Mars (Planet)

Planet Arakko
Name	Planet Arakko (changed from Mars)
Aliases	Arakko, New Arakko, The Red Planet, Kranza, Barsoom
Characteristics
Demonym	Arakkii (formerly Martian)
Population	Millions
Major Languages	Arakki
Religion	Worship of various gods
Government	Regency and Council
Regent of Mars/Voice of Sol and the Great Ring of Arakko	Storm (Regent Ororo Munroe) and the Great Ring of Arakko
Currency	Mysterium
Location Details
Reality	Earth-616, Earth-691, Earth-928, Earth-5106, Earth-5464, Earth-928, Earth-5464, Unknown Reality
Galaxy	Milky Way
Star System	Sol
Creators and Appearances
Creators	Jack Kirby
First	Red Raven Comics #1 (May, 1940)
First	Red Raven Comics #1 (May, 1940)

Welcome, my friends -- to Planet Arakko!

—Magneto[source]

Planet Arakko (formerly Mars) is the fourth planet in from the Sun and the current capital of the Sol System. Classically a desolate world, the red planet was partially terraformed by Ex Nihilo, Abyss, and Aleph. Eventually, after Ex Nihilo had left Mars, the mutants of Earth finished terraforming the planet, claimed it for mutantkind, and relocated the mutant island Arakko to it. It is now home to the Arakkii.

History

Mars being devastated

Ancient History

The Annunaki had seeded Mars and the neighboring planet Tiamat with life. Over 100 million years ago, advanced cultures existed on Mars and her sister planet Tiamat. The two cultures fought for reasons that were forgotten. Mars was turned into a wasteland while Tiamat was utterly destroyed, its remains becoming the Asteroid Belt.

Roughly one million years ago, numerous intelligent species inhabited Mars, including the Hither People, the Red Lizardmen, and the Wing-Men. They were all evolutionary offshoots of the Golden who lived in a golden age, until various catastrophes occured which completely destroyed their civilizations. The survivors began living as tribes which were often hostile to each other and struggled to survive in their harsh environment. These races were encountered by the modern Earth man Gullivar Jones, who was transported through space and time to ancient Mars to be a savior for the natives. Unfortunately, he was unable to help the Hither people, though he and his companions did fight the savage Lizardmen, and overthrow the oppressing Technics Guild.

Another group of peoples emerged on Mars, these being the Red, Green, Black and White Martians who formed various civilizations. According to legends, all of these races originated from the Tree of Life. Their civilizations prospered for a time, until devastation struck, and the races began dying, with several cities becoming abandoned. An American Civil War veteran named John Carter was mysteriously transported to Mars, called Barsoom by the locals, where he became a warlord and married the red Martian princess Dejah Thoris. He was briefly sent back to Earth before returning to Barsoom, giving him the opportunity to tell his stories to Edgar Rice Burroughs who wrote these adventures in his books.

The Martians were tainted by the dark entity known as the Abyss who compelled them to create three crowns to channel the power of his Dark Children: the Crown of Tentacles, the Crown of Wolves, and the Thorned Crown. These crowns influenced the Martians into trying to break their own world apart to awaken the Darkest Child, which would in turn awaken his brothers to free their father. However, the Archons, a race of constructs created by the Watchers to guard the Abyss, sacrificed themselves to thwart their plan. The nearly destroyed planet was abandoned in the aftermath, with the only surviving Archon remaining behind to guard the crowns.

Early and Mid 20th Century

In the 20th Century there were various visitors and invaders who came from the planet Mars. A warlike spacefaring race that would be known as the Martian Masters had made Mars their base of operations. In 1917, they launched an invasion of Earth by using giant machines known as tripods, starting the War of the Worlds. Thankfully, the war ended with the Martians' defeat, and the events were later fictionalized by H.G. Wells.

In 1940, Captain Ott came to Earth claiming that he came from the planet Mars under orders of his leader the "Great One" to obtain an explosive formula from Earth to help defend his home world from another unspecified alien invader. The Human Torch turned the explosives over to Captain Ott who then returned to his home world. Captain Ott's claims cannot be confirmed.

