PERRIKUS

Real Name: Perrikus

Identity/Class: Extraterrestrial/dimensional god (Dark Gods)

Occupation: Prince of the Dark Gods

Group Membership: Dark Gods

Affiliations: Adani, Black Order (Black Dwarf, Corvus Glaive, Ebony Maw, Promixa Midnight, Supergiant), Galactic Council (Empress Kuga, Gladiator/Kallark, Mentacle, Paibok the Power Skrull, Smasher/Izzy Kane, Nymbis Sternhoof), Thanos;
formerly Zarrko the Tomorrow Man

Enemies: Adani's father, Asgardians, Balder, Brood, Desak, Destroyer, Hercules, Odin, Phoenix (Jean Grey), Sif, Thor, unidentified prisoner;
formerly Adani

Known Relatives: Tserron (wife, deceased), Majeston Zelia (mother)

Aliases: God of power unlimited and energy infinite

Base of Operations: The dimension of Narcisson

First Appearance: Thor II#1 (July, 1998)

Powers/Abilities: Perrikus displayed phenomenal strength and durability well into Class 100. He also displayed the ability to shoot beams out of his hands, and carried with him a scythe sharp enough to cut through uru metal.

History:
(Thor II#9 - BTS) - A long time ago, Odin sent out scouts to explore the universe. One scout named Lonkarr, happened upon a city called Narcisson, which was like the evil twin of Asgard. While there he was attacked by a woman named Tserron. They battled for hours until Lonkarr killed her, upon which Perrikus arrived and told Lonkarr that he had killed his wife. Lonkarr escaped and warned Odin of these horrible Dark Gods, and a war ensued. The War went on for two weeks until the Dark Gods stood triumphant. The ruler of the Dark Gods, Majeston Zelia, offered Odin a position as her consort, and if he took it, she would spare his people. He refused, and Perrikus was about to kill Odin, when a young Thor inspired his father to keep fighting and threw him a broken spear. Odin triumphed, and defeated the Dark Gods. Odin banished all of them, but kept Perrikus in a special cell in Asgard. He then erased the memories of the war from everyone's mind but his since it was so traumatic.

(Thor II#1) - Thor arrived on Asgard to find it in ruins. He freaked out and threw his hammer. After he left, Perrikus emerged from the building he destroyed and shouted that he was free.

(Thor II#4) - Perrikus was seen talking with Adva. Perrikus said he could not find Thor and he was either dead, or had left. Later, he was seen addressing his mother, and ruler of the Dark Gods, Majeston Zelia. He promised that Asgard would be ready by tomorrow. Odin was seen in chains.

(Thor II#5) - Perrikus instructed Adva to open a portal to Asgard. Majeston Zelia emerged from the portal.

(Thor II#7) - Perrikus stood by as Zelia taunted a chained Odin, and vocally expressed his wish that he could fight Thor.

(Thor II#8) - Zelia requested that Perrikus amuse her. She brought Balder before him, and he made quick work of Balder. He slashed Balder across the chest with his scythe.

(Thor II#9) - While he taunted Odin, Perrikus was brought word by Tokkots that Thor was alive.

(Thor II#10) - Perrikus had Adva search in vain for Thor on Earth. To draw Thor out, he instructed Adva to cast an image of him over New York City. She did so and he called out Thor. He held up a bloodied Sif as well and threatened to kill her if Thor didn't show himself. When Thor arrived he and Perrikus began to fight. Nobody had a clear advantage until Perrikus cut Thor's hammer with his scythe, and then went on to beat the living hell out of Thor. After 60 seconds away from his hammer, Thor turned into Jake Olsen, his mortal guise. He was forced to escape into the sewer.

(Thor II#11) - Perrikus, after failing to lift Thor's hammer, continued yelling for Thor to come out and fight. He blasted open the sewers to discover Thor was gone. After Tokkots discovered and apprehended Jake Olsen, he brought him before Perrikus, who was furious that Thor would be unable to present him with a challenge. Perrikus beat up Jake Olsen, until he managed to grab his hammer and transform back into Thor. He then teleported away.

(Thor II#12) - Thor returned with aid from the Destroyer and Hercules. Perrikus, along with countless Dark Gods confronted them. Thor and Perrikus squared off until Majeston Zelia interrupted and let loose a blast of energy from her hands that cut through the crust of Asgard. Thor went into the sewer pipes, and Perrikus fought Hercules until Thor returned and fought him some more. When the Dark Gods started losing, Zelia called all of the Dark Gods and merged them into one being. The being dissipated when Odin took back energy that Zelia stole from him. The Dark Gods then disappeared.

