Protege

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Real Name

Current Alias

Protege

Status

Alignment

Bad

Identity

Public Identity

Marital Status

Single

Characteristics

Gender

Male

Eyes

Blue

Hair

Black

Origin

Universe

Earth-691

Created by

Jim Valentino

First appearance

Guardians of the Galaxy #15
(August, 1991)

HistoryEdit

Protege was a cosmic entity, the child-like ruler of the Universal Church of Truth.

In order to save the lives of the Guardians of the Galaxy, the Skrulls shapeshifter Replica left them to give herself as a playmate to Protégé, her god. However, she comes into conflict with Protégé's other companion, a demonic-looking woman named Malevolence, who was later revealed to be the daughter of Mephisto. Thus, upon receiving a call for aid from her old friend Martinex, as his planet is being torn asunder by multiple tragedies, Replica dodges the attentions of Protégé and Malevolence to answer this call, though ultimately it's Protégé who lets her go. Despite this, she still had to be rescued from a Universal Church ship by Firelord.

In the 31st century of Earth-691, the Living Tribunal was nearly usurped by the Protégé, whose abilities to duplicate the powers of others allowed him to manifest the Living Tribunal's own power. The Guardians of the Galaxy struggled futilely against Protégé, and the Living Tribunal itself wasn't able to defeat it. Protégé claims to have become not the new Living Tribunal, but the new One Above All (the Tribunal was later retconned as a mere manifestation body‎). It was a Celestial named Scathan the Approver who saved reality by judging against him. The Living Tribunal then absorbed the Protégé into itself to prevent him from endangering reality again.

Powers and AbilitiesEdit

Powers

Power Mimicry: the ability to duplicate the powers of other entities. Protege's ability was so powerful that he was able to duplicate the powers of the Living Tribunal

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