Makkari (comics)

Makkari
Variant to Eternals #2 (2006). Art by John Romita, Jr.
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	Red Raven Comics #1 (Aug 1940) as Mercury; Captain America Comics #1 (March 1941) as Hurricane; Eternals #1 (1976) as Makkari.
Created by	Jack Kirby (writer - artist)
In-story information
Alter ego	Makkari
Team affiliations	Eternals First Line Monster Hunters
Notable aliases	Mike Khary, Frank Harper, Mark Curry, Jake Curtiss, Major Mercury, Hurricane, Mercury, Adam Clayton, Mac Curry, Michael Gray, Thoth
Abilities	Formerly: Immortality Superhuman speed, strength and durability Accelerated healing factor Cosmic energy manipulation Energy blasts Flight Illusion generation Matter transmutation Telekinesis Teleportation Currently: Immortality Superhuman strength and speed Ability to communicate with the Dreaming Celestial

Makkari, formerly known as Hurricane and Mercury, is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character is depicted as a member of the Eternals, a race of superhumans in the Marvel Universe. He was created by writer-artist Jack Kirby in the 1976-1978 comic book series The Eternals, where the name was spelled Makarri.

Marvel Comics continuity was later retconned so that the character presented as the mythological god Mercury, introduced as a Marvel protagonist in Red Raven Comics #1 (Aug. 1940; "Mercury In the 20th Century" by artist Kirby and writer Martin A. Bursten, pen name "Burstein") was, in fact, Makkari.

Originally, Makkari was a character in Jack Kirby's The Eternals. Mark Gruenwald later reintroduced Makkari as a long-running supporting character in the Quasar series.

Hurricane reappears as a member of the Monster Hunters in Marvel Universe #4, in a story set in the 1950s. By the end of this three-issue story, it turns out the monsters they are hunting are actually Deviants and Hurricane is revealed to be Makkari.