Infant Terrible

Infant Terrible is a fictional Marvel comics character.

Publication history

The Infant Terrible first appeared in Fantastic Four #24 (March, 1964), and was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby.

The character subsequently appears in Fantastic Four Annual #19 (1985), and Power Pack #56-59 (June–October 1990), and #61-62 (December 1990-January 1991). The character subsequently appears as the Delinquent in Annihilation #2-3 (November–December 2006), and Annihilation: Heralds of Galactus #1 (April 2007).

The Infant Terrible received an entry in the Marvel Legacy: The 1960s Handbook #1 (2006).

Fictional character biography

Infant Terrible is an infant from a race of extraterrestrial beings known as the Elan, who have almost-omnipotent powers. He eventually got lost and wandered on Earth, in New York City. Just wanting some fun, he accomplished deeds such as creating a giant milk bottle, summoning giant toy soldiers, ice cream, berries and soda pop. The Fantastic Four investigated this and found out he had the mind of a child, and nicknamed him "Infant Terrible", based on the French expression enfant terrible. Infant Terrible soon got tricked by a gangster called Big Joe into stealing some money from a bank. Causing ruckus and not being able to communicate with the Earthlings, he turned violent and caused even more damage... endangering the whole Earth as he tried to make the Sun squash the planet. Mister Fantastic finally managed to call for a neighboring alien spaceship which happened to have the alien child's parents and brought him home safe and sound.

Annihilation

Infant Terrible, having matured and now referred to as The Delinquent, appears as one of the elite troops fighting for Annihilus and the Annihilation wave. As with the Galactus Herald Terrax and Paibok the Power Skrull, they are fighting against their will. In one of the many confrontations, Delinquent, now missing an antenna, is stabbed multiple times by Drax the Destroyer. He survives the confrontation.

Later, he is with Paibok and Terrax when Annihilus perishes, freeing them from the mind control. However, Delinquent now has the mind of a near baby and is pretty much useless in a battle against Randau the Space Parasite. He manages to craft a spaceship to save his and Paibok's life after Terrax, angered by recent events, leaves them. They intend to head to what remains of the Skrull empire.

Powers and abilities

• Infant Terrible is quasi-omnipotent and can transform anything into anything he wants, which depends only of his mood.

External links

• Infant Terrible at the Appendix to the Handbook of the Marvel Universe