- Smasher
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caption=Smasher byDave Cockrum
comic_color=background:#ff8080
character_name=Smasher
real_name=Vril Rokk
species=alien
publisher=Marvel Comics
debut="X-Men " #107 (Oct 1977)
creators=Chris Claremont andDave Cockrum
alliance_color=background:#c0c0ff
alliances=Imperial Guard
aliases=
powers=Flight, ability to download other powers.|Smasher is a fictional character in the
Marvel Universe .Publication history
Smasher first appeared in "
X-Men " #107 (October 1977-February 1978), and was created byChris Claremont andDave Cockrum .The character subsequently appears in "X-Men" #137 (September 1980), "Classic X-Men" #43 (January 1990), "X-Men: Spotlight on Starjammers" #2 (June 1990), "Uncanny X-Men" #275 (April 1991), "Quasar" #32 (March 1992), "Thor" #446 (April 1992), "Avengers West Coast" #82 (May 1992), "Starblast" #2 (February 1994), "Quasar" #55 (February 1994), "Starjammers" #4 (January 1996), "Untold Legend of Captain Marvel" #1-3 (April-June 1997), "Inhumans" Vol. 4 #4 (September 2000), "New X-Men" #117 (October 2001), #122 (April 2002), #124-126 (May-July 2002), "JLA/Avengers" #1 (September 2003), "X-Force" #5-6 (February-March 2005), and "Uncanny X-Men" #477 (October 2006), and #480 (January 2007).
Smasher appeared as part of the "Imperial Guard" entry in the "Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition" #6.
Fictional character biography
Smasher is a long-time member of the
Shi'ar Imperial Guard. He is superhumanly strong and durable, and can fly under his own power. He can "download" powers via the special goggles that he wears; so far he has been seen to obtain in this manner "penta-vision", which may be a form ofclairvoyance orX-ray vision, and the ability to travel into hyperspace ("4-space") without a vehicle. He has been romantically linked with Plutonia.When
Cassandra Nova was decimating the Shi'ar empire, Smasher was one of the few entities that managed to personally protect the empressLilandra . Under protest, Smasher is ordered to travel to Earth to warn the X-Men about the threat Nova posed. He crash lands in a field full of cows. He does not make it to the mansion until well after the Imperial Guard, brainwashed by Nova, were attempting to kill the X-Men. His presence manages to convince the Guard to fight against Nova, although he and the others were swiftly defeated by her.Smasher is later killed by Vulcan, a powerful mutant who attempts to conquer the Shi'ar empire.
Other versions
*In the alternate future of "X-Men: The End" Smasher is a veteran Guardian on duty when the plans of the series main villain is revealed. He attacks with a small group of other Guardians. They are all slain, Smasher's neck is snapped. ["X-Men: The End: Book 3: Men & X-Men" #1-2 (March-April 2006)]
*Smasher also appears in "Star Trek/X-Men" #1 (December 1996). He, and several other members of the Imperial Guard assist
Deathbird in a mission.In other media
In the "
X-Men Animated Series ", Smasher appears in "The Phoenix Saga" and "The Dark Phoenix Saga" alongside the rest of the Imperial Guard.Inspiration
Several of the members of the Imperial Guard are at least partly based on members of the
DC Comics teamLegion of Super-Heroes . (Dave Cockrum, co-creator of the Guard, also had a long run as artist on the Legion. Smasher is based on LSH memberUltra Boy .Fact|date=June 2008References
External links
*http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix4/smasherimpguard.htm
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