Deviant (comics)


The Changing People, dubbed the Deviants by the Eternals, are a fictional race of humanoids appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.
The Deviants will debut in the Marvel Cinematic Universe in the film, The Eternals, on February 12, 2021.

Publication history

The Deviants first appeared in The Eternals #1, and were created by Jack Kirby.

Fictional history

They are an offshoot of the evolutionary process that created sentient life on Earth instigated by the alien Celestials, and wage war against their counterparts, the Eternals. According to the account of one Deviant in the 2006 comic book mini-series, the Deviants were created as a delicacy to be consumed en masse by Celestials at periodic intervals once they multiplied sufficiently; however, the veracity of this has yet to be proven.
While the Eternals possess godlike power and are generally physically beautiful, the Deviants are for the most part hideous, with each member of their race possessing some random physical and/or cosmetic mutation that is by Celestial design never repeated within the sub-species. Extremely mutated or deformed Deviants are referred to as "mutates" and some of the monsters of myth and legend have in fact been identified as Deviant mutates. Some of these mutations can provide superhuman abilities, but their powers are usually not as great as those of the Eternals.
The Deviants are religious, revering the Dreaming Celestial. They credit him with their creation and claim that he granted them dominion over the Earth, an agreement they believe was later broken by the treachery of the other Celestials. They have one or more holy books—the only one named thus far being the Book of Krask.
The Deviants had already developed advanced technology such as genetic engineering when humans were still living in caves.
At some point in prehistoric times, some Deviants chased after Vnn and his lover Brrkk. When Brrkk died, Vnn found the corpse of a Tyrannosaurus that previously possessed the Star Brand. Vnn absorbed the Star Brand powers and used them to defeat the Deviants.
In the advent of the heroic age, Brother Tode was leading the Deviants, with his capital in the city of the Toad in the sunken continent of Lemuria. When the Fourth Celestial Host arrived to Earth, deviant's soldiers leaded by Warlord Kro attacked New York City in an attempt to provoke fear in the humans and trick them in attacking the Celestials. When this attempt failed, the Deviants sent an attack team to the Celestial spaceship, that failed too.
Later, the Deviant's aristocracy, leaded by Brother Tode, attacked Olympia, kidnapped the Eternals and intented to disintegrated them. However, the hero Iron Man rescued the eternals and helped them in the defeat of the deviants. The eternals transformed the deviant's aristocracy into a syntetic cube, killing them. Only Warlord Kro escaped with the help of his old lover Thena of the eternals.
Without the aristocracy, the deviant's priests seized power, leaded by Priestlord Ghaur, who killed the son of Tode, Ranar. Kro returned to Lemuria and was crowned as a figurehead monarch, with the real power in the hands of Ghaur. With their new leader, the Deviants battle the Eternals again. Ghaur absorbed the power of the Dreaming Celestial and tried to ascend to godhood, but was defeated by the Eternals and Avengers and was disintegrated.kro was left as king of the deviants.
However, Ghaur returned to corporal form and tried to obtain the Serpent Crown with help of the atlantean lemurians,leaded by Llyra, in an attempt to invoke the Old God Set. The Avengers and Fantastic Four put end to their mad plan and Ghaur was disintegrated again.
Without Ghaur, and the abdication of Kro, the deviant society fall into anarchy and revolution. Brother Visara leaded them in killing all the leaders and their followers. However he finally was killed too.
Later, Kro leaded a group of heroic Deviants, the Delta Network to rescue the Avengers from a resurrected Ghaur, who used his powers to control the deviants once more. Ghaur and the Deviants fought the Eternals and the Heroes for Hire.
Much later, the Deviants males were rendered sterile and a power contest between Erishkigal and Ghaur happened. Ghaur won when he promised the deviants the return of the fertility with the help of the kidnapped etenal Phastos. The Asgardian god Thor rescued Phastos and battled Ghaur. When the Unbiding stone was destroyed, Ghaur and Erishkigal disappeared and Kro was left leading the Deviants.

Membership

Deviants

A deviant is an modified human with unestable genetic, that provokes different forms and habilities.
The Deviant Mutates are the creations of the Deviants. Among the known Deviant Mutates are:
The Delta Network, also referred to as the Delta Force, was the name of a group of Deviants, a fictional race of beings from Marvel Comics. The Delta Network was a group of Deviant warriors who were organized by Warlord Kro. When the Avengers were captured by the Deviant priesthood, Kro called the members into action to rescue them. Delta Network members included: Ransak the Reject, Karkas, Enigmo, and Donald and Deborah Ritter. The Delta Network appeared only in Avengers #370–371. The group was created out of pre-existing characters by Glenn Herdling and Geof Isherwood.

Skrulls

The Skrulls are nearly all Deviants who eliminated the other offshoots of their species, leaving only one of the original race and a Skrull Eternal.

In other media

The Deviants will make their film debut in The Eternals, set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.