TECHNARX
Real Name: Technarx
Identity/Class: Techno-organic mutant
(Counter-Earth (Franklin) )
Occupation: Primal Node of the Westchester Nexus of
the Host
Group Membership: Doom's Generals (Divinity, Dorma,
Lancer/Samantha Dunbar, Shakti)
Affiliations:Ashema, Doctor Victor von Doom
Enemies: Apostate (Dreaming Celestial),
Fantastic Four (Human Torch/Johnny Storm, Invisible Woman/Susan
Richards-Storm, Mr. Fantastic/Reed Richards, Thing/Ben Grimm), Marvel
Girl (Valeria Richards), Weaponeers of Al Khalad
Known Relatives: Unnamed Host hive members
Aliases: None
Base of Operations: Unrevealed;
formerly
Wakanda (Counter-Earth (Franklin) );
formerly Baxter
Building, New York (Counter-Earth (Franklin) );
formerly Westchester,
New York (Counter-Earth (Franklin) )
First Appearance: Heroes Reborn: Doom I#1 (January,
2000)
Powers/Abilities: As a techno-organic lifeform,
Technarx is the ultimate expression of bio-mechanical sentience. His
form is wholly malleable and able to take any shape or manifest any tool
or (energy) weapon it can conceive of. Technarx can infect most organic
life with the technarch transmode virus. A mere touch is enough to
guarantee instantaneous infection, allowing Technarx to control his
victims within moments as they turn into techno-organic creatures.
Technarx can add them to his collective or consume their energies which
he calls 'lifeglow'. There is no known limit to the number of people
Technarx can control at one time.
Height: 6'8" (variable)
Weight: 400 lbs. (variable)
Eyes: None
Hair: None
History:
(Fantastic Four III#25 (fb) - BTS) - Technarx served as primal node of
the Westchester nexus of a nascent species of techno-organic mutants known
as The Host (see comments).
(Heroes Reborn: Doom#1 (fb) - BTS) - Stuck on the Franklin
Richards created Counter-Earth, Doctor Doom decided to make the best of
the situation and set out to rule the ravaged, war and disaster torn
planet. To do so, he assembled a team of rivals, ambitious and powerful
opponents who he offered a place in his coming new world order. Technarx
was one of the beings he approached. Eager for the opportunity to expand
the Host's sphere of influence outside of Westchester, Technarx accepted
the offer and took his place among Divinity, Shakti and Dorma as one of
Doom's Generals. Doom forged alliances with other nations such as
Wakanda.
(Heroes Reborn: Doom#1) - Technarx, along with his fellow Generals, Doom
and his bodyguard Lancer attacked the Weaponeers of Al-Khalad to stop
their invasion of Wakanda. Technarx methodically infected the self
styled Arabian Knights with the transmode virus, draining their lifeglow
as he went. Doom and the others stopped the Weaponeers, but not before
Wakanda's ruling family was killed. This led Doom to annex the country,
telling his Generals that the surviving Arabian Knights could join them
if they swore the usual oath of fealty. Technarx initially opposed the
idea, feeling Al-Khalad was cruel and could not be trusted. The argument
was interrupted by the attack of Wakanda's surviving crown prince who
lunged at Doom with a knife. Technarx noticed the boy but did nothing,
feeling Doom should be able to defend himself. Instead, Lancer acted and
took the teenager down. Impressed, Doom offered the boy his hospitality.
(Heroes Reborn: Doom#1 - BTS) - In the weeks that followed, Doom started
work on his plan to save the troubled Counter-Earth. He came up with a
way to transport the entire world from its pocket dimension to Earth-616
using a combination of Technarx's transmode technology and Shakti's
magics. Doom and the Generals traveled across the world to place massive
spires needed to carry out the plan.
(Heroes Reborn: Doom#1) - Technarx
attended a secret meeting of the generals called by Dorma (actually the
Dreaming Celestial) in Shakti's enclave in San Francisco. The Generals
discussed their leader Doom, with 'Dorma' feeling that since they were
all monarchs in their own right, Doom shouldn't be allowed to rule over
them. Dorma proposed to put Doom in his proper place and then split the
world up to rule between the four of them. Though Technarx and Divinity
were hesitant to take Doom head on, it was decided to first take on his
strong and capable bodyguard Lancer. She managed to stave off Shakti's
mind control magic, which left her open for Technarx's attack. He
infected her with the transmode virus but much to his amazement she
proved immune to its effects. Before she could retaliate, Divinity
intervened and ended the fight.
