Brother Royal (Earth-616)

Brother Royal
Name	Unrevealed
Current Alias	Brother Royal
Affiliation and Relationships
Affiliation	Brotherhood of Badoon, "Coterie", Badoon Directorate
Physical Characteristics
Gender	Male
Hair	No Hair At All
Skin	Green
Origin and Living Status
Origin	Badoon
Living Status	Deceased
Reality	Earth-616
Personal Information
Identity	No Dual
Citizenship	Badoon Empire
Occupation	Brotherhood of Badoon Leader
Creators and Appearances
Creators	Stan Lee, John Buscema
First	Silver Surfer #2 (July, 1968)
First	Silver Surfer #2 (July, 1968)
Death	Guardians of the Galaxy (Vol. 4) #10 (July, 2016)
Death	Guardians of the Galaxy (Vol. 4) #10 (July, 2016)

History

Brother Royal was leader of the Brotherhood of Badoon. He led the Badoon in an attempt to conquer Earth which was foiled by the Silver Surfer.

When the Badoon later created massive concentration camps, the Guardians of the Galaxy interfered and and started freeing the prisoners. The Brotherhood managed to capture their leader, Star Lord, and Brother Royal tried to execute him by forcing him to battle the Monsters of Badoon, living weapons which had managed to hold their ground against the Silver Surfer. However, the Guardians arrived with an army of freed prisoners and slaves, and destroyed the Badoon Capital. Angela then proceeded to decapitate Brother Royal and announced that they were all free.

Attributes

Powers

Traditional strength and abilities of the Badoon species.

Paraphernalia

Weapons

Access to the full technology of the Badoon empire.

Notes

• In stories published over the course of almost fifty years, humans from Earth have encountered at least three different male Badoon rulers known as Brother Royal, all of whom have been killed. However, since none of those Brothers Royal were ever given personal names, all of them have been lumped together in this article.
  • The first Brother Royal first appeared in Silver Surfer #2 when he tried to lead the conquest of Earth but was thwarted by the Silver Surfer. He was reportedly killed while attempting to flee from Polemachus after the Brotherhood's conquest and rule over that planet was forcibly ended in X-Men Annual #5.
  • The second Brother Royal first appeared in Guardians of the Galaxy #31 when some of the Guardians of the Galaxy from the future of Earth-691 planned to preemptively attack Moord. The ending of Contest of Champions II #5 strongly implied that, following the failure of their plan against the heroes of Earth, the Great Mother with whom he had been allied in that scheme used him and his men as hosts for Brood embryos.
  • The third Brother Royal first appeared in Guardians of the Galaxy (Vol. 3) #15 when he interrogated Gamora on Moord about where her adoptive father, Thanos, was hiding. He was killed by Angela in Guardians of the Galaxy (Vol. 4) #10.
• A leader of the Brotherhood of Badoon who was identified as Y-Gaaar first appeared in Guardians of the Galaxy (Vol. 3) #2 as a member of the Galactic Council. However, it's unclear if this character was ever actually a Brother Royal.
• A fifth male Badoon leader, identified as the Brother Royale, appeared in Gamora #1 in a story that was set before Gamora's first appearance in Strange Tales #180. However, certain elements of that miniseries, like the fact that Nebula was shown as being a cyborg at that time even though she didn't become one until much later (in Silver Surfer (Vol. 3) #73) make the canonicity of this miniseries questionable.

See Also

• 17 appearance(s) of Brother Royal (Earth-616)
• 3 mention(s) of Brother Royal (Earth-616)
• 1 mention(s) in handbook(s) of Brother Royal (Earth-616)
• 3 image(s) of Brother Royal (Earth-616)

Recommended Readings

• Silver Surfer #2
• Sub-Mariner #51
• Uncanny X-Men Annual #5
• Guardians of the Galaxy #30-33
• Guardians of the Galaxy #46