Janus the Nega-Man

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Janus the Nega-Man
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Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	Fantastic Four #107 (Feb 1971)
Created by	Stan Lee and John Buscema
In story information
Alter ego	Richard Janus
Abilities	High intellect Projection of Nega-Power force bolts

Janus the Nega-Man is a fictional character in the Marvel Universe.

Richard Janus was once a college student and a research scientist and contemporary of Reed Richards. He became obsessed with finding a new source of energy, and sought Richards' help to harness this Negative Energy, or Nega-Power. When Richards moved on to new experiments when their investigations bore little fruit, Janus continued his efforts, and eventually discovered his new Nega-Power. After exposure to this power, Janus was split into two separate beings; Janus and the Nega-Man. The belligerent Nega-Man overpowered Janus, and set out to become master of the world. He clashed with the Fantastic Four and developed a module capable of harnessing anti-matter energy, and attempted to cross into the Negative Zone to gain more power. Janus encountered the zone's ruler, Annihilus who defeated him in combat and forced him to lead him to Earth. Janus was instead seemingly killed when he was pulled into a matter/anti-matter interface.^[1]

Years later, Janus was revealed to have survived the experience and to have faked his death in front of Reed Richards to continue his pursuits. Janus plotted to siphon the power of the Negative Zone, however he was apparently destroyed this time by an energy disruption.^[2]