Aztek (character)

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Aztek
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Cover of Aztek: The Ultimate Man #1 (August 1996) by Howard Porter.
Publication information
Publisher DC Comics
First appearance
  • Uno: Aztek, The Ultimate Man #1 (August 1996)
  • Constant: Justice League of America vol. 5 #20 (December 2017)
Created byUno:

Constant:
In-story information
Alter ego
  • Uno/Dr. Curtis "Curt" Falconer
  • Nayeli Constant
Team affiliationsUno:

Constant:
AbilitiesManipulates four-dimensional energy for:
  • Superhuman strength, speed, and hearing
  • X-ray vision
  • Flight
  • Invisibility
  • Plasma blasts
  • Body heat camouflage
  • Density shifting
  • Entrapment net generation

Aztek is the name of two superheroes appearing in DC Comics. Both versions are based out of the fictional Vanity City, and are champions of the Aztec god Quetzalcoatl. The first Aztek first appeared in Aztek, The Ultimate Man #1 in August 1996, and was created by Grant Morrison, Mark Millar, and N. Steven Harris. [1] Following the short run series, Aztek appeared in several issues of JLA also written by Morrison. [2] The second Aztek, this one being a female version, appeared in Justice League of America vol. 5 #20 in December 2017, created by Steve Orlando and Ivan Reis, as the rival and later partner of the Ray.

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Fictional character biography

Uno

Uno was raised from childhood by a secret organization named the Q Society to be the champion of Quetzalcoatl and battle their enemy, the deity Tezcatlipoca. [3] He is given a magical suit of armor that bestows many abilities and augmenting his strength. [2] After his training is completed, he enters the United States and assumes the identity of recently deceased physician Curt Falconer. [4]

Aztek later joins the Justice League, [5] but resigns after learning that Lex Luthor is a benefactor of the Q Society. [6] He is later blinded helping the League save the Earth in a battle against the planet-destroying machine Mageddon (apparently the Tezcatlipoca that the cult was referring to all along). Aztek ultimately sacrifices himself to allow Superman the chance to destroy Mageddon/Tezcatlipoca during the World War III story arc. [7]

Nayeli Constant

A new version of the character, Nayeli Constant, debuted in Justice League of America vol. 5 #20; instead of being Uno/Curt Falconer, the new hero is Nayeli Constant. She was a software engineer in Austin, Texas who was startled by the Aztek helmet bursting into her window and telling her about the millennia-long war against the dark god Tezcatlipoca. She decided to accept the role of the new Aztek and modified the armor to suit her purposes; eventually finding her way to Vanity after The Ray left the city to join the Justice League of America. When he returned from a mission, the two encountered one another and briefly argued about who should protect the citizens of Vanity but they teamed up to stop a criminal and decided that the city could use both heroes. [8]

Powers and abilities

Aztek has peak human physical and mental conditioning. He wears an ancient helmet and armor powered by a "four-dimensional mirror", from which he derives flight, infrared and X-ray vision, invisibility, intangibility, bodyheat camouflage, entrapment nets, plasma beams and density manipulation, as well as augmenting his peak physical abilities to superhuman levels. The helmet could feed information directly into his brain even after he was blinded in his first confrontation with Mageddon. The four-dimensional power source could self-destruct in a highly explosive manner. [2]

Other versions

An alternate timeline incarnation of Aztek known as Azteka appears in the "Rock of Ages" storyline.

In other media

Aztek (left) as depicted in Justice League Unlimited. Aztek (JLU screenshot).jpg
Aztek (left) as depicted in Justice League Unlimited .

Aztek appears in Justice League Unlimited , voiced by Chris Cox in "Question Authority" and Corey Burton in "I Am Legion". This version is a member of the Justice League.

Aztek appears as a character summon in Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure . [9]

Bibliography

The original run of the eponymous title has been collected as a trade paperback: JLA Presents: Aztek, the Ultimate Man (by co-authors Grant Morrison and Mark Millar, and pencils by N. Steven Harris, and inks by Keith Champagne, 1996; collects Aztek, the Ultimate Man #1–10, 240 pages, April 2008, ISBN   1-4012-1688-9). [10]

Aztek also appeared in several issues of Morrison's JLA (5, 10–12, 15, 36, 38–41), as well as the final two issues of Mark Millar's JLA: Paradise Lost and his fill-in issue for JLA (27).

He has profile entries in JLA Secret Files and Origins #1, JLA–Z #1, and The DC Comics Encyclopedia.

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References

  1. ↑ Cowsill, Alan; Irvine, Alex; Manning, Matthew K.; McAvennie, Michael; Wallace, Daniel (2019). DC Comics Year by Year: A Visual Chronicle. DK Publishing. p. 259. ISBN   978-1-4654-8578-6.
  2. 1 2 3 Jimenez, Phil (2008). "Aztek". In Dougall, Alastair (ed.). The DC Comics Encyclopedia. London: Dorling Kindersley. p. 32. ISBN   978-0-7566-4119-1.
  3. ↑ Cowsill, Alan; Irvine, Alex; Korte, Steve; Manning, Matt; Wiacek, Win; Wilson, Sven (2016). The DC Comics Encyclopedia: The Definitive Guide to the Characters of the DC Universe. DK Publishing. p. 23. ISBN   978-1-4654-5357-0.
  4. ↑ Aztek: The Ultimate Man #1 (August 1996)
  5. ↑ Aztek: The Ultimate Man #10 (May 1997)
  6. ↑ JLA #15 (February 1998)
  7. ↑ JLA #41 (May 2000)
  8. ↑ "Justice League of America: Aztek to Make Rebirth Debut". Cbr.com. 8 October 2017. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
  9. ↑ Eisen, Andrew (October 4, 2013), DC Characters and Objects - Scribblenauts Unmasked Wiki Guide - IGN , retrieved December 13, 2021
  10. ↑ "JLA Presents: Aztek, the Ultimate Man profile at DC". Dccomics.com. 2010-04-21. Archived from the original on 2008-06-09. Retrieved 2011-01-15.
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