GEATAR
Real Name: Geatar
Identity/Class: Extra-terrestrial
Occupation: First mate and servant to Nebula
Affiliations: Fellow crew members, Dr. Mandibus, Nebula, Mentor;
formerly served Thanos and worked with Nitro (Hunter), Rhino,
Super-Skrull (Kl'rt), and Titanium Man (Bullski)
Enemies: Captain Marvel (Genis), Eros (Starfox), Jack of Hearts, Mentor (A'Lars), Monks of H'aarg, Oracle of Ancient Knowledge, Silver Surfer, Demetrius Stipe, Thanos, Thunderstrike, War Machine (Jim Rhodes)
Known Relatives: None
Aliases: "Thanos"
Base of Operations: Mobile, last seen imprisoned on
Titan
Wherever Nebula goes, he will follow, formerly Sanctuary II
First Appearance: Silver Surfer III#38 (June, 1990)
Powers/Abilities: Geatar was very large, had superhuman strength to an unknown degree (probably below class 50-100 (see comments)), and was a skilled combatant. He was not invulnerable though, and could be cut by a sharp object or have his skin penetrated by bullets. He was blindly loyal to Nebula.
History: Under unknown circumstances, Geatar became a crewman serving under Nebula. He was unbelievably loyal to her, and would die for her willingly.
(Silver Surfer III#38) - When Thanos teleported to his former ship, Sanctuary II, he found it under the command of Nebula. Nebula dismissed Thanos as an imposter and ordered Geatar to deal with Thanos. Thanos blasted Geatar to the ground. Later, when Thanos wanted to get Silver Surfer off his back until he could gather the Infinity Gems, Thanos had Geatar altered to look exactly like Thanos. Surfer attacked Geatar under the impression that Geatar was Thanos and killed him, reducing him to a skeleton.
(Silver Surfer III#44) - After performing a test on Thanos'
corpse after Drax insisted Thanos was alive, Starfox and Mentor confirmed that
it was not
the body of Thanos, but was instead of Gaetar, who had been enhanced by bionic
implants. Starfox reckoned that he would have been as powerful as the Hulk when
he was alive. The ruse revealed, Thanos made again made his presence known to
Drax and the Silver Surfer.
(Silver Surfer III#67) - Geatar, who was brought back to life (actually cloned/replicated and reinstilled with his original memory and personality) by Mentor to assist Nebula while she was catatonic in prison, served Nebula a meal. He tried to feed her, but she just drooled.
(bts) - Geatar contacted Dr. Mandibus to help restore Nebula to her former self.
(Silver Surfer III#69) - Geatar took a knife from the kitchen and took Nebula from her cell. He killed a guard with the knife and flew away in a ship with Nebula, breaking her out of her imprisonment.
(Silver Surfer III#70) - Geatar brought Nebula to a dead moon in the Siminian Galaxy to see Dr. Mandibus. He pounded on the door, and Mandibus let them in.
(Silver Surfer III#71) - Geatar asked Mandibus if he could help Nebula. Mandibus said that he could, but it would be complicated since he would basically need to rebuild her brain. He asked Geatar what personality he would like for Nebula. Geatar ordered Mandibus to make her exactly as she was. Mandibus began the proceadure, but ordered Geatar to stand back, as it would be getting messy.
(Silver Surfer III#72) - After waiting in the waiting room for hours, Mandibus finally finished the surgery. Geatar was very anxious and picked Mandibus up demanding to know Nebula's condition. Mandibus first prompted Geatar to put him down by putting his scalpel to Geatar's throat, and then informed Geatar that the surgery was a success. He then showed Geatar Nebula, who was as good as new, and also had some cybernetic enhancements, specifically her left arm and left side of her face.
(Silver Surfer III#73) - Geatar expressed his concern about the changes Nebula had undergone to her, but she simply said that she liked it and to get used to it. Nebula then expressed to Geatar how grateful she was to him and that she would repay him any way she could. Geatar said it was enough just to serve her.
(Silver Surfer III#74) - Geatar and Nebula flew to the prison planet Annoval 14 also known as "The Anvil," with the intentions of freeing the rest of Nebula's crew.
(Silver Surfer III#76) - Geatar approached the prison compound with Nebula under the false pretense of turning her in.
(Silver Surfer III#77) - Geatar managed to convince the chancellor of the prison colony, Demetrius Stipe, to believe that he was sincere about turning Nebula in. Later, when Stipe had his back turned, Geatar stabbed him with the electronic cattle prod that was on his desk. Geatar led Stipe to Nebula's cell, where Nebula had already killed the guards and the two of them threatened to kill Stipe if he did not tell them where Nebula's crew was. He began to lead them to the crew, but then they came face to face with the Silver Surfer.
