NEW RIGEL-3
Official Name: New Rigel-3
Nature: Extraterrestrial planet, unidentified star system, presumably in the Milky Way Galaxy
Environment: Life-sustaining biosphere
Gravity: Unrevealed (presumably
possessed a gravitational field in which it was comfortable for humans
to function; multiple beings who had spent a significant portion of
their existence on Earth visited here and did not comment on the
gravity being significantly different from Earth's)
Atmosphere: An unspecified combination of gases (presumably mostly nitrogen and oxygen; multiple beings who had spent a significant portion of their existence on Earth visited here and did not comment on the atmosphere being significantly different from Earth's)
Natural Satellites: None shown in limited views
Artificial Satellites: None shown in limited views
Natives: None known;
the Rigellians colonized this world
Population: Unrevealed;
numerous Rigellians are present, as are multiple alien races
Capital City: Unrevealed
Government: Technocratic, ruled by the Grand Commissioner
Languages: Presumably Rigellian
Monetary Unit: Unrevealed
National Defense: The Royal Palace was defended by drones and soldiers
Major Resources: Recorders
Planetary Defense: "Outer Defense" ships, Planetary Defense System
Places of Interest: Library, Recorder storage room, Royal Palace;
Residents: Grand Commissioner, General Zygo (deceased), numerous Rigellians (including an unidentified sentry) and Recorders (formerly including this one and this 236A67);
numerous alien races
Visitors: Gorgon , Karnak & Lockjaw of Earth's Inhumans; Thanos, Adam Warlock;
other unidentified alien races
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History: (Thanos I#1 (fb) - BTS) - Rigel-3
was so badly damaged that the Rigellians abandoned it and established
New Rigel-3. (Thanos I#2 (fb) - BTS) - New Rigel-3 had a number of geo-political problems, including limited beta-soy production. (Thanos I#2 (fb) - BTS) <Three days before the main story> - Galactus arrived on the Rigel-18 -- his approach was too rapid for the planetary teleportational defense system to be utilized -- and began activating his technology.(Thanos I#1 - BTS) - Thanos resolved to make amends for the
consequences of his creation's actions, and -- joined by Adam Warlock -- he traveled to New
Rigel-3 within one of his dreadnought ships (which looked much like his
Sanctuary ships). |
(Thanos I#1) - As Sanctuary approached New Rigel-3, it
and Thanos were detected, and the Rigellians -- justly thinking Thanos
had returned to do them ill -- deployed their outer defenses; Thanos
considered that if truly wished to harm them, he could do without ever
coming into range of their sensors. 
Knowing that his dreadnought's
defensive screens were more than capable of weathering any Rigellian
attack, Thanos told Warlock that the trick to visiting New Rigel-3 was
making the approach so rapidly that the Rigellians did not have time to
exploit their planetary defense system: teleporting their entire planet as
far away as another galaxy, in order to escape any threat.
Thanos then teleported himself and
Warlock directly to the Grand Commissioner's royal palace. A number of
unmanned drones were then sent to attack Thanos, ignoring Warlock.
After Thanos had swiftly taken out these drones, a number of ground
troops were dispatched.
Withstanding repeated ray blasts, Thanos surprised all present by surrendering, even dropping to a knee as he noted that he had perpetrated heinous crimes against their world and population. Expressing his desire to aid the Rigellians in their adjustments to living on New Rigel-3, Thanos asked them how he may be of service.
(Thanos
I#2 (fb) - BTS) - While Adam Warlock met with the Grand Commissioner to
convince him of Thanos' sincerity, General Zygo and his troops led
Thanos into the palace. Thanos allowed General Zygo to imprison him
within a photon block.
(Thanos I#2) - With the conference witnessed by an unidentified Rigellian Recorder, the Grand Commissioner agreed to Warlock's advice that he accept whatever Thanos would do for them with the goal of not enraging him by refusing his aid, but hoping to expedite Thanos' departure without conflict.
A coup was initiated against the Grand Commissioner by the Rigellian military led by Zygo, determined to relieve him of his duties due to incompetence, notably due to the Grand Commissioner's handling of the encounter with the Thanos doppelganger (although the Rigellians did not know that that was not Thanos himself); for his inaction concerning the crisis on Rigel-18; and for his willingness to consider dealing with Thanos.
