Karnak (comics)

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Karnak


Karnak

Publisher Marvel Comics
First appearance Fantastic Four vol. 1, #45 (Dec 1965)
Created by Stan Lee (writer)
Jack Kirby (artist)
Characteristics
Alter ego Karnak
Species Inhuman, from Attilan
Affiliations Inhuman Royal Family
Notable aliases The Shatterer
Abilities Ability to sense weak points,
Master martial artist

Karnak is a fictional martial artist published by Marvel Comics. He first appears in Fantastic Four vol. 1, #45, and was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby.

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[edit] Fictional character biography

Karnak is a member of the Inhuman race, one of those who form the Inhuman Royal Family. Cousin of Black Bolt, king of the Inhumans, Karnak has the ability to find the weak point in any person or thing. Thus, he is usually used as planner by the Inhumans.

He is the brother of Triton, who endured Terrigenesis before he did. However, Triton's Terrigenesis was so extreme that his parents begged that Karnak not have to endure the procedure. Instead, he was sent to a monastery, where he learned martial arts.

He is usually attended by his relatives, Gorgon and Triton. He has taken part in most of the Inhumans' adventures, such as the Kree-Skrull War, the many moves of the Inhuman city of Attilan, and being sent to Earth with Gorgon in an attempt to find Black Bolt's son with Daredevil's help.

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  • The character of Ultimate Karnak was introduced in Ultimate Fantastic Four Annual #1. Here, he is a member of the Inhuman royal family, a cousin of Crystal, Medusa and Gorgon, and presumably a brother of Triton. There are differences in the character: firstly, his features are Asian (which is acceptable, given his home's Himalayan location) and white-haired; secondly, he has superpowers. His power is the ability to sense and control energy, for example, he sensed the stress-points in Sue Storm's invisible force-field, and attacked it with a bolt of electricity.

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