(Thor II#42) - Perrikus stood with Adva and several Dark Gods as they were dreading the coming of Desak, the destroyer of gods.

(Thor II#43) - Desak massacred the Dark Gods and beat up Perrikus severely. Perrikus and Adva narrowly escaped.

(Thor II#53) - Perrikus and Adva appeared on the Rainbow Bridge, and Perrikus knocked out Heimdall and started to shatter the bridge. Perrikus then confronted and attacked Thor, who now wielded the Odin-power, since Odin died. They fought back and forth until Thor cut off Perrikus's arm with the Bloodaxe. He then threatened to kill him with his own scythe if he and Adva didn't leave. But first he demanded to know who sent them. Perrikus said that he was under instructions from Zarrko the Tomorrow Man.

SECRET WARS III HAPPENED

(Phoenix#1 (fb) - BTS) - At some point Perrikus ended up imprisoned in Kyln-2, an intergalactic prison inside the Ton 618 black hole.

(Phoenix#1) - When the black hole destabilized, it threatened to destroy Kyln-2. While the prison was slowly torn apart Perrikus kicked his cellmate in the head when he prayed to the Magus. Moments later an explosion allowed Perrikus and his cellmate to escape. Perrikus' cellmate pointed out that they were near the launch bay, which Perrikus deemed fortunate because it would make his escape easier. Perrikus then snapped his cellmate's neck and stole a shuttle after tossing the pilot from it, but Phoenix, who wanted to stop him from escaping, was forced to let him escape because she had to stay to save the prison it and all the people inside it.

   Perrikus ended up on a nearby planet, which Phoenix had saved earlier, and encountered a group of people including the young girl Adani and her father. He coldly slew Adani's father, who stood up to him, in front of Adani.

(Phoenix#2) - Perrikus watched Adani bury her father, but wasn't bothered when she attacked him with the shovel. Perrikus was entertained by Adani and imbued her with power she could wield so she didn't have to be afraid anymore.

(Phoenix#3) - Perrikus took Adani to the Quarry of Creation where she was judged by fallen gods and aged to adulthood. Perrikus was impressed and introduced her the Black Order, who were there to speak for Thanos and would help them take the power from Phoenix.

(Phoenix#4) - Perrikus was introduced to the Galactic Council by Gladiator, who shared Perrikus' believe that Phoenix should not be allowed to continue operating. Paibok was against allying with a Dark God, but Perrikus showed the Council how Phoenix died and then easily came back to life during a battle with Gorr. Adani was standing by.

(Phoenix#5) - The Galactic Council was shocked when Phoenix turned Gorr into a star and now sided with Perrikus and Gladiator. Phoenix noticed that she had been watched by the Council and made threats against Perrikus when she saw him among them. Gladiator reiterated to the rest of the Council that an alliance with Perrikus was their only chance was survival.

(Phoenix#5 - BTS) - Adani faced off with Phoenix and told her how Perrikus had killed her father after Phoenix had not stopped his escape. Adani then used the power granted to her by Perrikus to attack Phoenix and take her powers, but she couldn't hold on to the Phoenix Force and most of it returned to Jean Grey, who then created a psychic barrier that helped Adani block out the voices of all those in need of help. Adani swore to kill Phoenix for messing with her mind.

(Phoenix#5) - Meanwhile Perrikus promised his protection to the Galactic Council in exchange for granting Thanos leadership over the Council.

(Phoenix#6 - BTS) - Adani dreamed of Perrikus, his fellow Dark Gods and the Phoenix.

(Phoenix#6 (fb) - BTS) - Perrikus helped Thanos get his hands on Warlock's Eye, which he used to spread hatred across the galaxy directed at Phoenix.

(Phoenix#6) - Perrikus accompanied Thanos to an extraterrestrial world and watched Thanos conquer it and influence a soldier to murder a man that had resisted him. Perrikus wondered whether Thanos had used Warlock's Eye on the soldier, which he did, but Thanos claimed that the soldier's actions would not have been different without it. Unfortunately for Perrikus Thanos was still unable to locate Phoenix, who seemed protected from Warlock's Eye as much as it protected them from her sight. An opportunity to get to Phoenix opened up when Corvus Glaive told Thanos that Phoenix had attacked them alongside Nova. Thanos took control over Nova to attack Phoenix, but quickly lost control over him again after Phoenix punched Nova in the face.

