Deathurge
| Deathurge | |
|---|---|
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | Marvel Two-In-One #71 (Jan 1981) |
| Created by |
Mark Gruenwald Ralph Macchio |
| In-story information | |
| Team affiliations | Maelstrom's Minions |
| Notable aliases | D'urge |
| Abilities | High-speed flight via spear or skis Intangibility Limited telepathy Immunity to energy attacks from beings with suicidal urges Ability to create weapons of solid darkness, bring souls to the afterlife, detect suicidal urges and survive unprotected in hostile environments |
Deathurge is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He is a wraith-like superhuman entity who served as the herald and agent of Oblivion. He first appeared in Marvel Two-In-One #71.
Deathurge's origins are not known. On multiple occasions he has claimed to embody the impulse for self-destruction that resides within all sentient life, which implies that he is an abstract entity.
Deathurge was first observed in the employ of the villain Maelstrom as an assassin. Deathurge was dispatched to slay the clonal bodies of Maelstrom's three prime minions and was commanded to slay a clonal body of Maelstrom himself. He slew another of Maelstrom's bodies, and encountered Captain Marvel. He attended Maelstrom's resurrection within another cloned body, and was then dismissed from Maelstrom's service. Although Maelstrom sometimes treated Deathurge as if he were a lackey, Deathurge served only at Oblivion's behest, for Oblivion perceived within Maelstrom the potential to drastically tip the scales between existence and non-existence in his favor.
Deathurge later encountered Quasar on the planet Uranus, and revealed himself to be the herald of Oblivion. Deathurge recounted how he had destroyed the Uranian Eternals' protective dome, thereby killing them. Deathurge was thwarted in battle by Quasar.
At least for a time, Deathurge harbored great animus towards Quasar and opposed him repeatedly. With Quasar assuming the mantle of Protector of the Universe, Oblivion saw him as a threat to his agenda and set Deathurge against him, both before and after Quasar thwarted Maelstrom's plot to collapse the universe into a gargantuan black hole. Deathurge was determined to exploit the streak of fatalism he sensed within the hero's personality. As Deathurge saw it, Quasar was a contemptible hypocrite for pledging to champion all life while harboring feelings of futility and angst regarding his own existence. In the course of one of their battles, Deathurge summed himself up succinctly with the following remark:
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