By 1949, a warrior race who claimed to be "Masters of the Universe" resided on Mars, but had no means of interplanetary travel. In an attempt to bring world peace by uniting world governments to a single cause, scientist Professor Kluto used a device to pull Mars close to Earth prompting Warlord Oog to invade the Earth. The invasion was thwarted by Captain America and Golden Girl who used the device to return Mars to its proper orbit.

In 1951, scientist Baron Fritz Heinrich built a rocket to fly to Mars where he believed the Fountain of Youth was located. He took along with him the Olympian love goddess Venus, who at the time was working for Beauty Magazine to cover the story of his discovery. There they encountered Azrael the angel of death whom Fritz seemingly slew in battle before he and Venus returned to Earth. There Venus denied Fritz's claims that they went to Mars, discrediting his discovery.

Modern Age

Somewhere out beyond the orbit of Mars, a Skrull spaceship appeared from the subspace to track down De'Lila, whose ship was traveling in an Earth bound trajectory.

Starbrand, Nightmask, Abyss, and Ex Nihilo at the Garden

Ex Nihilo, his sister Abyss, and an Aleph of the Builders arrived on Mars and partially terraformed the red planet. They created the Garden, an atmosphere, vegetation, and flash-shepherded years of evolution in hopes of creating a "perfected" version of mankind. They were confronted by the Avengers. Later, two other Builder systems, Nightmask and Starbrand, arrived on Mars to visit Ex Nihilo. When the Builders began their attack on the universe, the Avengers went to Garden to recruit Ex Nihilo and Abyss.

Planet Arakko

After the tournament of swords in Otherworld, the warlike mutant nation of Arakko was moved to Earth. In an effort to solve the issues the presence of such a nation on Earth would cause, Magneto proposed that Arakko be moved to Mars and that the planet be terraformed by mutantkind. The plan was to declare Mars the "capital" of the Sol system, giving mutantkind an advantage over humanity in negotiations with alien civilizations. The plan was approved by the Quiet Council and Great Ring.

To transform Mars, thye summoned its most powerful mutants, each contributing unique abilities to this monumental task. Omega-Level Mutants are defined in the Krakoan era as individuals whose powers have no measurable upper limit. This project brought together ten of Krakoa's finest, alongside three Omega mutants from Arakko, forming an unparalleled Mutant Circuit.

Jean Grey employed her telepathy to coordinate the team's minds, enhancing precision. Quentin Quire unified the team's psychic link, ensuring flawless execution. Exodus worked with Jean Grey and Lacuna to telekinetically transport the island of Arakko to Mars. Hope Summers amplified and synchronised the team's abilities, ensuring seamless cooperation. Magneto utilised his mastery of Magnetism to transport vast quantities of iron-rich asteroids, forming Mars' planetary core and stabilising its magnetic field. Storm harnessed her to generate atmospheric conditions conducive to life. Iceman manipulated ice to create polar caps and regulate planetary temperatures. Elixir used his Biokenesis to heal Mars on a molecular level, kickstarting biological processes. Vulcan reignited the planet's core with his control over energy. Monarch reshaped reality to create foundational structures and habitats. The Arakko mutants, Sobunar of the Depths, Lactuca the Knower, and Xilo, further bolstered the effort, enriching the planet's biodiversity and stabilising its environment. Once the planet was terraformed, the mutants transported the island of Arakko to its surface, declaring Mars the new capital of the Sol System. Renamed Planet Arakko, it now serves as a hub for mutant diplomacy and a testament to the boundless potential of mutantkind. The process was a success, and the newly terraformed Mars was unveiled at the Hellfire Gala.

During a tense reconciliation, Nightcrawler teleported Cortez and Lost ten kilometers above the surface of Mars to force them to work together. Just as they were making strides, Onslaught force Cortez to overload Lost's gravity powers resulting in her death and the moon Phobos being pulled out of orbit and hurtling towards Arakko. The Keep was present for the "Phobos Incident" and launched several countermeasures, but S.W.O.R.D. was unable to save the planet. Arakko was only saved by Nightcrawler sacrificing himself to teleport Phobos back into orbit with his powers supercharged by Cortez.

