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Y'Garon

Y'Garon is a demon who has clashed with Marada the She-Wolf and Dracula.

Yandroth

Yandroth was the humanoid Scientist Supreme of the "otherdimensional" planet "Yann" and a would-be-conqueror who, with his robot Voltorg, has fought Doctor Strange as a counterpart to the latter's title of Sorcerer Supreme. Doctor Strange defeats Yandroth, sending him to seemingly fall forever through an alternate dimension, the Dimension of Dreams.[1]

There, he gains great magical knowledge and learns that he could gain great power by destroying a world. He returns to Earth and constructs an "Omegatron", although he suffers injuries received when he was hit by a truck in New York City. His physical body dies, thus activating the Omegatron. As the Omegatron, he battles Doctor Strange, Namor, and the Hulk, who come together as the Defenders for the first time. Yandroth is placed under a time displacement spell by Doctor Strange.[2]

The Omegatron is eventually released from the time displacement spell and battled Namor, the Hulk, Valkyrie, and Namorita and was destroyed.[3] Yandroth's spirit next possesses a young female chemist to telepathically attack the heroes; however, he is defeated by the Defenders again.[4]

Although Yandroth is dead, his spirit is still capable of taking possession of a living human's mind. Taking the form of a vagrant, he is discovered by

Gorgilla, Vi-Locks, and the Lizard Men of Tok. This attack involved many superhero teams. Most of the New York-based heroes are tied up confronting destructive, mindless monstrosities. Alpha Flight is attacked by Warlord Kaa and his Shadow Warriors. Yandroth causes a group of Living Erasers to appear in the Tokyo Headquarters of Big Hero 6. Lizard Men from Tok attack the island nation of Genosha. Gorgilla subdues the Avengers by dropping a building on them. It turns out he is utilizing the captured form of Gaea, the spirit of the Earth, to summon the monsters. Patsy, who had escaped and learned this, tells the Defenders, who were currently comprising Namor, Hulk, Doctor Strange, and Silver Surfer. The superheroes battles Yandroth has caused has given him enough power to summon the Ravagers of Creation. Four elemental creatures confront the Defenders, who are unable to stop them individually. They attack the Stone creature, disabling the spell needed to destroy the world. This frees Gaea and kills Yandroth. In his dying breath as the Hulk and Namor fight, he realizes the Defenders hate each other. Yandroth uses his powers to curse the four original members so that they must come and work together in times of a severe crisis. This involves uncontrollable teleportation, affecting all four of the heroes.[5] Yandroth's curse caused the Defenders to work together against a plot by Lorelei and Pluto.[6] The curse that Yandroth placed on the four original members of the Defenders was also tied to Yann and adding into Yandroth's powers.[7]

When the four Defenders members became The Order for a short time, their curse started to cause Yandroth to slowly reform.[8] He started to slowly materialize in smoky form above a throne.[9] Yandroth then began to materialize in an all-powerful mist-like form. When he was denied of the final power he needed when the Order wouldn't attack him, Yandroth regressed to human form as Christopher Ganyrog took Yandroth back to Yann to stand trial for his crimes.[10]

Yandroth is featured in the limited series "The Last Defenders", disguised as a businessman after he escaped, killed the Ganyrogs, and took over Yann. Assisted by the floating head of the entity known as the "Recorder", he attempts to manipulate his way into gaining god-level powers.

Colossus, Blazing Skull She-Hulk, and Warlord Krang battle the group the Sons of the Serpent which culminates in a confrontation with Yandroth. Yandroth manipulates time and forces Nighthawk to battle a twisted version of his old team the Squadron Sinister before being rescued by a future incarnation of the Defenders, who with Yandroth disappear once the threat is over.[11]

Mariko Yashida

Shingen Yashida

Yellow Claw

Yellowjacket

Hank Pym

Rita DeMara

Darren Cross

Yeti

Inhuman

This Yeti, an

Terrigen Mist,[12] was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby and first appeared in Fantastic Four
#99.

