Protector (Marvel Comics)

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caption=
comic_color=background:#ff8080
character_name=Protector
real_name=Thoral Rul
species=Xandarian
publisher=Marvel Comics
debut="Fantastic Four #205" (Apr 1979)
creators=Marv Wolfman, Keith Pollard, and Joe Sinnott
alliance_color=background:#c0c0ff
alliances=Champions of Xandar
aliases=
powers=various psionic powers| Protector is a fictional character in the Marvel Universe.

Publication history

Protector first appeared in "Fantastic Four" #205-206 (April-May 1979), and was created by Marv Wolfman, Keith Pollard, and Joe Sinnott.

The character subsequently appears in "Fantastic Four" #208 (July 1979), and "ROM" #24 (November 1981).

Protector appeared as part of the "Champions of Xandar" entry in the "Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition" #16.

Fictional character biography

Thoral Rul was the Prime Thoran of Xandar, whose duty was to protect the Xandarian's Living Computers (aka Worldmind). To defend them against the Skrulls, he effected a mind-meld with the Worldmind, the living disembodied brains preserved within the Xandarian computer network. He thus gained the collective knowledge of those brains and psionic abilities, and became known as the Protector, the Keeper of the computers, and one of the Champions of Xandar. ["Fantastic Four" #208] He helped the team battle the Skrull invasion after Diamondhead betrayed Xandar to the Skrulls. ["ROM" #24]

Protector was killed when Nebula's forces wiped out Xandar's population. [as revealed in "Avengers" #260 (1985)]

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