Lunatik
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| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | Creatures on the Loose #35 (May 1975) |
| Created by | David Anthony Kraft and George Pérez |
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| Alter ego | Arisen Tyrk |
Lunatik is a fictional character in the Marvel Universe.
Arisen Tyrk was the tyrannical god-king of the dimension called Other Realm. He sought the power of the Godstone, which was bonded to John Jameson as the Man-Wolf. Tyrk hired Kraven the Hunter to attack Man-Wolf, but Man-Wolf fought Kraven off. Rebels from Other Realm brought the Man-Wolf to their land and he deposed Tyrk.
Tyrk tried to escape though an extra-dimensional portal, but the portal was damaged and fragmented Tyrk into a number of forms in a number of realms. Four of Tyrk's fragments went to Earth, becoming the crazed Lunatik. These four duplicates of Tyrk plagued the Defenders until they were able to re-merge Lunatik into a more-or-less-whole Tyrk. He fought the Defenders in this form, but they were eventually able to defeat him.
[edit] Other characters named Lunatik
There is also a cosmic mercenary by the name of Lunatik. He once killed one of Tyrk's fragments, claiming that he didn't like anyone else "using his name." He first appeared in Marvel Comics Presents #172 (Jan 1995).
