AVIUSAVIUS
Real Name: Avius (presumably)
Identity/Class: Sub-species of humanity (Inhuman) mutate
Occupation: Guardsman
Group Membership: None
Affiliations: Black Bolt (Blackagar Boltagon), Flaidermaus, Gorgon, Iridia, Karnak, Leonus, Medusa (Medusalith Amaquelin), Pinyon, Triton
Enemies: Blastaar, Kree Kaptroids,
Maximus
Known Relatives: None
Aliases: None
Base of Operations: Attilan
First Appearance: Fantastic Four I#129
(December, 1972)
Powers/Abilities: Though it is
unrevealed if Avius has undergone
Terrigenesis, his body is covered in green feathers (excepting the
feathers of his
wings, which are white). Capable of flight, Avius generally carries
laser guns in
battle.
He has the resources of the full Inhuman military behind him. The extent of his powers may be unrevealed.
Height: Unrevealed
Weight: Unrevealed
Eyes: Unrevealed
Hair: Green and white feathers
History: (Fantastic
Four I#129) – When the Human Torch approached
Attilan, a group of winged soldiers were sent to intercept him,
including
Avius, Flaidermaus and Pinyon. They broke the Torch's ship apart with
vibrations then fired lasers at him. Torch hit Avius' gun with a
fireball
then Pinyon doused his flame with another blast. Flaidermaus grabbed
the Torch
and delivered him to Black Bolt.
(Inhumans I#1 (fb) - BTS) - Avius may have worked with Maximus before,
as he associated with some Inhumans including Leonus, who had worked
for Maximus.
(Inhumans I#1) – When Blastaar approached Attilan,
Avius
flew up to question the intruder and Blastaar knocked Avius out of the
air.
Leonus picked Avius up on a hovercraft. They rushed into the Throne
Room to
give warning, finding Medusa, Karnak and Gorgon there. They warned them
about
Blastaar but Gorgon wondered if the two were still serving Maximus.
Just then,
Blastaar savagely attacked.
(Inhumans I#2) – Blastaar defeated Gorgon, Karnak
and
Medusa then attacked Leonus and Avius anew. Later, they were among the
crowd
that saw the fall of the Kree Kaptroids then they saw Iridia emerge
from an
Inhuman cocoon, beautiful and with butterfly wings.
(Inhumans I#5 (fb) – BTS) – When Maximus the Mad
teamed with
the Kree to enslave Attilan, several Inhumans escaped into the
Himalayas,
taking shelter outside the city. Avius spied on the city.
(Inhumans I#5) – Avius returned to the rebels, led
by
Iridia, and reported to them, Triton and Karnak that Maximus was
preparing the
ark to take the captured Inhumans back to the Kree. Maximus' plans were
later
thwarted.
(Uncanny Avengers III#6) – Avius flew over New
Attilan as it
settled in the New York City area.
Comments: Created by Roy Thomas, John Buscema
and Joe Sinnott.
The Inhumans have a lot of winged members, many of
them
forming their own society on Sky-Island.
In Fantastic Four Unlimited I#2, there is a
character named Pinius
who looks remarkably like Avius, though the coloring is different. It
is possible that this is Avius or at the
very least, a close relative of his, but nothing has been confirmed.
It is possible that the winged man in Uncanny
Avengers III#6
was Pinius and not Avius.
One argument about it not being Avius
is the fact that his skin appears to be red with a yellow beak in
Uncanny Avengers III#6, where Avius' skin is green & he has a green
beak. Then again, it could just be artistic error in Uncanny Avengers
III#6. --Proto-Man
Profile by Chadman.
CLARIFICATIONS:
Avius should not be confused with:
images: (without ads)
Inhumans I#1, p12, pan2 (main)
Inhumans I#1, p12, pan8 (face)
Uncanny Avengers III#6, p8, pan2 (in red and yellow)
Appearances:
Fantastic Four I#129 (December, 1972) – Roy Thomas
(writer/editor), John Buscema (penciler), Joe Sinnott (inker)
Inhumans I#1 (October, 1975) – Doug Moench (writer), George
Perez (penciler), Frank Chiramonte (inker), Len Wein (editor)
Inhumans I#2 (December, 1975) – Doug Moench (writer), George
Perez (penciler), Fed Kida (inker), Marv Wolfman (editor)
Inhumans I#5 (June, 1976) – Doug Moench (writer), Gil Kane
(penciler), Vince Colletta (inker), Marv Wolfman (editor)
Uncanny Avengers III#6 (May, 2016) – Gerry Duggan (writer),
Carlos Pacheco (penciler), Dave Meikis, Scott Hanna, Mariano Tabo
(inkers), Tom
Brevoort (editor)
First Posted: 03/22/2020
Last updated: 03/22/2020
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