Eaglus (New Men; member of peaceful rebellion against Kohbra's group & Man-Beast)

eaglus-newmen-full EAGLUS

Real Name: Presumably Eaglus

Identity/Class: Terrestrial fauna (eagle) mutate (New Men) transported to extraterrestrial existence (Dromisana Galaxy; the High Evolutionary's Counter-Earth)

Occupation: Rebel

Group Membership: New Men; specifically the rebel, peace-loving New Men

Affiliations: Adam Warlock, Porcunius, Hulk (Bruce Banner), numerous unidentified New Men;
at least formerly High Evolutionary (Herbert Edgar Wyndham);
possibly formerly Man-Beast

Enemies: Man-Beast's/Kohbra's New Men (Barachuudar, Cobrah, Kohbra, Lizhardus, Monck, Phrogg Rhodan, Snakar, Weezhil, others; possibly Haukk, Pih-Junn, Triax the Terrible), Rhino (Aleksei Sytsevich);
| presumably at least formerly Count Tagar, Knights of Wundagore (notably Sir Lepard, Sir Lyan, Sir Ossilot, Sir Ram, and other unidentified Knights), Thor Odinson;
possibly the Beyonders, Prime Movers of Tarkus, Sphinxor, Thanos

Known Relatives: None known

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: Unrevealed;
    at least formerly various hidden base on the High Evolutionary's Counter-Earth;
    formerly Wundagore-3;
    formerly somewhere in the galaxy Dromisana;
    presumably created in the High Evolutionary's Citadel of Science atop Mount Wundagore, Transia;

First Appearance: (Possible first appearance, behind-the-scenes) Thor I#135 (December, 1966);
(seen and identified) Incredible Hulk II#177 (July, 1974)

Powers/Abilities: An avian biped may have had superhuman strength and/or durability.

He appears to have a beak that he may have been able to use to tear at objects or beings.

He may or may not have had enhanced vision.

He did not appear to have wings, so it seems unlikely that he could fly. It is not clear whether he had three or four fingers with his thumb, but the digits did not appear to be talon-like.

Height: Unrevealed (approximately 6')
Weight: Unrevealed (approximately 180 lbs. (he may or may not have been lighter due to porous bones))
Eyes: Unrevealed (seen only from a distance and in shadow)
Feathers: Brown (covering whole body)

History:
(Thor I#135 - BTS / Quicksilver I#9 (fb) - BTS) - The Man-Beast used his evolutionary ray (presumably still powered by Isotope C) to create a number of his own New Men (presumably including Eaglus who then engaged Thor and the Evolutionary.

Thor subdued the Man-Beast, and Count Tagar and the Knights forced the rest of the Man-Beast's New Men into the Evolutionary's Star Chamber, which then transported them to the "galaxy Dromisana" (see comments).

(Marvel Premiere#1 (fb) - BTS / (Marvel Premiere#2 (fb) - BTS) - The Man-Beast and his New Men (presumably including Eaglus) secretly returned to Earth's solar system. The Man-Beast covertly monitored the High Evolutionary's activities.

(Marvel Premiere I#1 - BTS) - When the High Evolutionary became exhausted by the process of creating his Counter-Earth and collapsed, the Man-Beast led a group of armored New Men (possibly including Eaglus) to invade the Evolutionary's asteroid base, apparently slaying Sir Ram in the process.

The Man-Beast then used the High Evolutionary's machinery to guide the newly developed humanity on Counter-Earth to commit the violent crimes the High Evolutionary had sought to prevent.

The High Evolutionary revived and attacked the Man-Beast, who summoned his armored New Men (possibly including Eaglus) to aid him. Though the High Evolutionary stopped them as well, the distraction allowed the Man-Beast to strike down the Evolutionary with a psychic blast.

Before the Man-Beast could slay the Evolutionary, however, Him -- the creation of the Enclave whom the Evolutionary had rescued from space -- rushed to attack the New Men. The Man-Beast teleported himself and his followers down to Counter-Earth.

The Evolutionary considered destroying his now-tainted world, but Him convinced the Evolutionary to allow him to track down the Man-Beast and to save humanity. The Evolutionary gave Him the Infinity Soul Gem and sent him to Counter-Earth with the new name of Adam Warlock.

(Marvel Premiere#2 (fb) - BTS) - The Man-Beast and his New Men established the base of Wundagore-3.

(Warlock I#1 - BTS) - The High Evolutionary altered Counter-Earth so that it vibrated on a different plane, a mere micro-second out of sync with the rest of the dimension, so that a rocket from Earth approaching Counter-Earth could neither see nor be seen by Counter-Earth.

(Incredible Hulk II#158 (fb) - BTS) - After the Man-Beast dissolved into mist to escape de-evolution by Adam Warlock (although he secretly possessed Rex Carpenter), Kohbra assumed leadership of the New Men and plotted to conquer Counter-Earth.

Porcunius led a rebel group of New Men who sought only acceptance, not dominance.

