STRANGER

Real Name: Unrevealed

Identity/Class: Extraterrestrial cosmic entity (true nature unrevealed)

Occupation: Scientist, surveyor of Worlds, data accumulator

Group Membership: He is often associated and/or grouped with beings of cosmic power, including Celestials (especially the One Above All and Ziran the Tester), Death, Epoch (and presumably formerly Eon), Galactus (Galan), In-Betweener, Infinity, Kronos the Eternal, Living Tribunal, Lord Chaos, Mephisto, Master Hate, Mistress Love, Master Order, and Uatu and/or other Watchers

Affiliations: Black Bolt (Blackagar Boltagon), Binary (Carol Danvers; now Captain Marvel), Black Goliath (William Foster), Blockade, Captain Marvel (Monica Rambeau), Celestials (especially the One Above All and Ziran the Tester), Champions of Los Angeles (Angel/Warren Worthington, Black Widow/Natasha Romanoff, Darkstar/Laynia Petrovna, Ghost Rider/John Blaze/Zarathos, Hercules/Heracles/Alcaeus, Iceman/Bobby Drake), Collector (Taneleer Tivan), Death, Epoch, Eurth residents, Galactus (Galan), Glorian (Thomas Gideon), Hyperion of Earth-712, Ikaris, In-Betweener, Infinity, Kronos the Eternal, Living Tribunal, Lockjaw, Lord Chaos, Makkari, Mephisto, Master Hate, Mistress Love, Master Order, Moondancer (Myla), Perun, Prester John, Shaper of Worlds, Solar Wind, Space Phantom, Tim, Ualu the Watcher, Voyager (Divad), Watchers;
    formerly Skeletron and the Starblasters (Codabac, Fabrikant, Insidio, Nygorn, Skar, Threkker, Zardok);
    in a warped reality: Champion (Tryco Slatterus), Contemplator (En Dwi Gast);
    formerly enslaved Prosh;
    Al B. Harper's sacrifice convinced the Stranger that Earth was worth saving;
    he allegedly emulated and carried on the role of the gestating composite Gigantian after inadvertently slaying it;
    he has been both ally and enemy to many, depending on his motivations at the time, including Alter Ego, the Avengers (Captain America/Steve Rogers, Hawkeye/Clint Barton, Quasar/Wendell Vaughn, Quicksilver/Pietro Maximoff, Scarlet Witch/Django Maximoff, Sersi, Spider-Man/Peter Parker, Starfox/Eros, Thor Odinson, Vision/"Victor Shade"), Kayla Ballantine, Eternity, Fantastic Four (Human Torch/Johnny Storm, Invisible Woman/Sue Storm, Mr. Fantastic/Reed Richards, Thing/Ben Grimm), Hulk (Bruce Banner), Jean Grey, Iceman (Bobby Drake), Juggernaut (Cain Marko), Mystique (Raven Darkholme), Quasar (Wendell Vaughn), Silver Surfer (Norrin Radd), Spider-Man (Peter Parker), Thor Odinson, Toad (Mortimer Toynbee), Adam Warlock, Uatu the Watcher;

Enemies: Brotherhood of Evil Mutants (Magneto/Max Eisenhardt, aka Erik Lehnsherr, Mastermind/Jason Wyngarde, Quicksilver/Pietro Maximoff, Scarlet Witch/Wanda Maximoff, Toad/Mortimer Toynbee), Captain Marvel (Mar-Vell), Cressida (later Avenger X), Shabby Dayes, Gardener (Ord Zyonz), Gunthar the Rigellian, Howard the Duck, Rick Jones, Linda the Duck, Nebula, Otmu the Watcher, Over-Mind (Grom), Prosh, Pluto (Hades), Betty Ross, She-Hulk (Jen Walters), General Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross, S'Byll, Scout (Rebecca), Shocket, Skeletron, Super-Skrull (Kl'rt), Tara Tam, Thanos, unidentified rogue Watcher;
    numerous prisoners/laboratory experiment subjects on his prison/laboratory world, including, but not limited to: Abomination (Emil Blonsky), Alpha the Ultimate Mutant, Bi-Beast, Creature from Kosmos (Pilai), Dalabuur, and the rest of the former crew of Reptyl's Serpent's Tooth ship, Diamondhead (Archibald Dyker), Dragonfly (Veronica Dultry), Ego-Prime, Elect/Power Platoon, Ethicals, Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse/Axi-Tun, Fusion (Hubert & Pinky Fusser), Futurist, Gorr the Golden Gorilla, Jack of Hearts (Jonathan Hart), Jakar, Krakoa, Magneto (Max Eisenhardt), Megaman (Nathan Cooper), Mercurio the 4-D Man, Meru the Mind-Bender (and most likely Dalia the Shape-Changer, since they were last seen merged), Monitors/Marvanites, Moondancer (Myla), Nygorn (aka the Last Monitor), Over-Mind (Grom), Presence (Sergei Krylov), Rocket Raccoon, Sky-Walker, Solar Wind, Sphinxor, Star-Dancer (Shanga), Stardust, Starlight (Tania Belinsky), Starman, Ten-For, Threkker (aka the Captive/aka the Thing from the Black Hole Star), Toad (Mortimer Toynbee), the Trikon, Voyager (Divad), Weird Sisters (Beauty, Charm, Truth), Woodgod;
    numerous test subjects on his Battleworld replica, including but not limited to: Bi-Beast, Coldblood (Eric Savin), Darkhawk (Chris Powell), Deathlok (Michael Collins), Vlad Dracula, Dragon Man, Firebird (Bonita Juarez), Gravity (Greg Willis), Hood (Parker Robbins), Kraven the Hunter (Alyosha Kravinoff), Medusa (Medusalith Boltagon), Photon (Monica Rambeau), Dr. Henry "Hank" Pym, Sleepwalker, Terror (Shreck), Venom (Mac Gargan), Wasp (Janet Van Dyne), Wonder Man (Simon Williams), unidentified Kree soldier, unidentified Skrull, allegedly dozens of others;
    Al B. Harper died deactivating the Stranger's Null-Life Bomb, but never directly interacted with the Stranger;
    he allegedly inadvertently slew the gestating composite Gigantian;
    Over-Mind manipulated several members of Earth-712's Squadron Supreme (Dr. Spectrum/Joe Ledger, Moonglow/Arcanna Jones, Power Princess/Zard, Skylark/Linda Lewis, Whizzer/Stanley Stewart);
    the heroes of Earth-148611 present on the Dark Seed/Skeleton ship (All-American/Jack Magniconte, Captain Manhattan, Chrome/Jenny Swenson, Metallurge/Chris Barret, Nightmask/Keith Remsen, Overshadow/Philip Voigt, Pit Bull/Gaylord Picaro, Psi-Hawk) ended up being the subjects of the Stranger's allies' assault, rather than the Starblasters as he presumably intended;
    he has been both ally and enemy to many, depending on his motivations at the time, including Alter Ego, the Avengers (Captain America/Steve Rogers, Hawkeye/Clint Barton, Quasar/Wendell Vaughn, Quicksilver/Pietro Maximoff, Scarlet Witch/Django Maximoff, Sersi, Spider-Man/Peter Parker, Starfox/Eros, Thor Odinson, Vision/"Victor Shade"), Kayla Ballantine, Eternity, Fantastic Four (Human Torch/Johnny Storm, Invisible Woman/Sue Storm, Mr. Fantastic/Reed Richards, Thing/Ben Grimm), Hulk (Bruce Banner), Jean Grey, Iceman (Bobby Drake), Juggernaut (Cain Marko), Mystique (Raven Darkholme), Quasar (Wendell Vaughn), Silver Surfer (Norrin Radd), Spider-Man (Peter Parker), Thor Odinson, Toad (Mortimer Toynbee), Adam Warlock, Uatu the Watcher;

