List of Marvel Comics characters: F
Joe Face
[edit]Joseph Facello,[1] known commonly as Joe Face, is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He was a small time criminal and occasional informant to Spider-Man. Face was killed in the comic story Kraven's Last Hunt.[2]
Fafnir
[edit]Fafnir is a character based on the mythological entity of the same name. Fafnir is first encountered in the guise of an old man by Volstagg, who with his companions is currently exploring the ruined realm of Nastrond. Fafnir explains he was the king of Nastrond, which was destroyed by Odin due to the evil nature of its people. Fafnir was left to die, but survived by drinking from a pool of water with magical properties, which transformed him into a dragon. Knowing that Volstagg and his allies were sent by Odin, Fafnir intends to kill them. Thor drives Fafnir into a chasm using his lightning and frees Volstagg.[3]
Fafnir in other media
[edit]Fafnir appears in the Avengers Assemble episode "A Friend in Need".
Falcon
[edit]Falcona
[edit]Falcona is an Inhuman with the ability to control birds of prey who is one of several Inhuman criminals found guilty of treason and banished to another dimension. When the Hulk attacks Lockjaw, he teleports the Hulk to the dimension where the evil Inhumans have been banished. Maximus appears and recruits them all as part of his military takeover of Attilan. Maximus seeks a device created by the Inhuman scientist Romnar which can absorb people. The Inhumans use Hulk to gain access to the device, and build a ray gun to use it to attack Black Bolt. The evil Inhumans squabble over the device for their own ideals of conquest, and Black Bolt is able to defeat them. To try to regain Black Bolt's favor, the Inhumans try to stop Hulk as he rampages through Attilan, with Black Bolt ultimately stopping him.[4]
Falligar the Behemoth
[edit]Falligar the Behemoth, also known simply as Falligar, is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He makes a single appearance in Thor: God of Thunder #3 (December 2012).
Falligar is a deity who appears as one of the victims of Gorr the God Butcher. Gorr killed Falligar and left his corpse rotting on the shores of his home planet, with his worshipers surrounding him and praying for his resurrection.[5]
Falligar the Behemoth in other media
[edit]Falligar's corpse appears in Thor: Love and Thunder.[6]
Famine
[edit]Famine is the name of several characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, usually as one of the Horsemen of Apocalypse.
Autumn Rolfson
[edit]| Famine | |
|---|---|
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | X-Factor vol. 1 #12 (October 1986) |
| Created by | Louise Simonson (writer) Walt Simonson (artist) |
| In-story information | |
| Full name | Autumn Rolfson |
| Species | Human mutant |
| Team affiliations | Horsemen of Apocalypse |
| Notable aliases | Famine |
| Abilities | Hydrokinesis |
Autumn Rolfson is an anorexic female from Cleveland, Ohio who is recruited as Famine, engaging in combat against the X-Men and X-Factor several times.[7][8] Rolfson is killed by Archangel while recruiting Genocide.[9]
Roderick Campbell
[edit]Shiro Yoshida
[edit]Jeb Lee
[edit]| Famine | |
|---|---|
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | Uncanny X-Force vol. 1 #1 (October 2010) |
| Created by | Rick Remender (writer) Jerome Opena (artist) |
| In-story information | |
| Full name | Jeb Lee |
| Species | Human mutant |
| Team affiliations | Horsemen of Apocalypse |
| Notable aliases | Famine |
Jeb Lee is a Confederate spy who fought during the American Civil War. He marched behind enemy lines disguised as a Union drummer in order to gather information. After the war, he returned home while mistakenly wearing his Union uniform. The Confederates believed him to be a traitor and burned his family alive in front of him. This stimulated his latent mutant powers, the ability to use percussive sound to create a bioauditory cancer, a "living sound" that feeds on the flesh of those who hear it.
Famine (First Horseman of Apocalypse)
[edit]| Famine | |
|---|---|
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | Marvel Comics #1000 (October 2019) |
| Created by | Jonathan Hickman (writer) Dustin Weaver (artist) |
| In-story information | |
| Full name | Famine |
| Species | Human mutant |
| Team affiliations | Horsemen of Apocalypse |
| Partnerships | Apocalypse (father) Genesis (mother) |
| Abilities | Hydrokinesis |
Famine is the one of four children of Apocalypse and Genesis, born and raised on Okkara. He and his siblings grow up to be the first Horsemen of Apocalypse and fight against the Brood in Ancient Egypt.[10][11][12] When the forces of the dimension of Amenth invade Earth and split Okkara into Krakoa and Arakko, Famine, along with his mother, his siblings, all Okkaran mutants, and Arakko, is voluntarily sealed away in Amenth to stop the invasion while Apocalypse remains on Earth.[13] After Genesis becomes Annihilation's new host, Arakko is subjugated and united with the forces of Amenth.[14] Famine and his siblings are sent to Otherworld to destroy the province of Dryador and lay siege to the Starlight Citadel. When Summoner successfully lures Apocalypse to Otherworld, the Horsemen attack and severely wound their father.
