Akhenaten (comics)

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Akhenaten

Publisher Marvel Comics
First appearance Incredible Hulk (2nd series) #457 (October 1997)
Created by Peter David, David Brewer, Cam Smith & Andrew Pepoy
Characteristics
Alter ego Amenhotep IV
Notable aliases Akhenaton, Akhetaton, Ikhnaton, Echnaton (Name translates into "Aton is Pleased")

Akhenaten is a fictional cosmically-Augmented human supervillain in the Marvel Universe as well as the Marvel: The End universe. The character first appeared in Incredible Hulk (2nd series) #457 (October 1997) and is based on the conqueror and former ruler/Pharaoh of Egypt circa 1351-1334BC.

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[edit] Fictional character biography

Akhenaten was an 18th Dynasty Pharaoh, circa 1351-1334BC and possibly the father of Tutankhamun. He was served by Ay and believed himself to be spokesman for the god Aten/Aton. He moved the capitol of Egypt from Thebes to Akhetaten and ruled there for 17 years.

Later he was taken by the Celestial Order and imbued with power and indoctrinated for millennia. They then sent him out to recruit others for the Order but instead he slaughtered the heroes and Gods of Earth and planned an absolute takeover, until Thanos usurped the power of the Heart of the Infinite and went back in time and stopped Akhenaten from preventing Dr. Doom from destroying his past self before he could be empowered by the Order. All of his actions were then prevented and he died a "normal" death in his own time.

These events did not happen in the main Marvel universe

[edit] Powers and Abilities

Akhenaten possesses tremendous powers on a Cosmic scale of the Beyonder and surpassing that of Odin, Zeus, The Collector and the Elders of the Universe. He had amazing strength and the ability to control and mainpulate on a infinite level by tapping directly into the prime universal flow of the cosmos.

[edit] Bibliography

  • Incredible Hulk (2nd series) #457
  • Marvel Universe: The End #1-4

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