Master Khan is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by

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, a recurring foe of Iron Fist and

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. He first appeared in ''

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'' #77 (October 1960), and was created by Stan Lee and

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. Within the shared universe of that company's publications, Master Khan is a sinister sorcerer "god" of K'un-L'un who demands human blood sacrifices from his worshippers.

Publication history

Master Khan first appeared in ''

'' #77 (October 1960), and was created by Stan Lee and

. ''Namor, the Sub-Mariner'' writer/artist John Byrne credits

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with coming up with the idea that the mysterious Tyrone King was really Master Khan.

Fictional character biography

Khan was a notable adversary early in Iron Fist's career, fighting Iron Fist,

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, and

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on numerous occasions as well as sending his agent

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against them. When Khan stole the

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's tiger talismans, he badly injured Bob Diamond. Magic was used to turn a K'un-Lun

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into

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who Master Khan took in as a minion. Later, when Iron Fist contracted radiation poisoning, Luke Cage took him to K'un-L'un for treatment. While there, Iron Fist was secretly replaced by a doppelgänger of the plantlike

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race, K'un-Lun's ancient enemies. Soon after their return to the outside world, the doppelgänger is destroyed as a result of a bizarre scheme engineered by Master Khan. Cage is blamed for the apparent murder of Iron Fist.

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traveled to K'un-L'un, where he found Iron Fist, who had been presumed dead for many months. While in stasis with the H'ylthri, Rand managed to focus his chi, curing the cancer. Returning to Earth and investigating the apparent invasion of Earth by the H'ylthri, Namor was forced to fight their captive,

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. The battle was interrupted by Master Khan, who wiped Namor's memory and dumped him in the American Midwest. Namor was missing for almost a year, until Namorita tracked him down using a psychic link to him she had recently discovered. Namor did not regain his memory until sometime afterward, when he was captured by Doctor Doom. The ship Doom had used to do so was then magically imprisoned in a bottle by Master Khan, who then assumed Namor's form and sold off much of Oracle's holdings. Namor soon broke the bottle and the spell, and killed Khan.''Namor, the Sub-Mariner'' #33. Marvel Comics.

Powers and abilities

Master Khan has magical powers that enable him to distort reality, levitate, and shrink objects and beings. He can also alter his appearance, form shields, fire energy blasts. He calls on the mystic principalities, such as

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, the Faltine, and Raggadorr, for power.

References

External links

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