While War and Death participate in the X of Swords tournament, Famine and Pestilence serve as the regents of Dryador[15] and later fight against the Krakoan mutants to invade Earth. Following the battle and Annihilation's defeat, Famine returns to Amenth.[16]
When Genesis incites a civil war on Arakko, Famine joins his mother there and fights against Storm and her allies.[17] After the war ends, he joins his mother and War in exile on Phobos.[18]
Powers and abilities of Famine
[edit]Autumn Rolfson is a mutant with the power to rot, wither, and decay organic matter. She can cast fields that induce agonizing, extreme hunger pains in people and animals, physically drain the life force of targets through touch which rapidly reducing the targets to a severely emaciated state, and target agricultural centers to destroy entire food supplies instantly.
Apocalypse's son is an Omega-level mutant with the ability to control water, even able to extract it from the bodies of living beings.[19] He is also very long-lived, having been alive for thousands of years.[11][12]
Reception of Famine
[edit]Jeb Lee has been noted as an underwhelming villain.[20]
Famine in other media
[edit]- The Autumn Rolfson incarnation of Famine appears in X-Men: The Animated Series, voiced by Catherine Gallant.[21] Another incarnation of Famine who served Apocalypse in ancient times made a non-speaking cameo later in the series.[22]
- An original incarnation of Famine appears in X-Men: Evolution as Storm (voiced by Kirsten Williamson).[23]
- Autumn Rolfson / Famine appears in X-Men: Apocalypse, portrayed by Rochelle Okoye. This version served Apocalypse in Ancient Egypt.[24]
- The Jeb Lee incarnation of Famine makes a non-speaking appearance in the X-Men '97 episode "Days of Past Future".[25]
- An original incarnation of Famine appears in Marvel Rivals as Jubilee.
Fancy Dan
[edit]Fandral
[edit]Fang
[edit]Fang is the name of several characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.
Fang (Imperial Guard)
[edit]| First appearance | X-Men #107 (Oct. 1977) |
|---|---|
| Created by | Chris Claremont and Dave Cockrum |
| Species | Lupak |
| Teams | Imperial Guard |
| Abilities |
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| Aliases | (second Fang) Nev-Darr |
Fang is a Lupak, a wolf-like alien and member of the Royal Elite of the Shi'ar Imperial Guard. Created by Chris Claremont and Dave Cockrum, the character first appeared in X-Men #107 (October 1977). In later appearances, the character develops new abilities, including teleportation, flight, energy projection, and matter manipulation.[26] Like many original members of the Imperial Guard, Fang is the analog of a character from DC Comics' Legion of Super-Heroes: in his case Timber Wolf.[27][28][29]
Fang later becomes a "Borderer": a Guardsman stationed on one of the Shi'ar's conquered worlds to help its governor enforce Shi'ar law there. Fang and a small number of other Guardsmen become renegades and turn traitor, betraying the Shi'ar Empire by serving Deathbird in her attempt to overthrow her sister Lilandra Neramani. The Brood interfere with a concussion-style bomb secretly hidden in the midst of the battle.[30] Soon after this incident, Fang is killed when the Brood uses him as a host body for the egg of one of their young. His body is consumed and transformed by the Brood embryo implanted inside him, and the resulting Brood alien later fights Wolverine, who kills it.[31]
Following Fang's death, another Lupak named Nev-Darr is enlisted to replace him.[32] When Nev-Darr is killed, a third one takes his place.[33]
Tamara Pearson
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Tamara Pearson is a worker of Ezekiel Sims who once helped him in welcoming Silk into the bunker where they kept her safe from Morlun.[34]
Akihiro
[edit]Fantasia
[edit]Fantasia is a character in the Marvel Universe. She first appeared in Captain America #352–353 (April–May 1989), and was created by Mark Gruenwald and Kieron Dwyer. The character subsequently appears as Fantasma beginning in The Avengers #319–324 (July–October 1990).
Fantasia was a member of the Supreme Soviets. The team had been sent by the Soviet government to capture the Soviet Super-Soldiers, who were attempting to defect to the United States. Fantasia disguised the team members with an illusion to appear as members of the Avengers: Red Guardian as Captain America, Perun as Thor, Crimson Dynamo as Iron Man, and Sputnik as the Vision. Eventually, the real Captain America defeated the Supreme Soviets and freed the badly wounded Soviet Super-Soldiers.[volume and issue needed]
Fantasia later changed her name to Fantasma when the team became known as the People's Protectorate.[volume and issue needed] Eventually the team broke up and merged with the Soviet Super-Soldiers to form the Winter Guard.[volume and issue needed]
Fantasma is rescued from a time anomaly by the Winter Guard, with her former teammates of the Protectorate on her trail.[35] It is revealed that Fantasma is a Dire Wraith queen, and she aligns herself with the Presence and fights the Winter Guard.[36] She is defeated by banishing her into Limbo again.[37]
Fantasia is a Russian soldier with super-powers. She is skilled in magic, especially in the use of illusions. She has also shown the ability to fly and certain mental abilities.
Mister Fantastic
[edit]Fantomex
[edit]Kat Farrell
[edit]Kat Farrell first appeared in Deadline #1 and was created by Bill Rosemann. A reporter for the Daily Bugle, Farrell is the co-head of The Pulse, a section of the Bugle which focuses on superheroes.
Initially, Farrell is interested in reporting on 'real' heroes, such as police officers and firefighters, and did not like being forced to cover superheroes.[38]
Following six supervillain homicides, Farrell is led to murdered judge Michael Hart, who presided solely over superhero crimes. Hart's wife had also been murdered. The police suspect that it was a double homicide or Hart had killed his wife first. Farrell discovers that Hart had been murdered by the