Known Relatives: None;
    he created Ego and Alter Ego;
    by one account, he is an aspect (the "fourth face") of the Living Tribunal

Aliases: "The Boss" and "Big Boss" (to people of OK Space Station on asteroid world near Deneb IV)
    "Big Man" (nickname from Hulk); "Whitey" (nickname from the Thing);
    posed as the Beyonder and the Judeo-Christian-Islamic God (Yahweh)

Base of Operations: Unidentified Laboratory World (by some accounts his home planet), an immense artificial planet located in the far reaches of the universe (or "halfway across the Milky Way galaxy" (relative to Earth); see comments);
    various starships including an ark;
    mobile throughout the universe;
    formerly Battleworld;
    formerly O.K. Space Station on asteroid world near Deneb IV

Education: Extensively self-taught

First Appearance: X-Men I#11 (May, 1965)

Powers/Abilities: The Stranger possesses cosmic and psionic power beyond human measurement. His abilities are superior to extremely powerful beings such as the Silver Surfer. They are comparable, perhaps slightly less than, one of the Watchers (he required Quasar's aid to challenge Otmu). He has commented that Galactus would be reluctant to war against him (presumably his technology might make him a match for Galactus, who would otherwise seem is superior. He is certainly surpassed in power by the Celestials, Eternity, Infinity, the Living Tribunal, and Above-All-Others. He is vastly overpowered by beings using the energies of the Infinity Union, the Infinity Gauntlet, the Heart of the Infinite, or other such devices granting near omnipotence.

    Whether the Stranger taps outside sources of cosmic energy or internally generates such energy is unrevealed; he does sometimes use technology to amplify or recharge his powers (as well as to rapidly heal himself from injuries). Regardless, he can employ his cosmic energies for a vast number of effects.

    He can project cosmic energy ranging from incredibly powerful concussive and/or disintegrative bolts to relatively harmless paralysis beams.

    He can manipulate gravitons (subatomic particles that carry the force of gravitational attraction) to increase or decrease the force of gravity, levitating himself or others, or pinning others to the ground.

    Able to reorder matter in his immediate vicinity, the Stranger can alter his own size, mass, and density to unrevealed limits (he has appeared to be anywhere from human-sized to over 50' tall; he has appeared comparable in size to a Celestial (who are generally 2000' tall, although this may have been a Manifestation Body from the Dimension of Manifestations)), even rendering himself immaterial or transforming himself into pure energy.

    The Stranger possesses superhuman strength, speed, endurance, and durability, all of which he can further augment with his own energies; he can demonstrate Class 100 strength, sufficient to physically battle Thor or the Silver Surfer), speed, and endurance.

    He can restructure matter into different shapes, sizes, masses, forms, and properties; for example, he can form large sums of money, make the ground like quicksand, levitate large sections of rock and "demolecularize" it, causing it to explode. He can even  affect materials of great power, such as melting the Silver Surfer's surfboard.

    He can use his energies on other beings, healing wounds, curing ailments, altering powers and abilities, and shrink others to sub-microscopic size, transporting them to "microverse" realms accessed by shrinking. He can cover others in a thin film on anti-magnetic membranes (effectively restraining Magneto, for example), which he can convert into cocoons.

    He can create highly durable, invisible force fields around himself and others.

    He can create a "neo-physical vacuum" (he generates a whirlwind that creates a vacuum at its center) around another being and then change this effect into a "field of living force" to contain and facilitate transport of others.

    He encase others in a sphere of undefined black energy that can drain starlight as well as the power cosmic.

    His powers were briefly vastly augmented by the Star Brand.

    The Stranger has extensive, undefined psionic powers and extrasensory perception.

    He can mentally probe the minds and scan the bodies of others, analyzing energies, etc.

    He can project himself into the psychic plane and communicate with other beings as if they were in a dream.

    He can physically immobilize and/or mentally control others.

    He can create illusions, including forming multiple images (convincing three-dimensional constructs) of himself.

The Stranger can convert himself and others into energy to fly a great speeds throughout space. This process leaves a psion trail able to be tracked by beings such as the Silver Surfer.

    He can travel through space-warps and across dimensional barriers, allowing him to be virtually anywhere in the universe instantaneously.

    As he has, at least claimed to have, lived for at least a billion years, he is extremely long-lived and is quite likely immortal (his white-haired modern appearance in contrast to his black-haired appearance when he allegedly encountered and unwittingly slew the Gigantian composite MAY indicate that he ages, but at an extremely slow rate).

    He can survive in the cold and vacuum of space unaided and can communicate with others in space as if he were simply speaking (despite sound not existing in the vacuum).

    The Stranger possessed vast genius, and he is respected and sought for counsel even from beings such as the Watchers.

    Although a physical being, the Stranger's power and history affords him the respect of and the status to be considered one of the cosmic beings who judge the fate of the universe. Many of these beings are abstract beings representing certain concepts, such as Death, Eternity, Infinity, etc. While these beings take physical form via utilizing M-Bodies from the Dimension of Manifestations, the Stranger may also adopt an M-Body when interacting with the cosmic beings.

    The Stranger remains an enigmatic being, studying the the phenomena of the universe for unguessed reasons and acting towards other living beings with unfathomable motives, although curiosity seems to be a primary factor.

    He values his privacy and refuses to explain himself (even to the point of conflict) unless it serves his ends, in which case he may provide dubious or contradictory explanations.

    He has worked to oppose universal threats (which threaten him, as well) but often treats individuals (even beings of power, such as the Silver Surfer or Quasar) dispassionately and as subjects for experimentation (including vivisection (dissecting their bodies while they are still living); numerous beings, apparently including the other Monitors, have allegedly perished as a result of his examinations).

    He is willing to attack/battle others if they stand in the way of his goals or refuse his instructions that he be left alone. He is willing to use hostages and harm innocents to force cooperation.

Limitations: The Stranger has sometimes vulnerable to blinding light and other conventional attacks; however, he may also be feigning weakness/defeat/vulnerability for his own purposes.

    He is consistently vulnerable to Infinity Gauntlet (the combined power of the six primary Infinity Gems) assaults; Infinity Union-powered assaults; Heart of the Infinite-powered assaults; and  other such supremely powerful energy sources. He has been physically trapped by the power of Null-Life Bomb. Opposed by the combined energies of the Infinity Soul and Time Gems (although by beings untrained in their full powers), the Stranger was pained and sufficiently delayed that he chose to depart rather than continue the struggle.

    The Stranger has not demonstrated the ability to travel through time unaided, resurrect the dead (?), attain solar system scale stature, or move planet-sized objects unaided (although he has designed and/or altered technology that allowed Ego the Living Planet to travel through space). He apparently reassembled Battleworld, but he may have utilized technology to do so.

    His continued search for knowledge indicates that he is neither omniscient nor precognitive.

Technology: The Stranger studies and employs a wide variety of artifacts; the extent to which these items augment or diversify his powers remains unrevealed.

    These objects have included the mechanical servant Blockade, the Infinity Power Gem (at which point he sought to possess all of the Infinity Gems), the Infinity Union, the Null-Life Bomb, the Runestaff of Kamo Tharn, the Star Brand, spaceships of varying dimension, and the extensive equipment of his own Laboratory World (as well as that of Battleworld), and his stasis arcs (used to restrain Adam Warlock). His medical facilities' restorative systems enable his recovery from severe injuries in minutes

    Aided by unspecified technology, he has allegedly created two intelligent planets, Ego and Alter Ego (see comments).

