First Appearance: Avengers #2Origin Issue: Thor #281
SPACE PHANTOM
First Appearance: Avengers #2
Origin Issue: Thor #281
Real Name: Unrevealed
Aliases: None
Height: 6' 8"
Weight: 215 lbs
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Red
Distinguishing Features: Like all members of his race,
the Space Phantom has webbed hands and feet
Occupation: Servant of Immortus,
(former) military strategist
Citizenship: The planet Phantus
Place of Creation/Birth: Planet Phantus, Phalbo system,
Milky Way Galaxy
Known Relatives: None
Known Allies: Immortus, the Grim Reaper, HYDRA
Known Enemies: The Avengers
Intelligence: Above Normal
(5/10)
Strength: Variable
Speed: Variable
Flight Speed: Variable
Stamina: Variable
Durability: Variable
Agility: Variable
Reflexes: Variable
Fighting Skills: Variable
Special Skills/Abilities: Knowledge of sophisticated
alien technology far in advance of present day Earth; advanced knowledge of time travel
Superhuman physical powers: Ability to assume the
appearance and powers of virtually any single mortal being. At the point that he
assumes the being's likeness, the model is automatically shunted to Limbo, and
materializes exactly where he/she was when "shunted." The Space Phantom
has no difficulty imitating a number of people in rapid succession, nor does there appear
to be a time limit on the period in which h can imitate someone
Superhuman Mental Powers: None
Special Limitations: The Space Phantom appears to not
be able t duplicate beings who possesses magical enchantments (such as Thor); when he
attempts to duplicate such a being he is himself shunted into Limbo
Source of Superhuman Powers: Bestowed upon him by
Immortus
Personal Weaponry: None
Other Accessories: None
Origin: The alien who would become known as the Space Phantom was born on Phantus, a world whose people had mastered time travel before attempting space travel. For the Phantoms, a bellicose race engaged in endless civil wars, the invention of time travel devices caused massive changes in strategy. It was now possible to alter the course of battles by doubling back through time to either pre-empt an attack or add reinforcements to a defense. A battle soon became a constantly-shifting event, as opposing forces altered its outcome by causing reality to diverge to encompass ever-increasing numbers of new factors. Finally, at a particularly significant and massively mounted battle, so many divergences occurs that the local fabric of the space/time continuum briefly ruptured, generating an access point, or "hole" into Limbo. Just prior to this calamity, the Space Phantom, a military strategist of high rank, foresaw what would happen and escaped in a chronal capsule. The capsule, however, was damaged in transit and the Space Phantom was stranded in Limbo. There he encountered Immortus, the master of Limbo, who offered to free him from the timeless realm if he would bring Immortus subjects to study. To do so, Immortus granted the Phantom the ability to assume the form of virtually any being he encountered, thereby causing the being duplicated to be cast into Limbo where Immortus could then study him or her. Although the Space Phantom despised Immortus, he agreed to his terms and was dispatched to the vicinity of Immortus's home world Earth. The Space Phantom reasoned that if he could single-handedly defeat the Avengers, his people, once free of their temporal catastrophe, would have no problem conquering the Earth someday. However, when he attempted to dimensionally displace the Asgardian god Thor, he himself was dispatched to Limbo since his power could not overcome Odin's various enchantments on Thor. The Space Phantom slipped back to Earth through a magical interdimensional aperture created by Thor's half-brother Loki to send a mortal to Limbo. The Space Phantom then took the place of the wounded Madame Hydra as head of a splinter group of HYDRA who survived the destruction of the main organization. This deception was ended when the Phantom attempted to duplicate Rick Jones (who at the time was co-existing in the same body as the Kree Captain Mar-Vell). Unable to assume both forms at once, he was shunted back to Limbo himself. The Space Phantom remained in Limbo, with no means of escape, until Thor entered Limbo while attempting to make a journey through time. The Space Phantom enlisted the Asgardians' unwitting aid in freeing his planet from its dangerous temporal predicament. By depleting his hammer's time travel powers. Thor was able to push the planet Phantus out of Limb into real space at a point in time after its temporal catastrophe. The Space Phantom, however, has remained in Limbo, still subject to Immortus.
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