Darkforce
Darkforce is a dimension that features in Marvel Comics.
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History
The Darkforce
Long ago, the Gardener of the Elders of the Universe came upon the Darkforce Dimension. He became fascinated with the idea if life could flourish in such a desolate land. Thus, he came to plant a seed in the ground and departed where his attention was diverted elsewhere causing him to forget to check its growth. In time, the seed grew into a mighty plant that was known as the Tree of Shadows that existed there for a thousand years. After all those centuries, the land where the Tree of Shadows resided was fought over by ancient primitive Shi'ar and Skrulls who saw it as a source of great power. The early Shi'ar came to reach the tree first where it bonded to the person and became the Prime Raptor. After shaping itself around its host, the Raptor came to learn the art of shapeshifting after seeing the Skrulls whereupon they massacred them. From the tree emerged a race of synthetic beings known as the Fraternity of Raptors. (Infinity Countdown: Darkhawk v1 #3)
S.H.I.E.L.D. came to learn that a Hungarian arms dealer named Andras Bertesy who had dabbled in the dark arts and intended to sell access to the Darkforce dimension to terrorist organisations such as al Qaeda who intended to use it for transportation. This saw a covert Secret Avengers team being brought together with them being guided by agent Nick Fury, Jr. in eliminating Bertesy. (Secret Avengers v1 #1)
During Hydra's takeover of the U.S., Baron Helmut Zemo came to use the Darkhold to enhance Blackout's powers to allow the entirety of the Manhattan area to be encased in a Darkforce dimension dome. (Secret Empire v1 #0) In a raid on the Hydra prison, Maria Hill came to shoot the brainwashed Blackout thus bringing down the darkness encompassing dome. (Secret Empire v1 #8)
Overview
Within the dimension resided the Tree of Shadows that resided in a pocket realm that came to be known as Nullspace. (Infinity Countdown: Darkhawk v1 #3)
Users
- Cloak :
- Black Mamba :
- Dusk :
- Henrique Manuel Gallante :
- Sepulchre :
- Hunger :
Notes
- The Darkforce was created by Tony Isabella and George Tuska where it made its first appearance in Champions v1 #7 (August, 1976).
Alternate Versions
In other media
Television
- In Iron Man: Armored Adventures, the Darkforce was referenced in the setting of the animated television series second season in the episode "Doomsday". It was shown to be capable of accessing another dimension inhabited by a demonic-like being known as Yogthulu. The black Makluan Ring known as the Nightbringer was able to control the Darkforce and was set to be the most powerful of the rings. Doctor Doom acquired it from a hidden temple in Latveria where he defeated the Grey Gargoyle guardian and though he was unable to wield it he was capable of accessing its power to open dimensional portals around the world. The threat posed by him led to Iron Man, Mandarin and Howard Stark working together to stop Doctor Doom. Doctor Doom had intended to sacrifice the three to Yogthulu in exchange for the resurrection of his family. Howard Stark managed to reverse the teleportation system where he sent Doctor Doom into Yogthulu's realm.
- In Agent Carter, Darkforce appeared in the second season of the live-action television series set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe where it was discovered in 1947 by the company Isodyne who called it Zero Matter. The Darkforce was a theoretically transdimensional element from another dimension that first manifested on Earth in the 1940s, during World War II. In May 1945, soldiers of the 5th U.S. Infantry Division encountered a mysterious anomaly on the battlefields of Europe. The phenomenon was given the name Zero Matter, but it also became known as Darkforce. After the war, a mysterious anomaly occurred in the wake of an Atomic Bomb test by Isodyne Energy that fermented into a portal. A military team that had been witnessing the event were sucked in by the portal, as were all their supplies and vehicles. The portal then vanished, and the only thing left behind was a cluster of Darkforce, writhing around in the spot that the portal had appeared. The Darkforce found itself in the possession of Isodyne, and was given the label "Zero Matter". The scientist Jane Scott touched the substance and became frozen solid afterwards. Actress and genius inventor Whitney Frost coveted the Zero Matter, seeking to use its otherworldly properties to her own ends. Through her husband, Calvin Chadwick, Frost believed that the Zero Matter could be used to push humanity to higher levels of advancement. Unfortunately, Chadwick's benefactors, the Council of Nine, lost interest in the operation and ceased all funding on utilizing the Zero Matter. Refusing to let this slide, Frost went to Isodyne Energy with the intent of stealing the Zero Matter for herself. However, Strategic Scientific Reserve Agent Peggy Carter and Isodyne scientist Jason Wilkes, perceiving the Zero Matter as too dangerous to be left in Isodyne's hands, arrived at the same time with the same intent. Frost and Wilkes clashed over the Zero Matter, but in the struggle, the canister containing the force fell and broke open. The Zero Matter subsequently unleashed a pulse of energy that left Frost infected with Darkforce energy and Wilkes invisible and intangible.
- In Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., the Darkforce appeared in the setting of the live-action television series in the episode "The Only Light in the Darkness". It was said to be a form of cosmic radiation consisted of pure negative energy that was unstable but powerful. Marcus Daniels was an assistant at a physics lab where they were trying to harness the electrical power of the Darkforce.
- In Cloak & Dagger, the Darkforce appeared in the setting of the live-action television series. The Loa were said to reside within the Darkforce Dimension.
Appearances
- Champions v1: (1976)
- Wolverine:
- Secret Avengers v2:
- Secret Empire v1:
- Infinity Countdown: Darkhawk v1:
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