Uranian (comics)

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Uranos

The Uranians are a fictional race appearing in

Marvel Boy #1 (1950) as the human-like inhabitants of the planet Uranus who became the hosts and mentors of Marvel Boy (Robert Grayson) and provided him with the technology which lead to him becoming a superhero
.

Uranians were originally described as a

retconned as a colony of the Eternals, an offshoot of humanity that possessed near-immortality, super-powers
and vastly advanced technology even before the founding their colony on Uranus.

The backstory of

Captain Marvel #29 (November 1973, by Jim Starlin
).

Fictional history

Centuries ago, a civil war among Earth's

A'lars
, an Eternal from Earth, became the parents of the Eternals of Titan.

The peaceful Eternals back on Uranus were the ancestors of the Uranians, who flourished on Uranus until the mid-20th Century when they were wiped out by natural disasters.[4] They have also been portrayed as having been killed, at their own request, by Deathurge.[5]

References

  1. ^ Thor Annual #7 (1978) and Thor #291-301 (May 1979 - November 1980)
  2. ^ What If? #26
  3. ^ What If? #28
  4. ^ Fantastic Four #165
  5. ^ Quasar #2 (November 1989)