Korath the Pursuer is a fictional character in the Marvel Universe

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Korath is a Kree

Kree

The Kree, also known as the Ruul, are a scientifically and technologically advanced militaristic alien race in the fictional Marvel Universe. They are native to the planet Hala in the Large Magellanic Cloud...

 agent who was a member of the Starforce

Starforce (comics)

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 and ally of Ronan the Accuser

Ronan the Accuser

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Fictional character biography

Korath-Thak is an agent of the Kree

Kree

The Kree, also known as the Ruul, are a scientifically and technologically advanced militaristic alien race in the fictional Marvel Universe. They are native to the planet Hala in the Large Magellanic Cloud...

 Empire. He was a cyber-geneticist, and the founder and head of the Pursuer Project to develop cybernetic warriors for the Kree militia. He has also been a munitions manufacturing plant foreman, and a special operative of the Supreme Intelligence

Supreme Intelligence

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Korath used cyber-genetic technology of his own design to gain superhuman powers during the Kree/Shi'ar

Shi'ar

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 War. He then met Shatterax, Ultimus

Ultimus (comics)

-Fictional character biography:Ultimus is a member of the Kree race, a warrior believed to be a Kree Eternal. Somehow he came to Earth, and fell into a state of suspended animation in a subterranean area 3,000 years ago. He was accidentally awakened from his slumber, and as the Demon Druid he...

, and Supremor

Supremor

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. At the behest of Supremor, he attacked the Avengers

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 force on Hala, and battled Captain America

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. Alongside the Kree Starforce

Starforce (comics)

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, he again battled the Avengers on Hala. He witnessed the assassination of Ael-Dan and Dar-Benn by Deathbird

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 and the return to power of the Supreme Intelligence. Alongside the Kree Starforce, he was held captive in a Shi'ar stasis ray. He witnessed a battle between an Avengers force, and was defeated by the Scarlet Witch

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 and Astra. Alongside the Kree Starforce, he arrived in the Shi'ar Empire to assassinate Lilandra

Lilandra Neramani

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. He battled another contingent of Avengers and the Shi'ar Imperial Guard

Imperial Guard (comics)

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. He returned to Hala alongside Lilandra, Starforce, and the Imperial Guard after the detonation of the nega-bomb to help the Kree rebuild under Shi'ar rule. Alongside the Shi'ar Starforce and Deathbird, Korath attacked Quasar

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, Her

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, and Makkari

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 on Hala for violating Shi'ar airspace.

Admiral Galen-Kor and his criminal forces battled Deathbird and Starforce. Korath and Starforce alongside the Underground Legion, battled Lord Tantalus. Korath wound up settling on the planet of Godthab Omega. Korath was reunited with Ronan

Ronan the Accuser

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 when he came to the planet in search of Tana Nile

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. Korath was apparently assimilated into The Phalanx and became one of their Select. He fought Quasar, Moondragon, and Adam Warlock, and was killed by Ultron

Ultron

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 when he failed to capture Adam Warlock.

Powers and abilities

Korath is a member of the alien Kree race, who was augmented by an unknown experimental cyber-genetic engineering process. He has superhuman strength, stamina, and durability. He also has the ability to psionically locate individuals by tracing their brain patterns. Like other Kree, Korath has the inability to breathe in Earth's atmosphere without a special apparatus or breathing serum.

Korath is an expert in cyber-genetic engineering. He is trained in the martial skills of the ancient Kree, and is a competent but relatively inexperienced armed and unarmed combatant.

Korath wears an armored battle-suit and helmet composed of unknown alien materials. He wields two 1½ foot beta-batons which generate electrical force capable of stunning opponents into unconsciousness on contact or disrupting functions of electrical devices. By adjusting the batons, Korath can stun beings as powerful as Eternals or even intangible beings. He is capable of flight via electrically powered turbines in his boots.