(Silver Surfer III#78) - After finding the crew, and having Surfer promise not to interfere because he didn't want Stipe to get hurt, Nebula ordered Geatar to go to the armory and get the crew weapons. Since the doors were going to be locked, Nebula cut off Stipe's hand and threw it to Geatar, who could use it to open any door in the prison (they had those futuristic hand-scanning locks). Afterward, Geatar and Nebula, as well as Nebula's entire crew enter the ship hangar and prepare to steal the biggest ship. However, Jack of Hearts showed up and along with the Surfer, the two of them rescued Stipe and began to take it to Nebula's crew. Nebula realized that her crew could not hope to win, and when a stray shot hit Geatar, Nebula took him to the ship. Geatar told Nebula to help her crew and let him die because he was useless to her injured. But Nebula activated the ship's engines and took off with Geatar in order to save him, even though the thrust from the ship killed every single member of her crew except one.
(Secret Defenders#9, 10) - Geatar followed Nebula to Phobos,
one of the moons of Mars, from which she planned to launch a warhead to destroy
Titan. When the Silver Surfer arrived (having brought Thunderstrike and War
Machine for assistance), Geatar blasted him with a synaptic disruptor that
knocked him unconscious. They strapped the Surfer to the warhead and held him
with a power drainer. Other agents of Nebula, including Kurg and Kruk, occupied
the other heroes while Geatar and Nebula took off towards Titan. However, War
Machine followed them, boarded their ship and tossed Geatar out into space.
Later, when Nebula had been defeated and her plot foiled, she
commented that they would never hold her because Geatar would free her. The
Silver Surfer commented that not even Geatar's enhanced form could survive the
vacuum of space.
(Secret Defenders#11) - Saved by a quickly activated emergency spacesuit, Geatar was retrieved by Thanos before his oxygen supply could be depleted. Thanos instructed Geatar that he would be his servant.
(Secret Defenders#12) - Thanos coerced Geatar to serve him, both by threatening to kill him if he didn't, and be agreeing not to pursue vengeance on Nebula. Thanos assembled a group of powerhouses (Nitro, Rhino, Super-Skrull, and Titanium Man), promising them great wealth if they performed a mission for him. Geatar was placed as head of the mission and the quintet was sent to the planet H'aag to retrieve for him the Oracle of Ancient Knowledge. They had scarcely arrived when they were beset by the fanatical Monks of H'aarg.
(Secret Defenders#13) - Geatar led the others to fight their way past the Monks, to locate the Oracle, and to disconnect the Oracle from the security net around the planet. With this, Thanos teleported in, took the Oracle, and left the others stranded on H'aarg to face the enraged Monks.
(Secret Defenders#14) - Geatar and the others fought the Monks until they could rig an escape pod to leave the planet, but they were soon adrift in space, and at risk of death due to their depleted life support systems. They were rescued by Captain Marvel and the Silver Surfer, who then convinced Geatar to return with them to imprisonment on Titan. Geatar was happy to do so, and he was placed in a cell alongside Nebula.
Comments: Created by Jim Starlin and Ron Lim.
Was Geatar of the Tauran alien race like another of
Nebula's orange-skinned pirates, Kehl? If so, then having superhuman strength
in the area of the Thing from the '70's & '80's (Class 75) would not be uncommon
for a member of his race. With bionic implants, it is conceivable that he would
have been bumped up to Hulk-class strength (Class 100), making his impersonation
of Thanos a bit more believable. If he is a Tauran, it should also be noted
that sometime in the past Galactus destroyed his race's homeworld.
True, Gaetar was more humanoid in appearance than the
Tauranian Kehl, seemed a bit more intelligent than the average Tauranian, plus
he exhibited
no superhuman durability like a Tauranian, but he did possess a simplistic
loyalty, the strength, and the pigmentation of one. Quite easily, he could be a
hybrid of a Tauranian and an unknown species though.
Personally, I just hate seeing extraterrestrial listed for
Identity/Class while not knowing the designation of their specific race
--Kyle
Starfox says they
would've made him the equal of the Hulk. That would put him at Class 70 at
least if true, but I didn't buy it even when first reading the issue. I
hesitate to put anybody in that class without lots of empirical evidence, and Geatar never did anything on that scale. Plus, writers have a way of wanting to
make anybody "Hulk-class" At one time, I think Aquarian was said to have
Hulk-level strength.
--Chuck D.
PROFILE BY STUNNER and SNOOD
Thanks to our friend
Bob Almond for reminding us
about the appearances from Secret Defenders#9,10 (Bob remembered it b/c he inked
a few pages (2 uncredited pages in# 11, and 2 uncredited pp. in#14), and Prime Eternal for SecDef#11-14 (which I researched
and added) and the Silver Surfer autopsy appearance.
CLARIFICATIONS: None
Last updated: 11/27/03
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