    The Stranger has occasionally used a machine to augment and/or replenish his natural powers

Height: Variable (ranging from 6' to at least 50')
Weight: Variable (ranging from immaterial, to perhaps 225 lbs. at 6' tall, to perhaps 65 tons at 50' tall; perhaps even more if amplifying his own density or magnifying gravity)
Eyes: Black (variable; sometimes brown, sometimes solid white with no visible irides or pupils)
Hair: White (apparently formerly black; occasionally blond; variable)

History: The Stranger is an enigma, perhaps even to himself. He and/or others have related multiple, sometimes contradictory, origins and histories for him, and the truth, if it still exists, remains unrevealed.

Among the explanations of his origins/histories are (see comments):

He generally represents himself as part of an ancient race which studied mutation in other civilizations, but has also claimed this was a lie designed to mislead simpler minds.

He has identified himself as the composite of all the quintillion minds of the destroyed planet Gigantus, but has since stated that this was another ruse.

The Living Tribunal once identified the Stranger as what should have been the Tribunal’s fourth face (in opposition to the face he identified as “Equity”), representing the parts of the universe which must stand apart and outside the rest of the cosmos.

The Tribunal himself has since apparently contradicted this, showing its fourth face to be Necessity, a cosmic mirror to all beings, apparently including the Stranger; the Stranger took great umbrage at this description, perhaps unwilling to be considered a part of anything, even the Tribunal.

He has also claimed to have been manipulating Earth’s genetic evolution for decades, saying that humanity was fated to evolve and be the sole survivor from this universe into the one that follows, and that by pushing humanity’s evolution faster than it was prepared for, the Stranger could usurp their role and be the universe’s sole survivor; however, he has also said he first visited Earth only a few years ago, so all his various claims are in doubt.

(Quasar#16 (fb) - "Many galactic revolutions ago" (see comments), when the Stranger had first begun collecting specimens for experiments regarding the nature of life in the universe, he encountered an organic sac floating in space and containing the gestating of the last Gigantian.

    Sensing the being to be far more advanced than anything he had heretofore discovered, perhaps a member of the long-lost race that had sired him, the Stranger investigated the gestating being. In his youthful exuberance, the Stranger unintentionally fatally injured the being in the process of extricating him.

    Before it expired, the being communicated to the Stranger its history, nature, and purpose; it was intended to develop into a form that could seek out and thwart the last Eyungian survivor (the Over-Mind), who was a composite of the minds of all the Eyungians and who planned to enslave the galaxy, if not the universe.

    Unable to determine if the being was indeed one of his ancestors, the Stranger nonetheless vowed to carry on its mission and to remain vigilant for the great menace it had described.

(Quasar#15 (fb) - BTS) - The Stranger encountered at least one renegade Watcher, whom he considered dangerous and unpredictable.

(Silver Surfer I#5 (fb) - BTS) - The Stranger's existence was known to the people of Zenn-La, although his name was only spoken in whispers (presumably due to fear of his power?).

(Astonishing Thor#3 (fb)) - Seeking to create a living planet, the Stranger applied to the Elder of the Universe known as the Collector to loan to him certain instruments and formulae existing only in the Collector's possession. The Collector agreed, with the stipulation that they should create two such planets and to provide the second for the Collector's museum. Seeking to eventually challenge the two as a test of whether captivity or freedom bred the stronger will.

    In creating the free planet, the Stranger gave it his own character and force of will and named it Ego. The captive planet was named Alter Ego.

(Avengers I#317 (fb) - BTS) - The Stranger obtained the Infinity Union, a combination of three devices of enormous power that, when combined, has the ability to channel all forms of ambient energy into the user.
    The Stranger stored the device deep within his "homeworld."

(Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe I#10: Stranger entry) - The Stranger traveled to Earth, apparently attracted by the sudden proliferation of superhumanly powerful beings.

(X-Men I#11 - BTS) - Xavier's radar-image beam -- apparently associated with Cerebro -- sensed an extremely powerful apparent mutant, but the being's power somehow disrupted the beam before it could form an image of what it had detected. The X-Men then split up to seek out this being.

(X-Men I#11) - Not far from the X-Men's West Chester base, the Stranger rented a room from a woman, creating a massive handful of cash to satisfy her requests for payment in advance.

    Outside, he walked on air to avoid traffic and then -- attracted to one particular building via Magneto and the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants who wished to recruit him -- passed through the wall of a building to escape the attention he was drawing; several women fainted from the shock of seeing these activities. Magneto introduced himself, and when the Stranger asked why he would join them, Magneto and Mastermind demonstrated their powers against him; wishing to show them that he was not to be toyed with thusly, the Stranger released energy that disrupted their powers and broke him free as well as transforming Mastermind into a statue of solid matter.

    The X-Men then arrived and battled the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, and when Magneto created a shield to protect them, the Stranger formed a cone of energy that transported him to a quiet wooded area, and he allowed Magneto and Toad to accompany him. When Magneto demanded to know his mutant power, the Stranger told him he was no mutant and then grew to his full height. He further covered Magneto and Toad in a thin film of anti-magnetic membrane, which then transformed into cocoons.

    Noting that these would protect them for their journey, the Stranger adopted more alien proportions and confirmed that he was an extraterrestrial and explained that his people were greatly interested in mutations and that he traveled from planet to planet, taking specimens of mutants back to his world for study. As Magneto's actions convinced the Stranger to take him, along with the Toad, whose loyalty was touching, the Stranger transported the three of them into space, announcing that they would never return.

(X-Men Forever I#3) - The Stranger studied numerous specimens in his "zoo," including Magneto and the Toad.

    Via future manipulation of Prosh, the sentient form of the ship that had served X-Factor and Cable, the mind of Toad's future self briefly occupied Toad's form, causing to reexamine how he would squander the opportunities that would be presented to him.

    After Toad's mind went further into the past, his present self had no memory of the occupation or insight gained.

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As a signal from his tunic sensor indicated that the Null-Life Bob had been neutralized, the Stranger appreciated that someone had sacrificed his or her life to save the world; considering that he had misjudged the human race, the Stranger departed for the ever-changing wonder of endless space, noting that he could not restore a lost life.

Reality-616 from Reality-70766).

    Wise to the Abomination's deceptions, Thor punched him out and reimprisoned him before returning to Asgard without having encountered/enraged the Stranger.

(Fantastic Four I#116) - The Stranger arrived on Earth in response to the assault of the Over-Mind, claiming to be the sum of the power of the Gigantians, having been waiting to deal with his threat. Enduring the Over-Mind's assaults, the Stranger shrunk him to sub-microscopic size, leaving him trapped on a lifeless "sub-atomic" world (

(Marvel Team-Up I#55) - The Stranger confronted Adam Warlock (there alongside Spider-Man) in the Blue Area, seeking to collect his Soul Gem. As removal of the Soul Gem would allegedly prove fatal for him, Warlock fired an energy blast at the Stranger, stinging his hand, but then the Stranger fired a return blast from his own gem, seemingly destroying Warlock.

    Spider-Man began trying to web up the Stranger, who became irritated, grew in stature, and cast Spider-Man into a densely wooded area. Expressing a desire to deal with an urgent matter on Earth, the Stranger levitated a section of the moon, lifting himself and Warlock into space before "demolecularizing" the moon-chunk and causing it to explode. Unfazed due to having turned into energy, the Strange recovered the fallen Warlock from the moon's surface.

(Marvel Team-Up I#55) - Spider-Man returned and covered the Stranger in webbing to stop him, but when the Stranger easily tore free and began firing blasts to destroy Spider-Man, the Gardener reluctantly joined the fight.

