First Appearance: Thor #129Origin Issue: not yet revealed
TANA NILE
First Appearance: Thor #129
Origin Issue: not yet revealed
Real Name: Tana Nile
Aliases: none known
Height: 5' 4"
Weight: 110 lbs
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Black
Distinguishing Features: None
Occupation: Colonizer
Citizenship: Rigel
Place of Creation/Birth: Rigel 3
Known Relatives: None
Known Allies: Thor, Balder, Sif, Hildegarde, Silas
Grant
Known Enemies: (formerly) Thor, (currently) Ego-Prime
Intelligence: Normal (4/10)
Strength: (usually) Normal, (with increased density)
Superhuman Class 10 (2/12), (6/12)
Speed: Normal (2/10)
Stamina: Normal (2/10)
Durability: (usually) Normal, (with increased density)
Superhuman (2/14), (7/14)
Agility: Normal (2/7)
Reflexes: Normal (2/7)
Fighting Skills: Good hand-to-hand combatant, trained in Rigellian martial
arts
Special Skills/Abilities: Highly skilled in
infiltration of alien races and in terraforming planets
Superhuman physical powers: Ability to increase her own
density at will, increasing her strength and resistance to physical injury
Superhuman Mental Powers: Psionic ability to control
the mind of another humanoid or to override another humanoid's control of his or her
voluntary muscles (through "mind thrust")
Special Limitations: None known
Source of Superhuman Powers: Alien attributes of the
Rigellian race
Personal Weaponry: "Stasis gun" that can
project concussive energy or intense heat
Other Accessories: Solar beam communicator device, worn
on wrist, permitting instantaneous communication between Earth and Rigel via hyperspace
transmission
Origin: Tana Nile was one of the Rigellian Empire's most noted Colonizers, contributing to the designation and literal re-location, via Rigel's unique Space Lock technology, of planets selected for absorption into her race's multi-galactic empire. In her capacity as potential Empress of Earth, she familiarized herself with that world while in Terran guise, sharing a residence with Jane Foster, companion of the Asgardian Thor. After Thor dissuaded her superiors from inducting Earth into the Empire, Tana Nile returned to Rigellian space and became affianced to her government's High Commissioner. She and Thor again met during a failed terraforming experiment utilizing a portion of the living planet Ego, after which she accompanied the thunder god to Earth, where she briefly resided after resuming human form, occasionally accompanying Thor on junkets to his home dimension and assisting him in dismantling the Vrellnexian/Sssth slave ring.
Tana Nile returned to her people following Rigel III's destruction by the Rhunians, and her investigation into the murder of several high-placed officials of the multi-galaxy Charter enabled her to assist the short-lived group known as the Star Masters. Her exposure to Terran standards may have ultimately contributed to her rebellion against the Rigellian way as she attempted, using discourse and resistance, to encourage the abandonment of forced colonization practices. Declared a traitor by her Grand Commissioner fiancé, Tana Nile returned to Earth seeking sanctuary with Thor's team of Avengers, only to crash at a mutant-human reserve maintained by subordinates of the infamous Charles Xavier. In the company of three juvenile mutant-humans, a confirmed Guardian of the Nexus of All Realities, and the avian-based extradimensional adventurer Howard, she underwent a series of adventures in non-linear realms which proved to be constructs of one of her companions, Franklin Richards.
Following the destruction of over two-thirds of the Rigellian Empire by Thanos, Tana Nile was reassigned as an infiltration agent on a Skrull hubworld, where she allegedly witnessed Ronan the Accuser collude with Skrull Baron S'Bak to overthrow the Kree Empire's current regime. After fleeing from the exiled and vengeful Ronan, Tana Nile found refuge on Godthab Omega with Gamora and her Graces, only to fall victim to the Annihilation Wave when it assaulted Godthab Omega. She died before she could reveal her reasons for framing Ronan.
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