Corvus Glaive

Corvus Glaive
Textless variant cover of Infinity #3 (Nov. 2013). Art by In-Hyuk Lee.
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	Infinity: Free Comic Book Day (May 2013)
Created by	Jonathan Hickman Jim Cheung
In-story information
Team affiliations	Black Order
Partnerships	Proxima Midnight Supergiant
Abilities	Superhuman strength, speed, stamina, durability, endurance, and senses Expert hand-to-hand combatant Utilizes a powerful glaive

Corvus Glaive is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He is a prominent member of the Black Order, a team of aliens who work for Thanos.

The character has made several appearances in media, such as animated television series, video games, and the Marvel Cinematic Universe films Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame, in which he was portrayed by Michael James Shaw.

Publication history

The character was created by Jonathan Hickman and Jim Cheung and first appeared in Infinity: Free Comic Book Day (May 2013).^[1]

The character was described by Hickman as "Thanos' most favored. Corvus is cruel, arrogant and the most loyal of the Black Order. A warrior who betrayed his people and sold his soul to Thanos to pursue a different kind of glory".^[2]

Editor

He was the one character among the generals who was designed by Jim, and he was designed by Jim specifically because this story was being done and Jim had to get to him first. In essence, this is no different than any other design challenge. Jonathan laid the particulars of the characters out on the table, Jim went to town and did a few designs — different roughs for the head and so forth. We selected from that and away he went. He's the most prominent of the five lieutenants. He's Thanos' second-in-command and the one who most readily speaks for him, and yet you want him to have a certain amount of visual contrast to Thanos. While Thanos is a fairly big, blocky character and really became that over the years, Corvus — he's not skinny, but he's more slender, more lithe, more wiry — sort of in reflection of the glaive weapon that he carries. He's like the physical personification of that in a sense.^[2]

Fictional character biography

Corvus Glaive is a member of

He managed to return to his own home when the Mainstream Marvel Universe was rebuilt,^[13] and proceeded to make his own Black Order, slowly building his army all over the galaxy. However, Thanos returned and the two battled with Corvus' former master as the victor. Not wanting a horrific death by Thanos's cruel hand, Corvus took pieces of his destroyed glaive and killed himself.^[14]

Corvus Glaive later returned from the dead when the Black Order was reformed by

Corvus possessed the typical attributes of a super powered individual including super strength, speed, endurance, senses and some invulnerability. Corvus' immortality stems from his weapon, a glaive that when remaining in one piece allows him to survive anything, including being obliterated.^[6][7] The glaive itself can slice through any known thing and person in the universe.^[5] Corvus himself can recall his weapon to his hand whenever he throws it with a gesture.^[18]

In other media

Television

• Corvus Glaive appears in Avengers Assemble, voiced by David Kaye.^[19]
• Corvus Glaive appears in Guardians of the Galaxy, voiced again by David Kaye.^[19]

Marvel Cinematic Universe

Corvus Glaive appears in media set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, voiced and motion-captured by Michael James Shaw.^[20][21]

• Glaive is introduced in the live-action film Avengers: Infinity War. He and the Children of Thanos assist their father Thanos in finding the Infinity Stones. Glaive and his wife Proxima Midnight attempt to retrieve the Mind Stone from Vision, but are defeated by Steve Rogers, Natasha Romanoff, and Sam Wilson. During a second attempt in Wakanda, Glaive infiltrates Shuri's lab to attack Vision again. However, Vision defends himself and knocks Glaive into a window, with both falling into a nearby forest below. Rogers intervenes, but Glaive incapacitates him before Vision kills the latter.
• An alternate timeline variant of Glaive appears in the live-action film
  Okoye.^[23]
• An alternate timeline variant of Glaive appears in the Disney+ animated series What If...? episode "What If... T'Challa Became a Star-Lord?"^{[citation needed]}