to overload his foe with the Power Cosmic but Randau dined on the energy he absorbed whereupon he killed Chandra. In response, Terrax killed Randau by using his axe to cleave his body in half. With the Space Parasite slain, the people of the world were offered freedom but they could not contemplate a life without a master. In anger, Terrax determined that Chandra was the only person that was deserving on the planet and used his power to shatter the world thus killing the people. Only Terrax, Paibok and the Infant Terrible survivied with Tyros warning the others never to approach him again otherwise he would kill them without hesitation after which he departed into space. (Annihilation: Heralds of Galactus v1 #1)

He then arrived on Earth to conquer it where he faced opposition from the Superior Spider-Man though despite his opponents strength he was easily overpowered and nearly killed by Terrax. This was until his pider-Man foe managed to use trickery to place a device that drained some of the Power Cosmic from the former Herald's body. The energy was used to empower the Superior Spider-Man so that he could fight his opponent more evenly. (Superior Spider-Man v2 #2)

Overview

Personality and attributes

In appearance, Terrax was a male Birjian who was a tall, exceptionally broad, and heavily muscled bipedal humanoid alien warrior. He possessed an imposing, heavy-set physical frame wrapped in a dense, rock-like hide featuring a rugged, grayish-brown skin texture that offered absolute physical defense against kinetic impacts. His head sat deep within his massive shoulders, featuring wide-set, solid white eyes that completely lacked distinct pupils or irises, a flattened nose bridge, and a wide mouth lined with thick, heavy lips. He possessed exceptionally long, powerful limbs ending in heavy four-fingered hands that sat atop thick forearms. He wore a specialized, dark blue form-fitting comic uniform consisting of a sleeveless tunic that proudly exposed his massive, stone-textured arms, matching blue trousers, a wide metallic utility belt fastened tightly across his midsection, and knee-high leather combat boots. (Fantastic Four v1 #211)

Such was his belief in his superiority and strength that his time as a slave to the Annihilation Wave to had been the result of his own fault. (Annihilation: Heralds of Galactus v1 #1)

Though looking down on others, he did form brief connections to other people such as the Centaurian Chandra. (Annihilation: Heralds of Galactus v1 #1)

Powers and abilities

Terrax belonged to the bipedal Birjian race and was heavily augmented by the Power Cosmic, which naturally granted him the biological and cosmic traits of immense superhuman strength, absolute invulnerability to physical trauma, and the capability to survive indefinitely in the vacuum of open space. His primary power allowed him to manipulate the geological matrix of planets, granting him the absolute psychokinetic control to animate rock, levitate entire landmasses into orbital space, and trigger localized tectonic quakes at will. He did not possess innate magic, telepathic reality-warping, or biological shape-shifting, relying instead on his immense cosmic energy and his physical brawling prowess. He wielded a highly specialized, cosmic cosmic axe capable of channeling and firing devastating blasts of raw energy that could cleave through starships. His primary capabilities allowed him to traverse interstellar distances at faster-than-light speeds, locate suitable worlds across space quadrants, and successfully subjugate advanced planetary defenses through overwhelming geological destruction. (Fantastic Four v1 #211)

He had no need for sleep as the Power Cosmic meant that his energies were replenished by the cosmos itself. (Annihilation: Heralds of Galactus v1 #1)

Notes

• Terrax was created by Marv Wolfman, John Byrne and Joe Sinnott where he made his first appearance in Fantastic Four v1 #211 (October, 1979).

Alternate Versions

• In New Avengers v3 #3 (2013), an alternate version of the character named Terrax the Enlightened appeared in a reality designated as Earth-13054 in the Multiverse.

In other media

Television

• In Fantastic Four, Terrax appeared in a number of episodes where he was voiced by actor Tony Jay in Season One and by actor Ron Feinberg in Season Two.
• In The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, Terrax featured as am antagonist in the finale episode "Avengers Assemble!" and was voiced by actor Kevin Grevioux.

Appearances

• Fantastic Four v1: (1979)
• New Warriors v1:
• Annihilation: Silver Surfer v1:
• Annihilation: Heralds of Galactus v1:
• New Avengers v3:
• Drax v1:
• Superior Spider-Man v2:

External Links

• Marvel Database Entry
• Wikipedia Entry

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