    As Spider-Man tried to destroy the stasis arcs with a rock, the Stranger fired an energy blast to stop him and unwittingly destroyed the arcs himself, releasing Warlock. Warlock and the Gardener combined blasts from their gems, causing the Stranger pain and making him realize he didn't have time to fight them; he departed for Earth, vowing they each would pay.

(Avengers I#317 (fb) - BTS) - For a millennium, hundreds of beings had failed to pierce the security defenses on the Stranger's "homeworld."

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Quasar#14) - Investigating the Watchers' deaths, the Stranger traveled to the largest moon of the 4th planet in the Sirius system and investigated that Watcher's home. Easily navigating its labyrinthine and incomprehensible-to-most's architecture, the Stranger found that Watcher dead as well. Receiving a message from his starship that someone was tampering with his Laboratory World. More concerned with the matter of the Watchers, the Stranger swept the message from his consciousness.

(Warlock and the Infinity Watch#1) - The Stranger -- alongside Epoch, Galactus, Master Hate, Master Order, Mistress Love, the Stranger, a Watcher (it was not identified as Uatu), and Ziran the Celestial -- stood silently in witness in what appeared to be a portion of the Dimension of Manifestations as the Living Tribunal presided at the hearing of Eternity against Adam Warlock, regarding his worthiness to wield the Infinity Gauntlet. Ultimately, the Tribunal ruled that Warlock was not worthy to wield the gauntlet, but instructed him to disperse the Infinity Gems to people of his choosing. At the Tribunal's suggestion, the Stranger and the others departed to return to their own works.

(Incredible Hulk II#412 (fb) - BTS) - From his Homeworld, the Stranger conducted an experiment in which he allowed the Bi-Beast to approach the talisman of power known as the Family Jewels, which he had left unguarded. Stealing these, the Bi-Beast traveled to Earth and sought vengeance on the Hulk.

(Quasar#55) - After Skeletron noted his belief that the Star Brand was from a distant universe with different physical properties and that it had been brought to their universe by Quasar, the Stranger accepted Skeletron's deal that if he could remove the power source from its host, determine where it was from and how Skeletron might get there, the Stranger could keep the Star Brand.

    As Skeletron's allies kept a group of investigating human agents from interfering, the Stranger informed Skeletron that he had nearly completed his analysis, but that he would have to remove the Star Brand before he could determine its location of origin.

(Starblast#3 - BTS) - A powerful energy release occurred due to the conjunction of the Stranger's energies and the Star Brand's, pulling Earth-148611 halfway into Universe-616's dimension in proximity to the Stranger's world and disrupting Skeletron's systems, forcing him to disgorge Quasar as he returned to the Stranger.

(Starblast#4) - When the Stranger's former prisoners Moondancer, Solar Wind, and Voyager confronted him, seeking vengeance, the Stranger instead mentally commanded them to worship and obey him. With his new servants, the Stranger confronted Earth's heroes, instructing them to accompany him in his mission to engage Skeletron; wishing his allies to be at their best, he healed Ikaris the Eternal from wounds inflicted via vivisection by the Starblasters' Insidio, granted Black Bolt temporary control of his voice, restored Binary's fragmented psyche, restored Captain Marvel's transformative powers, and returned Perun's enchanted mallet to him.

    The Stranger arrived with his associates outside the Dark Seed and instructed them to subdue everybody inside, while Skeletron, having taken the form of his entire ship confronted him and challenged him for reneging on their agreement.
   

(Quasar#57) - When Quasar insisted the Stranger tell him if he had brought Earth-148611 into their universe just so he could study it, the Stranger refused to explain himself, instead advising Quasar to take his friends and depart before he made specimens of them all. As Earth-148611's heroes rushed to confront the Stranger over their and their world's fates, the Living Tribunal suddenly appeared and instructed the Stranger to hold. Wishing to speak only with the Stranger, the Tribunal transported away the Earth-148611 natives and other beings involved in the war against Skeletron and the Starblasters, apparently sending them to their native worlds.

    Noting that Earth-148611 was contaminated with an energy beyond this Multiverse, the Tribunal informed the Stranger that its presence upset the universal balance, and that he had no right to bring it there. The Tribunal demanded that this Earth be sealed so that none of its anomalous power could leak out into the rest of the universe.

(Quasar#57 (fb) - BTS) - The Living Tribunal surrounded Earth-148611 with an impenetrable barrier, containing that world and its natives, as well as Kayla Ballantine, Quasar's girlfriend, who had been permanently contaminated by the Star Brand.

(Quasar#57) - After encountering the barrier, Quasar again confronted the Stranger, who informed him of the Tribunal's actions and told him that Kayla had been permanently contaminated by the Star Brand energy and was now trapped on that world forever.

(Avataars: Covenant of the Shield#1) - After the Living Tribunal, Eternity, and Infinity approved the Shaper of Worlds' petition to create a world of swords and sorcery loosely based on Earth, the Shaper thus created Eurth, drawing inspiration from Glorian, Prester John, the Stranger, and teenager named Tim with extensive knowledge of heroes via comic books.

(Avataars: Covenant of the Shield#3 (fb) - BTS) - The Stranger traveled to Eurth at times, observing its people as a mysterious cloaked figure.

(Avataars: Covenant of the Shield#3) - After observing the adventures of the Champions of the Realm, the Stranger exited the inner sanctum of the Order of Avalon via a door, emerging in an interdimensional realm (possibly the Dimension of Manifestations) where Eternity, Infinity, Tribunal, and the Shaper observed Eurth.

    The Stranger congratulated the Shaper on his creation, noting that it had been "aeons" since he had experienced so much surprise and wonder. The Shaper considered this a compliment without equal.

    Eternity, Infinity, and the Tribunal agreed to permit Eurth's continued existence, noting that they would watch it closely as it may provide the answer to humanity's fate.

    The Stranger concurred, noting that he had no doubt that its future would be even more fascinating.

(X-Men Forever I#1 (fb) - BTS / X-Men Forever I#6 (fb) - BTS) - The cosmic/abstract beings of the universe (including Death, Epoch, Eternity, In-Betweener, Infinity, Lord Chaos, Master Order; with Uatu or another Watcher presumably observing) considered that humanity (perhaps the fruition of the Celestials' seeding the universe) would eventual replace them and remake the very structure of reality.

(X-Men Forever I#6 (fb) - BTS) - Feeling erroneously that the cosmic beings would be unwilling to allow this, and that they would eventually act, the Stranger allegedly resolved to usurp the controls of the fundamental forces of the universe, nurturing what they would seek to restrict. He plotted to prematurely spark humanity's evolution and turn it into a raging inferno that would engulf and consume the universe, leaving him as the sole survivor of a new universe (much like Galactus had been to the current universe).

(X-Men Forever I#1 (fb) - BTS / X-Men Forever I#6 (fb) - BTS) <14 weeks before the main story> - The Stranger infiltrated the systems of Prosh.

(X-Men Forever I#1 (fb) - BTS / X-Men Forever I#6 (fb) - BTS) <10 weeks before the main story> - The Stranger corrupted Prosh's systems.

(X-Men Forever I#1 (fb) - BTS / X-Men Forever I#6 (fb) - BTS / Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z hardcover#11: Stranger) <9 weeks before the main story> - The Stranger captured Prosh within a construct in the form of the husk of a catatonic Celestial..

(X-Men Forever I#1 - BTS / X-Men Forever I#6 (fb) - BTS) - Prosh was allowed to escape the "Celestial," and he fled back to Earth to warn humanity of the seeming plans of the cosmic beings to destroy humanity.

