| “ | You wanna know why I'm joining you? Simple: I like winning. And I've been losing for too damn long. Screw Charles, screw the X-Men. I'm done wasting my time trying to kill them. | „ |
| ~ Juggernaut to the X-Men. |
| “ | I want to help people like us. Maybe by keeping our kind from being abused, we'll stop abusing other people? I know I won't stick to it if I try it alone. But I think maybe if we work together... ...WE'LL BE UNSTOPPABLE. | „ |
| ~ Juggernaut. |
Cain Marko, also known as The Juggernaut is a character from Marvel Comics.
The son of atomic researcher Kurt Marko, Cain was abused by his father unlike his stepbrother Charles Xavier, whom he bullied relentless when they were children. During his service in the military, he discovered the Crimson Gem of Cyttorak and was granted limitless strength and invulnerability and turned to a life of crime. Going by the name of "The Juggernaut", he started to cause chaos and destruction and became the enemy of numerous superheroes, such as Xavier, the X-Men and Spider-Man. However, he has since reformed into an anti-hero and is a member of the X-Men and Excalibur.
He was created by the late Stan Lee, the late Jack Kirby and Alex Toth, and first appeared in X-Men #12 in May of 1965.
Overview[]
Cain Marko is the son of Kurt Marko, who became Charles Xavier's stepfather when he married Sharon Xavier after the death of her husband Brian, for which Kurt was partially responsible. Kurt Marko starts to favor Charles, and abuses his own son, Cain. Cain begins to resent Charles and bullies him frequently. When Cain Marko and his step-brother Charles serve in the US Army and are stationed in Korea, Marko finds a hidden temple dedicated to the entity, Cyttorak. On entering, Marko finds and holds a huge ruby, and reads the inscription on the stone aloud: "Whosoever touches this gem shall be granted the power of the Crimson Gem of Cyttorak! Henceforth, you who read these words, shall become ... forevermore ... a human juggernaut!" The gem channels Cyttorak's power into Marko. The transformation causes a cave-in, with the character buried and presumably killed, not being heard from again until a sudden assault on the X-Men's headquarters.
Xavier recounts the Juggernaut's origin to the X-Men, and after shrugging off the mansion's defenses and brushing aside the X-Men, Marko is clearly seen in the final panel as he confronts Xavier. The X-Men regroup and attack, while Xavier summons Fantastic Four member the Human Torch to aid the mutants, the Torch generating 'pulses' of flame that essentially hypnotize the Juggernaut, distracting him long enough for Angel to remove his helmet, making Marko susceptible to a telepathic attack by Xavier.
The Juggernaut returns seeking revenge, and is delayed by three of the X-Men while Cyclops and Marvel Girl - aided by the astral form of mystic Doctor Strange - find and use another jewel of Cyttorak, which banishes the Juggernaut to the "Crimson Cosmos", the home dimension of Cyttorak. When the Juggernaut reappears, the character has gained mystical abilities and briefly battles the mystic Doctor Strange before being banished to an alternate universe by the cosmic entity Eternity.
Biography[]
Early Life[]
Cain Marko was born in Berkely, California to Doctor Kurt Marko and his wife Marjory, whom passed away three years after separating from her husband. Little is known of Cain's youth prior to living in New York, but he was expelled from numerous boarding schools due to his behavior. Following the death of Kurt's colleague Brian Xavier, the former quickly married the latter's widow Sharon to gain access to his wealth. After another expulsion, Cain moved into the Xavier household, where he started to bully his stepbrother Charles on a regular basis. His resentment towards Charles stemmed from jealous, as Kurt favored his stepson over his own for his intelligence and often abused Cain when learning of his bullying.
During an argument with his father, Cain noticed that Charles was overhearing and spilled chemicals in his laboratory, resulting in a fire to break out. Cain and Charles were saved from the fire by Kurt, whom died after telling Charles not to reveal his powers to his stepbrother. However, Cain overheard the conversation, thus turning his resentment into hatred for Xavier that remained for years to come. Despite his father's death, he remained in the Xavier mansion as Charles had a successful academic and athletic career, much to Cain's disdain.
Military Service[]
In adulthood, Cain briefly worked as a mercenary before joining the United States Army during the Korean War, where he encountered Charles once again. During a battle, he deserted his post and discovered a cave that hosted the Crimson Gem of the entity Cyttorak, which he obtained and read the inscription. Upon finishing the words, Marko became Cyttorak's avatar, but was buried under a pile of rubble due to enemy fire hitting the cave.
Becoming the Juggernaut[]
Marko was able to escape from the cave due to his powers, and killed the original Juggernaut Jin Taiko, thus giving him the full power of the gem. Now with the mantle "Juggernaut", he returned to New York and attacked Charles, but was stopped by the X-Men and the Fantastic Four when they removed his helmet. He was placed into a coma by Charles so he could remove the gem, but later regained conscious due to the Factor Three. However, he was tricked by the X-Men during another battle and sent to Cyttorak's crimson cosmos.
