MAARIN race
Classification: Humanoid extraterrestrial
race
Location/Base
of Operations: Planet Maarin
(later Mekka), Milky
Way Galaxy
Known
Members: None identified
Affiliations: Mekkans (Torgo,
others)
Enemies:
None
First
Appearance: (planet Maarin
mentioned): Fantastic Four I#91 (October, 1969); (Maarin
race, fully seen): Fantastic Four I#174 (September, 1976)
Powers/Abilities: The Maarin did
not appear to possess any superhuman powers compared to normal Earth
humans, but their technology had progressed
to the point where mechanized servants did most of their work.
Traits:
The
Maarin resembled the
humans of Earth, albeit slightly
taller than the average Earth human.
Type:
Bilaterally
symmetrical humanoid bipeds
Eyes: Two
Fingers: Presumably five (at least four confirmed - see
comments)
Toes: Presumably five
Skin Color: Caucasian
Average Height: 6' 5"
(by
approximation)
History:
(Fantastic
Four I#174 (fb)) - The humanoid inhabitants of the planet Maarin progressed to the point
where they created
mechanical servants they called Mekkas.
The first Mekka ever
created was named Torgo
and all later Mekkas
were made smaller in stature and
power. After Mekkas
proved to be extremely efficient in
the everyday life of the Maarins,
the Maarin began
transforming their home planet into a
semi-mechanical form, a process they called "mekkanization."
(Fantastic
Four I#174 (fb) - BTS) - As part of the mekkanization
of their planet, the Maarin
created the Tower of Life, an immense tower that
powered all of their mechanical creations. They also instilled in their
creations a strict primal directive against killing.
(Fantastic
Four I#174 (fb)) -
Upon creating artificial plants and allowing their natural plants to
die off,
the Maarin found that
the artificial plants proved
especially susceptible to a certain space-virus that had drifted onto
the
planet. When the artificial plants oxidized the space virus, the
resulting
oxidized virus killed every single humanoid Maarin
on
the planet. Torgo sadly
buried all of the Maarin
as they perished.
(Fantastic
Four I#91 - BTS) -
Centuries after, Torgo
was placed into a fighting
arena by the Skrulls of
Kral
under threat of the destruction of his home planet Maarin.
Comments: Created by Roy
Thomas, John Buscema
and Joe Sinnott.
I
chose to list Roy Thomas, John Buscema
and Joe Sinnott as the
creators of the Maarin
race, as they were the
creative team responsible for first showing the Maarin
race in Fantastic Four I#174. The planet Maarin
was
first mentioned in Fantastic Four I#91 but none of the Maarin
people were seen. The creative team in that issue was Stan Lee, Jack
Kirby and
Joe Sinnott.
The Maarin
appeared almost identical to the human beings of Earth, albeit possibly
a bit
taller on average, and presumably had five fingers and toes. The Maarin were only shown in a
flashback and were usually
shadowed, as their flashback story was a sad one. Therefore, because of
the
shadows in the images, it was difficult to 100% confirm that they had
five
fingers and toes. One of the Maarin
clearly had at
least four fingers and his fifth finger was probably just covered by
the angle
of the art.
Profile
by Proto-Man.
CLARIFICATIONS:
The Maarin have no
known connections to
- any other "Maarin"
characters or races
images: (without ads)
Fantastic Four I#174, p4, pan5 (The Maarin
creating Torgo, main
image)
Fantastic Four I#174, p5, pan2 (The Maarin
creating
the artificial plants)
Appearances:
Fantastic Four I#91 (October, 1969) - Stan Lee (writer, editor), Jack
Kirby
(pencils), Joe Sinnott
(inks)
Fantastic Four I#174 (September, 1976) - Roy Thomas (writer, editor),
John Buscema (pencils),
Joe Sinnott
(inks)
Last
updated:
11/22/13
Any
Additions/Corrections?
please let me know.
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