(X-Men Forever I#1 - BTS) - Prosh gathered five people from Earth-- Jean Grey (who had served as a touchstone to the cosmic forces), Iceman (Bobby Drake, who represented mutantkind's untapped potential), Juggernaut (Cain Marko, who represented the jealousy and insecurity the human race felts toward mutants), Mystique (Raven Darkholme, who represented the mystery and fear humans had of mutants), and Toad (Mortimer Toynbee, who manifested mutation as an aberration and the manipulations of humans to control that process) -- telling them they each represented important aspects of human evolution and of his plan to sow the seeds that would one day protect humanity from the cosmic beings.

    Prosh gathered the Toad by initially appearing in the form of the Stranger.

(X-Men Forever I#1 - 5 - BTS) - Prosh sent the minds of his agents back through time to occupy their younger selves forms so they could evolve to their needed roles.

(X-Men Forever I#5 - BTS) - Prosh explained to the gathered group that he had been programmed to gather them in preparation for some advancement, but that he was able to sidestep his programming to try show them the way to save themselves.

(X-Men Forever I#5 - BTS) - Exploring Prosh's immense Celestial ship, Toad recognized the technology as similar to what he had used when he had stolen the Stranger's ship. The Stranger (off panel, with his voice heard and energy blast seen) then discovered and blasted at Toad, calling him an insignificant mote and noting that he was least deserving of discovering the truth.

(X-Men Forever I#5) - After the gathered group accessed their potential and defeated Prosh (with Iceman, who had gained the ability to transform fully into ice, freezing him solid), Toad rushed to inform them of the Stranger's involvement, but the Stranger blasted him front behind before he could do so and instead revealed his own presence. He told them this had all been preparation for a great cosmic game he intended to win.

(X-Men Forever I#6) - After the Stranger blasted the Juggernaut and noted his frustration that humanity had achieved such significance on the universal scale, the group attacked him, but he converted into energy to escape their assaults. He then explained how, in combination, the five of them encompassed the full spectrum of human and mutant affairs on Earth; they would have served as the vanguard for the acclimation of Earth's genetic enhancement, had Prosh's manipulation of them not occurred several million years too early for them to fulfill those assignations.

    The Stranger then allowed Jean Grey to seemingly access the Phoenix Force and to then experience millions of years of exponentially increasing evolutionary growth until humanity became eternity.

(X-Men Forever I#6 - BTS) - Meanwhile, Iceman unfroze a section of the medical bay to treat Toad, reviving a portion of Prosh free from the Stranger's control, and Prosh guided Iceman to enable him to correct genetic tampering done to Toad, allowing him to fully express his true genetic mutation.

(X-Men Forever I#6 - BTS) - Speaking in the moments between time, Eternity contacted Jean Grey, confirming humanity's ultimate role, but informing her that the cosmic entities accepted this eventual change, provided it occurred at its natural pace; Jean correctly interpreted this as approval to stop the Stranger's plot.

    Both Toad and Mystique's abilities were significantly enhanced.

    Prosh and the gathered group plotted to thwart the Stranger, with the revived and enhanced Toad using his knowledge of the Stranger's technology to bypass the Stranger's virus in Prosh's system.

(X-Men Forever I#6) - Reincorporating, the Stranger sensed that Jean had communed with cosmic forces and angrily fired an eyeblast at her. Blocking it, she reminded him that she was one of the mutants he needed for his plan; conceding this point, the Stranger, grabbed her with his hand and prepared to put her in a specimen cage. Juggernaut then smashed into the Stranger's head, causing him to drop Jean, and when the Stranger prepared to eyeblast Marko, Iceman covered his eyes with ice and then physically immobilizing him.

    This delayed the Stranger sufficiently for the Toad to free Prosh from the Stranger's influence, allowing Prosh to trap the Stranger while the others escaped outside. Prosh then banished itself extradimensionally.

(Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z hardcover#11: Stranger) - As soon as Prosh was out of the mutants’ vicinity, the Stranger freed himself and turned to newer experiments.

(Marvel Universe: The End#4) - After Thanos gained the vast power of the Heart of the Infinite, the Living Tribunal ruled that this situation was unacceptable, and they summoned a council of cosmic beings and other beings of power, including Epoch (appearing as and perhaps confused for Eon), Eternity, Galactus, the In-Betweener, Infinity, Lord Chaos, Master Hate, Master Order, Mephisto, Mistress Love, the Stranger, Uatu the Watcher, the entire race of Celestials, and Thor, Zeus, and other godheads. 

(Marvel Universe: The End#5) - After Thanos dispersed or otherwise banished Eternity, the Living Tribunal transported Earth's heroes and the cosmic entities to assault Thanos.

(Marvel Universe: The End#6) - After a relatively short battle, Thanos apparently absorbed all present, ultimately even Eternity, Infinity, and the Tribunal into his being, leaving nothing left of the universe. 

(Marvel Universe: The End#6 (fb) - BTS) - When Thanos sacrificed his power to restore the universe, and diverged the previous conflict to Reality-4321, the Stranger was apparently restored as well.

(Beyond#6 - BTS) - Gravity sacrificed his life helping the others get to the ship and escape before Battleworld broke apart.

    Uatu revealed that he had been on Battleworld to observe Gravity's death, naming Gravity to have lasting significance.

    Michael Collins found himself unable to turn back into Deathlok on Earth.

(Astonishing Thor#3 (fb)) - The Stranger sought out Ego, informed him of his captive twin, and gifted him with the means to move unaided across the void and to access the byways of hyperspace. He watched as Ego departed to find his "brother."

(Astonishing Thor#1) - As Ego approached Earth, threatening Earth via his very mass and velocity, Thor traveled to Ego and attempted to drive it off. The Stranger, however, confronted Thor, telling him he could not permit him to do this. Announcing himself to be Ego's creator and wishing for Ego to achieve his destiny, the Stranger banished Thor from Ego, casting him far away.

(Astonishing Thor#2 - BTS) - Charting Ego's trajectory, Thor arrived at one of the Collector's museum, learned of the existence of Alter Ego, and was forced into confrontation with Alter Ego.

(Astonishing Thor#3) - As Thor fled Alter Ego, the Stranger helped him escape the tesseract that contained Alter Ego.

(Astonishing Thor#3 (fb) - BTS) - The Stranger also released Alter Ego from the tesseract and sent him on the path to meet Ego; he further supplied both planets with a psychic link so they could sense each other.

(Astonishing Thor#3) - Noting he could command Thor's obedience if he wished, the Stranger thanked Thor for revealing which of the Collector's dodecahedra contained Alter Ego. When Thor requested the Stranger explain himself in return, the Stranger explained how and why -- despite the many origin stories to the contrary, some of which I fostered -- he had created Ego with the Collector's aid.

    Upon learning that the Stranger intended to measure the planets' superiority by which of them survived, Thor advised the Stranger that he would refuse to allow such a battle; amused with Thor's implied threat, the Stranger considered he was persistent, like a fly batting itself against a window pane.

    Noting that he had set the two planets on a course to meet each other, the Stranger bade Thor farewell.

(Astonishing Thor#5) - After Ego shattered Alter Ego, who was reborn in the form of Ego's new moon, the Stranger confronted Thor, noting his repeated interference in his experiments. Exhausted by the conflicts, Thor nonetheless warned the Stranger that if he gave him further provocation, he would put an end to the Stranger's recklessness. As Thor departed, the Stranger noted that Thor just might do that, and that this was an awkward and distasteful coda. Pondering why he seemed unable to summon sufficient ire, the Stranger considered that he might be pleased by the unexpected result of the experiment, as rather than ending in destruction, it had led to a family.