(Incredible Hulk II#177 (fb) - BTS) - Eaglus joined Porcunius' rebel group at some point.

(Incredible Hulk II#158 - BTS) - Eaglus was likely active with Porcunius' group when they befriended the Hulk, who had traveled there via the Leader's spacecraft alongside the Rhino, who allied with Kohbra's group. Both groups sought to recover the Leader's spacecraft from the Air Force base to which it had been brouoght, leading to a battle between the opposing groups. Ultimately, the Hulk subdued the Rhino and departed with him aboard the spacecraft.

(Incredible Hulk II#177 (fb) - BTS) - If they were not already thusly allied, Porcunius and his peace-seeking New Men (including Eaglus) allied with Adam Warlock.

(Incredible Hulk II#176 - BTS) - Having been launched off Earth in a space ark by the Inhumans, the Hulk's frustrated assaults on the control panel sent him rocketing around the sun to arrive on Counter Earth. There the revived Man-Beast's New Men used an anesthetic gas assault to transform the Hulk back into Bruce Banner, whom they captured.

(Incredible Hulk II#177 - BTS) - After the Man-Beast had a micro-transmitter/sonic probe into Banner and had enforced his will upon him, testing of the sonic probe caused Banner to turn back into the Hulk and break free.

(Incredible Hulk II#177) - Porcunius (possibly including Eaglus) and his allies were in the tunnels underlying Washington, D.C. as the Hulk smashed his way out of the White House and into the bunkers below it. Porcunius and the others recognized the Hulk from their previous encounters, and Porcunius reintroduced himself to the Hulk and asked his aid in return for shelter and protection. Denying a need for protection, the Hulk nonetheless recalled Porcunius and agreed to help him.

    Porcunius and his allies led the Hulk to their subterranean base and introduced him to Adam Warlock, whose liberation from the Man-Beast's captivity by Rigellian Recorder #211 had been facilitated by the distraction of the Hulk's battle with the Man-Beast's New Men.

(Incredible Hulk II#177 - BTS) - Warlock befriended the Hulk, who stayed with him and his allies for the next week.

(Incredible Hulk II#177) - As Porcunius enjoyed a feast with Warlock, the Recorder and the other New Men, the Man-Beast activated the sonic probe as part of Operation: Betrayal, causing the agonized Hulk to rampage, smashing everything around him to try to end his pain. Correctly suspecting the Man-Beast's involvement, Warlock instructed Porcunius, Eaglus and others to restrain but not harm the Hulk, whom he noted to be like a child.

    Eaglus warned the others to surround the Hulk and to not let him get in front of them, as the Hulk's hands could kill them. Porcunius reminded Eaglus that they had seen the Hulk fight before, and he instructed Eaglus and his other associates to try to overwhelm the Hulk by sheer weight of numbers.

    After the Hulk tossed them away, Porcunius watched as Warlock tried to use his Soul Gem on the Hulk; however, the Man-Beast and his allies then ambushed them. Although Porcunius appreciated as the Hulk destroyed the transmitter that was activating the sonic probe, the Man-Beast nonetheless subdued and captured Warlock and the Hulk.

(Incredible Hulk II#177 - BTS) - In the following days, the Man-Beast manipulated the people of Counter-Earth's America into choosing death for Warlock, and the Man-Beast executed him, leaving behind only a cocoon.

(Incredible Hulk II#178 - BTS) - The Hulk took Warlock's cocoon and escaped into the wilderness.

(Incredible Hulk II#178 (fb) - BTS) - The Hulk's battle allowed Porcunius and his allies (presumably including Eaglus) to escape their captors.

(Incredible Hulk II#178 - BTS) - Porcunius and his allies found the Hulk and had him bring the cocoon to a cavern where they could inter his mortal remains. There they greeted Warlock's friends Dave Carter, Jason Grey, and Ellie Roberts, as well as the Recorder. The group mourned the loss of Warlock.

    Later, as the Man-Beast led his forces in preparation of mass assaults, Porcunius and his New Men (presumably including Eaglus) arrived to oppose them. As the Hulk over-powered the Man-Beast, a resurrected Adam Warlock arrived and transformed the Man-Beast and his allies back into their original animal forms. Warlock then departed Counter-Earth to seek his destiny in the stars.

(Incredible Hulk II#179 (fb) - BTS) - The Hulk was sent back to Earth in a re-programmed lunar exploration rocket.

Comments: Created by Roy Thomas, Steve Gerber, Herb Trimpe and Sal Trapani.

    As far as I know, there is not anything that indicates that the Man-Beast was able to create additional New Men on his own without the High Evolutionary's evolutionary ray.
    Therefore, Eaglus was likely created and present in Thor I#135...although I did not see anyone that matched his appearance.
    I am listing Eaglus as behind-the-scenes in the issues covered in Thor I#135 - Warlock I#1.

