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Celestials

FACTFILE KNOWN CELESTIALS ARISHEM THE JUOGE. JEM1AH THE ANALYZER, TEFRAL THE SURVEYOr. GAMMENON THE GATHERER. NEZARR THE CALCULATOR. ONEG THEPROBER HARGEN THE MEASURER. ESON THE SEARCHER, Z1RAN THE TESTER ONE ABOVE AU. EX1TAR THE FXECUTIONER

HEIGHT <average) 2.00C ft WEIGHT (average) 260 tons

Cosmc power on a acałe mm«»sixaUe by Eartb standards; hav* vrj*tod Earth. but oraełcated aa audarraand

marnoty of ther

exwi9nce.

The Celestials are a race of virtually

immortal space gods whosc conscious minJs gestate in the form of Iiving galaxics for morę than a million years. Once che Cełestial 1$ deemed worthy, this mind is encased by a fuli suit of virtually indcstructible body armor that is '‘dimcnsionally transcendent.il,” 'tar larger on the inside than it appears to bc on the outside). Each Celcstul appears to havc a specific purpose. Barely a dozen and a | half are known by their names

and function. but mam morcj are belicvcd to exist. For rcasons of their own. the < elestials trawi throughout the Uniwrsc.

I performing genctic

cxperunents. Fhey later return a million years later tojudge the results of their experiineins. If the world :s judged favorably, it is allowed continue. If not, it is cleansed of life. TD

FIRST APPEARANCE

Etermtis*) (Juty 1976)

Celestials

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2    REAL NAME CL Dr Noah Black

3    OCCUPATION

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Centurius

Century

WEIGHT 225 fos

FIRST APPEARANCE

Nick Fury. Agent ofSHiELD •2 (Juty 1968)

Saenltfc geous spocwfcaoa in gooo&cs; evofcod himssK mc a perfecl human 8pec*nan, vwth a««vjant s4rangfo. a^My. and dir*b*y. htgh-tech body armor mcorporates an array of waapons. expenment3 with r«s Evt*/Kxw»r fc 4**09 ta ve mcmasodhis Jg Msspon.

Contunus attempłod lo tum tta world mo a naw Garden ofEden

The ndicule of the scientifie community led brilliant scientist Dr. Noah Black to hidc himselfaway onValhalla Island, where he began to experiment on himself with his Evolutiomzer. His expenmencs led him to becotne supcr-cvolved, but also inereased his mania, and hc came to believe that humanity should be wiped out and started affesh. Calling himself Centurius,

Black intended to gather up superior spccimcns of life around the world, shepherd them to an ark, then destroy human civilization while he and his reeruits waited in the skies above the Earth.

A ccntury later they would land and reclaim the world. His initial plot was thwarted by Nick Fury and SHIELD, but Centurius continucd to threaten world security. Hc is now in SHIELD custody, m the maximum security prison known as the Raft. TB

FIRST APPEARANCE Force Works »1 (Juty 1994)

REAL NAME Ceotury OCCUPATION Adventurer BASE/HEIGHT/WEIGHT/EYES Unknown HAIR Wh»te SPECIAL POWERS/ABILITIES Combmes memone*, stołs and abAbes Of one hundred Hodomur. projects energy trom hands. weJds me Para*ex, a bładed woepon mat bmcłs mu«>pie personaMtes logothar and anables mterdimensional trava)

Following the destruction of their world Hodomur by the extradimensional entity. Lorę, the survivors created a new being from one hundred of their number.

Namcd Ccntury, this c reature was compelled to trat k down and destroy Lorc, and given a lifespan of a hundred years to attain this goal. During this quesr, the pirate. Broker, enslaved Ccntury, blanking his mind—only Ccntury s desire to find Lorę remained. This desire led him to Earth where he served on the Super Hero team Font i Works until it disbanded.

Lorę is now dcad destroyed by the Scarlet Wit< h—and Ccntury s whereabouts are unknown. AD

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