Attuma
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Notable aliases | Attuma the Barbarian, Lords of the Murky Depths, Nerkkod: Breaker of Oceans |
Abilities | Expert hand-to-hand combatant Superhuman strength, agility, stamina, reflexes, and endurance High level swimming speed Specially developed vision Self-propelled flight Underwater and land adaptation Access to highly advanced weaponry |
Attuma is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He is an Atlantean nomadic warlord who is usually depicted as an enemy of Namor the Sub-Mariner, and is the father of the superhero Andromeda. He believes he is the prophesied conqueror of the Atlantean Empire.[2]
Alex Livinalli portrays Attuma in his live-action debut in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022).
Publication history
Attuma first appeared in Fantastic Four #33 (December 1964), and was created by Stan Lee (writer) and Jack Kirby (artist).[3]
Fictional character biography
Attuma was born as a member of a tribe of barbaric Atlanteans, who were banished from Atlantis ages ago. For unknown reasons Attuma was born with strength, endurance, and speed far superior to those of any normal Atlantean. Attuma quickly became leader of his tribe and declared that he would conquer the city of Atlantis as an ancient prophecy predicted. Attuma had an illegitimate daughter, Andromeda by a woman named Lady Gelva, but he did not know she gave birth to his only child until confronted by Andromeda.[4] Attuma was disappointed to learn he had a child who wasn't a boy and was disgusted to find out Lady Gelva was the mother as he saw her as a "bullocked whale". Andromeda would later challenge her father as is the right of every first born male child, Attuma allowed the challenge to proceed because Andromeda had been raised as a warrior. Attuma won the challenge but Andromeda was kidnapped by Ghaur before Attuma could kill her.[5]
Attuma gathered his troops and attacked Atlantis, and was defeated by
When the ruling Council of Atlantis asked Prince Namor to abdicate the throne, Namor obliged and left Atlantis. Attuma was hired with his men as mercenaries to end the Atlantean civil war. Several Atlantean nobles battled for the throne, but Attuma took the throne and became the new ruler of Atlantis. His rule was not a popular one though and Attuma kidnapped Marrina Smallwood, Namor's new wife to embarrass Namor in the eyes of the Atlantean people.[15] Namor, with the help of various superheroes including Alpha Flight and the Avengers, freed Marrina and battled Attuma. Attuma ended the battle when he realized that Namor was happy with Marrina and did not want to return to Atlantis.[16] He did swear vengeance against the superheroes who had allied against him and joined the Lethal Legion, a group of supervillains, shortly afterwards. The Legion was short-lived though and Attuma returned to Atlantis. During the events of "The Evolutionary War," Attuma joined forces with the Lemurians and reserve Avengers against the High Evolutionary.[17]
As depicted in the
Shortly afterwards, Attuma briefly lost control of Atlantis and Namor returned to the throne, but Attuma regained the throne of Atlantis, when Namor was cursed as one of the
Attuma returned to his barbarian hordes and would make other attempts to conquer Atlantis and the surface world, but without any success. One such attempt would come after Attuma allied his Barbarian hordes with the forces of the futuristic conqueror Kang. His armies would pick Canada as their point of invasion; however they would be turned back by the superhero group, the Avengers.[21]
Attuma attacked New York City with an undersea horde once again. He was confronted by the Sentry, but before Attuma could finish boasting of his plans, the Sentry beheaded him.[22][23]
Dark Reign
During the Dark Reign storyline, Attuma is restored to life by Victor Von Doom after he reattaches Attuma's head to his body, and Attuma is offered a new chance of power in the vow of destroying Namor once and for all.[24]
Fear Itself
During the
Marvel NOW!
Sometime later as part of the
In a flashback experienced by
All-New, All-Different Marvel
As part of the All-New, All-Different Marvel event, Attuma was on Atlantis at the time when the Squadron Supreme attacked it in retaliation for Namor and the Cabal having destroyed the worlds of some of its members. Attuma was slain by Power Princess.[30]
Powers and abilities
Attuma possesses various superhuman abilities common to the Atlanteans. However, his strength, stamina, resistance to physical injury, and swimming speed are much higher than the majority of his race. Like most Atlanteans, Attuma could not survive out of water for more than 10 minutes without the aid of mechanical devices or certain chemicals, for most of his life. His stamina, agility, and reflexes also were reduced when out of the water. Like all Atlanteans his specially developed vision allows him to see clearly in the murky depths of the ocean.
