Orbis Stellaris

Orbis Stellaris is a male comic supervillain who features in Marvel Comics.

Biography

Origin

Nathaniel Essex

After Essex was altered by Apocalypse, he gained superhuman abilities where he turned against his 'master'. In 1895, Essex returned to Milbury House to continue his experiments, reassuming his ordinary and frail human persona. He had lost control of his condition as Sinister and developed a split personality of a more feral 'Mister Sinister'. Following an outing into the streets of London he was found at the scene naked and battered but with no memory of the attack. The mutant shapeshifter Raven Darkhölme, under the disguise of Sherlock Holmes, and her partner, the clairvoyant Irene Adler, approached him to investigate the incidents. Darkhölme lured him by masquerading as a potential victim, and he escaped across the rooftops to his home. Darkhölme and Adler followed him to witness him turn back into his frail sickly form. Essex revealed to them that his condition was deteriorating, but he was determined to survive to see not only the 20th but also the 21st century, when machines were expected to become the dominant beings on the planet. He envisioned four possible routes that could be explored as a solution to the ascension of the artificial intelligence: the potential of mankind itself, the wonders of space beyond the stars, the mystical knowledge beyond the understanding of machine mind, and the Essex-men themselves. Darkhölme and Adler had him arrested and sent away to Bedlam where overnight he was murdered. Adler returned to his home and discovered four broken cloning tanks, each with a playing card suit. A voice recording by Essex declared that going the way of survival of the fittest would allow him to become immortal. (Immortal X-Men v1 #8)

Notes

• Doctor Stasis was created by Al Ewing and Valerio Schiti where he made his first appearance in S.W.O.R.D. v2 #6 (June, 2021).
• The character was based on Mister Sinister who was created by Chris Claremont and Marc Silvestri.

Appearances

• S.W.O.R.D. v2: (2021)
• Immortal X-Men v1:
• X-Men: Before The Fall - Sinister Four v1: (2023)

External Links

• Marvel Database Entry

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