Akhenaten (comics)
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| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | Incredible Hulk v2, #457 (October 1997) |
| Created by | Peter David, David Brewer, Cam Smith & Andrew Pepoy |
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| Alter ego | Amenhotep IV |
| Notable aliases | Akhenaton, Akhetaton, Ikhnaton, Echnaton (Name translates into "Aton is Pleased") |
Akhenaten (Amenhotep IV) is a fictional cosmically-Augmented human supervillain in the Marvel Universe as well as the Marvel: The End universe. The character first appeared in Incredible Hulk vol. 2 #457 (October 1997) and is based on Akhenaten, the former Pharaoh of Ancient Egypt circa 1351-1334BC.
Akhenaten was a Pharaoh of the Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt, circa 1351-1334BC and possibly the father of Tutankhamun. He was served by Ay and believed himself to be spokesman for the god Aten/Aton. He moved the capital of Egypt from Thebes to Akhetaten and ruled there for 17 years.
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[edit] Fictional character biography
After his rule in Egpyt, Akhenaten was taken by the Celestial Order and imbued with power and indoctrinated for millennia. They then sent him out to recruit others for the Order but instead he slaughtered the heroes and Gods of Earth and planned an absolute takeover, until Thanos usurped the power of the Heart of the Universe and went back in time and stopped Akhenaten from preventing Doctor Doom from destroying his past self before he could be empowered by the Order. All of his actions were then prevented and he died a "normal" death in his own time.
These events did not happen in the main Marvel universe, although a version of Akhenaten did briefly appear in Hulk #457, appealing to Apocalypse for aid. This version appeared to be a normal human, without any superhuman abilities.
[edit] Powers and abilities
Akhenaten possesses tremendous powers on a Cosmic scale of the Beyonder and surpassing that of Odin, Zeus, the Collector and the Elders of the Universe. This is not because of his base ability, but due to the power he managed to get from the heart of the universe. He had amazing strength and the ability to control and mainpulate energy on an infinite level by tapping directly into the prime universal flow of the cosmos.
[edit] Bibliography
- Incredible Hulk v2, #457
- Marvel Universe: The End #1-4