(Thanos I#2 (fb) - BTS) - When Zygo's troops prepared to crush Thanos within the photon block, Thanos instead broke free and slew the 12 Rigellian troopers present with a brief, high-level gamma radiation burst.
Thanos subsequently entered the adjoining
chamber, bypassed security measures and accessed the central data bank.
He subsequently built in new safeguards to better ensure the system's
security.
Analyzing
New Rigel-3's current geopolitical status, Thanos devised several means
to improve the Rigellian's situation. He evaluated the genetic problem
limiting beta-soy production, and he determined the solution to be
adding "a couple of rungs to the plant's genetic ladder."
Thanos also adjusted
their planetary teleportational defense such that it would now come on
line in half the time previously required, and he also added file
370VSHS-H0773, containing designs that would vastly improve the
propulsion systems of their star fleet.
(Thanos
I#2) - When Zygo and his forces attempted to imprison Warlock, he easily
evaded and then subdued the soldiers -- the elite of their armed forces
-- despite their technologically increasing their mass so that they
were physically stronger than Warlock and their possession of blaster
weapons capable of subduing him.
Warlock, the Grand Commissioner and the Recorder found the
guards dead, after which Thanos detailed all of the improvements he had
determined from a brief evaluation of their systems and then slew Zygo.
Offering his gratitude, the Grand Commissioner noted that Rigel-18 desperately needed Thanos generosity and that his resolving this matter would more than make up for any injury Thanos had done to his people in the past.
(Thanos I#2) - After the Grand Commissioner provided the coordinates, Thanos opened a teleportational window, though which he, Warlock, the Grand Commissioner and the unidentified Recorder passed, arriving on Rigel-18.
(Thanos
I#3 (fb) - BTS) - As Thanos occupied Galactus, the Grand Commissioner
-- who presumably remained on New Rigel-3 -- successfully evacuated
Rigel-18 before Galactus could destroy it.
Comments: Created by Jim Starlin and Al Milgrom.
Profile by Snood.
CLARIFICATIONS:
New Rigel-3 should be distinguished from to
  The drones were part of the defense system of the Grand Commissioner's palace on New Rigel-3. The drones resemble a humanoid upper body (thorax, head and limbs) in configuration. Lacking any lower body, they fly through the air and have blaster weapons in place of hands. (Thanos I#1) - Seeking to make amends for his Thanosi doppelganger's devastation of Rigel-3, Thanos teleported himself and his associate Adam Warlock to just outside the Grand Commissioner's royal palace. A number of drones were then sent to attack Thanos, ignoring Warlock. Unharmed by their blasts, Thanos used his eyebeams to swiftly destroy these drones. --Thanos I#1 |
 
(Secret Invasion: Inhumans#3 - BTS) - To locate their Inhuman Black Bolt, who was a
captive of the Skrulls, Karnak determined that three items could be
used to breech Skrull decryption security: (1) On Earth, a Skrull
commander held prisoner by Thundra and her tribe of Femizons; (2) On "Rigel 3" (presumably New Rigel-3), a
Rigellian Recorder that had cracked the Skrull communications
algorithm; (3) On Pellagia, a Skrull beacon buried in the deepest
trenches.(Secret Invasion: Inhumans#3) - With Lockjaw's teleportational range enhanced by Kree technology, he teleported himself, Gorgon and Karnak to the surface of Rigel-3. With Lockjaw presumably teleporting away again and awaiting a summoning, Karnak entered a library to access its database to dicern which Recorder they needed, while Gorgon went to the lower level storing the Recorders.  Karnak was discovered by a Rigellian sentry, while Gorgon was surrounded by a group of large robots. (Secret Invasion: Inhumans#4) - Subduing the Rigellian sentry, Karnak subsequently advised Gorgon that the robots could be incapacitated by disabling their heads, allowing Gorgon to fight them off while he obtained the Recorder serial number, 236A67. After Gorgon located and claimed the needed Recorder, Karnak had Lockjaw teleport Gorgon and himself back to the Inhuman Royal Family's ship. |
(Thanos I#1) - Seeking to make amends for his Thanosi
doppelganger's devastation of Rigel-3, Thanos transported -- via one of his Sanctuary-like dreadnought ships to New Rigel-3. As Sanctuary approached New Rigel-3, it
