Ax

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Real name: Unknown


Eyes: Blue
Hair: Black
Other distinguishing features: Ax has an artificial right eye and left arm.
Race: Human - Harbinger


Legal status: U.S. citizen
Marital Status: Single


Story: Ax was a harbinger with the ability to control machines. He used this gift to gain money and power. One of his greatest ambitions was to control the X-O Manowar armor. He kidnapped the armor hoping to control it with his powers. Unfortunately the X-O Manowar armor was a sentient armor making it resistant to any control except the ring [2-3].

When Randy Cartier had the X-O Manowar armor, Ax made another attempt on getting the armor. Randy however, turned out to be a fierce warrior and instead of getting the armor, Ax ended up loosing an eye when he was defeated [4].

The last part of Ax' human body was destroyed by the X-O Manowar armor when it had been imprinted by Master Darque and Aric no longer had control over the armor [5]. Ax must somehow have downloaded himself into a computer after this. He was shown as the one who killed Bloodshot in 2028 and took the nanite blood which was used to make Takao Konishi a Rai [1].


Skills & abilities: Ax is a harbinger with the ability to control machines.


Equipment: Ax has an X-O Command armor which he built by reverse engineering of the spider-alien's X-O Command armors.


Continuity: Valiant VH-1
Publisher(s): Valiant
First app.: X-O Manowar (vol. 1) #5 (1992)
Creator(s): Jim Shooter
Country of origin: USA


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References:

1. Rai (1992 series) #0
   Valiant, November 1992
2. X-O Manowar (1992 series) #5
   Valiant, June 1992
3. X-O Manowar (1992 series) #6
   Valiant, July 1992
4. X-O Manowar (1992 series) #21
   Valiant, October 1993
5. X-O Manowar (1992 series) #66
   Valiant, July 1996