HORUSIANS
HORUSIANS
Classification: Humanoid extraterrestrial race
Location/Base of Operations: Planet of Origin: Horus IV,
Horus star system, Milky Way Galaxy;
possibly mobile through the Universe
Known Members: Duamutef, Imset, Neferthamen, Qebehsenuf;
Estimated population: 1.3 billion
Type of Government: Monarchies
Affiliations: Colossus, Death Sponsors (Cancellator, Deadair, Gringrave, Lead-In, Sweepzweak, Timeslot), Grandmaster (En Dwi Gast), Sphinx
Enemies: Tina Cooke of Earth-1218 (see comments), Crimzor and Goldon of the Scorpius Citadel, Hulk (Bruce Banner), Pug-Smasher (Karl Snortenthau) of Earth-8311, Shatterstar (Gaveedra Seven), The End Woman of Earth-18140
First Appearance: Incredible Hulk II#145 (November, 1971)
Powers/Abilities: They are humanoid with yellow or brown skin, and height and shape similar to the humans, with two eyes, and 5 fingers per hand (with opposable thumb). Their strength is comparable to human. Their life is apparently very long, probably millennia.
Level of Technology: Their advanced technology let them to simulate psionic powers like telepathy, teleportation, and telekinesis. They used a somna-ray to stun their opponents. They have advanced interstellar starships and their bio-engineering expertise allow them to create very powerful warriors such Sphinx and Colossus. They used a Cerebro-Destruct Mechanism helmet to monitor combat, and it allowed them to nullify the energies animating their warriors if necessary.
Height: 7' (average)
Weight: 265 lbs. (average)
Eyes: Two (color varies)
Skin: Brown or yellow
Traits: They idealize the warrior ethic and have love of alien anthropology. They disguise themselves as native gods of whatever planet they visit in order to inspire awe in those they encounter. Disputes with neighboring worlds are settled by combat of champions
History:
(Incredible Hulk II#145 (fb)) - The Horusians come from Horus IV. They
abolished war and resolved all further disputes by great combats of champions.
(Incredible Hulk II#145 (fb)) - Centuries ago, the Horusians chose the Earth as an arena for their disputes. When the men worshipped the Heliopolitans (Egyptian Gods), the Horusians' silver starship landed on the Earth and they planted the seeds of Colossus and Sphinx. Then they left.
(Incredible Hulk II#145 - BTS) - Centuries after, the Horusians came back on the Earth to attend to a very great combat.
(Incredible Hulk II#145) - Before the fight, they needed to learn some information about that insignificant third planet of that star system, so, four of them descended on the Earth near the place where they planted the seeds of the champions. Disguised as Heliopolitan Gods, they infiltrated a troupe set and kidnapped a human, Bruce Banner. Qebehsenuf sent Banner to sleep with a Somna-Ray then teleported him onto their starship.
Using their advanced machines they could see Banner's memories, but decided to
proceed with the fight, although it could have destroyed half of the Earth.
When Qebehsenuf donned the Cerebro-Destruct Mechanism helmet to monitor the
combat (and the others headed to the judgment room), Banner stole Qebehsenuf's Somna-Ray
and used it to incapacitate the alien. After seeing Colossus rise from the
sands, Banner succeeded in using the Cerebro-Destruct Mechanism to
nullify the Sphinx' life
force, though the stress caused him to transform into Hulk. For the Horusians, the fight was
ruined. Fearing that the Hulk might destroy the ship, Duamutef
teleported him on the Earth. They left, in search for another arena, abandoning
Colossus.
SECRET WARS III HAPPENED
(Shatterstar#2 (fb)) - Planetwide economic and environmental collapse eliminated empires and interstellar travel on Horus IV, but the Horusians still desired worship and conflict but had grown bored with mere gladiatorial games. They wanted their entertainment to mean something and have human stakes. The Horusians' desire for entertainment brought the Grandmaster to Horus IV, who was able to provide them with what they sought.
(Shatterstar#1) - In an amphitheatre on Horus IV a crowd of Horusians cheered for Grandmaster after the first episode of his Shatterstar series finished with Shatterstar picking up his swords to follow those that had kidnapped his tenants Tina Cooke, Pug-Smasher, Goldon, Crimzor and The End Woman -- Mojoverse's Death Sponsors.
(Shatterstar#2) - A crowd of Horusians scrolled through their mobile devices to find something more interesting to buy or watch than the intermission show of two gladiators fighting each other. They were thrilled to hear Grandmaster's introduction for the second episode of Shatterstar's adventure. They watched Shatterstar ally with Rictor and fail to stop the Death Sponsors from taking Shatterstar's tenants to Horus IV through a portal provided by the Brood-infected Dockmaster (Dean Drukman). Shatterstar followed the Death Sponsors through the portal to Horus IV where he learned that his tenants were going to die in the gladiatorial ring unless he could stop it. The Horusians cheered.
(Shatterstar#3) - On Horus IV the Death Sponsors took Shatterstar's tenants to the amphitheatre on the mount. Meanwhile Shatterstar's search for the Death Sponsors in the red light district was cheered on by the Horusians crowd at the amphitheatre. Shatterstar found many Horusians interested in him and they were happy to help him find the meat he was looking for. Shatterstar stopped Deadair form selling Pug-Smasher (Karl Snortenthau) to a Horusian meat merchant. The fight between Shatterstar and Deadair was part of the third episode of Shatterstar's adventures shown to a crowd of Horusians by the Grandmaster, who around the same time provided the powerless human tenant Tina Cooke with powers and equipment to battle the current champion Xeus in the amphitheatre. She died in battle against Zeus in the amphitheatre for the pleasure of the Horusian crowd. Shatterstar and the other tenants mourned Tina's passing.
