- Agon (comics)
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character_name=Agon
real_name=Agon
publisher=Marvel Comics
debut="Thor" Vol. 1 #148
creators=Stan Lee
aliases=unknown
powers= skilled genetist|Agon is a
fictional character who has appeared in variouscomic book series published byMarvel Comics . The character is a member of theInhumans , a race of beings who exist in Marvel's mainshared universe , theMarvel Universe . He is best known as the father ofBlack Bolt . Agon is also the sometime ruler of the Genetics Council.Publication history
Agon first appeared in "Thor" Vol. 1 #148-149 (January-February 1968), and was created by
Stan Lee andJack Kirby . The character subsequently appeared in "Avengers" #95 (January 1972). His appearances were limited to three issues.Concept
Stan Lee first created Agon to make a storyline behind the Inhumans, mostly the origin of Black Bolt. While having already worked with characters like the
Fantastic Four andSpider-Man , Lee planned an interesting development of the character. This led to a storyline of how his father had been a geneticist that created a great formula that gave Inhumans great powers, and therefore Black Bolt would be born a powerful son. Of course, Lee planned a death of the character and the new ruling of Black Bolt. Though Agon was supposed to be a semi-popular character, this prediction turned out to be a failure.Fact|date=June 2008Fictional character biography
Little is known about the origin of Agon, but it is known that about 110 years ago he was elected to the Genetics Council, and became such a popular member that he was crowned ruler of the Inhumans. Happy with his rule, Agon made many signifigant advances in chemical study, and because he was such a skilled gentist he could create powerful serums to bestow Inhumans with great abilities. One of these chemicals was the
Terrigen Mist , which could strengthen the Inhuman gene magnificently. His wife Rynda was the first to be tested on, but at the time of the injection she was pregnant. When she gave birth to a son, Black Bolt, the boy became the most powerful Inhuman known alive. After this result, Agon began to inject all his other known relatives, and each of their offspring grew to have a different ability. Becoming corrupt, some of the Inhuman citizens came to dislike him. Later, about ninety years more into his rule, a war began between their race and theKree . Finally, at the end of the war, the Kree awarded the Inhumans for their brave efforts. This was a trick, and one night, while Agon and Rynda were working in a laboratory, a Kree starship crashed into the building and killed the beings. This immediately granted Black Bolt the role as monarch of the race.External links
*http://www.marveldirectory.com/groupsandteams/inhumans.htm
*http://en.marveldatabase.com/Agon_(Earth-616)
*http://www.marvel.com/universe/Agon
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