THREKKER

Real Name: Threkker

Identity/Class: Extraterrestrial (Epsiloni)

Occupation: Mercenary

Group Membership: None; formerly Starblasters (Codabac, Fabrikant, Insidio, Kreeg, Nygorn, Skar, Skeletron, Trieste, Xlym, Zardok)

Affiliations: Vampires

Enemies: Kayla Ballantine, Binary (Carol Danvers), Black Bolt (Blackagar Boltagon), Captain America (Steve Rogers), Captain Marvel (Monica Rambeau), Combatron, Dracula (Vlad Tepes), Jim Hendricks, Hunters of the Captive, Ikaris, Klyntar (symbiotes), Magnoids, Moondancer, Nova (Richard Rider), Perun, Lee Price, Solar Wind, Stalker, Stranger, Uatu the Watcher, Venom (symbiote), Voyager, Winter Guard (Darkstar/Laynia Petrovna, Powersurge/Illarion Ramskov, Steel Guardian/Josef Petkus, Vanguard/Nikolai Krylenko)

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: Captive, Thing from the Black Hole Star (see comments)

Base of Operations: Mobile;
   formerly the Dark Seed, mobile in the known universe
   formerly his ship

First Appearance: (As Captive) Captain America Annual I#3 (1976); (as Threkker) Starblast#1 (January, 1994)

Powers/Abilities: Threkker, like all Epsiloni, can parasitcally drain life-energy from other beings, enabling him to grow in power.

Height: Unrevealed (5'10"; by approximation)
Weight: 150 lbs. (variable)
Eyes: Black (variable)
Hair: None

History:
(Venom V#33 (fb) - BTS) - The Epsiloni were natural enemies of the Klyntar, whom they fed on.

(Captain America Annual I#3 (fb) - BTS) - The being that would be known as the Captive was captured by some of this "neo-life" and confined to a "Black Hole Star." He remained trapped within the Black Hole until he eventually managed to escape its gravity, after a million years of trying. The Captive fled to Earth, pursued by some of the Hunters who had imprisoned him and destroyed and/or imprisoned his brethren in the past. The Captive landed his ship in the meadow of a farm owned by Jim Hendricks. Soon the Hunters began sending down other aliens in an effort to destroy the Captive before he could siphon life force and gain further power. Jim Hendricks contacted Captain America to investigate.

(Captain America Annual I#3) - Captain America arrived and helped Jim Hendricks fight off a number of beings sent to destroy the Captive. Eventually the Captive drained off Hendricks life force, killing him. The Captive allowed Cap to discover what it had done, and then began to demonstrate how powerful it was. It revealed its plans to breed mankind like cattle to feed it until there were none left. The Captive continued to grow stronger and larger from its absorption of life force, but Cap stunned it with its shield while in a growth phase. The Magnoids, sent by the Hunters, caught the stunned Captive, and bound it in metal strips. The Captive was then placed into a ship and sent into space via a "Lightyear Sling." The Captive soon entered the star Epsilon Four and laughed that even the energy of the star could not destroy it, and the star subsequently went nova, exploding with tremendous force.

(OHotMU 2006 A-Z#10 - BTS) - Threkker survived and was retrieved by the Stranger.

(Quasar#14, 16) - Threkker was seen among the prisoners of the Stranger's Laboratory World. Like many others, Threkker was influenced by the Overmind to break out of his cell and rise up against the Stranger and his allies. He was incapacitated by the hurricane force winds generated by Makkari.

(OHotMU 2006 A-Z#10 - BTS) - The Stranger gave Threkker into Skeletron's custody to become a member of the Starblasters.

(Starblast#1) - During the Starblasters mission on earth, Threkker was assigned with Codabac to journey to earth, and capture Kayla Ballantine, who at that time possessed the alien power source known as the Starbrand. Although the super-hero Nova attempted to stop them, they were able to capture Kayla with a Skullhugger and return her to their vessel, the Dark Seed.

(Starblast#2) - As the Starblasters brought Kayla to the Stranger for analysis, Threkker remained twitchy, believing that someone from Earth would pursue them.

(Quasar#55) - Restless, Skar and Codabac of the Starblasters wrestled with one another on the Stranger's world while Threkker and Zardok cheered them on. Threkker had bet upon Codabac. They were interrupted by Nygorn, who was unimpressed with their pastime, and took Zardok with him to explore the world.

   Later, a gathering of superhumans from Earth and members of the Shi'ar Imperial Guard arrived at the Stranger's world, and Threkker was sent with the other Starblasters to oppose them. Threkker leapt into battle against Vanguard, and quickly drained away his life energies, then confronted his opponents with his body.

(Stablast#3) - Vanguard's sister, Darkstar, plucked Vanguard away from Threkker, but it was too late-- he was dead. In anger, she assaulted Threkker, snapping his spine. Skar and Codabac checked his body later, and found he wasn't breathing.

(OHotMU 2006 A-Z#10 - BTS) - Threkker revived from his injuries, but was soon captured by forces of the Intergalactic Council alongside the other Starblasters.

(Maximum Security#1) - Threkker served with the Starblasters during their exile to Earth by the Intergalactic Council. They found themselves opposed by the Winter Guard.

SECRET WARS III HAPPENED

(Venom V#33 (fb)) - Dracula found the Captive in a Russian Gulag and put him in a cryogenic chamber. (Venom V#33) - During the unending night vampires serving Varnae dropped the cryogenic chamber with the Captive on a building in New York City from an old bomber as part of a plan to get rid of symbiotes on Earth. The cryogenic chamber released the Captive, who smelled death, rot and symbiotes in the air of the night. (Venom V#33 - BTS) - The Captive found the grave of Lee Price, a former host of the Venom symbiote, and reanimated his remains to lure the hostless Venom symbiote to the cemetery. (Venom V#33) - The Captive watched the remnants of Lee Price attack the Venom symbiote, who quickly knocked Price out. The Captive stepped out of the shadows to explain that he was the one that reanimated Price and that it wouldn't take much energy to just reanimate him again. He further explained that luring Klyntar with former hosts was always the way his species hunted Klyntar, which the Captive's race were the natural enemies of. (Venom V#34) - The Captive gloated about the ingenuity of his lure, which would soon bring more symbiotes to this place. He attacked the Venom symbiote and reveled in the fact that vampires released him to get rid of symbiotes because they saw them as competition, unaware that they are as much prey to him as the symbiotes. The remnants of Lee Price, due to their past connection to the Venom symbiote, had the will to turn on the Captive and hit him over the head with his grave's stone cross. The Captive mocked Lee's need for the symbiote, but the remnants of Lee then reunited with the Venom symbiote and this new being attacked the Captive. He didn't take it serious at first, but when he started feeding on this new, combined being a strange energy feedback began to drain the Captive. Venom then stuck his arm down the weakened Captive's gullet and sucked the remaining energy out of him, which left the Captive in an emaciated, death-like state.

Comments: Created by Created by Jack "King" Kirby.

A brief outline of the Captive vs. Threkker continuity issue, covered in-depth at the Epsiloni profile:

The Captive from Captain America Annual I#3 claimed to be the last of his kind, and perished in that same issue. In Quasar#14 and 16, an identical Epsiloni appeared-- possibly the Captive had not died. If there is only one Epsiloni still alive, then he is Threkker, and Threkker is still alive. If there is not, Threkker could very well have been killed by Darkstar, as it appeared, and the Starblasters later obtained another Epsiloni for their crew.
My vote: Threkker is the Captive--Snood.
Snood has spoken! OHotMU 2006 A-Z#10 reveals that Threkker and Captive are the same character.