(Heroes Reborn: Doom#1 - BTS) - While Technarx, Shakti and Divinity were
keeping Lancer occupied, the Dreaming Celestial tried to lure Doom in a
trap. However, Victor von Doom wasn't fooled by the entity and saw
through the Dorma disguise. Playing along, Doom had the Celestial Ashema
don a makeshift copy of his armor and sent her out to meet with "Dorma".
In the end, the energy generated by the two Celestials fighting powered
Doom's dimensional pylons. Properly powered, the pylons created a
sidereal transmat field that shifted Counter-Earth from its pocket
dimension to Earth-616.
(Fantastic Four III#25) - Doom and his Generals boarded a
giant, Doom designed spaceship to fly from Counter-Earth to Earth.
Appearing over New York City, they soon found themselves in conflict
with the Fantastic Four and the alternate reality future version of
Valeria Richards called Marvel Girl. When the FF refused to leave the
ship upon Doom's orders, the Generals attacked. Technarx tried to breach
the Invisible Woman's forcefields, but was ultimately taken out by Thing
who threw Dorma on top of him. Furious she might get infected with the
transmode virus, the warrior queen attacked Technarx. The fight between
the two teams was interrupted when the Dreaming Celestial resumed its
attack on Doom and the ship. Briefly teaming up, the FF, Doom and his
Generals headed to the Keewazi reservation where the underground vault
was located that the Celestial had been trapped in since the Fourth
Host. As they made their way inside, the Celestial defenses quickly took
out Technarx and the other heroes and villains until only Doom and Mr.
Fantastic were left. They freed Ashema who made sure the Dreaming
Celestial met its fate. In the aftermath, only Doom seemed to have
survived.
(Fantastic Four III#26)
- Unaware the Dreaming Celestial had actually locked Reed Richards
inside Doom's armor, Technarx and the other Generals rallied around
their leader. To prevent immediate conflict, "Doom" had everyone
transported to his ship. While Lancer was aware of the deception,
Technarx and his allies retreated to a training area where they fought
and destroyed robotic replicas of the Fantastic Four in preparation for
killing the actual heroes. Dorma grew furious with Technarx who analyzed
the fight and concluded that the Atlantean queen had become obsessed
with Sue Richards, which invalidated the operational parameters and the
outcome of the simulation. Fed up, Dorma spit back that they should have
killed the FF already. Renewing their alliance, the Generals went forth
to confront the Fantastic Four. They were shocked to find "Doom"
consorting with their enemies (who by now knew it was Reed inside the
armor). Forced to prove his superiority over his Generals, "Doom" took
them all on single-handedly. Fearing Technarx's abilities, he managed to
dispatch him by hitting him with an energy based quarterstaff that
drained its power. After the battle, Dorma and Shakti forced "Doom" to
prove his proposed alliance with the FF was really necessary by taking
Susan Richards as his bride. Much to the Generals' surprise, Sue
accepted the proposal to become the Baroness von Doom.
(Fantastic Four III#27) - Technarx and the other Generals attended the
televised wedding of "Doctor Doom" and the Invisible Woman on Doom's
flagship hovering over New York harbor. At the conclusion of the wedding
ceremony, "Doom" announced to the world he was joining the Fantastic
Four.
(Fantastic Four III#28) - Days after the wedding, tensions
were beginning to mount between Earth's forces and Doom's Generals. Both
sides were quietly running simulations to see who would win, with Doom's
forces consistently coming out on top. Emboldened by this prospect,
Shakti, Dorma, Technarx and Divinity gathered their forces in Doom's ship
to prepare for a first strike against Earth. "Doom" and Lancer learned
Dorma had ordered her men to fire the ship's main guns to start off the
bloody conflict. Lancer nearly sacrificed herself to stop the attack,
while "Doom" managed to deflect the cannons' energies into space. Before
the Generals were aware of this, the Fantastic Four engaged them to keep
them occupied. Though Shakti sensed the fight was a deception, she did not
inform Technarx, Divinity and Dorma who were soon defeated by the FF. In
the aftermath, "Doom" handed his four Generals over to the Avengers who
had arrived in response to the botched attack. "Doom" remained with the
Fantastic Four while ordering Lancer to covertly return to Counter-Earth
to find the real Victor von Doom.
(Fantastic Four Annual 2000 (fb) -
BTS) - Doom's Generals were freed from custody by unknown forces, though
they believed Dr. Doom had arranged their release so they would end up
attacking and destroying the Fantastic Four.
