| Agon | |
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | Thor Vol. 1 #148 |
| Created by | Stan Lee |
| In-story information | |
| Alter ego | Agon |
| Abilities | skilled genetist |
Agon is a fictional character who has appeared in various comic book series published by Marvel Comics. The character is a member of the Inhumans, a race of beings who exist in Marvel's main shared universe, the Marvel Universe. He is best known as the father of Black Bolt. He was married to Rynda.
Agon is also the sometime ruler of the Genetics Council.
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Agon first appeared in Thor Vol. 1 #148-149 (January-February 1968), and was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. The character subsequently appeared in Avengers #95 (January 1972). His appearances were limited to three issues.
Stan Lee first created Agon to make a storyline behind the Inhumans, mostly the origin of Black Bolt. While having already worked with characters like the Fantastic Four and Spider-Man, Lee planned an interesting development of the character. This led to a storyline of how his father had been a geneticist that created a great formula that gave Inhumans great powers, and therefore Black Bolt would be born a powerful son. Of course, Lee planned a death of the character and the new ruling of Black Bolt. Though Agon was supposed to be a semi-popular character, this prediction turned out to be a failure.
Little is known about the origin of Agon, but it is known that about 110 years ago he was elected to the Genetics Council, and became such a popular member that he was crowned ruler of the Inhumans. Happy with his rule, Agon made many significant advances in chemical study, and because he was such a skilled geneticist he could create powerful serums to bestow Inhumans with great abilities. One of these chemicals was the Terrigen Mist, which could strengthen the Inhuman gene magnificently. His wife Rynda was the first to be tested on, but at the time of the injection she was pregnant. When she gave birth to a son, Black Bolt, the boy became the most powerful Inhuman known alive. After this result, Agon began to inject all his other known relatives, and each of their offspring grew to have a different ability. Becoming corrupt, some of the Inhuman citizens came to dislike him. Later, about ninety years more into his rule, a war began between their race and the Kree. Finally, at the end of the war, the Kree awarded the Inhumans for their brave efforts. This was a trick, and one night, while Agon and Rynda were working in a laboratory, a Kree starship crashed into the building and killed the beings. This immediately granted Black Bolt the role as monarch of the race.