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The Fang was a snake of legend that goes out into the jungle every 10 years to bite people. After her friend Greg Knight was bitten by Fang,l eaving him with only three hours before its venom kills him, [[Lorna the Jungle Girl]] tracked down fang and killed it. Then Lorna's native friend M'Tuba made an anti-venom from it so that he can cure Greg.<ref>''Lorna the Jungle Girl'' #7</ref> |
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| File:Fang (comics).jpg Fang from Uncanny X-Men #107. Art by Dave Cockrum. | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | Uncanny X-Men #107 (October 1977) |
| Created by | Chris Claremont Dave Cockrum |
| In-story information | |
| Species | Lupak |
| Team affiliations | Imperial Guard |
| Abilities | Super-strength, speed, stamina, durability, agility, and reflexes Highly developed feral senses Space flight Energy manipulation Teleportation |
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Fang is the name of three fictional extraterrestrial characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The first character first appeared in Uncanny X-Men #107 in October 1977 and was created by Chris Claremont and Dave Cockrum.
Fictional character biography
Original version
Fang is a Lupak who was a member of the Royal Elite of the Shi'ar Imperial Guard. He joined the other Imperial Guardsmen in battle against the X-Men on behalf of Emperor D'Ken on a nameless Shi'ar Empire planet. He was attacked by Wolverine, who defeated him and stripped him of his costume, using it to sneak up on the other Imperial Guardsmen.[1]
Fang later became a "Borderer": a Guardsman stationed on one of the Shi'ar's conquered worlds to help its governor enforce Shi'ar law there. Fang and a small number of other Guardsmen became renegades and turned traitor, betraying the Shi'ar Empire by serving Deathbird in her attempt to overthrow her sister Princess-Majestrix Lilandra. This incident involves Lord Samedar attempting to use some of the outlaw Guard in order to attack the Earth. His faction is opposed by other Shi'ar and the X-Men, the renegade Guardsmen battling the loyal Guardsmen, and Fang fighting Nightcrawler during the conflict. The Brood interfere with a concussion-style bomb secretly hidden in the midst of the battle.[2]
Soon after this incident, Fang is apparently slain when the Brood uses him as a host body for the egg of one of their young on the "Broodworld," former home-world of the Brood. His body is consumed and transformed by the Brood embryo implanted inside him, and the resulting Brood alien later fought Wolverine who killed it.[3]
In Untold Tales of Captain Marvel — which takes place before his first encounter with the X-Men — Fang, the Guard, Marvel and the Kree face an attack by the Brood. A small division of the Guard, Deathbolt, Smasher, Fang and Oracle had been selected to guard the personage of Deathbird, the current ruler of the Shi'ar empire. They allied, then fought with the Kree after the latter came to their assistance against a murderous attack from the Skrulls.[4]
Fang is seen as loyal Shi'ar warrior when they go to war with the Inhuman-led Kree. One of many battles in this war led Fang and many others to the base of the Guardians of the Galaxy, a giant flowing head called Knowhere.[5]
Fang is one of the many Shi'ar soldiers assigned to team up with the Starjammers to investigate 'The Fault'. This is a space-time anomaly that not only threatens Shi'ar space, but all of reality.[6]
Fang would reappear years later on Earth alive and well, he came to visit Wolverine only to discover that his old buddy had died. Fang eventually revealed all his history with Logan to X-23 even revealing how he came back to life after being killed by the Brood. According to Fang himself, the Lupak reproduce through cloning and keep mental templates of the citizens on file. When one of them dies, a new one is made. He even reveals to X-23 that while technically he's not the Fang Wolverine met since he's a clone, he is still the one Wolverine knew.[7]
Fang assists the Guardians of the Galaxy and Laura Kinney, who was operating as Wolverine, in stopping a Brood infestation of a scientific facility.[8]
Shi'ar criminal
A different Fang appears as a criminal of the Shi'ar Empire. She was released from prison to target the Shi'ar traitor Cerise.[9] When she tried to kill Cerise's friend and fellow prisoner Cryan, Fang was killed by Cerise.[10]
Nev-Darr
When the original Fang was killed, another Lupak named Nev-Darr was enlisted to take the place of the original Fang on the Imperial Guard.[11]
During the War of Kings storyline, Fang was with the Imperial Guard when it came to fighting the forces of Vulcan[12]
After dying in an unseen battle, Fang's body was found by the Kree Pursuer Corps.[13][volume & issue needed]
Third version
A third Fang joined the Imperial Guard and was first seen with them when they apprehended Drax the Destroyer.[14]
Powers and abilities
Fang's strength, speed, stamina, durability, agility, and reflexes are higher than that of the average human. He is an excellent hand-to-hand combatant, having been trained by the Shi'ar Imperial Guard. Fang later possessed abilities like flying through space, energy manipulation, and teleportation.
Imperial Guardsmen wear small anti-gravity devices permitting them to fly, designed by Shi'ar scientists and technicians.
Inspiration
Several of the members of the Imperial Guard are at least partly based on members of the DC Comics team Legion of Super-Heroes. (Dave Cockrum, co-creator of the Guard, also had a long run as artist on the Legion.) Fang is based on LSH member Timber Wolf.[citation needed]
Other characters named Fang
World War II villain
During World War II, an unnamed man who was known as Fang was part of Imperial Japan's spy network. While stationed in San Francisco's Chinatown district, Fang worked to undermine North America's interests prior to the day they joined World War II. When he targeted two Chinese emissaries, Fang and his hatchet-men ran afoul of Captain America and Bucky. They defeated Fang and his henchmen and handed them over to the FBI.[15]
In the modern era, Super-Adaptoid later assumed the form of Fang in order to confuse Captain America. Though it was claimed by Captain America that Fang was apparently killed during the Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.[16]
Snake
The Fang was a snake of legend that goes out into the jungle every 10 years to bite people. After her friend Greg Knight was bitten by Fang,l eaving him with only three hours before its venom kills him, Lorna the Jungle Girl tracked down fang and killed it. Then Lorna's native friend M'Tuba made an anti-venom from it so that he can cure Greg.[17]
Lilin version
Fang is a Lilin who is the descendant of Lilith.[18]
Other versions
- In the Age of Apocalypse reality, Fang was with the Imperial Guard when they fought Gambit and the X-Ternals upon their arrival to obtain the M'Kraan Crystal.[19]
References
- ^ X-Men Vol. 1 #107
- ^ Uncanny X-Men #157
- ^ Uncanny X-Men #162
- ^ Untold Tales Of Captain Marvel #1-3 (1997)
- ^ Guardians of the Galaxy #14 (2011)
- ^ Realm of Kings: Imperial Guard #1-5 (2011)
- ^ Wolverines #11 (2015)
- ^ All-New Wolverine #22-24 (2017)
- ^ Excalibur #69
- ^ Excalibur #70
- ^ Starjammers #4
- ^ War of Kings #1
- ^ All-New Invaders #
- ^ Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 #15
- ^ Captain America Comics #6
- ^ Tales of Suspense #82
- ^ Lorna the Jungle Girl #7
- ^ Morbius the Living Vampire #1
- ^ Gambit and the X-Ternals #2