Brother Tode
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Brother Tode is a fictional character in the Marvel Universe
comic books.
Brother Tode is a Deviant
with green skin and an oversized head. He was once the monarch of the Deviants, ruler of the Deviant Empire of Lemuria
, husband of Queen Vira and father of Ranar.
to find the Celestials
' cosmic beacon and destroy it. He punished Kro when Kro failed to destroy the beacon, and then authorized Kro to attack New York City. Tode was next seen observing a gladiatorial game between Ransak the Reject
and Karkas
the Mutate. There, Tode encountered Thena
the Eternal
. Tode was in the City of Toads when the Celestial Eson
caused the city to flood, although Tode's life was spared.
Tode then led a successful invasion of the Eternals' city Olympia
, in which Eternals were captured and imprisoned via brain mines. Tode supervised the distillation of the Eternals' immortality, and consumed the energy of the discorporated Eternals in an attempt to gain immortality. His plan was thwarted by Iron Man II
and the Eternals.
It was later revealed that Tode, along with the other Deviants in the City of Toads when the Eternals defeated them, was transformed by the Eternals by molecular rearrangement into a large organic cube which was then lowered into Olympia's foundation. The block of transmuted Deviants was then towed by the Eternal Uni-Mind
into space.
Marvel Universe
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comic books.
Brother Tode is a Deviant
Deviant (comics)
The Deviants are a fictional race of superhumans in the Marvel Comics' universe. 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...
with green skin and an oversized head. He was once the monarch of the Deviants, ruler of the Deviant Empire of Lemuria
Lemuria (comics)
Lemuria is the name of two fictional locations in the Marvel Universe.Lemuria had been a small continent and group of islands in the Pacific Ocean 21,000 years ago, which was ruled by the Deviants. Lemuria became the center of the Deviant empire, and the only remaining free land was Atlantis, the...
, husband of Queen Vira and father of Ranar.
Fictional character biography
Tode, as ruler of the Deviants, dispatched KroKro (comics)
Kro is a Marvel Comics supervillain.-Publication history:Created by Jack Kirby, Kro first appeared in Eternals vol. 1 #1 ....
to find the Celestials
Celestial (comics)
The Celestials are a group of fictional characters that appear in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The characters first appear in Eternals #1 and were created by writer-artist Jack Kirby....
' cosmic beacon and destroy it. He punished Kro when Kro failed to destroy the beacon, and then authorized Kro to attack New York City. Tode was next seen observing a gladiatorial game between Ransak the Reject
Ransak the Reject
Ransak the Reject is a fictional superhuman from the Marvel Comics universe. He is a member of the race known as the Deviants. Ransak was created by writer/artist Jack Kirby in 1977. He first appeared in Eternals #8.-Fictional character biography:...
and Karkas
Karkas
Karkas is a fictional superhuman from the Marvel Comics universe. Karkas is a member of the Deviants, a monstrous off-shoot of humanity created by the Celestials. Karkas was created by writer/artist Jack Kirby, in 1977.-Fictional character biography:...
the Mutate. There, Tode encountered Thena
Thena
Thena is a fictional character appearing in the Marvel Comics universe. She is a member of the Eternals.- Fictional character biography :Thena was born in the city of Olympia in ancient Greece, and is thus one of the Eternals of Olympia...
the Eternal
Eternals (comics)
The Eternals are a fictional race of superhumans in the Marvel Comics universe. They are described as an offshoot of the evolutionary process that created sentient life on Earth. The original instigators of this process, the alien Celestials, intended the Eternals to be the defenders of Earth which...
. Tode was in the City of Toads when the Celestial Eson
Eson the Searcher
Eson the Searcher is a fictional character in the Marvel Universe.-Fictional character biography:Eson is the seeker and quester among the cosmic entities the Celestials. Eson arrives on Earth with the rest of the Fourth Celestial Host....
caused the city to flood, although Tode's life was spared.
Tode then led a successful invasion of the Eternals' city Olympia
Olympia (comics)
Olympia is a fictional city in the Marvel Universe. It first appeared in Eternals #5 and was created by Jack Kirby.-Fictional history:...
, in which Eternals were captured and imprisoned via brain mines. Tode supervised the distillation of the Eternals' immortality, and consumed the energy of the discorporated Eternals in an attempt to gain immortality. His plan was thwarted by Iron Man II
War Machine
War Machine is a fictional character, a comic book superhero appearing in comic books set in the Marvel Comics universe. The character of James Rhodes first appeared in Iron Man #118 by David Michelinie, John Byrne and Bob Layton...
and the Eternals.
It was later revealed that Tode, along with the other Deviants in the City of Toads when the Eternals defeated them, was transformed by the Eternals by molecular rearrangement into a large organic cube which was then lowered into Olympia's foundation. The block of transmuted Deviants was then towed by the Eternal Uni-Mind
Uni-Mind
The Uni-Mind is a fictional composite being in the Marvel Universe. The Uni-Mind and the Eternals were the creation of Jack Kirby.-Fictional character biography:...
into space.