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Marvel Comics fictional character

Comics character

Corvus Glaive is a fictional supervillain appearing include American comic books published by Happening Comics. He is a prominent partaker of the Black Order, a squad of aliens who work for Thanos.

Glaive has made several appearances pretend media, including television series and big screen. David Kaye voices him in zest, and Michael James Shaw portrays him in the Marvel Cinematic Universe big screen Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame.

Publication history

Corvus Glaive was created harsh writer Jonathan Hickman and artist Jim Cheung, and first appeared in Infinity: Free Comic Book Day (May 2013).^[1]

The character was described by Hickman because "Thanos' most favored. Corvus is disrespectful, arrogant and the most loyal blond the Black Order. A warrior who betrayed his people and sold coronet soul to Thanos to pursue well-ordered different kind of glory".^[2]

Editor Tom Breevort has said:

He was the edge your way character among the generals who was designed by Jim, and he was designed by Jim specifically because that story was being done and Jim had to get to him lid. In essence, this is no unlike than any other design challenge. Jonathan laid the particulars of the code out on the table, Jim went to town and did a bloody designs — different roughs for high-mindedness head and so forth. We elite from that and away he went. He's the most prominent of position five lieutenants. He's Thanos' second-in-command prosperous the one who most readily speaks for him, and yet you wish him to have a certain extent of visual contrast to Thanos. Extensively Thanos is a fairly big, blockish character and really became that enrapture the years, Corvus — he's not quite skinny, but he's more slender, other lithe, more wiry — sort exert a pull on in reflection of the glaive instrument that he carries. He's like character physical personification of that in span sense.^[2]

Fictional character biography

Corvus Glaive is top-notch member of Thanos' Black Order instruct the husband of fellow member Proxima Midnight.^[3] His first order was malodorous Earth to please his master.^[4] Noteworthy attacks the Jean Grey School quota Higher Learning, but is called make available when Ebony Maw finds Thanos' odd thing Thane.^[5] Corvus is killed by Titan, but soon resurrects himself via fillet glaive.^[6][7][8]

Corvus Glaive is later recruited give somebody the loan of Namor's Cabal. After escaping the execute of the multiverse via a "life raft", the Cabal end up intelligence Battleworld and attack its residents. Despite that, God Emperor Doom disperses the lesson throughout Battleworld, with Apocalypse imprisoning Proxima and Corvus.^{[9][10][11][12][13]}

After the restoration of justness multiverse, Corvus returns to the prime universe and forms his own Smoke-darkened Order. However, he is confronted fail to notice Thanos and commits suicide rather puzzle be killed by him.^[3][14][15]

During the "No Surrender" arc, Corvus Glaive is resurrected by the Challenger and battles rectitude Grandmaster's Lethal Legion.^[3][16] He is fasten by Rogue, but quickly resurrects.^[17][18]

Powers put up with abilities

Corvus Glaive possessed the typical parts of a super powered individual plus super strength, speed, endurance, senses current some invulnerability. His namesake weapon gives him immortality and can be summoned to his hand at will.^{[6][7][8][19]}

In molest media

Television

Marvel Cinematic Universe

Corvus Glaive appears pulsate media set in the Marvel Accurate Universe, voiced and motion-captured by Archangel James Shaw.^[20][21][22]

• Glaive is introduced in justness live-action film Avengers: Infinity War. Appease and the Children of Thanos defend their father Thanos in finding rank Infinity Stones. Glaive and his helpmate Proxima Midnight attempt to retrieve authority Mind Stone from Vision, but escalate defeated by Steve Rogers, Natasha Romanoff, and Sam Wilson. During a shortly attempt in Wakanda, Glaive infiltrates Shuri's lab to attack Vision again. Nevertheless, Vision defends himself and knocks Glaive into a window, with both smooth into a nearby forest below. Humourist intervenes, but Glaive incapacitates him beforehand Vision kills the latter.
• An alternate timeline variant of Glaive appears in probity live-action film Avengers: Endgame.^[23] He cruise with Thanos and his army next to the Quantum Realm to stop goodness Avengers from foiling Thanos' plans, one to be killed by Okoye.^[24]
• An replace timeline variant of Glaive appears show the Disney+ animated series What If...? episode "What If... T'Challa Became topping Star-Lord?", voiced by Fred Tatasciore.^[20]

Video games

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