RECORDER(designation unrevealed)
RECORDER
(designation unrevealed)
Real Name: Recorder (numerical designation unrevealed)
Identity/Class: Extraterrestrial (Rigellian) android (Recorder)
Group Membership: Recorders of Rigel/Rigellian Intergalactic Survey
Affiliations: Rigellians;
he was useful to Titus and the Chitauri, although presumably not an ally to them
Enemies: Black Novas (Jesse Alexander, Mister Z'zz, the Phlish and Titus), a group of Chitauri;
Known Relatives: None
Aliases: None
Base of Operations: Unrevealed;
constructed on an unspecified Rigellian world
First Appearance: Nova V#1 (April, 2013)
Powers/Abilities:
(Per Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe I#9) - Recorders are humanoid-shaped androids constructed from some extraterrestrial
ferrous alloy and designed for information-gathering and analysis.
Recorders' information-gathering instrumentation is located in their head
components, and is analogous to eye and ear placement on humanoid beings. The
eyes of the Recorder takes in data across the whole electromagnetic spectrum (radio
to gamma rays), not simply the visual portion of the spectrum. Their auditory
units are vastly superhuman; they can register sounds from .3 to 150 deciBel (see
comments). Recorders also possesses pico-processors, the olfactory register
of which covers almost 90 mega-cubits of data space.
The sampling rate for average events is every .01 seconds; for relatively more
interesting events it is .001 seconds.
Recorders'
computer fluid resolution data/pico-processing system fill the entire chest
cavity and have massive data storage capacity (see comments).
Recorder units are equipped with vocoders permitting them to communicate verbally, and are able to understand and speak over 11,000 languages spoken throughout the Milky Way Galaxy (covering at least 96,000 cultures) and others explored by the Rigellians.
Height: Unrevealed (presumably 6' is standard for Recorders)
History:
(Nova V#1 (fb) - BTS) <15 years before the main story> - As part of covert operation group of Black Novas / Supernovas -- including Jesse Alexander, Mister Z'zz, the Phlish and Titus -- stole a Recorder from the Rigellian Empire in the Milky Way Galaxy.
(Nova
V#1 (fb) / Nova
V#4 (fb) - BTS)
- Believing that it was Rigellians pursuing and firing upon them, the
Novas discussed how much the Rigellians wanted whatever the Recorder
had recorded.
(Nova V#4 (fb)) - After Alexander had abandoned his fellow Novas to return to his family, they discovered that they were actually being pursued by the Chitauri, who slaughtered wounded Titus, and slaughtered the other Novas. Titus bargained for his life, informing the Chitauri that he had a Rigellian Recorder, which was worth far more than his ship. He further told them that it was held within a coffin that would detonate if anyone else but him opened it, destroying the ship and everyone on board. He suggested that with his help they could learn the secrets it held.
(Nova V#4 (fb) - BTS) - It took Titus and the Chitauri years to decipher the encrypted Recorder files and years more to assemble the prize: An Ultimate Nullifier.
Comments: Created by Jeph Loeb and Ed McGuiness.
As far as I know, this Recorder has not appeared again.
The chronology
of the Sam's father seems off, as 15-years-ago in Marvel Time was the
timing of the Fantastic Four's space flight, and Rich Rider didn't
become the first human Nova for like 2-3 years Marvel Time after that.
Plus, Gamora and Rocket would not have been
affiliated back then...I don't think they had eve met until
post-Annihilation.
Why not give the Recorder a numeric designation during its
origin sequence?
The units and descriptions for superhuman hearing ranges noted in Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe for beings such as Daredevil, the Recorders, etc. has been called into question. This is not an area of medicine in which I was trained, and so I honestly have no idea how to resolve it.
When the original handbooks came out, they were reported as being able to store 40 terabytes of data, which was an insane amount of data capacity back in 1982. I don't know what it is now, but I am certain it is orders of magnitude greater than 40 terabytes.Profile by Snood.
CLARIFICATIONS:
This Recorder should be distinguished from:
First posted: 07/31/2026
Last updated: 07/31/2026
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