Fang (Marvel)
Fang is a male extraterrestrial comic character who features in Marvel Comics.
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Biography
He did not have a family but was instead grown in a gene-vat. (Realm of Kings: Imperial Guard v1 #4) His father was noted to had told Fang to join the ranks of the Shi'ar Imperial Guard. (Realm of Kings: Imperial Guard v1 #2)
When D'ken sought to master the power of the reality-altering M'Kraan Crystal, the Imperial Guard served as his bodyguards and fought the X-Men and the Starjammers when they came to stop D'ken. During the fight, Fang was beaten and stripped of his costume by Wolverine, who made the uniform his for a brief time. (X-Men v1 #107)
After the original Fang's death, a new Fang was cloned and, under Lilandra's assent, took his predecessor's place in the Imperial Guard. (Starjammers v1 #4) Fang was with the Imperial Guard when it came to their battle against Vulcan. (War of Kings v1 #1)
Following the death of Vulcan, the Shi'ar shipyard world of Izumbard declared open rebellion against the Imperium with the Imperial Guard dispatched by Majestor Kallark to bring them in line. Fang was among the Imperial Guardsmen dispatched to battle the rebels. After their victory, he attended the celebration with the other Guardsmen and voiced his dissatisfaction at Gladiator being made Majestor. This caused Neutron to get angry who started a fight that led to the Guardsmen fighting one another. The fight stopped when Praetor Mentor arrived who stated that Majestor Kallark had a mission for a strike team of Imperial Guardsmen with Fang being among the selected candidates. They were dispatched alongside the Starjammers to investigate the newly create time-space anomaly known as the Fault. (Realm of Kings: Imperial Guard v1 #1) Their investigation led them to encounter the invasion forces of the Many-Angled Ones that were emerging from the Cancerverse through the Fault. Fang survived the engagement but witnessed the death of his comrade Neutron that was consumed by one of the creatures. He later attended the funeral for the Guardsmen who had their remains interned at the Imperial Mausoleum World of Elysialla VII. (Realm of Kings: Imperial Guard v1 #5)
Fang intercepted a group of Kree soldiers and the Pursuer Corps on Earth but despite his efforts and getting up again twice during the battle he perished after killing a couple of enemies. (All-New Invaders v1 #1)
Fang's mental template, which had been kept on file along with those of other Lupaks as dictated by their customs, was later used to resurrect him in a new, cloned body. (Wolverines v1 #11)
Upon going to Earth for another one of his annual meetings with Logan, Fang discovered his friend had died. He then sought out the Wolverines that were a group comprised of X-23, Daken, Sabretooth, Mystique and Lady Deathstrike for believing them to be responsible for Logan's death. Following a brief fight, Laura managed to convince him the whole situation was a misunderstanding, and that none of them were there when Logan died, while expressing her own regret for not being able to say goodbye. While the rest of the group still tried to kill him despite Laura's success in defusing the conflict, Fang just laughed it off and revealed the real reason for being on Earth was his annual meeting with Logan. He decided the best way to honor Logan's memory was to keep the tradition alive with each member of the group, teleporting with Daken to kill Frost Giants in Jotunheim soon afterwards. (Wolverines v1 #8)
He was later one of the members who apprehended Drax the Destroyer. (Guardians of the Galaxy v3 #15)
He was among the Shi'ar Imperial Guardsmen that were deployed to capture the dying Mad Titan Thanos. (Thanos v2 #3)
Overview
Personality and attributes
Fang stated that he did not have any family and that all he had was the Imperial Guard. (Realm of Kings: Imperial Guard v1 #4)
He did not feel that a member of the Guard such as Gladiator that was once one of them should have been given the Shi'ar throne. (Realm of Kings: Imperial Guard v1 #1)
Powers and abilities
If he died, another version of him was simply grown as a replacement. (Realm of Kings: Imperial Guard v1 #4)
An odd extra organ not technically a part of the Lupak's body. It sat in a realm just outside of mainstream reality and was inaccessible by normal means. (Wolverines v1 #8)
Notes
- Fang was created by Chris Claremont and Dave Cockrum where he made his first appearance in Uncanny X-Men v1 #107 (October, 1977).
- Similar to the rest of the Imperial Guard, Fang bore many similarities to Timber Wolf of the Legion of Super-Heroes at DC Comics.
Alternate Versions
- In Gambit and the X-Ternals v1 #2 (1995), an alternate version of Fang appeared in the Age of Apocalypse reality that was designated as Earth-295 in the Multiverse. When Gambit and his team the X-Ternals would teleport to the Shi'ar galaxy to steal a shard of the M'kraan Crystal, Fang would be among the members of the Imperial Guard to try and stop them. Later when the X-Ternals would seek refuge with the Jonath, a Shi'ar/Mephitisoid hybrid (Jath'che), Fang and the other Imperials would attack Jonath's hideout. During the fight, the M'kraan Crystal would crystallize the world they are fighting on and Fang along with his fellow Imperial's would be caught in it's effect.
- In Old Man Quill v1 #3 (2019), an alternate version of Fang appeared in the Wastelands reality of Old Man Logan that was designated as Earth-21923 in the Multiverse. Fang was a member of the Universal Church of Truth who was ordered by Gladiator to form a search group in order to find and kill Peter Quill before he could get his hands on the artifact. Fang joined his fellow Guardsmen as they investigated the dead body of Fin Fang Foom who they killed to find out if the dragon had swallowed the Guardians as a meal. But they learned of Star-Lord's location after they saw Pulsar's energy beacon after he sacrificed his life. He was killed in a fight with Star-Lord where Fang came to have his neck snapped.
In other media
Video games
- In X-Men: Battle of the Atom, Fang appeared on a card in the iOS video card game.
Appearances
- X-Men v1: (1977)
- Uncanny X-Men v1:
- Realm of Kings: Imperial Guard v1:
- Wolverines v1:
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