Titannus
Titannus is a male extraterrestrial comic supervillain who features in Marvel Comics.
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Biography
Titannus was originally a Skrull who lacked the shape-shifting abilities of his people. He came to be one of the subjects of the Super-Skrulls project, giving him enhanced strength and a healing factor that would allow him to recover from any wound. After that, he rampaged leading to the destruction of cities and the crippling of people. Leaving his world, he landed on a war hungry planet and was attacked and defeated by servants of the alien king. He was used as a gladiator and in retaliation killed the King in his sleep. He took over the planet and started to invade other planets. He successfully conquered most of the galaxy until he attempted to invade the Trellion world and his army was wiped out. He made a deal with the Trellion King and was treated, like a member of the royal family. He fell in love with Amissa but she did not return the love. One day he nearly killed the king who fled into the wilderness. The king returned and overthrew Titannus, deciding to use him as a weapon against the heroes of Earth. After brainwashing him with a story that presented him as a victim, he travelled to Earth, Amissa in stasis in his ship as part of his new conviction that they were in love. Having 'escaped' the Trellions, Titannus crash-landed on Earth. (Marvel Team-Up v3 #12)
His spacecraft crash landing in Japan, Titannus observed the heroes of Earth for several months until he was confronted by Sunfire, Japan's premiere superhero. (Marvel Team-Up v3 #4) Sunfire attempts to fight Titannus, but he was overwhelmed and nearly beaten to death. (Marvel Team-Up v3 #6) Titannus then travels to Tokyo when he is confronted by Sunfire and the Japanese army. (Marvel Team-Up v3 #8) However, Sunfire is defeated again, and countless soldiers of the Japanese army were killed. Titannus then attempted to get the 'attention' of Earth's heroes by destroying Tokyo. (Marvel Team-Up v3 #9) Sensing the disturbance, Doctor Strange assembled a new team of unofficial Defenders to oppose the alien, consisting of Spider-Man, the Hulk, Wolverine, She-Hulk, Ms. Marvel and Nova. (Marvel Team-Up v3 #11) Titannus attempted to win them over to his side by recounting the fake story he had been brainwashed with, presenting him as a man who had overcome great odds and had come to Earth seeking aid in attacking Trellia so that he could find a cure for the 'ill' Amissa, claiming that he had merely lost his temper when attacked by Sunfire. However, Doctor Strange sensed little truth in Titannus' words, and Spider-Man stated that they did not help someone who blew up a city just because he had a tragic story to tell them. (Marvel Team-Up v3 #12) Despite their best efforts, however, the gathered heroes were unable to stop Titannus, who displayed enough power to defeat even the Hulk with ease by absorbing the gamma radiation that powered the behemoth. When Amissa was woken up by Strange and Nova, she denounced him as a lunatic- it was later speculated that she was outraged that their plan had failed- and Titannus, having been so dependent on his love for her, was driven to suicide by her rejection, apparently killing himself by crushing his own head. Having heard Titannus mentioned by the recently-dimensionally-displaced 'Iron Maniac', Spider-Man arranged to visit the other Stark with Wolverine and Nick Fury, where they learned about Titannus's actions in Stark's world. (Marvel Team-Up v3 #13)
Overview
Personality and attributes
Powers and abilities
Titannus was able to beat the Hulk with a simple kick to the gut and a few blows to the face. This was enough to knock the Hulk unconscious, reverting him back to Bruce Banner. (Marvel Team-Up v3 #11)
Notes
- Titannus was created by Robert Kirkman and Scott Kolins where he made his first appearance in Marvel Team-Up v3 #2 (January, 2005).
Alternate Versions
In other media
Video games
Appearances
- Marvel Premiere v1: (2005)
- Marvel Team-Up v3:
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