GORKILL
of Reality-45828
Real Name: Gorkill Corpus
Identity/Class: Alternate Reality
(Reality-45828/"Razorline") extraterrestrial (Corpus)
Occupation: Mentor;
formerly warrior, leader of his own small troop
Group Membership: None;
formerly Corpii warrior elite
Affiliations: Jake Borham
(briefly a pawn), Mona Lisa McDonagh, Trip Munroe;
formerly Felon Bale, other Corpii warriors (Gimcher, Gormley, Gringonor,
others) (all Reality-45828)
Enemies: Bloodshed, police;
formerly Trip Munroe, Solon Rey, Godkin Straith (loose)
(all Reality-45828)
Known Relatives: None
Aliases: None
Base of Operations: Mobile across USA;
formerly the Neobys, Decamundi dimension (all
Reality-45828)
First Appearance: Razorline: The First Cut#1/1
(September, 1993)
Powers/Abilities: Once part of warlord demi-god Felon Bale's elite cross-dimensional attack corps, Gorkill is an expert in a unique form Corpii judo-style hand-to-hand combat with much experience.
He has gifted intelligence with technology and physics compared to humans, given his home planet the Neobys is technologically more advanced than Earth. He has a keen sense of philosophy regarding free will and was initially a devout follower of Felon Bale's murderous religious fundamentalism.
Very agile, Gorkill has superhuman strength (lifting up to 1 ton), being able to easily rip car metal and break brick to form hand-holds to climb buildings.
With enhanced dexterity, his dense yellow skin, while not bulletproof, is usually resistant to bladed weapons (unless mystically imbued). Gorkill has a keen sense of smell for tracking an individual human.
Like other Corpii, he has indigo blood.
Corpii warriors have a code not to kill civilians unless absolutely necessary.
Like other Corpii warriors, he
is outfitted with various armaments, like a shortsword and knife plus
an energy-projecting gun, with little additional armor, but includes a
medical pack.
Height: 5'7"
(by approximation)
Weight: 250 lbs. (by
approximation)
Eyes: Grey
Hair: Light blue/silvery white
History:
(Hokum & Hex#8 (fb) - BTS) - As an elite Corpii
warrior, Gorkill saw and endured much pain and injury on many
battlefields across the Decamundi dimension, aggressively spreading the
oppressive religion of his nefarious warlord and demi-god Felon Bale.
(Hokum & Hex#1 (fb) - BTS) - Felon Bale's
opposite, the demi-god Godkin
Straith sought to thwart his counterpart
from spreading his personal
religious crusade to Earth using his Corpii warriors. Godkin Straith
randomly empowered Trip Munroe, a heckled stand-up comedian and stage
magician, to be Earth's champion to stop the predicted Corpii invasion.
(Razorline: The First Cut#1/1) - From a balcony on
the planet called the Neobys, Gorkill secretly and illicitly watched
Felon Bale sacrifice fellow Corpus Mordant as a ritual before his
invasion of Earth to violently spread his nefarious "holy" message of
subjugation. But Gorkill ate fruit and he watched aghast as the peel
fell to the floor where Felon Bale walked, causing the demi-god to slip
and fall. Recognizing Gorkill, yet showing no anger, Felon Bale
assigned Gorkill to be leader of the first expeditionary force to Earth
to vanquish its champion. Gorkill recognized that war offered
opportunities.
(Hokum & Hex#1) - Gorkill
led the small
group
of
Corpii warriors sent to Earth to kill
Earth's champion, Trip Munroe, who was unaware he had been
granted the power to transmute objects. The Corpii attacked Munroe in
his apartment. Panicked, Munroe slew several by unwittingly using his
new powers; Gorkill fell through the window to the street far below.
(Hokum & Hex#2) - Recovering quickly after
landing on the street, Gorkill tore into an oncoming police car. Trying
to explain Bale's philosophy to the astonished policeman that the
unenlightened masses were to be subjugated and that killing Earth's
champion would mean he himself would be granted the "privilege" of
being ritually killed made Gorkill rethink his objectives. Confronted
by a mass of armed police, Gorkill fled into the subway train tunnels.
(Hokum & Hex#3) - Having successfully escaped,
Gorkill still hoped to kill Munroe and redeem himself, but recognized
he was stranded on Earth. He claimed an empty office (considered
cursed) in
the Chrysler Building as his personal base but was mistaken for an ugly
statue by a passing realtor.
(Hokum & Hex#4) - Gorkill observed Munroe's
apartment from nearby and considered strategies, including who to use
as bait to lure Munroe into a trap.
