RA-KAR
Real Name: Ra-Kar
Identity/Class: Extraterrestrial (Mars) (circa 1 billion years ago) (possible mutate -- see comments)
Occupation: Hunter
Group Membership: None
Affiliations: None
Enemies: Chak, Gullivar
Jones
Known Relatives: None
Aliases: None
Base of Operations: Polar region, Mars
First Appearance: Creatures on the Loose I#19/1 (September, 1972)
Powers/Abilities: Ra-Kar is a large and strong
Martian, but uses no weapons or speech (see comments). He has the
ability to stay invisible, but can be seen with the aid of the mystical
amulet of understanding.
Height: 10'
(by approximation)
Weight: Unrevealed
Eyes: Black
Hair: Black on head, red
covering body
History:
(Creatures on the Loose I#19/1) - Lost in the polar
region of Mars, Wing-Man Chak and his friend, the time-lost Earthman
Gullivar Jones, sought shelter in an ice cave, not realizing it was the
lair of the invisible Ra-Kar, which quietly saw them. Having healed
quickly from wounds, Jones passed his revitalizing mystical amulet to
Chak. The amulet let Chak see Ra-Kar and he slashed at the red creature
with a sword, but missed and was knocked down. Jones reclaimed the
amulet and sword, then attacked Ra-Kar, but with novice sword skills,
relied on brute force instead to stagger the creature. However, the
amulet impeded Jones' attack with visions of his lover in trouble.
Ra-Kar took the advantage and punched him down.
(Creatures on the Loose I#20/1) - Chak helped Jones
recover. Despite exhaustion, Jones coordinated a kicking attack with
Chak against Ra-Kar, and the red Martian was knocked over an edge and
fell far down a cliff face. Chak expected the creature to be dead.
Comments: Created by George Alec Effinger (writer), Wayne Boring & Gil Kane (pencils), Jim Mooney (inks).
It should be noted that Ra-Kar spoke only on the
cover of Creatures on the Loose I#19 and this is the only spot he's
named.
Ra-Kar looks a lot like a Martian Lizardman and Jones guessed he was an outcast, so maybe
he's
another mutation that's manifested naturally or by the genetic meddling
of the Technics
Guild. Interestingly, Ra-Kar only fought when he was attacked, so his true motives with Chak and Jones can only be guessed at.
Profile by Grendel Prime.
CLARIFICATIONS
:
Ra-Kar has no known connections to:
images:
(without ads)
Creatures on the Loose I#19, p9, pan3 (main image)
p10, pan1 (headshot)
Appearances:
Creatures on the Loose I#19/1 (September, 1972) - George Alec Effinger
(writer), Wayne Boring & Gil Kane (pencils), Jim Mooney (inks), Roy
Thomas (editor)
Creatures on the Loose I#20/1 (November, 1972) - George Alec Effinger
(writer), Gray Morrow (pencils/inks), Roy Thomas (editor)
First posted: 04/30/2018
Last updated: 04/30/2018
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