After certain genetic and surgical enhancements following his resurrection at the hands of Doctor Doom his strength has been fortified to be on par with the strength of Namor as well as granting him the ability of self-propelled flight and living on land unaided.
Attuma is a skilled Atlantean warrior, trained in the use of many different weapons. He is an expert hand-to-hand combatant, especially underwater, and has achieved mastery in the use of most Atlantean weapons. He usually prefers his three-pronged iron sword, but he has access to highly advanced weaponry.
Other versions
Marvel Adventures
In the continuity of Marvel Adventures, Attuma becomes involved after the Invisible Woman is accused of stealing a precious Atlantean artifact.[31]
Marvel Zombies
A zombie Attuma makes an appearance in
In other media
Television
- Attuma appears in the "Namor" segment of The Marvel Super Heroes.[citation needed]
- Attuma appears in the Fantastic Four (1967) episode "Danger in the Depths", voiced by Henry Corden.[34]
- Attuma appears in The Avengers: United They Stand episode "To Rule Atlantis", voiced by Philip Akin.[34]
- Attuma appears in the Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes episode "Atlantis Attacks".[citation needed]
- Attuma appears in Avengers Assemble,[35] voiced by Dwight Schultz in the first two seasons[34] and by Dan Donohue in the fifth season.[36] In the first season, he joins the Red Skull's Cabal until the latter betrays them.
- Attuma appears in Ultimate Spider-Man, voiced again by Dwight Schultz.[34]
Film
Attuma appears in
Video games
- Attuma appears as a boss in Fantastic Four (1997).[39]
- Attuma appears as a boss in Marvel: Ultimate Alliance,[40] voiced by Gregg Berger.[34] This version is a member of the Masters of Evil who overthrew Namor and took over Atlantis alongside Tiger Shark.
- Attuma appears in Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2.[41]
References
- ISBN 9780780809772.
- ISBN 0-8160-1356-X.[1]
- ISBN 978-1-4654-7890-0.
- ^ a b Iron Man Annual #10
- ^ a b X-Factor Annual #4
- ^ Fantastic Four #33
- ^ Tales to Astonish #66
- ^ Fantastic Four Annual #3
- ^ The Avengers #26-27
- ^ Sub-Mariner #4
- ^ Sub-Mariner #36-37
- ^ The Defenders #7-8
- ^ Super-Villain Team-Up #1-3
- ^ The Avengers #154-156; Super-Villain Team-Up #9
- ^ Alpha Flight #33-36
- ^ Alpha Flight #39; The Avengers #272
- ^ The Avengers Annual #17
- ^ The Avengers Annual #18
- ^ Web of Spider-Man Annual #5
- ^ The Defenders vol. 2 #7-11
- ^ The Avengers vol. 3 #42-44
- ^ The Sentry #1
- ^ Attuma at The Appendix to the Handbook of the Marvel Universe
- ^ Marvel Digital Comics Exclusive - Dark Reign: Made Men #2
- ^ Fear Itself #2
- ^ Alpha Flight #1
- ^ Fear Itself: The Deep #1-4
- ^ Indestructible Hulk #4
- ^ Avengers Arena #15
- ^ Squadron Supreme vol. 4 #1
- ^ Marvel Adventures #24 (August 2007)
- ^ Marvel Zombies: Dead Days #1 (July 2007)
- ^ Marvel Zombies Return #5 (2009)
- ^ a b c d e Voice(s) of "Attuma." Behind The Voice Actors.
- ^ "First Look at Disney's New Avengers Assemble Cartoon, io9. Retrieved December 15, 2016
- ^ "Shadow of Atlantis Pt. 2". Avengers Assemble. Season 5. Episode 2. September 23, 2018. Disney XD.
- ComicBook.com. Archivedfrom the original on July 2, 2022. Retrieved July 2, 2022.
- ^ "Marvel At Comic-Con 2022: What Phase 5 & 6 Look Like – Update". Deadline Hollywood. July 24, 2022. Archived from the original on July 24, 2022. Retrieved July 24, 2022.
- ^ Probe Entertainment (1997-09-30). Fantastic Four. Acclaim Entertainment.
- ^ Raven Software (2010-01-19). Marvel: Ultimate Alliance. Activision.
- ^ "Characters". IGN Database. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
External links
- Attuma at Marvel.com
- Attuma at The Appendix to the Handbook of the Marvel Universe
- Attuma on Marvel Database, a Marvel Comics wiki