(Phoenix#8) - After Thanos' defeat at the hand of the Phoenix, Perrikus reunited with Adani and tried to teach her how control her powers so she could bring back his realm. She instead accidentally created an army of Brood with her portion of the Phoenix Force. Perrikus aided Adani in battle against the Brood until they just vanished. Perrikus begged Adani to listen to him or else Adani could potentially create something even worse than the Brood from the memories of the Phoenix Force if she got distracted again. Perrikus finally realized that he had told Adani the wrong thing to focus on and now told her to focus on her emotions, especially her anger. Though it still didn't seem to work at first, it was ultimately the right call and Perrikus was reunited with his fellow Dark Gods in the Shadow Realm.

(Phoenix#9) - Perrikus told Adani to calm down when she panicked because she felt the last remnants of the Phoenix Force she possessed slipping away. Perrikus promised Zelia that he could handle the unstable Adani to aid them while the Shadow Realm fed Adani with the power to spread darkness across the universe for the Dark Gods. Adani faced off with Phoenix once again at the Nexus of All Realities, but this time Adani had the power to reshape the universe.

(Phoenix#10) - Perrikus mocked Phoenix for her empathy and unwillingness to stop Adani because she cared for the girl. He promised Phoenix that hesitation would grant Adani the opportunity to spread the Dark Gods' Shadow Realm across all universes. He blamed Phoenix for what Adani had become, but Phoenix pointed out that Perrikus was the one that killed Adani's father, first granted her powers and brought her to the God Quarry. Adva took Perrikus and Zelia back to the Shadow Realm until the time was right for them to rule the universe. Phoenix confronted Adani and breached the Shadow Realm where Perrikus, Zelia and Adva perished in the fire of the Phoenix Force before Phoenix convinced Adani to to abandon her powers and become a child again.

Comments: Created by Dan Jurgens and John Romita Jr.

Profile by Stunner. Update by Markus Raymond (Phoenix).

CLARIFICATIONS:
Perrikus has no known connection to:

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Thor II#10, p14, pan1 (main image)
Phoenix#1, p17, pan3 (head shot, without helmet)
Thor II#10, p18, pan2 (Perrikus destroys Mjolnir)
Phoenix#9, p7, pan3 (Perrikus, body shot)

Appearances:
Thor II#1 (July, 1998) - Dan Jurgens (writer), John Romita Jr. (pencils), Klaus Janson (inks), Tom Brevoort (editor)
Thor II#4 (October, 1998) - Dan Jurgens (writer), John Romita Jr. (pencils), Klaus Janson (inks), Tom Brevoort (editor)
Thor II#5 (November, 1998) - Dan Jurgens (writer), John Romita Jr. (pencils), Klaus Janson (inks), Tom Brevoort (editor)
Thor II#7-11 (January-June, 1999) - Dan Jurgens (writer), John Romita Jr. (pencils), Klaus Janson (inks), Tom Brevoort (editor)
Thor II#42 (December, 2001) - Dan Jurgens (writer), Stuart Immonen (pencils), Scott Koblish (inks), Tom Brevoort (editor)
Thor II#43 (January, 2002) - Dan Jurgens (writer), Joe Bennett (pencils), Jack Jadson (inks), Tom Brevoort (editor)
Thor II#53 (October, 2002) - Dan Jurgens (writer), Joe Bennett (pencils), Jack Jadson (inks), Tom Brevoort (editor)
Phoenix#1-4 (September-December, 2024) - Stephanie Phillips (writer), Alessandro Miracolo (artist), Annalise Bissa (editor)
Phoenix#5 (Janurary, 2025) - Stephanie Phillips (writer), Alessandro Miracolo & Marco Renna (artists), Annalise Bissa (editor)
Phoenix#6 (February, 2025) - Stephanie Phillips (writer), Marco Renna (artist), Annalise Bissa (editor)
Phoenix#8-10 (April-June, 2025) - Stephanie Phillips (writer), Alessandro Miracolo (artist), Annalise Bissa (editor)

First Posted: 03/22/2003
Last updated: 05/14/2026

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