(Thanos: The Infinity Ending (fb) - BTS) - As an alternate future Eros (formerly aka Starfox) and Pip the Troll traveled through time in an effort to affect younger versions of Thanos in an effort to thwart a virtually omnipotent alternate future Thanos, they apparently created a number of temporal paradoxes that at least temporarily distorted reality.

Comments: Created by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Werner Roth, Alexander Toth, Vince Colletta, and Charles Eber "Chic" Stone.

    I am not going to try to chronologically insert the time periods at which the Stranger captured each of his Prisonworld and Battleworld captives, as that would be too speculative. Many of them have their own profiles, and you can check there for likely time periods.
    Similarly, discussions of whether certain captives/subjects are or are not who they claimed and/or were stated to be is covered under each of their profiles.

    What is the deal with the symbol on the Stranger's chest/tunic/shirt. Some sort of horned or winged creature?

    During the Infinity Gauntlet, Eon was pictured multiple times as being present, but as Thanos had slain Eon before the conflict began, this was revealed to be Eon's daughter, Epoch. I would have to imagine they drew Eon and learned of Eon's death so changed the text to Epoch. Epoch had a little baby form at that time, but the in-story explanation is that Epoch adopted Eon's form to be more impressive/familiar.
    As further detailed by Donald Campbell:

Galactic revolution

    Per Wikipedia: The galactic year, also known as a cosmic year, is the duration of time required for the Sun to orbit once around the center of the Milky Way Galaxy. Estimates of the length of one orbit range from 225 to 250 million terrestrial years.The Solar System is traveling at an average speed of 230 km/s (828,000 km/h) or 143 mi/s (514,000 mph) within its trajectory around the galactic center, a speed at which an object could circumnavigate the Earth's equator in 2 minutes and 54 seconds; that speed corresponds to approximately 1/1300 of the speed of light.

What do you call the Eternals of Gigantus?

•     In Fantastic Four I#115-116, they are just called the people of Gigantus. That's also what they are called Silver Surfer III#31
•     They are called Gigantians in the Over-Mind and Stranger profiles in the 20t^h century OHotMU profiles (although I don't think the names were used in their Master Edition), as well as in Quasar I#16 and the Over-Mind's 21st century profiles.
  
•     They are called Gigantans in the Stranger's 21^st century OHotMU profiles. I prefer "Gigantans," but it seems to be in the vast minority, and it doesn't seem to have any precedent. Dagnabbit!
  

Infinity Gems or Soul Gems

    In the original stories, all of the Infinity Gems were called "Soul Gems." It wasn't until Starlin started his Infinity Gauntlet storyline that they were called Infinity Gems and spelled out to have different powers.

How tall?

The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe I#10: Stranger entry states he can reach up to 50'

The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe II (Deluxe Edition) #12: Stranger entry states he can reach up to 36'

The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z hardcover#11: Stranger says "over two dozen feet"

I'm not sure why this height has diminished over time in his profiles, but he's a clearly at least 50' tall when he confronted Spider-Man and Adam Warlock in Marvel Team-Up I#55. Check out the image above.

Uni-Mind

    Quasar I#16 revealed that the Gigantians were the Eternals of Gigantus, and it was clarified/confirmed that the Eternals/Eternians/Eyungians were the Eternals of Eyung.

    The composite nature of the Over-Mind and the Gigantian composite is more interesting in that light, as the Eternals are known to merge their minds into a collective known as the Uni-Mind.

Ego and Alter Ego

Ego has had numerous, contradictory origins over the decades since its first appearance, and the Stranger's story is but one of those.

The Stranger's history of deception and providing false origins for himself doesn't strengthen his credibility in this instance.

    The claim that the Strange had created Ego was supported by what the ghost of Egros told Galan of Taa in Ultimates2#8. However, the Silver Surfer: Black mini-series contradicted that origin by having a new-born Ego being present "at the dawn of time" well before the Collector (who is no more than 5.5 billion years old) could have be present to help create him.
--Donald Campbell

Strange claims

•     In X-Men I#11, the Stranger claimed to be a member of a people who were greatly interested in mutations
•     Tales to Astonish I#89 first referenced his concern that humanity was a threat to the universe
  
•     The Stranger first claimed to be the sum of the Gigantians in Fantastic Four I#116.
•     He discussed exploring the universe and cosmic pursuits in FF I#116, but his surveying other worlds was discussed as early as X-Men I#18
  
•     In Quasar#16, the Stranger first claimed to be a member of a long-lost race.

When did the Stranger become one of the Elders of the Universe (as shown in Avengers Assemble#7-8)?

•     He didn't...nor did the In-Betweener, who is an abstract, conceptual entity.
  
•     I can explain the problem in one word: Bendis.
  
•     Fortunately, before I finished up this profile, the solution came in another word: Starlin.
•     Starlin explained the cause as reality distortions caused by the time-traveling of alternate reality Eros and Pip the Troll.

Other Appearances?

   It's hard to wrap my head around it all, but I think the Stranger seen Infinity Entity#2-3 and Thanos: The Infinity Finale is part of an alternate reality in which Galactus was slain. Regardless, he just stands around with a bunch of cosmic entities and doesn't do anything except get destroyed a couple times (and then reformed as well).

Via the infinite nature of the Multiverse, the Stranger's plan to use the Hulk to rebuild human society bore fruit in this reality:

Earth-67389 Under the enigmatic Stranger’s influence, the Hulk assaulted humanity, leaving it vulnerable to the Stranger's assault, which virtually wiped out human society; thereafter, the surviving humans built a better world under the Stranger’s command. Tales to Astonish #89 (1967)
Thor's "reversing time" was interesting, as he didn't travel back in time, or there would have been two of him present. Somehow he seemed to turn back time (like Cher wishes she could) but retained memories of the events that had occurred. Regardless, this diverged another reality (although I suspect the Stranger-616 somehow was aware of both versions):

I'll start working on a profile on the Stranger's laboratory/prison world, but for now, I'll compile comments here.

Stranger's laboratory world "across the infinite, fathomless void of space...a grim, gray world without a name" (Av47).

    Quasar#15 called the Stranger's Laboratory World his homeworld.

Starblast#2 describes the Stranger's Homeworld as a Neptune-sized planet.

Although I appreciate the fact that Jim Starlin at least attempted to fix some of the mistakes made by Brian Michael Bendis, I strongly doubt that Starlin's last six Infinity OGNs have actually been set within the Prime Marvel Universe. Aside from the discrepancies allegedly caused by Eros and Pip while time-traveling, Al Ewing's Ultimates 2 stories treated the Thanos who was living happily with Mistress Death as being in an alternate timeline and not the Prime Marvel Universe. Also, Starlin also didn't treat the Living Tribunal as being unique in the multiverse but as someone who had counterparts in each universe. Plus, Eros is dead in the Prime Marvel Universe, long before he could become the alternate future Eros from the last three Infinity OGNs. It makes things easier all around if we just assume that those OGNs take place in the "Starlinverse" section of the Marvel Multiverse.
    I'm inclined to agree it takes place in an alternate universe. I think we just have to take it as being in error about the Living Tribunal., regardless. I'll have to sort it all out someday when I have more free time (which may only be an alternate universe!)
--Snood

I noticed that you stated that Mar-Vell had suspected that the Stranger had influenced the American Old West culture/structure of the O.K. Space Station 

In fact, the Stranger had come across the O.K. Space Station after its inhabitants had become "crazed from breathing too many cycles of poisons" and had begun living "lives of charades." The Stranger found their situation to be so fascinating that he had involved himself (as the "Big Boss") so that he could enjoy their madness.

