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Zarrko, the Tomorrow Man is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character is most commonly associated with Thor.[1]
| Zarrko, the Tomorrow Man | |
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 Zarrko as depicted in Journey into Mystery #101 (February 1964). Art by Jack Kirby. | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | Journey into Mystery #86 (November 1962) |
| Created by | Stan Lee (writer) Jack Kirby (artist) |
| In-story information | |
| Alter ego | Artur Zarrko |
| Notable aliases | Boris The Tomorrow Man |
| Abilities |
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Publication history
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Zarrko was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, and first appeared in Journey into Mystery #86 (November, 1962).[1]
Fictional character biography
editZarrko is an evil scientist from the future, born in Old New York of the peaceful 23rd century of an alternate future. Zarrko was once a civil servant, but built a time machine to travel through time and gather weapons. Zarrko steals an experimental cobalt bomb, but comes into conflict with Thor. He is eventually defeated and rendered amnesiac.[2]
Loki restores Zarrko's memories, leading him to return to the 20th century with a giant mining robot and coerce Thor into helping him in exchange for not attacking further. When Zarrko and Thor return to the 30th century, Thor works with the ruling World Council to defeat Zarrko.[3]
Zarrko clashes with Kang when he tries to conquer Zarrko's time period. Zarrko enlists the aid of Spider-Man and Iron Man to get inside Kang's base, as Kang had captured the other Avengers. Zarrko sends three devices to the present day to de-evolve that era to pre-industrial times, except for an area containing an American missile base. From there, he plans to steal nuclear weapons and rule the 23rd century. He is stopped by Spider-Man and the Human Torch.[4]
Zarrko later conquers Earth in the 50th century, where he encounters the Time-Twisters. He uses his Servitor robot to enlist the aid of Thor and the Warriors Three to defeat the Time-Twisters. He journeys with them to the "end of time" to thwart the Time-Twisters's birth. When Zarrko returns to the 50th century, he learns that he has been overthrown in his absence.[5]
Sometime later, Zarrko travels to 2591 and tricks Dargo Ktor, the Thor of that era, into accompanying him to the 20th century to battle the second Thor (Eric Masterson) and Beta Ray Bill. Zarrko seeks to use the energy unleashed by the two's hammers to activate his Time Stabilizer device and collapse all the timelines into one. However, he is left adrift in the time-stream.[6]
Zarrko returns disguised as Boris, a manservant to Kristoff Vernard.[7] He is soon exposed, but uses his time machine to cause chaos in the building by bringing in various heroes and villains from the past and the future to battle one another. Zarrko escapes, deciding that all he wanted was a quiet place and food.[8]
In Marvel Now!, Zarrko appears as a prisoner in S.H.I.E.L.D. custody after trying to steal nuclear materials in their possession. When the space-time continuum is broken during Age of Ultron, S.H.I.E.L.D. enlists Zarrko to combat timestream-related threats.[9][10]
Skills and abilities
editArtur Zarrko is a genius with advanced studies in various applied sciences of his futuristic time period.[11]
Equipment
editZarrko has designed numerous devices, such as force field projectors, radiation guns, the Servitor (a giant robot with extraordinary strength that can discharge concussive blasts and release time missiles containing "chronal energy" which allegedly reverses the flow of time), the time-scope (a device able to peer through different timelines), the RTS (a power-absorbing device), a mining robot, and the Time Cube (a time machine).
Other versions
editZarrko appears in What If? #10, which takes place in an alternate universe where Jane Foster acquired Thor's hammer Mjolnir.[12]
In other media
editZarrko appears in "The Mighty Thor" segment of The Marvel Super Heroes, voiced by Rod Coneybeare. This version is from the 30th century.[citation needed]
References
edit- ^ a b Rovin, Jeff (1987). The Encyclopedia of Super-Villains. New York: Facts on File. p. 349. ISBN 0-8160-1356-X.[1]
- ^ Journey into Mystery #86 (November 1962)
- ^ Journey into Mystery #102 (March 1964)
- ^ Marvel Team-Up #9-11 (May - July 1973)
- ^ The Mighty Thor #242-245 (December 1975 - March 1976)
- ^ The Mighty Thor #438-441 (November - December 1991)
- ^ Fantastic Four #397
- ^ Fantastic Four #407-409 (December 1995 - February 1996)
- ^ The Indestructible Hulk #15 (January 2014)
- ^ Brevoort, Tom; DeFalco, Tom; Manning, Matthew K.; Sanderson, Peter; Wiacek, Win (2017). Marvel Year By Year: A Visual History. DK Publishing. p. 373. ISBN 978-1465455505.
- ^ Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z #14 (June 2010)
- ^ What If? #10 (August 1978)