Desak Sterixian, more commonly known as Desak the God Slayer, is a fictional character and a supervillain in the Marvel Universe. Marvel Comics is an American comic book line published by Marvel Publishing, Inc. ... In comic books, first appearance refers to the date or issue of a characters first appearance. ... A fictional character is any person who appears in a work of fiction. ... Doctor Doom, one of the most archetypal supervillains and his arch-enemies The Fantastic Four (in background). ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

Fictional character history

Desak comes from an unnamed world where the inhabitants worship a god called Kronnitt. Kronnitt demands the sacrifice of Desak's daughter, and it was during the sacrifice that an apparition visits Desak and offers him a magic gem that will save his daughter. Desak thinks he is hallucinating, and refuses. When Kronnitt punishes Desak's people - despite the sacrifice - the apparition returns and this time Desak accepts the gem. The gem empowers Desak and enables him to detect gods and also render him immune to their attacks by absorbing and redirecting the god's power. Most importantly, once Desak kills a god he is able to - courtesy of the gem - absorb their power and become even stronger. Equipped with a huge sword, axe, dagger and shield, Desak then confronts and kills Kronnitt. His course of action clear, Desak travels from world to world and slays pantheon after pantheon of gods.

It is during this time that Desak encounters Thor, Beta Ray Bill, and Hercules, who try to defend a pair of gods called Pennsu and Tae that Desak is hunting. When Pennsu and Tae attempt to destroy their own people the heroes intervene, giving Desak time to slay them both. After a terse verbal encounter with Thor, Desak departs. ^[1] Thor (often called The Mighty Thor) is a fictional character and a superhero appearing in the Marvel Universe. ... Beta Ray Bill is a fictional alien in the Marvel Universe created by Walt Simonson as a brief rival, then friend and ally to Thor. ... Hercules is a fictional character, an Olympian god and superhero in the Marvel Comics Universe, based on the mythological demi-god and hero called Herakles by the Greeks and Hercules by the Romans. ...

Desak then goes on to slay almost all the Dark Gods - the Asgardians' old enemies - with the exception of Perrikus and Adva, who escape. ^[2] Desak is then contacted by Zarrko the Tomorrow Man, who warns him of the threat that Thor - now Lord of Asgard with the death of Odin - poses to Earth. After easily dispatching the Grey Gargoyle, who at the time had deluded notions of godhood, Desak fights and almost kills Thor. Having absorbed the Odinforce after a futile attack by Thor, Desak is about to decapitate Thor when a fellow Asgardian, Thialfi, provides Thor with the Bloodaxe, which Thor uses to kill Desak. ^[3] The Dark God Majeston Zelia, from Thor #5 (second series) 1998. ... The Asgardians (aka Gods of Asgard) is a fictional race in the Marvel Comics universe. ... Perrikus slices Mjolnir in half in Thor, volume 2; #11, Art by John Romita Jr. ... Zarrkos second confrontation with Thor. ... Odin is a fictional character and that appears in the Marvel Universe and is based on the being of the same name from Norse mythology. ... The Grey Gargoyle is a Marvel Comics supervillain and a perennial foe of Thor. ... Bloodaxe is the first Viking Metal to come out of the frozen shores of Canada. ...

Unknown to Thor, the apparition rescues Desak and allows him to heal in hiding. Desak returns during the events of the Reigning, and kills many of Thor's closest Asgardian comrades. It is at this moment that the apparition is revealed to be Tarene, the Designate, who had travelled back in time to try and stop The Reigning from ever occurring. Merging with the Destroyer, Desak becomes even more powerful, but now faces an enlightened Thor who realises that his actions were wrong. Thor then hurls Mjolnir with such force that it completely decapitates the Destroyer, killing Desak instantly. Desak has not been seen since, even after Thor resets the timeline so that the Reigning never happened. ^[4] Thor Girl (Tarene) is a superhero in the Marvel Comics universe. ...

References

1. ^ Thor Annual vol. 2, 2001
2. ^ Thor vol. 2, 41
3. ^ Thor vol. 2, 47 - 50
4. ^ Thor vol. 2, 75 - 79