(Fantastic Four Annual 2000) - After learning that the "Doom" they had
been dealing with was actually Reed Richards trapped in Victor von Doom's
armor, the Generals planned to take their revenge. Technarx lay in wait
outside the team's Pier 4 headquarters. He shot down the FF's approaching
pogoplane, making his presence known and rattling the heroes before
vanishing. Hours after that initial attack, Shakti, using her magic to
appear as a water elemental, made contact with the heroes followed by Lady
Dorma who proposed an alliance. The FF was offered to return with them to
Planet Doom (the new name for Counter-Earth) to help get their revenge on
Doom. When the Fantastic Four flat out refused, they attacked but soon had
to retreat when the teams proved too evenly matched. Some time later,
Technarx proposed a plan to attack 'local bioforms' to draw out the FF.
The Generals targeted a nearby construction site which indeed lured the
Fantastic Four from Pier 4. Technarx forced the Human Torch to dive into
the water to rescue a baby, which left him vulnerable to a sonic pulse
that knocked Johnny Storm out. Using Johnny as a hostage, the Generals
forced Reed Richards to help them come up with a way to return to Planet
Doom. Reed seemingly complied, whipping up a transport device that he
promised would send them to Doom. Shakti entered first, followed by
Technarx who was eager to return to his world and defend the interests of
the Host. But after Divinity went through, Dorma refused and fled. The
Atlantean queen's instincts were on the money, Mr. Fantastic had lured
Shakti, Technarx and Divinity into new, portable containment units that he
forwarded to Doom.
(Exiles I#81 (fb) - BTS) - On their hunt for the dimension hopping
Proteus, the Exiles visited Counter-Earth and encountered the Young
Allies. They filled the visiting heroes in on the many tragedies that had
befallen their world, including the brief reign of Doom, Technarx and the
other Generals.
Comments: Created by Chris Claremont, Mike McKone
& Mark McKenna.
There were no mutants on Franklin Richards' Counter Earth, so just how
much of a 'mutant' Technarx is supposed to be is never made clear. He
doesn't seem to have any different powers and abilities than any other
'non-mutant' techno-organic creature.
Technarx's origins were never really fleshed out and might
not matter too much since basically he's little more than a figment of
Franklin Richards' overactive imagination. There's also blessedly little
difference between Technarx and his teammate Divinity. Both dominate
those around them by infecting them with parts of themselves, in
Technarx' case the transmode virus.
This profile was completed 8/09/2021, but its publication was delayed as it was intended for the Appendix 20th anniversary 's celebratory event.
Profile by Norvo.
CLARIFICATIONS:
Technarx should not be confused with:
images: (without ads)
Heroes Reborn Doom I#1 p3, pan3 (main image)
Heroes Reborn Doom I#1 p6, pan8 (makes an observation)
Heroes Reborn Doom I#1 p32, pans 2&3 (spit a mouthful of chipflakes)
Fantastic Four III#25, p14, pan1 (manifests handcannon)
Fantastic Four Annual 2000, p18, pan5 (suggests attacking local
bioforms)
Appearances:
Heroes Reborn: Doom#1 (January, 2000) - Chris Claremont (writer), Mike
McKone (pencils), Mark McKenna (inks), Tom Brevoort (editor)
Fantastic Four III#25 (January, 2000) - Chris Claremont (writer),
Salvador Larroca (pencils), Art Thibert & Mark Pennington (inks),
Bobbie Chase (editor)
Fantastic Four III#26 (February, 2000) - Chris Claremont (writer),
Salvador Larroca (pencils), Art Thibert (inks), Bobbie Chase (editor)
Fantastic Four III#27 (March, 2000) - Chris Claremont (writer), Salvador
Larroca (pencils), Art Thibert (inks), Bobbie Chase (editor)
Fantastic Four III#28 (April, 2000) - Chris Claremont (writer), Salvador
Larroca (pencils), Art Thibert (inks), Bobbie Chase (editor)
Fantastic Four Annual 2000 (August, 2000) - Louise Simonson (writer),
Salvador Larroca (pencils), Mark Pennington (inks), Bobbie Chase
(editor)
Exiles I#81 (July, 2006) - Tony Bedard (writer), J. Calafiore (pencils),
Mark McKenna (inks), Sean Ryan, Mike Marts, Nick Lowe (editors)
First Posted: 09/29/2021
Last updated: 09/27/2021
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