(Hokum & Hex#5) - Gorkill sat in Munroe's
apartment watching TV to acquaint himself better with Munroe's world.
He found Earth females as ugly as Corpii females. Unbeknown to
Gorkill, Felon Bale had empowered a human champion, dubbed Bloodshed,
to kill Munroe; Bloodshed's secondary mission was to either retrieve
Gorkill's dead body or kill him as a failure and deserter.
(Hokum & Hex#6) - Munroe returned to his
apartment, waking Gorkill, who angrily gave murderous chase. But the
brief fight included philosophical debate on free will that ultimately
ended the fray and a truce followed in which Gorkill sought to
understand what he was going to die for if he took Munroe's head to
Felon Bale. Decamundi fugitive Solon Rey revealed to Gorkill he was
hiding in Antoinette's body (ex-girlfriend of Munroe) and Gorkill
gloated. Frustrated, Munroe
took Gorkill to the hospital where his friend Mona Lisa, injured by a
Corpii
cyborg Analyzer, lay comatose. Gorkill used his battlefield medical
scanner and found the problem to demonstrate he had compassion; later
Munroe thanked him. But Gorkill remained unconvinced by Munroe's
arguments, having been raised and indoctrinated in Bale's religion.
Gorkill seemingly killed Solon Rey and was about to slay Munroe when
Bloodshed appeared, promising death.
(Hokum & Hex#7) - Bloodshed
throttled Gorkill as
Gorkill throttled Munroe until Bloodshed revealed he was going to kill
him. Changing loyalties, Gorkill released Munroe, who used his power to
fight Bloodshed.
Freed, Gorkill escaped, taking Munroe with him to his Chrysler Building
base where they recovered overnight. Returning to fight Bloodshed, they
found Solon Rey, who had been tortured to reveal Mona Lisa's location
as a way to lure and trap Munroe. Gorkill and Munroe rushed and
attacked Bloodshed, who proved to be too powerful. Gorkill tried to
stop
Munroe sacrificing himself to save the hospital as he was needed as
Earth's champion to stop Felon Bale's invasion. But instead Bloodshed
threw both Gorkill and Munroe at the last hospital generator,
electrocuting both and Munroe to the point of death.
(Hokum & Hex#8) - At that instant just before
death, Munroe's hypermind was transported into the neurosphere, where
he communicated with Gorkill's hypermind; Gorkill's gruff encouragement
helped Munroe recover and rethink strategy. Munroe thought Gorkill's
presence indicated a genetic link between Corpii and humans. Munroe
also realized if he could communicate with Gorkill's hypermind, then he
could do likewise with Bloodshed's.
(Hokum & Hex#9) - While Munroe fought Bloodshed
in the neurosphere, Gorkill, having recovered, attacked Bloodshed's
corporeal form in between trying to revive Munroe's body. Ultimately,
Munroe defeated Bloodshed, who imploded. Munroe awoke healed to see
Gorkill. Together, they walked off, agreeing that they were allies as
Felon Bale was coming after them both.
(Hyperkind Unleashed#1/2 (fb) - BTS) - The final
clash with Bloodshed caused Trip Munroe to lose his general
transmutational
powers, but he could still shape a metallic staff into any shape.
Concerned that Earth still needed a champion, Gorkill mentored him in
fighting techniques and started him on an intensive training schedule.
(Hyperkind Unleashed#1/2) - Months passed, and
Gorkill
continued Munroe's intense training regimen, including strenuous
physical exercise, diet and fierce sparring. Quietly impressed with his
progress, Gorkill organized the escape of brutal murderer Jake Borham
from prison to test Munroe in a deadly fight. Gorkill tossed Borham a
shotgun while Munroe only had his staff he could shapeshift. Gorkill
stood back as referee, and Munroe subdued Borham, refusing to kill him.
Taking Borham back to prison, Munroe told Gorkill he would kill Gorkill
instead if he placed him in such a situation again. Gorkill was caught
somewhere between mild surprise and pride.
Comments: Created by Clive Barker, Frank Lovece, Anthony Williams, Andy Lanning.
In Hyperkind Unleashed#1/2, Trip Munroe described Gorkill as a "grouchy, cynical, seen-it-all high-tech barbarian with an attitude as bad as his breath."
It seems "Corpus" is a general surname for all Corpii.
Gorkill's height is a little
difficult to determine
as he stoops a lot.
Mish-Mash found several buried Corpii bodies in Saint Sinner #2; these may be from the battle with Trip Munroe (although Munroe appeared to dispose of them in Decamundi space).