And, assuming Eaglus did not perish at some point earlier, he was presumably present on Counter-Earth when Sphinxor and the Prime Movers took the world for the Beyonders' museum circa Marvel Two-In-One I#61-64 (1980)...and when Counter-Earth was apparently destroyed by the Infinity Gauntlet-possessing Thanos (as revealed circa Warlock and the Infinity Watch#4 (1992).
I am not really certain what the deal is with the Counter-Earth that appeared circa Uncanny Avengers II#1 (2015), but I do not believe Eaglus was seen with them.

As far as I could tell, Eaglus was only pictured in one panel, but he was both identified and shown fully, which is more than most of the New Men, who had multiple pictures but no great full body images.

Profile by Snood.

CLARIFICATIONS:
Porcunius should be distinguished from:

EAGLE of the Old West (early 1870s) - Marie Lathrop's hose--Wild Western I#5/2
EAGLE of 1872 A.D. - see El AGUILA (Paco Montoya)--Original Ghost Rider#15/2
EAGLE - see el AGUILA (Alejandro Montoya) (app)--Power Man and Iron Fist I#58
EAGLE - see other el Aguila incarnations (in clarifications for Alejandro or Paco)
EAGLE (Lars Dinkelbach) - S.T.O.R.M., former leader of Team Omega, director/coordinator of the Gene Dogs--Gene Dogs#1
EAGLE of Earth-982 ( ) - X-People. Wings, fly - aka ANGRY EAGLE--J3#1/3
EAGLE of "Earth-6871" - see RED SKULL of Earth-6871--Captain America: The Great Gold Steal
EAGLE-EYE, JUNIOR SPY (surname possibly Eagleton) - pre-teen secret agent, trapped in limbo for forgotten comic characters--Oink!#26
EAGLE, HE'E'E - Hopi tribe, sister of Laura, aided NFL Superpro against false Kachinas--NFL Superpro#6
EAGLE, HERBERT - former dean of men, Eastern State University--Fantastic Four I#543
EAGLE, LAURA - Hope tribe, sister of He'e'e, figure skater, tormented by false Kachinas--NFL Superpro#6
EAGLE's SHADOW of Earth-311 - @ 1602 A.D., ship used by Witchbreed and Fury to travel to Latveria and free the Fantastik Four, powered by energies of Jean Grey--1602#5
EAGLEMORE, General - contracted with Wakandan defense minister N'Banta to develop chemical weapons without United Nations oversight--Daredevil IV#6
EAGLET - chest-symbol of Shaman, comes to life--Alpha Flight I#35
other "eagle" characters, groups, items, events, races or places...

images: (without ads)
Incredible Hulk II#177, pg. 13, panel 3 (full)

Appearances:
Thor I#135 (December, 1966) - Stan "The Man" Lee (writer/editor), Jack "King" Kirby (penciler), Vince "The Prince" Colletta (inker) - BTS; presumed
Marvel Premiere#1-2 (April-May, 1972) - Roy Thomas (writer), Gil Kane (pencils), Dan Adkins (inks), Stan Lee (editor) - BTS; presumed
Warlock I#1 (August, 1972) - Roy Thomas (plot), Mike Friedrich (script), Gil Kane (pencils), Tom Sutton (inker), Stan Lee (editor) - BTS; presumed
Warlock I#2 (October, 1972) - Roy Thomas (plot), Mike Friedrich (script), John Buscema, Tom Sutton & Gil Kane (pencils), Tom Sutton (inker), Stan Lee (editor) - BTS; presumed
Incredible Hulk II#158 (December, 1972) - Roy Thomas (plot/editor), Steve Gerber (writer), Herb Trimpe (penciler), Sal Trapani (inker)
Incredible Hulk II#176-177 (June-July, 1974) - Gery Conway (writer), Herb Trimpe (penciler), Jack Abel (inker), Roy Thomas (editor)
Incredible Hulk II#178 (August, 1974) - Gery Conway (plotter), Tony Isabella (script), Steve Gerber (writer), Herb Trimpe (penciler), Jack Abel (inker), Roy Thomas (editor; also conceived story)

Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z hardcover#8 (July, 2009) - Jeff Christiansen (head writer/coordinator), Stuart Vandal, Mike Fichera & Madison Carter (coordination assistants), Sean McQuaid, Michael Hoskin, Stuart Vandal, Ronald Byrd, David Wiltfong, Madison Carter, Mike Fichera, Chad Anderson, Chris Biggs, Eric J. Moreels, Mark O'English, Al Sjoerdsma, Jacob Rougemont, Gabriel Shechter, Anthony Flamini, Rich Green, Markus Raymond, Andrew Goletz, Rob London, Mike O'Sullivan & Jeph York (writers), Brian Overton (copy editor), Alex Starbuck (editorial assistant), John Denning & Cory Levine (assistant editors), Mark D. Beazley (editor, special projects), Jeff Youngquist & Jennifer Grunwald (editors)

First posted: 12/27/2024
Last updated: 12/27/2024

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