Mahkizmo

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Mahkizmo
Mahkizmo (Earth-74101) from Captain Marvel Vol 10 1 002.jpg
Publication information
Publisher Marvel Comics
First appearance Fantastic Four #151 (Oct 1974)
Created by Gerry Conway
Rich Buckler
In-story information
Alter egoMahkizmo
Team affiliationsMen of Machus
Notable aliasesThe Nuclear Man
AbilitiesSuperhuman strength and durability, ability to release explosive energy with his punch ("nuclear punch")

Mahkizmo, also known as the Nuclear Man, is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. As his name suggests, he is an extreme male chauvinist.

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Publication history

He was created as an antagonist of Thundra, herself a character meant to symbolize extreme feminism. [1]

Mahkizmo first appeared in Fantastic Four #151-153 (October–December 1974) and was created by Gerry Conway and Rich Buckler.

The character subsequently appears in The Sensational She-Hulk #34 (December 1991), #38-39 (April–May 1992), Fantastic Four: Foes #1 (March 2005), #5-6 (July–August 2005).

Mahkizmo received an entry in the Marvel Legacy: The 1970s Handbook #1 (2006).

Fictional character biography

Mahkizmo is the superhumanly strong ruler of Machus, a warlike alternate future Earth in which women are enslaved by men. Like Thundra, he came from the 23rd century; although in Thundra's future, women enslaved the men, in Mahkizmo's timeline the men subjugated the women. Thundra had gone to the 20th century of Earth-616 to change the past and prevent Machus from existing, and Mahkizmo was sent to stop her. He fought and defeated the Fantastic Four and teleported Thundra back to Machus. Once there, using an energy beam he was able to imprison her and sap her will. The Fantastic Four followed them using Doctor Doom's time machine, but Mahkizmo with the help of the men of Machus defeated the heroes and claimed Medusa (who was a member of the Fantastic Four at the time) as his prize. Medusa entranced Mahkizmo, and knocked him out by hitting in the head with a wine jug to escape. Mahkizmo sentenced Thundra and the Fantastic Four to death as a gladiator in the arena, fighting them himself when they defeated his champions. As Mahkizmo defeated them all, Medusa arrived with Thundra's Femizons, who fought the Machans. Mahkizmo summoned the energy for to use a devastating nuclear-punch, although Thundra and the Thing punched him at the same time and caused an energy implosion, destroying Mahkizmo. [2] This caused the last barriers between the two Earths of Machus and Femizonia to dissolve and the worlds merged together.[ volume & issue needed ]

Mahkizmo survived the implosion as an intangible and invisible cloud of atoms. He was furious that the men and women of the now-joined world were able to live in harmony. He took over the body of one of the new world's men and used his power to transform this body into his own. He traveled back to the 20th century and planned to kill every woman in the past to keep the worlds from merging. He attacked the She-Hulk, until Cupid shot him with an arrow that caused him to fall in love with She-Hulk. He took her back to his world to make her his bride, but the Thing and Wyatt Wingfoot followed them. The She-Hulk and the Thing used their combined power to defeat Mahkizmo. [3]

Mahkizmo was originally depicted as a straightforward villain. During his appearance in The Sensational She-Hulk, writer/artist John Byrne treated Mahkizmo as a comedy character by accentuating the character's oafishness to grotesque proportions. Part of the story's humor was based on the character's limited intelligence. In issue #39, it was revealed that Mahkizmo did not know how babies were conceived, and hence had not realized that his plan to kill all women would prevent future generations from being born.

Mahkizmo was one of the Fantastic Four's enemies that attended a gathering by the Puppet Master in an effort to combine forces. The Fantastic Four were able to capture Mahkizmo and transfer him to the newly Vault prison in the Negative Zone. Mahkizmo along with the other inmates were set free from their cells by the sorceress Threska of the Negative Zone; however, the inmates battled the Fantastic Four, and were returned to their cells. [4]

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References

  1. Robinson, Lillian S. (2004). Wonder Women: Feminisms and Superheroes. Routledge. p. 103. ISBN   0-415-96631-0.
  2. Fantastic Four #153
  3. The Sensational She-Hulk #39
  4. Fantastic Four: Foes #1, 5, 6