| Ziran the Tester | |
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | Eternals #18 (Dec. 1977) |
| Created by | Jack Kirby |
| In-story information | |
| Team affiliations | Celestials |
Ziran the Tester is a fictional character in the Marvel Universe.
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Ziran is the Celestial experimenter and implementer, who tests the stability of genes and such in the lifeforms the Celestials have evolved. Ziran sends subjects through a series of tests until they are ready to go back to the planet to start their new lives.
Ziran neutralized the rampant energies released when Druig activated a Celestial weapon hidden in the Pyramid of the Winds in the Arctic. He also encountered Ikaris and Sigmar of the Eternals.[1] Ziran was revealed to be responsible for the testing and genetic coding of a proto-human being, resulting in the creation of the Deviant sub-species of humanity approximately one million years ago.[2] Alongside the assembled Fourth Celestial Host in Peru, Ziran confronted and resisted Odin animating the Destroyer, the Uni-Mind, and Thor, and left Earth with the other Celestials.[3]
Ziran created the Titans by manipulating the genes from the Olympians.[4]
Like other Celestials, Ziran is a total enigma, the level of whose physical powers is unknown, probably immeasurable.