and Thanos were detected, and the Rigellians -- justly thinking Thanos
had returned to do them ill -- deployed their outer defenses ships; Thanos
considered that if truly wished to harm them, he could do without ever
coming into range of their sensors. Knowing that his dreadnought's
defensive screens were more than capable of weathering any Rigellian
attack, Thanos told Warlock that the trick to visiting New Rigel-3 was
making the approach so rapidly that the Rigellians did not have time to
exploit their major defense system: teleporting their entire planet as
far away as another galaxy, in order to escape any threat. With the Rigellians forces concentrated on his dreadnought, Thanos then teleported himself and
Warlock directly to the Grand Commissioner's royal palace. |
(Secret Invasion: Inhumans#3 - BTS) - To locate their Inhuman Black Bolt, who was a
captive of the Skrulls, Karnak determined that three items could be
used to breech Skrull decryption security: (1) On Earth, a Skrull
commander held prisoner by Thundra and her tribe of Femizons; (2) On "Rigel 3" (presumably New Rigel-3), a
Rigellian Recorder that had cracked the Skrull communications
algorithm; (3) On Pellagia, a Skrull beacon buried in the deepest
trenches.(Secret Invasion: Inhumans#3) - With Lockjaw's teleportational range enhanced by Kree technology, he teleported himself, Gorgon and Karnak to the surface of Rigel-3. With Lockjaw presumably teleporting away again and awaiting a summoning, Karnak entered a library to access its database to dicern which Recorder they needed, while Gorgon went to the lower level storing the Recorders. Karnak was discovered by a Rigellian sentry, while Gorgon was surrounded by a group of large robots. (Secret Invasion: Inhumans#4) - Subduing the Rigellian sentry, Karnak subsequently advised Gorgon that the robots could be incapacitated by disabling their heads, allowing Gorgon to fight them off while he obtained the Recorder serial number, 236A67. After Gorgon located and claimed the needed Recorder, Karnak had Lockjaw teleport Gorgon and himself back to the Inhuman Royal Family's ship. --Secret Invasion: Inhumans#3 (4 |
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Knowing that his dreadnought's
defensive screens were more than capable of weathering any Rigellian
attack, Thanos told Warlock that the trick to visiting New Rigel-3 was
making the approach so rapidly that the Rigellians did not have time to
exploit their planetary defense system: teleporting their entire planet as
far away as another galaxy, in order to escape any threat. Thanos then teleported himself and
Warlock directly to the Grand Commissioner's royal palace. A number of
unmanned drones were then sent to attack Thanos, ignoring Warlock.
After Thanos had swiftly taken out these drones, a number of ground
troops were dispatched. Withstanding repeated ray blasts,
Thanos surprised all present by surrendering, even dropping to a knee
as he noted that he had perpetrated heinous crimes against their world
and population. Expressing his desire to aid the Rigellians in their
adjustments to living on New Rigel-3, Thanos asked them how he may be
of service. (Thanos
I#2 (fb) - BTS) - While Adam Warlock met with the Grand Commissioner to
convince him of Thanos' sincerity, General Zygo and his troops led
Thanos into the palace. Thanos allowed General Zygo to imprison him
within a photon block. (Thanos I#2) - With the conference witnessed by an unidentified Rigellian Recorder, the Grand Commissioner agreed to Warlock's advice that he accept whatever Thanos would do for them with the goal of not enraging him by refusing his aid, but hoping to expedite Thanos' departure without conflict. A coup was initiated against the Grand Commissioner by the Rigellian military led by Zygo, determined to relieve him of his duties due to incompetence, notably due to the Grand Commissioner's handling of the encounter with the Thanos doppelganger (although the Rigellians did not know that that was not Thanos himself); for his inaction concerning the crisis on Rigel-18; and for his willingness to consider dealing with Thanos. (Thanos I#2 (fb) - BTS) - When Zygo's troops prepared to crush Thanos within the photon block, Thanos instead broke free and slew the 12 Rigellian troopers present with a brief, high-level gamma radiation burst. Thanos subsequently entered the adjoining
chamber, bypassed security measures and accessed the central data bank.
