Titan (Imperial Guard)

Titan (Imperial Guard)

"For other use of Titan, see Titan (disambiguation)."

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publisher=Marvel Comics
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creators=Chris Claremont and Dave Cockrum
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Titan is a fictional character that appears in the Marvel Universe.

Publication history

Titan first appeared in "X-Men" #107-109 (October 1977-February 1978), and was created by Chris Claremont and Dave Cockrum.

The character subsequently appears in "X-Men: Spotlight on Starjammers" #2 (June 1990), "Uncanny X-Men" #275 (April 1991), "Thor" #446 (April 1992), "Avengers West Coast" #82 (May 1992), "Starjammers" #4 (January 1996), "Inhumans" Vol. 4 #4 (September 2000), "JLA/Avengers" #1 (September 2003), "Uncanny X-Men" #477 (October 2006), #480 (January 2007), and "X-Men: Emperor Vulcan" #2-5 (December 2007-March 2008).

Titan appeared as part of the "Imperial Guard" entry in the "Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition" #6.

Fictional character biography

Titan is a member of Shi'ar Imperial Guard, a multi-ethnic group of super-powered alien beings who act as enforcers of the laws of the Shi'ar Empire. Titan was amongst the first of the Imperial Guard encountered by the team of superhuman mutants known as the X-Men who sought to rescue the Princess Lilandra from her insane brother emperor D'Ken. Following the orders of their emperor, the Guard clashed with the X-Men and were on the verge of winning when the band of interstellar freebooters known as the Starjammers arrived to turn the tide of battle in the X-Men's favor.

Later when Lilandra became leader, during the war between the Shi'ar and Kree Empires, Titan was amongst a small group of Imperial Guard that defended their Empress Lilandra against the Kree super-team known as Starforce.

In the battle agaianst Vulcan, Titan seemed to have been killed, but was actually only seriously wounded and later reappeared.

Powers and abilities

Titan has the ability to draw mass from a presumed extra-dimensional source to be able to grow to gigantic size through an act of will. As Titan grows in height, his strength and durability increase proportionately.

Other versions

Age of Apocalypse

Titan made an appearance with the Imperial Guard in "Gambit and the X-Ternals" #2 (April 1995).

tar Trek

Titan appears in "Star Trek/X-Men" #1 (December 1996). He is part of a rogue group of Guardsmen, led by Deathbird, that track and later battle the omnipotent Gary Mitchell.

X-Men The End

Titan also appears in the alternate future; "X-Men: The End: Book 3: Men & X-Men" #1-2 (March-April 2006).

Inspiration

Several of the members of the Imperial Guard are at least partly based on members of the DC Comics team Legion of Super-Heroes. (Dave Cockrum, co-creator of the Guard, also had a long run as artist on the Legion.) Titan is based on LSH member Colossal Boy.Fact|date=June 2008

References

List of Imperial Guard members

External links

* [http://marvel.com/universe/Titan_%28alien%29 Marvel Comics]
* [http://marvel.com/ Marvel]
*http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix4/titanimpguard.htm


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