Corvus Glaive

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Corvus Glaive in Infinity v1 #3.

Corvus Glaive is a male extraterrestrial comic supervillain that features in Marvel Comics.

Biography

Corvus Glaive was one of the Black Order, the first of the five and the most favored by Thanos.[2] He was the emissary to the worlds Thanos razes and demands tributes in the form of the heads of their children in exchange for leniency. Thanos and his followers learn that the Illuminati possess the Infinity Gems and that Black Bolt of the Inhumans has knowledge of the whereabouts of Thanos' remaining child Thane, and they set forth to invade Earth.[3] Corvus Glaive and Supergiant lead an attack on the Jean Grey School for Higher Learning in search of an Infinity Gem and its holder, during which Corvus grievously injures Wolverine.[4] Corvus later meets with the Inhumans in Attilan and demands a tribute, but is rebuffed.[5] Corvus, alongside Proxima Midnight and Supergiant, attack Wakanda in search of the Black Panther, who they believe to be in possession of an Infinity Gem after being misled by Namor. They discover the anti-matter bombs the Illuminati have been building as well their prisoners.[6][7] Corvus and Proxima accompany Thanos to the Inhuman city of Orollan after being informed by Ebony Maw of Thane's capture. As Thanos prepares to finish off Thane, Corvus receives word that their forces are being attacked by the Avengers and their interstellar allies.[8] A squad of Avengers led by Captain America confront Thanos, Corvus and Proxima in Orollan. Corvus is seemingly obliterated by Hyperion and his glaive was recovered by Promixa. She and Thanos were subsequently placed by his son Thane in a state of "living death", leaving them frozen in amber. They are imprisoned by the Illuminati alongside the Black Swan and Terrax the Truly Enlightened.[9]

Corvus secretly reconstitutes himself with the help of Maximus.[10][11] They were later freed by Namor to form a new Cabal that he feels could carry out the necessary destruction of worlds that the Illuminati and the other heroes could not do.[12] The Cabal proceeds to halt multiple Incursions by destroying world after world, but alienate Namor with their penchant for needless slaughter.[13] As a result, Namor later conspires with the Illuminati and the other heroes in killing the Cabal in the next Incursion by trapping them in the doomed world during its destruction. Black Panther and Black Bolt double-cross Namor and condemn him to death alongside the Cabal.[14] Because the Earth was in an Incursion with two worlds simultaneously, the Cabal with Namor manages to escape into Earth-1610 where they encounter the Maker (that reality's version of Mister Fantastic).[15]

During the Secret Wars, the final Incursion claims both Earth-616 and Earth-1610 where the Maker and the Cabal escape the destruction using a specially-designed lifeboat, ending up in Battleworld. Corvus, along with Proxima and Terrax, murder King Thor of the Thor Corps after he opens their raft.[16] The villains proceed to wander aimlessly over the seemingly endless wasteland, at which point Corvus suggests that they split apart in order to cover more ground. They are shortly confronted by a squad of Thor Corps members, the surviving heroes, and Stephen Strange. The fighting is interrupted by the God Emperor Doom who demands their fealty. However, as Doom is soon preoccupied with subduing the Phoenix-possessed Cyclops, Strange casts a spell that scatters the other heroes and villains into the wind in order to spare them from Doom's wrath.[17] Corvus and Proxima are later captured by Apocalypse and presented before Doom.

After Thanos's departure, Corvus Glaive took control of the Black Order and established new members where he ruled from the stronghold at the Black Quadrant. This was the case until Thanos's return with Glaive attacking his former master as he refused to bow to him. He was unable to fight the Mad Titan who destroyed his spear that was the source of Corvus Glaive's power. Thanos then gave his former subordinate the choice of either slowly dying or killing himself with Corvus Glaive choosing the later leading to him ending his own life. (Thanos v2 #1)

Overview

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Notes

• Corvus Glaive was created by Jonathan Hickman and Jim Cheung where he made his first appearance in Free Comic Book Day, 2013: Infinity.
• In an interview, it was said that Glaive was, "The first of the five. Thanos’ most favored. Corvus is cruel, arrogant and the most loyal of the Black Order,” said Hickman. “A warrior who betrayed his people and sold his soul to Thanos to pursue a different kind of glory."
• Editor Tom Brevoort further commented:

"He was the one character among the generals who was designed by Jim, and he was designed by Jim specifically because this story was being done and Jim had to get to him first. In essence, this is no different than any other design challenge. Jonathan laid the particulars of the characters out on the table, Jim went to town and did a few designs — different roughs for the head and so forth. We selected from that and away he went. He's the most prominent of the five lieutenants. He's Thanos' second-in-command and the one who most readily speaks for him, and yet you want him to have a certain amount of visual contrast to Thanos. While Thanos is a fairly big, blocky character and really became that over the years, Corvus — he's not skinny, but he's more slender, more lithe, more wiry — sort of in reflection of the glaive weapon that he carries. He's like the physical personification of that in a sense."

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