AJAXIS

Real Name: Ajaxis

Identity/Class: Subterranean sub-species of humanity (Lava Men) mutate

Occupation: Professional fighter

Group Membership: None; formerly Thunderbolts Army (Aqueduct/Peter Van Zante, Atlas/Erik Josten, Baron Zemo/Helmut Zemo, Batroc/Georges Batroc, Beetle/Joaquim Robichaux, Beetle/Gary Quinn, Beetle/Elizabeth Vaughn, Blacklash, Black Mamba/Tanya Sealy, Blizzard/Donnie Gill, Bloodstrike/Eric Conroy, Boomerang/Fred Myers, Bushmaster/Quincy McIver, Coronary/James Sharp, Doctor Octopus/Otto Octavius, Eel/Edward Lavell, Fixer/Paul Norbert Ebersol, Ironclad/Michael Steel, Joystick/Olivia Yanizeski, Killer Shrike/Simon Maddicks, King Cobra/Klaus Voorhees, MACH-IV/Abe Jenkins, Mongoose, Overmind/Grom, Ox/Raymond Block, Porcupine/Roger Gocking, Pretty Persuasions/Heidi Franklin, Quicksand, Radioactive Man/Chen Lu, Rattler/Gustav Krueger, Red Ronin, Slyde/Jalome Beacher, Smiling Tiger/Conrad Mack, Smuggler/Conrad Josten, Snake Marston, Songbird/Melissa Gold, Swordsman/Andreas Strucker, Tatterdemalion/Arnold Paffenroth, Texas Twister/Drew Daniels, Unicorn/Milos Masaryk, Vapor/Ann Darnell, Vector/Simon Utrecht, Vermin/Edward Whelan, Whiplash, X-Ray/James Darnell, Zaran)

Affiliations: Commission on Superhuman Activities

Enemies: Black Bolt (Blackagar Boltagon), Toz

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: New York City, New York;
   formerly Subterranea

First Appearance: (Partially seen, name unrevealed) Thunderbolts I#103 (August, 2006); (fully seen, name unrevealed) Thunderbolts I#104 (September, 2006); (name revealed) Civil War Files#1 (September, 2006)

Powers/Abilities: Ajaxis is one of the Lava Men, though he seems to be a larger and stronger version of this people. With a super dense body that can melt and reform, Ajaxis continually generates heat from his own form, sometimes bursting into flames. He can likely command lava and melt rock like his people.

Height: 6'6" (by approximation)
Weight: Unrevealed
Eyes: Red
Hair: Red

History:
(Civil War Files#1 - Thunderbolts Army entry (fb) - BTS) - Ajaxis the Lava Man left his civilization in Subterranea and, at some point, committed crimes in America, getting the attention of the Commission on Superhuman Activities. He was offered a place on Baron Zemo (Helmut Zemo)'s Thunderbolts Army, and Ajaxis agreed.

(Thunderbolts I#103) - Ajaxis was seen (from behind a railing) among the criminals held in stasis by Baron Zemo.

(Thunderbolts I#104) - Ajaxis stood among the Thunderbolts Army on their training ground in New Mexico.

(Thunderbolts I#107) - When the Universal Wellspring began granting powers to civilians, the Thunderbolts Army broke into squads to handle concerns. Ajaxis was assigned to the Beta Squad with Texas Twister, Pretty Persuasions, Bloodstrike, and Smiling Tiger, and they went to Los Angeles. In time, Bloodstrike and Smiling Tiger turned on the others, with Bloodstrike putting his fist through Ajaxis' chest.

(Uncanny Inhumans#5 (fb) - BTS) - Ajaxis pursued a career as a professional fighter, best known for his bouts with his hated rival Toz, a super strong Moloid. They began planning out a new match, and held a press conference at the Quiet Room bar, owned by Black Bolt, where they were not allowed to fight.

(Uncanny Inhumans#5) - Ajaxis and Toz held their press conference, but soon began battling with each other, bursting through the walls in the club.

(Uncanny Inhumans#6) - Toz and Ajaxis kept fighting, ignoring the concerns of their managers, until Black Bolt intervened, but they just kept fighting with him. After a savage fight, Black Bolt knocked them both out himself, then claimed the championship belt himself.

Comments: Created by Fabian Nicieza, Tom Grummett, and Gary Erskine.

The Lava Men were originally Gortokians, a race created by the Deviants from human DNA. Some Gortokians formed a religion around the demon Cha'sa'dra, who mutated them.

Profile by Chadman.





CLARIFICATIONS:
Ajaxis has no known connections to:

TOZ

(Uncanny Inhumans#5 (fb) - BTS) - Toz, a super strong Moloid, who was mutated under unknown circumstances, pursued a career as a professional fighter. He became known for his fights with Ajaxis the Lava Man in New York City. They began planning out a new match, and held a press conference at the Quiet Room bar, owned by Black Bolt, where they were not allowed to fight.

(Uncanny Inhumans#5) - Ajaxis and Toz held their press conference, but soon began battling with each other, bursting through the walls in the club.

(Uncanny Inhumans#6) - Toz and Ajaxis kept fighting, ignoring the concerns of their managers, until Black Bolt intervened, but they just kept fighting with him. After a savage fight, Black Bolt knocked them both out himself, then claimed the championship belt himself.

--Uncanny Inhumans#5 ([5 (fb)], 5-6

images: (without ads)
Uncanny Inhumans I#6, p5, pan2 (main)
Thunderbolts I#104, p21, pan1 (Ajaxis in Thunderbolts Army)
Uncanny Inhumans#5, p20, pan1 (fighting Toz)
Uncanny Inhumans#6, p5, pan2 (Toz)

Appearances:
Thunderbolts I#103-104 (August-September, 2006) - Fabian Nicieza (writer), Tom Grummett (penciler), Gary Erskine (inker), Moly Lazer (editor)
Thunderbolts I#107 (December, 2006) - Fabian Nicieza (writer), Tom Grummett (penciler), Gary Erskine (inker), Moly Lazer (editor)
Civil War Files#1 (September, 2006) - various writers, Jeff Youngquist (editor)
Uncanny Inhumans#5-6 (April-May, 2016) - Charles Soule (writer), Brandon Peterson (artist), Nick Lowe (editor)

First Posted: 08/30/2020
Last updated: 08/30/2020

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