Zarrko
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Zarrko, the Tomorrow Man | |
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Publication information | |
Publisher | Marvel Comics |
First appearance | Journey into Mystery #86 (November 1962) |
Created by | Stan Lee (Writer) Jack Kirby (Artist) |
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Alter ego | Artur Zarrko |
Notable aliases | Boris The Tomorrow Man |
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Zarrko, the Tomorrow Man is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character is most commonly associated with Thor.[1]
Publication history
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Zarrko was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, and first appeared in Journey into Mystery #86 (November, 1962).[1]
Fictional character biography
Zarrko is an evil
Zarrko was left amnesiac for a time, but his memory was eventually restored by Loki using the Well of Centuries at a time when Thor had been de-powered; Zarrko returned to the 20th Century with a giant mining robot that he had adapted for his purposes and coerced Thor, whose lesser strength had caused him to be defeated by the robot, into helping him conquer the government of the 23rd Century, saying he would not attack Thor's century if this happened. They returned to the future, and Thor caused chaos, until he and Zarrko got to the ruling World Council. A robot octopus was released to attack the two, but Thor defeated it. Thor left a note to the Council advising them to let him take care of Zarrko himself. The location of the Master Machine (which ran this future world) was learnt from the Council and the two got there. Thor said he would help Zarrko enter the area if he would be released from his bargain, to which Zarrko agreed. Thor overcame a defense device's gravitational power. However, despite gaining access to the Master Machine, Thor, now released from his debt, then defeated him by turning the Master Machine's defense system back on. Zarrko was imprisoned and arrested by the guards soon after.[3]
Zarrko later clashed with Kang when he tried to conquer Zarrko's 23rd century. Zarrko enlisted the aid of Spider-Man and Iron Man, as Kang had captured the other Avengers, to get inside Kang's base. Zarrko then sent three devices to the Present to de-evolve that era to pre-industrial times, except for an area containing an American missile base, from which he planned to steal nuclear weapons and rule the 23rd Century, but this was stopped by Spider-Man and the Human Torch. Spider-Man then returned to the 23rd Century with the Inhumans and defeated the two villains.[4][5]
Zarrko later conquered an Earth in the 50th Century, where he encountered the Time-Twisters. He used his Servitor robot to enlist the aid of Thor and the Warriors Three to defeat the Time-Twisters. He journeyed with them to the "end of time" to thwart the Time-Twisters's birth, but when he returned to the 50th Century he found himself deposed as ruler.[6]
Sometime later, Zarrko travelled to 2591 and tricked Dargo, the Thor of that era, into accompanying him to the 20th Century to battle the second
In one of the last story arcs of Thor vs Zarrko, Zarrko's plot was revealed to be a plan to save humanity. In his future, Thor had separated from his human self, Jake Olson, and lost his ability to understand humanity. Because of this, Thor became more and more oppressive and imposing, and believed that ruling humanity was the only just thing to do. Zarrko knew that in his future, Thor would become a tyrant, so he had to travel back in time and stop him before the Odin Force made him invincible and near-omnipotent.[volume & issue needed]
When the Governments of Earth launched a massive assault on
Zarrko's attempted time travel was instrumental for Thor to create for himself a new future in which he would never be the tyrant he would have been without his human self.[volume & issue needed]
Zarrko later returned disguised as Boris, a manservant to
As part of the
Skills and abilities
Artur Zarrko is a genius with advanced studies in various
Equipment
Zarrko has designed numerous devices, such as force field projectors, radiation guns, the Servitor (a giant robot with extraordinary strength that can discharge concussive blasts and release time missiles containing "chronal energy" which allegedly reverses the flow of time), the time-scope (a device able to peer through different timelines), the RTS (a power-absorbing device), a mining robot, and the Time Cube (a time machine).
Other versions
What If?
In an issue of
In other media
Zarrko appears in "The Mighty Thor" segment of The Marvel Super Heroes, voiced by Rod Coneybeare. This version is from the 30th century.[citation needed]
References
- ^ ISBN 0-8160-1356-X.[1]
- ^ Journey into Mystery #86
- ^ Journey into Mystery #102
- ^ Marvel Team-Up #9-11
- ISBN 978-0756692360.
- ^ Thor #242-245
- ^ Thor #438-441
- ^ Fantastic Four #397
- ^ Fantastic Four #407-409
- ^ The Indestructible Hulk #11-15
- ISBN 978-1465455505.
- ^ Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z Vol 1 #14 (June 2010)
- ^ What If? #10