The character joins the superhero team First Line,

Crystal, the Human Torch encounters Yeti and, startled by his appearance, attacks him. Yeti runs from the Torch's attack and tells the other Inhumans that they are under attack.[12]

Yeti has inhuman strength and razor-sharp claws and teeth. He is easily angered and suffers from bouts of insanity. His savage, animal nature during these bouts makes him almost unbeatable.

Weapon P.R.I.M.E.

This Yeti is a member of the covert Canadian superhuman group

Northstar. He has superhuman strength, claws, and an enhanced healing factor.[volume & issue needed
]

Other versions of Yeti

In the Age of Apocalypse reality, Yeti appears as a member of the Brotherhood of Chaos.[volume & issue needed]

Ho Yinsen

Ho Yinsen
Publication information
PublisherMarvel Comics
First appearanceTales of Suspense #39 (March 1963)
Created byStan Lee (writer)
Larry Lieber (scripter)
Don Heck (artist)
In-story information
Supporting character ofIron Man
AbilitiesGenius-level intelligence

Professor Ho Yinsen is a supporting character of Iron Man in the Marvel Comics universe. The character, created by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber and Don Heck, first appeared in Tales of Suspense #39 (March 1963).

Original plotline

Professor Yinsen was a

Iron Man armor, which includes a device for Stark's heart to keep him alive. Yinsen sacrifices his life distracting Wong-Chu to buy time for Stark to power up his armor. Stark dons the armor, becoming Iron Man, and defeats Wong-Chu, apparently killing him in the explosion of munitions shed, before freeing all other prisoners.[17]

Twelve of Wong-Chu's former prisoners were disciples of Yinsen; one of these disciples (Sun-Tao) leads them to establish a quasi-religious cult called the Sons of Yinsen. The Sons of Yinsen develop very advanced technology from notes in Yinsen's journal that he had written before his death; they use this technology to create the apparent utopia of New Timbetpal, a floating, ambulatory, usually-cloaked city in the sky. It is revealed that Wong-Chu survived the munitions shed explosion and that Yinsen's brain was preserved alive, salvaged by an interdimensional merchant called Doctor Midas. Midas sold Yinsen's brain in an auction to Wong-Chu. Iron Man, driven by his own guilt that he never looked for Yinsen himself, simply assuming that his friend had been killed while focusing on his own escape, helps the Sons of Yinsen defeat Wong-Chu, who is beheaded by one of the Sons of Yinsen, and recover Yinsen's brain.[18]

The Sons of Yinsen attempt to

sentient Iron Man armor, which is actually under Ultron's control. Falsely believing Ultron to be Yinsen resurrected, the Sons of Yinsen follow directives toward planning for a war; only Sun-Tao refuses to obey, for which he is displaced as leader of the Sons of Yinsen by a man named Tyger Minn. Ultron leads the Sons of Yinsen to reveal themselves to the public and establish the Church of Yinsen. Sun-Tao recovers Yinsen's brain, and then Iron Man, Sun-Tao, and Jocasta work together to defeat Ultron and the Sons of Yinsen and free Ultron's prisoner Antigone. Ultron attempts to blow up the floating city of the Sons of Yinsen to kill all of them as well as Iron Man; however, the sentient armor has apparently absorbed enough of the thoughts of Yinsen that part of it acts to save Iron Man and Sun-Tao from the destruction of the city.[19]

Retcon plotline

In the "Execute Program"

mind-control into assassinating all five of the former terrorists. Stark confronts Yinsen's son to try to prove innocence, but the latter is sniped and killed by a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent acting on Nick Fury's orders.[20]

As part of the All-New, All-Different Marvel, Yinsen is revealed to have a daughter: Toni Ho.[21]