He subsequently built in new safeguards to better ensure the system's
security. Analyzing
New Rigel-3's current geopolitical status, Thanos devised several means
to improve the Rigellian's situation. He evaluated the genetic problem
limiting beta-soy production, and he determined the solution to be
adding "a couple of rungs to the plant's genetic ladder." Thanos also adjusted
their planetary teleportational defense such that it would now come on
line in half the time previously required, and he also added file
370VSHS-H0773, containing designs that would vastly improve the
propulsion systems of their star fleet. (Thanos
I#2) - When Zygo and his forces attempted to imprison Warlock, he easily
evaded and then subdued the soldiers -- the elite of their armed forces
-- despite their technologically increasing their mass so that they
were physically stronger than Warlock and their possession of blaster
weapons capable of subduing him. Warlock, the Grand Commissioner and the Recorder found the
guards dead, after which Thanos detailed all of the improvements he had
determined from a brief evaluation of their systems and then slew Zygo. Offering his gratitude, the Grand Commissioner noted that Rigel-18 desperately needed Thanos generosity and that his resolving this matter would more than make up for any injury Thanos had done to his people in the past. (Thanos I#2) - After the Grand Commissioner provided the coordinates, Thanos opened a teleportational window, though which he, Warlock, the Grand Commissioner and the unidentified Recorder passed, arriving on Rigel-18. --Thanos I#1 (2 |
images: (without ads)
Thanos
I#1, pg. 16-17, panel 1 (Rigellian ships attacking Thanos dreadnought, with New Rigel-3 in the background);
pg. 17, panel 2 (Royal Palace)
pg. 18, panel 1 (Rigellian cityscape and skyline);
#2, pg. 1 (Grand Commissioner within chambers within Royal Palace);
Secret Invasion:Inhumans#3, pg. 15, panel 2 (Gorgon, Karnak & Lockjaw on (New) Rigel 3);
pg. 16, panel 5 (Karnak infiltrating library/database);
panel 6 (Gorgon in lower room of stored Recorders);
pg. 18, panel 1 (library/exterior);
panel 2 (library/interior);
panel 3 (Gorgon in lower room of stored Recorders);
pg. 22, panel 4 (robots surrounding Gorgon);
#4, story pg. 2, panel 1 (Gorgon assaulted by robots);
panel 2 (Rigellian sentry with gun to Karnak's head);
panel 4 (Rigellian sentry face);
panel 6 (Rigellian sentry at Karnak's mercy);
pg. 3, panel 1-2 (Gorgon vs. Rigellian robots)
panel 3 (Gorgon grabbing Recorder 236A67);
panel 6 (Recorder; upper in profile);
pg.11, panel 1 (Recorder head linked to computers);
Appearances:
Thanos
I#1 (December, 2003) - Jim Starlin (writer/penciler), Al Milgrom
(inker), Marc Sumerak & Andy Schmidt (assistant editors), Tom
Brevoort (editor)
Thanos I#2 (January, 2004) - Jim Starlin (writer/penciler), Al Milgrom
(inker), Marc Sumerak & Andy Schmidt (assistant editors), Tom
Brevoort (editor)
Thanos I#3 (February, 2004) - Jim Starlin (writer/penciler), Al Milgrom
(inker), Marc Sumerak & Andy Schmidt (assistant editors), Tom
Brevoort (editor)
Secret Invasion:Inhumans#3 (December, 2008) - Joey Pokaski (writer),
Rom Raney (penciler), Scott Hanna (inker), Lauren Henry (assistant
editor), Bill Rosemann (editor)
Secret Invasion:Inhumans#4 (January, 2009) - Joey Pokaski (writer),
Rom Raney (penciler), Scott Hanna (inker), Lauren Henry (assistant
editor), Bill Rosemann (editor)
First posted: 06/14/2025
Last updated: 06/14/2025
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First Appearance: Thanos
I#1 (December, 2003)
(Thanos I#1) - As Sanctuary approached New Rigel-3, it
and Thanos were detected, and the Rigellians -- justly thinking Thanos
had returned to do them ill -- deployed their outer defenses; Thanos
considered that if truly wished to harm them, he could do without ever
coming into range of their sensors. 