Powers and Abilities[]
Avatar of Cytorrak: The Crimson Gem of Cyttorak bonds to the user's soul and makes him the avatar of Cytorrak, an Exemplar, by giving him this new body. He was stated to be a Thor-Class threat:
- Superhuman Strength: The Juggernaut is sometimes listed to possess virtually limitless superhuman strength, and other times simply as class 90 or 100. Using this strength he was able to knock out the Thing with three blows, Colossus, and even the Merged Hulk (through repeated surprise ambush tactics) and Thor. He proved strong enough to match the highly strong Prime in a fight, knocked out several mutants with a thunderclap, and even toppled the Stranger with one punch after he grew to about 50 feet tall. He was able to go toe to toe against an enraged World War Hulk as well against the Mighty Thor. Also, when empowered greatly by absorbing energies from a magical universe, he broke multiple dimensional barriers and was able to split the space-time whose fissure was expanding through the universe in which he was.
- Superhuman Stamina: Juggernaut's body generates no fatigue toxins during physical activity, granting him nigh limitless stamina in all physical activities.
- Supernaturally Dense Tissue: The Juggernaut's skin, muscle, and bone, is exactly 4 times denser than the same tissue in the body of a human being, greatly contributing to his superhuman weight.
- Invulnerability: With his force field active, Cain is virtually invulnerable to all forms of physical injury. Although Cain is able to be harmed by high levels of mental attack, mystical attacks or weapons with mystical properties. When The Juggernaut's force field was negated by Mjolnir, he was still durable enough to exchange blows with Thor.
- Regenerative Healing Factor: If damaged, Cain possesses a regenerative healing factor that enables him to completely regenerate with superhuman speed. For instance, he has been injured by Shatterstar's sword, and healed instantly. The demon being D'Spayre once flayed the Juggernaut down to a skeleton after draining him, and even then, the Juggernaut was able to regenerate all the damage done once he regained his full power.
- Self Sustenance: The Juggernaut is completely self sustained, he has no need to breathe, eat, or drink at all. He cannot tire, hence he cannot sleep, however his self generating mystical energies provide him with the nourishment of sleep, nutrition, hydration, and oxygen. He is sustained by his mystical energies alone. He once even kept talking and fighting after being reduced to a skeleton.
- Immortality: Cain is forever young.
- Contaminant Immunity: The Juggernaut is also immune to all toxins, poisons, and disease.
- Force-Field: The Juggernaut is capable of generating a personal force field around himself, which greatly enhances his physical durability, to the point that the field was even able to withstand Thor's god-blast.
- Irresistible Force Embodiment: Once he begins to advance in a certain direction, it is virtually impossible to halt his movement. Some obstacles such as many tons of rocks and plasma-discharge cannons have slowed his pace but can't completely halt him. Thor's use of his god-blast allowed him to stop Juggernaut in his tracks. During a battle with "War Hulk", the mutant Apocalypse increased the Hulk's strength by grafting Celestial tech to him, which allowed Hulk to increase his strength at will, thereby enabling him to stop the Juggernaut.
Portrayals[]
Films[]
- In the 20th Century Fox X-Men film series, he was portrayed by Vinnie Jones.
- In Deadpool 2, he was voiced by Ryan Reynolds as David Leitch provided motion capture.
Television[]
- In Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends, he was voiced by William H. Marshall.
- In X-Men: Pryde of the X-Men, he was voiced by Ron Gans.
- In X-Men: The Animated Series, he was voiced by Rick Bennett.
- In In X-Men: Evolution, he was voiced by Paul Dobson.
- In Wolverine and the X-Men, he was voiced by Fred Tatasciore.
- Tatasciore also voiced the character in X-Men: Next Dimension, X2: Wolverine's Revenge, X-Men: Destiny and Marvel Heroes.
- In The Super Hero Squad Show, he was voiced by Tom Kenny, who voices SpongeBob SquarePants in the titular franchise.
- In Black Panther, he was voiced by Peter Lurie.
- Lurie reprised his voice for the character in Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order.
- In Ultimate Spider-Man, he was voiced by Kevin Michael Richardson.
- In Marvel Disk Wars: The Avengers, he was voiced by Shota Yamamoto.
Video Games[]
- In the X-Men Legends video games, he was voiced by John DiMaggio, who also voiced Marcus Fenix in the Gears of War franchise and Bender Bending Rodríguez in Futurama.
- Dimaggio reprised his voice for the character in Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2.
- In Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions, he was voiced by Matt Willig.
- In Marvel Super Hero Squad Online, he was voiced by Travis Willingham, who also voiced Reggie Rowe in inFamous: Second Son, Guile in Street Fighter and Knuckles the Echidna in Sonic the Hedgehog and Sonic Boom.
- In Lego Marvel Super Heroes, he was voiced by Andrew Kishino.
Gallery[]
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Trivia[]
- Ranked 188th on Wizard's "Top 200 Comic book Characters".
- Ranked 19th on IGN's "Top 100 Comic Book Villains".
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