Mar-Vell quickly suspected that the reason why the setting was an Earthly one was so that it would be significant to Rick Jones and he concluded that the Supremor (Supreme Intelligence) had used his mental powers to influence the form of the fantasy being lived by the miners. Mar-Vell also assumed that the Stranger was acting as an agent of the Supremor but the Stranger's ignorance of why Mar-Vell had injected himself into the experience made Mar-Vell realize that his assumption was wrong. 

Don Campbell

Rip Taylor has the perfect look for the Stranger, but he's way too happy and silly, while the Stranger is pretty somber.
    Sadly, but as an interesting coincidence, Rip passed away while I was working on this profile. I'd already pasted this picture and included the above sentence in the comments prior to that.

Profile by Snood.

CLARIFICATIONS:
The Stranger should be distinguished from:

• "STRANGER" - tiny extraterrestrial (or extradimensional) who traveled to Earth with some of his people--World of Suspense#1
• STRANGER - alien stranded on Earth, briefly worked for Carl Barker to raise money to return home, stole the "jazzed up" car of J.B. Winthrop and flew home when Barker tried to cheat him out of his money--Journey into Mystery I#89/2
• STRANGER (Vince Jones) - Shadowriders--ShadowRiders#1
• "STRANGER" - see GLORIAN. nickname used by Hulk--Incredible Hulk II#190
• "STRANGER" - see GREGOR. Grim Hunter/Vladimir Kravinoff ally--Spider-Man I#47
  
• "STRANGER from SPACE" - carnivorous alien--Mystic I#24/2
  
• STRANGERS of Earth-93060 (Atom Bob, Electrocute, Grenade, Lady Killer, Spectral, Yrial, Zipzap, Teknight)
      --Strangers#1
• Dr. Stranger Yet - monstrous warthog-like form, existed in Earth briefly remade by the Creators--Dr. Strange II#25
• Markham Moros - powerful extradimensional being who came to Earth to preach a message of cosmic harmony; and who looks a lot like the Stranger, but with a full beard--World of Mystery#3/3
• other "Strange" characters, beings, races, etc.

images: (without ads)
X-Men I#11 cover (white coat, floating in air);
    pg. (giant, but still human form);
       panel (giant, alien form)
Tales to Astonish I#89/2 cover,
    pg. 2 (blue costume)
Silver Surfer I#5, pg. 32, panel 1 (Stranger standing with foot on Silver Surfer);
       pg. 38, panel 5 (Stranger traveling through space in energy form)
Thor I#178, pg. 4, panel 5 (using scanner);
        pg. 10, panel 5 (multiple illusory selves)
Fantastic Four I#116 (alternate colors; vs. Over-Mind);
Marvel Team-Up I#55, pg. 7, panel 1 (with Power? Gem; confronting Spider-Man and Adam Warlock);
          panel 3 (blasting Adam Warlock with Power? Gem);
        pg. 12, panel 4 (holding Warlock in stasis arcs);
Champions I#13, pg. 15, panel 5 (backing Darkstar and Runestaff);
Marvel Two-In-One Annual#5, pg. 11, panel 2-3 (charging/programming electrodes);
          panel 4 (beaming away);
Silver Surfer III#27, pg. 10 (dramatic appearance on Skrull world);
    #31, pg. 15, panel 3 (seething with energy, confronting Surfer);
Avengers I#316, last page (confronting Avengers on starship);
Quasar I#15, pg. 9, panel 2 (energy form/face);
    #16, pg. 28, panel 3 (Gigantians last survivor; gestational forms)
Infinity Gauntlet#5, pg. 14, panel 3 (w/ Galactus and Epoch, energy form assaulting Thanos);
    #6, pg. 21-22 (petrified with other cosmic powers by Nebula);
Starblast#3, pg. 19, panel 6 (posing as God);
Quasar I#56, pg. 7, panel 3 (examining Star Brand on finger);
Star Brand#4, pg. 19, panel 3 (Star Brand energy drained by Skeletron);
Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Master Edition#1: Stranger images;
Avataars: Covenant of the Shield#3, pg. 21, panel 1 (small, rear oblique);
          panel 3 (face);
X-Men Forever I#5, last page (confronting assembled team);
Beyond#6, pg. 5, panel 3 (confronting Pym);
Astonishing Thor#1, pg. 20 (Stranger, knees up);
    #3, pg. 10, panel 3 (full; distant);
        pg. 11 (creating Ego and Counter Ego);
       pg. 13, panel 2 (face);
Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z#11: Stranger profile main image (refurbished from OHotMU I#10)
Avengers#2.1, pg. 14, panel 1 (face);
       pg. 19, panel 1 (alien form);
Howard the Duck VI#3, pg. 15, panel 1 (long pants outfit)
       

Appearances:
X-Men I#11 (May, 1965) - Stan Lee (co-writer/co-penciler/editor), Jack Kirby (co-writer/penciler), Werner Roth & Alexander Toth (co-pencilers), Vince Colletta, and Charles Eber "Chic" Stone (inkers)
X-Men I#18 (March, 1966) - Stan Lee (writer), Werner Roth (penciler), Dick Ayers (inkers)
Avengers I#47 (December, 1969) - Roy Thomas (writer), John Buscema (penciler), George Tuska (inker), Stan Lee (editor)
Tales to Astonish I#89/2-91/2 (March-May, 1967) - Stan Lee (writer/editor)), Gil "Sugar" Kane (penciler/inker)
Silver Surfer I#5 (April, 1969) - Stan Lee (writer/editor), John Buscema (penciler), Sal Buscema (inker)
Thor I#178 (July, 1970) - Stan Lee (writer/editor), John Buscema (penciler), Vince Colletta (inker)
Fantastic Four I#116 (November, 1971) - Archie Goodwin (writer), John Buscema (penciler), Joe Sinnott (inker), Stan Lee (editor)
Captain America I#150 (June, 1972) - Gerry Conway (writer), Sal Buscema (penciler), John Verpoorten (inker), Stan Lee (editor)
Avengers I#138 (August, 1975) - Steve Englehart (writer), George Tuska (penciler), Vince Colletta (inker), Len Wein (editor)
Captain Marvel I#42 (January, 1976) - Steve Englehart (writer), Al Milgrom (penciler), Mike Esposito (inker), Marv Wolfman (editor)
Marvel Team-Up I#55 (March, 1977) - Bill Mantlo (writer), John Byrne (penciler), Dave Hunt (inker), Archie Goodwin (editor)
Champions I#12 (March, 1977) - Bill Mantlo (writer), John Byrne (penciler), Bob Layton (inker), Archie Goodwin (editor)
Champions I#13 (May, 1977) - Bill Mantlo (writer), John Byrne (penciler), Bob Layton (inker), Archie Goodwin (editor)
Avengers Annual#7 (November, 1977) - Jim Starlin (writer/penciler), Joe Rubinstein (inker), Archie Goodwin (editor)
Marvel Two-In-One Annual#5 (1980) - Alan Kupperburg (writer/penciler), Pablo Marcos (inker), Jim Salicrup (editor)
Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe I#10: Stranger entry (October, 1983) - Tom DeFalco, Mark Gruenwald, Mark Lerer, Peter Sanderson (writers), Fred Baumann, Myra David, Peter David, Joanne Harris (research team), Mike Zeck (artist), Michael Carlin (associate editor), Mark Gruenwald (editor)
Vision and Scarlet Witch II#11 (August, 1986) - Steve Englehart (writer), Richard Howell (penciler), Frank Springer (inker), Adam Philips (assistant editor), James Salicrup (editor)
Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe II (Deluxe Edition) #12: Stranger entry (November, 1986) - Mark Gruenwald, Steve Saffel, Peter Sanderson (writers), Mike Zeck (penciler), Josef Rubinstein (inker)

