Lunatik
Lunatik | |
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Publication information | |
Publisher | Marvel Comics |
First appearance | The Defenders #51 (Sept. 1977) |
Created by | Keith Giffen |
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Alter ego | Arisen Tyrk, Harrison Turk |
Team affiliations | Empire State University |
Lunatik is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.
Publication history
Lunatik first appeared in
The character was created and designed in a hurry, with his appearance based on Alice Cooper,[2] when Giffen suddenly left Marvel to work for DC Comics.[3]
The character subsequently appears in Defenders #51-53 (September-November 1977), #55-56 (January-February 1978), #61-62 (July-August 1978), #64-65 (October-November 1978), Marvel Premiere #45-46 (December 1978, February 1979), and Defenders #70-73 (April-July 1979).
A different character named Lunatik appeared in Marvel Comics Presents #172-175 and Lunatik #1 (December 1995).
Fictional character biography
Arisen Tyrk was the tyrannical god-king of the dimension called Other Realm. He seeks the power of the Godstone, which is bonded to
Tyrk tries to escape through an extra-dimensional portal, but the portal is damaged and fragments Tyrk into a number of forms in a number of realms. Four of Tyrk's fragments go to Earth, becoming the crazed Lunatik. These four duplicates of Tyrk plague the Defenders until they re-merge Lunatik into a more-or-less-whole Tyrk. He fights the Defenders in this form, but they eventually defeat him.[volume & issue needed]
For a time he poses as drama professor Harrison Turk at Empire State University.[4]
Other characters named Lunatik
There is also a cosmic mercenary by the name of Lunatik. He kills one of Tyrk's fragments, claiming that he doesn't like anyone else "using his name."[
This Lunatik or a possible fragment appeared (in another prison) as Dirty Wolff in Deadpool.[volume & issue needed]
In other media
Lunatik appears in the Guardians of the Galaxy episode "Take the Milano and Run", voiced by John DiMaggio.[citation needed] This version is an old friend of Star-Lord who owns a nightclub on the Grandmaster's space station Conjunction.
References
- ^ a b DeAngelo, Daniel (July 2013). "The Not-Ready-For-Super-Team Players: A History of the Defenders". Back Issue! (65). TwoMorrows Publishing: 3–16.
- ^ https://www.cbr.com/keith-giffen-lunatik-defenders-oddity/
- ISBN 9781302504397. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
- ISBN 978-1-4165-3141-8.
- ^ Drax the Destroyer: Earthfall #1-4
External links
- Lunatik (Arisen Tyrk) at The Appendix to the Handbook of the Marvel Universe