(Shatterstar#4) - Episode 4 of Shatterstar's adventure started with the arrival of Shatterstar and Pug-Smasher at the amphitheatre under cheers of the Horusian crowd. Shatterstar asked Xeus to take Pug-Smasher to safety while Shatterstar addressed the crowd. He tried telling them that he was a landlord and not a gladiator anymore, but the Death Sponsors were sent in by the Grandmaster to provide more entertainment for the crowd. To the delight of the Horusians Shatterstar took down Cancellator, Lead-In and Sweepzweak with ease. Gringrave then entered the arena under cheers to become Shatterstar's final challenger. She defeated him and admitted that she loved him. They embraced, but Shatterstar turned on Gringrave for all her crimes and plunged himself on a sword while holding on to her. Gringrave was impaled and killed by the sword while Shatterstar survived because he made sure no major internal organs were hit. The Horusian crowd was shocked, but then began to cheer for Shatterstar and the spectacle he provided for him. Grandmaster then entered the arena to disassemble his atoms with a mere hand gesture...
(Shatterstar#5) - ...and let Shatterstar experience an alternate present, which Grandmaster shared with the Horusian audience. Shatterstar was unable to kill Grandmaster, who then pitted Shatterstar against simulacra of his past selves in front of the cheering crowd. Shatterstar's allies Crimzor, Goldon, Pug-Smasher and The End Woman joined the fight after tricking Xeus to open their cell. Grandmaster waved his hand to get rid of them, which led to a devastated Shatterstar swearing allegiance to Grandmaster and stay to fight in the arena. The Horusians cheered and Grandmaster showed mercy and brought back Shatterstar's tenants and returned them back to Earth. Grandmaster tried to end the episode, but Shatterstar opened a portal to Tina Cooke's homeworld to escape Horus IV and seemingly kill Grandmaster there before returning to his reality.
Comments: Created by Len Wein, Herb Trimpe and John Severin.
Qebehsenuf was the falcon-looking one and Imset the most human. I think Duamutef was the horse (or camel)-faced one, which would make Neferthamen the jackal-looking one. They were all wearing masks, anyway.
The necropolis of Ghizeh belongs to the Ancient Reign (2735-2195 B.C.) so the Horusians arrived on the Earth presumably before this time.
Earth-1218 is supposed to be the real world that the readers live in. Writers love to use characters from Earth-1218, but since we don't have any super-powers or interdimensional protals, etc., as soon as some interaction with an alternate reality or super-powered characters occurs, it becomes just another previously "normal" reality that has since diverged.
So, despite the fact that it is repeatedly called Earth-1218, I contend that it is a reality diverged from -1218; I may address this in the future, but since it is called -1218 repeatedly in the story, I'm not going to provide another reality designation at this point.
--Snood
The Horusians have a profile in World War Hulk: The Gamma Files.
Profile by Spidermay. Update by Markus Raymond (Shatterstar).
Clarifications:
The Horusians has a connection but are different from:
and are not connected to:
The Cerebro-Destroyer Helmet has no connections to:
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The Cerebro-Destruct-Mechanism helmet was used to control Colossus and the Sphinx. Qebehsenuf was shot by Bruce Banner while putting on the helmet. Banner then used it to nullify the life-force of the awakened Sphinx, but he turned into the Hulk under the strain before he could do the same with the Colossus. --Incredible Hulk II#145 |
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A Horusian starship landed millennia ago on Earth. Millennia later the Horusians returned in a spaceship to activate the matured seeds. They picked up Bruce Banner, who had discovered them by accident. They teleported Banner off the ship after he turned into the Hulk and left Earth's orbit. --Incredible Hulk II#145 |
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Images:
Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition#15, p44, pan1 (Horusians, main)
Incredible Hulk II#145, p23, pan1 (Imset, Neferthamen, Duamutef, Qebehsenuf)
Incredible Hulk II#145, p22, pan7 (Gladiators)
Shatterstar#2, p4, pan1 (bored Horusians)
Shatterstar#2, p4, pan3 (excited Horusians)
Shatterstar#2, p21, pan4 (more excited Horusians)
Incredible Hulk II#145, p23, pan3 (Cerebro-Destruct-Mechanism helmet)
Incredible Hulk II#145, p1, pan6 (Horusian Starship)
Incredible Hulk II#145, p2, pan1 (Horusian Starship landing on Earth)
Appearances:
Incredible Hulk II#145 (November, 1971) - Roy Thomas & Len Wein (writers), Herb Trimpe (pencils), John Severin (inks), Stan Lee (editor)
Shatterstar#1-2 (December, 2018 - January, 2019) - Tim Seeley (writer), Carlos Villa (pencils), Juan Vlasco (inks), Jordan D. White (editor)
Shatterstar#3-5 (February-April, 2019) - Tim Seeley (writer), Carlos Villa (pencils/inks), Juan Vlasco (inks), Jordan D. White (editor)
First Posted: 04/23/2005
Last updated: 05/17/2026
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