Silver Surfer III#27 (September, 1989) - "Stainless" Steve Englehart, Ron Lim (penciler), Tom Christopher (inker), Craig Anderson (editor)
Silver Surfer III#29-30 (November-mid-November, 1989) - "Stainless" Steve Englehart (writer), Ron Lim (penciler), Tom Christopher (inker), Craig Anderson (editor)
Silver Surfer III#31 (December, 1989) - "Stainless" Steve Englehart (writer), Ron Lim (penciler), Tom Christopher & Keith Williams (inker), Craig Anderson (editor)
Avengers I#316 (April, 1990) - John Byrne (writer), Paul Ryan (penciler), Tom Palmer (inker), Howard Mackie (editor)
Avengers I#317 (May, 1990) - John Byrne (plot), Fabian Nicieza (script), Paul Ryan (penciler), Tom Palmer (inker), Howard Mackie (editor)
Avengers I#318 June, 1990) - Fabian Nicieza (writer), Paul Ryan (penciler), Tom Palmer (inker), Howard Mackie (editor); special thanks to Tom Morgan for the 11th hour art assist!
Quasar#13 (August, 1990) - Mark Gruenwald (writer), Mike Manley (pencils), Dan Panosian (inker), Howard Mackie (editor)
Quasar#14-15 (September-October, 1990) - Mark Gruenwald (writer), Mike Manley (pencils), Dan Panosian (inker), Len Kaminski (editor)
Quasar#16 (November, 1990) - Mark Gruenwald (writer), Mike Manley (pencils), Dan Panosian & Keith Williams (inks), Len Kaminski (editor)
Fantastic Four I Annual#23/3 (1990) - Len Kaminski (writer), Greg Capullo (penciler), Larry Mahlstedt (inker), Michael Hesler (assistant editor), Ralph Macchio (editor)
Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Master Edition#1 (December?, 1990) - Mark Gruenwald, Glenn Herdling, Len Kaminski, Jamie Tost (writers), Keith Pollard (penciler), Josef Rubinstein (inker), Phil Sheehy (editorial assistant), Peter Sanderson (consultant), Mark Gruenwald (editor)
Infinity Gauntlet#3 (September, 1991) - Jim Starlin (writer), George Perez (penciler), Joe Rubinstein (inker), Craig Anderson (editor)
Infinity Gauntlet#4 (October, 1991) - Jim Starlin (writer), George Perez & Ron Lim (penciler), Joe Rubinstein with Bruce N. Sotoloff (inkers), Craig Anderson (editor)
Infinity Gauntlet#5-6 (November-December, 1991) - Jim Starlin (writer), Ron Lim (penciler), Joe Rubinstein (inker), Craig Anderson (editor)
Warlock and the Infinity Watch#1 (February, 1992) - Jim Starlin (writer), Angel Medina (penciler), Terry Austin (inker), Craig Anderson (editor)
Incredible Hulk II#412 (December, 1993) - Peter David (writer), Paul Pelletier (penciler), Cam Smith (inker), Bobbie Chase (editor)
Starblast#2 (February, 1994) - Mark Gruenwald (writer), Herb Trimpe (pencils), Ralph Cabrera (inks), Mike Rockwitz (editor)
Quasar I#55-56 (February-March, 1994) - Mark Gruenwald (writer), John Heebink (pencils), Aaron McClellan (inks), Mike Rockwitz (editor)
Starblast#3 (March, 1994) - Mark Gruenwald (writer), Grant Miehm (pencils), Mike Higgins (inks), Mike Rockwitz (editor)
Starblast#4 (April, 1994) - Mark Gruenwald (writer), Kong, Palant & Buckler (pencils), Don Hudson & Ernie Chan (inks), Mike Rockwitz (editor)
Quasar#57 (April, 1994) - Mark Gruenwald (writer), Peter Sanderson (co-plotter), John Heebink (penciler), Aaron McClellan (inker), Mike Rockwitz (editor)
Avataars: Covenant of the Shield#1 (September, 2000) - Len Kaminski (writer), Oscar Jiminez (penciler), Eduardo Alpuente (inker), Tom Brevoort (editor)
Avataars: Covenant of the Shield#3 (November, 2000) - Len Kaminski (writer), Javier Saltares (penciler), Walden Wong & Chris Ivy (inkers), Tom Brevoort (editor)
X-Men Forever I#1 (January, 2001) - Fabian Nicieza (writer), Kevin Maguire (penciler), Andrew Pepoy (inker), Peter Franco & Lara Castle (assistant editors), Mark Powers & Ralph Macchio (editors)
X-Men Forever I#2-6 (February-June, 2001) - Fabian Nicieza (writer), Kevin Maguire (penciler), Andrew Pepoy (inker), Peter Franco & Brian Smith (assistant editors), Mark Powers & Ralph Macchio (editors)
Marvel Universe: The End#4-6 (June-August, 2003) - Jim Starlin (writer/penciler), Al Milgrom (inker), Marc Sumerak & Andy Schmidt (assistant editors), Tom Brevoort (editor)
Beyond#1 (September, 2006) - Dwayne McDuffie (writer), Scott Kolins (artist), Molly Lazer, Andy Schmidt, & Aubrey Sitterson (assistant editors), Tom Brevoort (editor)
Beyond#2-4 (October-December, 2006) - Dwayne McDuffie (writer), Scott Kolins (artist), Molly Lazer & Aubrey Sitterson (assistant editors), Tom Brevoort (editor)
Beyond#5-6 (January-February, 2006) - Dwayne McDuffie (writer), Scott Kolins (artist), Molly Lazer & Aubrey Sitterson (assistant editors), Tom Brevoort (editor)
Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z hardcover#11: Stranger (January, 2010) - Ronald Byrd (writer), Jeff Christiansen, Stuart Vandal, & Sean McQuaid (head writers/coordinators), Mike Fichera, Madison Carter, Markus Raymond, & Mike O'Sullivan (coordination assistants), Mike Zeck (artist), Jeff Youngquist & Jennifer Grunwald
Astonishing Thor#1 (January, 2011) - Robert Rodi (writer), Mike Choi (art), Charlie Beckerman (assistant editor), Ralph Macchio (editor)
Astonishing Thor#3 (April, 2011) - Robert Rodi (writer), Mike Choi (art), Charlie Beckerman (assistant editor), Ralph Macchio (editor)
Astonishing Thor#5 (September, 2011) - Robert Rodi (writer), Mike Choi (art), Charlie Beckerman (assistant editor), Ralph Macchio (editor)
Avengers Assemble#7-8 (November-December, 2012) - Brian Michael Bendis (writer), Mark Bagley (penciler), Danny Miki (inker), Jake Thomas (assistant editor), Lauren Sankovitch (associate editor), Tom Brevoort (editor)
Howard the Duck VI#3 (March, 2016) - Chip Zdarsky (writer), Joe Quinones (penciler), Joe Rivera (inker), Chris Robinson (assistant editor), Wil Moss (editor)
Howard the Duck VI#4 (April, 2016) - Chip Zdarsky (writer), Joe Quinones (penciler), Joe Rivera (inker), Chris Robinson (assistant editor), Wil Moss (editor)
Avengers#2.1 (February, 2017) - Mark Waid (writer), Barry Kitson (penciler), Mark Farmer (inker), Alanna Smith (assistant editor), Tom Brevoort (editor)
Thanos: The Infinity Ending (2019) - Jim Starlin (writer), Alan Davis (penciler), Mark Farmer (inker), Sarah Brunstad (editor)

First posted: 02/28/2020
Last updated: 12/14/2020

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