History: (Incredible Hulk II#198 (fb) -BTS) <13th Century A.D.> - Akbar was an exceptional fighter of the Mongolian army, who received the high honor to become the bodyguard of the great Kublai Khan.
Real Name: Akbar
Identity/Class: Human,
possible mutate;
active circa 13th
Century A.D. as well as in the modern age;
Mongolian
citizen
Occupation: Aide-de-camp, bodyguard
Group Membership: Collector's
collection (Glob/Joe
Timms, Captain Cutlass, a centaur, harpies, exemplars of
extraterrestrial races, Neanderthal men, a mythic Hydra, "Sharazade", a
soldier of the American Civil War, a satyr, a Roman Centurion, Brachus,
Tiberius and other gladiators of the Roman era);
previously Kublai Khan's
army and the Mongol Empire
Affiliations: The Collector (Taneleer Tivan);
previously Kublai Khan
Enemies: Bruce Banner
(Hulk)
Known Relatives: None
Aliases: None
Base of Operations: Collector's spaceship, mobile
in the universe;
previously the ancient Mongol Empire
First Appearance: Incredible Hulk II#198 (April, 1976)
Powers/Abilities: Akbar had the skills of a warrior
of the Mongolian army of Kublai Khan.
As a soldier, he was familiar with
sabres, scimitars, spears and other melee weapons. His fighting
abilities were of superior level, given he was chosen as bodyguard of
Kublai Khan in person.
It is unrevealed if his large size and superior
strength already belonged to him or he acquired them during his
imprisonment in the Collector's museum. With a swing he could swat a man
at 15 yards of distance.
He learned the English language, as many fellow
prisoners did.
He wielded a giant scimitar suitable
for his superior height.
History:
(Incredible Hulk
II#198 (fb) -BTS) <13th Century
A.D.> - Akbar was an exceptional fighter of the Mongolian army, who
received the high honor to become the bodyguard of the great Kublai
Khan.
At some point, Akbar was abducted by an
alien named Taneleer Tivan, whose greater purpose in life was "to
collect for the purpose of preserving". Tivan, also
known as the Collector and one of the Elders
of the Universe, placed Akbar into his museum, where he was a
prisoner in his spaceship.
In the centuries that followed the
Collector chose Akbar as bodyguard, a role that the human fighter
apparently liked and tried to perform at his best.
(Incredible Hulk II#198) - In recent years, after the Collector added the Hulk to his museum, Akbar was introduced to Bruce Banner. Akbar's size and presence was impressive, and his loyalty went to his master.
When Banner's cooperation ceased, Akbar intervened to defend the Collector. A blow of the warrior hurled the frail doctor beyond a machinery. Akbar charged to kill the man who had threatened his master, but the creature that emerged behind the machinery was a different one. A huge green fist smashed the great scimitar. Akbar was astonished at seeing a green monster, as massive as himself, and that was the last thing he could do, because the Hulk knocked him out and flung Akbar away with a single right...BWAM!
(Incredible Hulk II#198 - BTS) - Almost all the prisoners of the spaceship were freed by the
Hulk, but they died a few minutes after they exited the ship. The prison
technology protected them from aging, but outside the influence of the
protection they rapidly aged, becoming dust. Akbar was not seen among
them.
Shortly after, the spaceship was
covered by the extremely rapid growth of vegetation in that part of
Florida near Omegaville. In few weeks, nobody could tell that anyone had
been there.
If Akbar, after his
awakening, tried to go out of the ship, he died as the other prisoners.
However, the Collector, believed dead for Glob's hands, wasn't really
dead, and returned to Earth months later. Maybe he saved Akbar as well.
The Arabic word "akbar" means "greater" or "the greatest." Akbar was probably larger than any other man he met before or after he became the Khan's bodyguard, but Akbar's language was not Arabic. It is very unlikely, but still possible, that an Arab man nicknamed him using that word, and he (or the Khan) liked it.
Was Akbar at the service of the historical Kublai Khan, or of the Marvel Kublai Khan (see sub-profile)?
Profile by Spidermay.
CLARIFICATIONS:
Akbar should be distinguished from:
(real life) Kublai
Khan was born on the 23rd September, 1215 A.D.
(Agents of Atlas I#6 (fb) - BTS) - Like his grandfather Genghis Khan, Kublai Khan was advised by the ancient Lung dragon Mr. Lao, and with his help expanded and strengthened the Mongol Empire.
(real life) - In 1260 A.D. Kublai became Khagan ("Great Khan") of
the Mongols, succeeding his deceased older brother Mongke, but was
forced into a civil war with his ambitious youngest brother Ariq
Boke which ended in 1264 A.D. with the Mongol Empire fragmenting.
Left with control over much of China, in 1271 A.D. Kublai decreed
himself the first Emperor of China's new Yuan ("Original/First")
Dynasty.
(Incredible Hulk II#198 (fb) - BTS) - During Kublai's reign
as emperor, Akbar was one of Kublai Khan's warriors and became his
bodyguard.
(Ms. Marvel II#26 (fb) - BTS) - In the year 1368 (see comments) the Mongol dynasty still ruled China, and Kublai Khan was the Emperor.
Zhu Yuanzhang opposed to the Khan's rule and sought to free China from the Mongols. At Nanjing, in China, on January 1368, Hui Lin attacked two soldiers of the Mongolian Army, declaring that he would kill Kublai Khan.
(Agents of Atlas I#6 (fb) - BTS) - Like all
those advised by Mr. Lao, when the time came for Kublai to hand
over rule of his empire to his successor Kublai was devoured by
the dragon. Centuries and several Khan-meals later, Lao would
opine that Kublai still tasted best.
(Atlas#5 (fb) - BTS) - Kublai's spirit joined Genghis in an afterlife that resembled the Mongolian steppes, and over time they were joined by their successors once Lao devoured them, including in modern times Plan Chu (a.k.a. the Yellow Claw).
(Atlas#5) - Plan Chu's successor Jimmy Woo visited the steppes to
thank Plan Chu for vital assistance he had presciently arranged
for Woo while still alive. Kublai joined Genghis and Plan Chu in
riding out to greet the new arrival, but hung back with Genghis
while Plan conversed with him.
--Incredible Hulk II#198,
Ms. Marvel II#26, Agents of Atlas I#6, Atlas#
Comments: Created by Len Wein.
In the silhouetted image the middle rider at
the forefront is Plan Chu; the other two are Genghis and Kublai, as
confirmed by dialogue, but it's not revealed which is which.
Kubla Khan
is a poem written by Samuel T. Coleridge, regarding the the historical
Emperor Kublai Khan. The historical Kublai Khan was Khan between 1264
and 1294 (source: Wikipedia).
A version of Kubla (sic) Khan based on
Coleridge's poem appeared in Fantastic Four: True Story#2. However,
since that was a fictionalized version and not the 616 one, he's not
covered in the subprofile above - but you can see him in the image to
the right.
Hui Lin/David Sum claimed his purposes against Kublai Khan, in the year 1368; also, Carol Danvers reported that Hui Lin was born in 1320. Historically, Kublai died in 1294 and Zhu Yuanzhang became emperor in 1368. Possibilities:
Kublai Khan should be distinguished
from:
First posted: 03/13/2026
Last updated: 03/17/2026
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