This profile was completed 6/08/2021, but its publication was delayed as it was intended for the Appendix 20th anniversary 's celebratory event.
Profile by Grendel Prime.
CLARIFICATIONS
:
Gorkill has no known connections to:
The human Jake Borham was a brutal
child murderer who
had used
his prison time to bulk his muscles up to incredible proportions.
Gorkill engineered his escape and set up a face-to-face fight with Trip
Munroe to test his worth as Earth's champion. Gorkill tossed Borham a
loaded twin-barreled shotgun while an almost depowered Munroe only had
a staff that he could change to any shape (only). Gorkill stood back
and acted as referee in a seeming death duel; however, Munroe subdued
Borham but refused to kill him, and Borham was returned to prison.
--Hyperkind Unleashed#1/2
Gimcher was a Corpii warrior still
on the Neobys
supportive of Gorkill and considered him a friend. He was among several
Corpii warriors who resisted assassin Bloodshed's decree to take enemy
Trip Munroe's teleportation tarot cards. However, Bloodshed angrily
incinerated the few who openly disagreed with him, including Gimcher.
Because Bloodshed was a Blood Reaper, any he killed with his powers
contributed to new worlds forming in the Decamundi dimension (which
included Neobys).
--Hokum & Hex#6
Gormley was an elite Corpii
warrior on the initial
mission led by Gorkill against Trip Munroe. A devout follower of
Felon Bale, he was astonished that Munroe resisted a quick death, but
was even more surprised that Munroe could fashion weapons that would
kill Corpii. Still disbelieving and thinking himself indestructible,
Gormley
took the sword blade in Munroe's hand and impaled himself. Still
thinking it
an impossibility, the alien fell and died. Munroe later disposed of the
body in Decamundi space.
--Hokum & Hex#1
Gringonor was another elite Corpii
warrior involved
in the initial attack led by Gorkill against Trip Munroe. As he
defended himself, Munroe tripped Gringonor as the warrior lunged and
then fell into a stage cabinet with spring-loaded swords that Munroe
unwittingly triggered to impale and kill Gringonor. With alien fugitive
Solon Rey's help, Munroe later disposed of the body in Decamundi space.
--Hokum & Hex#1
images:
(without ads)
Hokum & Hex#8, p2 (main image)
Hokum & Hex#6, p12, pan1 (headshot)
Hokum & Hex#2, p6, pan3 (tearing up car)
Hokum & Hex#7, p18, pan1 (leaping with gun)
Hokum & Hex#6, p4, pan2 (Gimcher)
Hokum & Hex#1, p7, pan4 (Gormley)
Hokum & Hex#1, p1, pan1 (Gringonor)
Appearances:
Razorline: The First Cut#1/1
(September, 1993) - Frank Lovece (writer), Anthony Williams (pencils),
Andy Lanning (inks), Marc McLaurin (editor)
Hokum & Hex#1 (September, 1993) - Frank Lovece (writer), Anthony
Williams (pencils), Andy Lanning (inks), Marc McLaurin (editor)
Hokum & Hex#2 (October, 1993) - Frank Lovece (writer), Anthony
Williams (pencils), Andy Lanning (inks), Marc McLaurin (editor)
Hokum & Hex#3 (November, 1993) - Frank Lovece (writer), Anthony
Williams (pencils), Andy Lanning (inks), Marc McLaurin (editor)
Hokum & Hex#4 (December, 1993) - Frank Lovece (writer), Anthony
Williams (pencils), Andy Lanning (inks), Marc McLaurin (editor)
Hokum & Hex#5 (January, 1994) - Frank Lovece (writer), Anthony
Williams (pencils), Andy Lanning (inks), Marc McLaurin (editor)
Hokum & Hex#6 (February, 1994) - Frank Lovece (writer), Anthony
Williams (pencils), Frank Turner (inks), Marc McLaurin (editor)
Hokum & Hex#7 (March, 1994) - Frank Lovece (writer), Anthony
Williams (pencils), Rick Bryant (inks), Marc McLaurin (editor)
Hokum & Hex#8 (April, 1994) - Frank Lovece (writer), Anthony
Williams (pencils), Andy Lanning (inks), Marc McLaurin (editor)
Hokum & Hex#9 (May, 1994) - Frank Lovece (writer), Anthony Williams
(pencils & inks), Marc McLaurin (editor)
Hyperkind Unleashed#1/2 (September 1994) - Frank Lovece (writer), Marc
McLaurin (editor) (text-only
story)
First posted: 09/04/2021
Last updated: 09/01/2021
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