Ho Yinsen in other media

Television

  • A character based on Ho Yinsen named Wellington Yinsen appears in Iron Man (1994), voiced by Neil Ross. This version worked with Professor Arnold Brock before the latter became the Mandarin, who captured Yinsen and Tony Stark to build armor for his henchmen. After Yinsen builds armor for Stark so he can escape, he sacrifices himself to save him from the Mandarin.
  • Ho Yinsen appears in Marvel Anime: Iron Man, voiced by Hiroaki Hirata in the Japanese version and by Kyle Hebert in the English dub. Similarly to the Iron Man (2008) incarnation (see below), this version built an electromagnet to keep Tony Stark alive. After helping Stark escape, Yinsen survived, but was convinced by Japan's Minister of Defense, Kuroda, to join Zodiac and steal Stark's "Iron Man Dio" armor to serve him, betraying and battling Stark throughout the series. Yinsen eventually has a change of heart, but Kuroda kills him in retaliation. Yinsen then uses his last words to apologize to Stark for his betrayal and begs him to stop Kuroda from conquering the world.
  • Ho Yinsen makes non-speaking appearances in the second season of
    Stark International
    medical specialist who saved Tony after a plane crash and created his artificial heart.

Film

Video games

Ho Yinsen appears in the 2008 Iron Man film tie-in game, voiced by Shaun Toub. Unlike in the film, this version sacrifices himself to prevent the Ten Rings from acquiring Tony Stark's notes on the Iron Man armor and the ammunition that was stored with them.

Ymir

Yondu

Yon-Rogg

Dale and Stacey Yorkes

Kagenobu Yoshioka

Further reading

Kagenobu Yoshioka is a character in Marvel Comics. The character, created by Akira Yoshida, first appeared in Elektra: The Hand #1 (November 2004). He is a ninja and founder of The Hand. Yoshioka was the son of a samurai who lived with his single mother. When coming home from fishing, Yoshioka sees his mother about to be raped by a foreigner. Angered, he kills the foreigner, but his mother takes the blame. His mother is taken away, leaving behind a bloodied hand print on his shirt which would become his emblem. Saburo Ishiyama takes him in and becomes his sensei, training him in the ways of bushido. After training for ten years, Yoshioka leaves the school to start his adult life.[22] After three years of training, Yoshioka is asked to return to his sensei's school because of his mentor's death. He makes amends with his old rival Daisuke Sasaki and together decide to rebel against the government by forming with other Japanese school leaders.[23] The Hand is visited by a foreigner and his daughter Eliza Martinez who come to the school hoping to be trained. After turning the two down several times, Kagenobu finally accepts which angers Sasaki. Kagenobu personally trains Eliza and has Eliza kill another foreigner simply for not being Japanese. He informs Eliza of being full of anger and that is why Eliza chose to train with him, afterwards the two fall in love. Sasaki sends a member of the Hand to kill Eliza but fails. Kagenobu learns that the Hand has become a mercenaries for hire organization; realizing that his school is slowly getting out of his control, Kagenobu fights and kills Sasaki.[24] Kagenobu and Eliza fight the Hand's members but Kagenobu is slain by his once loyal students, and the grief-stricken Eliza kills herself as well.[25]

Kagenobu Yoshioka in other media

Kagenobu Yoshioka, renamed Nobu Yoshioka, appears in

Elektra, Nobu reveals she is the new "Black Sky".[32] After she sacrifices herself to save Murdock, the latter throws Nobu off of a building and permanently killed by Stick.[33]

Yukio

Yukon Jack

Further reading

Yukon Jack (Yukotujakzurjimozoata) is a character in the Marvel Universe, a member of the superhero team Alpha Flight. The character, created by Scott Lobdell and Clayton Henry, first appeared in Alpha Flight (vol. 3) #1 (May 2004). He views himself as a demi-god, making references to not being a normal human. When he was electrocuted by Hiro Takachiho, his skeleton showed few similarities to a normal human's.[volume & issue needed] After the series' conclusion, he married Snowbird.[34]

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