Furious about mutantkind claiming the planet as their own, Feilong began working with Orchis. Feilong piloted a spaceshuttle to and landed on Phobos. After a brief altercation with Sunfire and Vornak, Feilong claimed Phobos in the name of humanity and began terraforming. The citizens of Arakko have viewed this as an act of aggression.

Points of Interest

Map of Planet Arakko post the mutant terraforming

• Aaanthor
  • Temple of the Elder Gods
• Arabia Terra
• Arakko Prime
  • Blind Island
  • Circle Perilous
  • External Gate
  • Great Ring
  • The Tower of Broken Will
• Argyre Planitia
• Atmosphere Factory
• Autumn Continent (formerly Elysium Mons)
  • Autumn Palace
• Bantoom
• City of Skulls
• Ebony Island
• Gathol
• G'ranna
• Hellfire Farms
• Helium
• Horz
• House of Prominence
• Jankor
• Karanthor
• Karrow
• Korad
• Korz Plateau
• Sol Diplomatic Zone
  • Lake Hellas
  • Krakoan Embassy on Arakko
  • Port Prometheus
    • Red Lagoon
• Maran
• Marahn
• Morrowlands
• Nili Fossae Beach
• Olympus Mons
  • Temple Gate
• Omean
• Outcast Gate
• Paradise
• Seven Citadels
  • Seth
  • River of the Dead
• Spire Vile
• Thark
• Tharsis Montes
• Toonol
• Underplace
• Valley Dor
• Valley of the Fallen
• Zeere
• Zodanga

• Arakko Orbit
  • Deimos
  • Eleesh
  • The Keep (S.W.O.R.D. Station Two)
  • Phobos
  • Nooma

Residents

• Martians (formerly)
  • Hither People
    • Golden Ones
  • Wing-Men
    • Mutant Wing-Men
  • Noltoi
  • Red Lizardmen
  • Barsoomians
    • Green Martians
    • Red Martians
    • First Born
    • Orovars
    • Ptothians
    • Therns
• Bat-Men
• Banths
• Calots
• D'ath Spiders
• Kaldanes
• Plant Men
• Rykors
• Soraks
• Thoats
• Ulsios
• White Apes
• Zitidars
• Archon
• Martian Masters (formerly)
• For Arakkiis see residents of Arakko Prime

Alternate Reality Versions

Home to Guardians of the Galaxy 31st Century (Earth-691)

The most notable Martians yet seen exist in the timeline of Killraven and the Guardians of the Galaxy. They were not native to Mars, and were reportedly tipped off to attack Earth by Immortus. Spider-Man of Earth-616 once traveled to this future and briefly aided Killraven in his struggle with the Martian Masters.

2099 A.D. (Earth-928)

A species of green-skinned demi-humanoids lived on Mars. They had entered suspended animation 10,000 years earlier than 2099 when the Phalanx attacked Mars. They had also faced the Kree, Skrull, and Shi'ar.

Alternate Killraven Timeline (Earth-2120}

In this reality, Mars was a habitable planet at least as early as Earth was, and an intelligent native lifeform evolved there millions of years before Homo sapiens did on Earth. These Martians were an aquatic species who lived in deep bodies of water on their homeworld where they built their cities. However, as eons passed, Mars declined and its climate became colder while Earth thrived. The Martians realized that the only way that their species would survive was if they migrated to Earth, but by then humans had evolved there. Unable to determine if the humans were a potential civilization or a self-destructive infestation, a majority of the Martians refused to steal another species' future.

As more millennia passed, Mars continued to grow colder, until, by the twentieth century, the Martian cities existed in cold water under sheets of ice. Now a dying race with a small and dwindling population, the Martians observed as Mankind's destruction of Earth's biosphere accelerated. Believing that Earth, as a life-sustaining planet, was a rare and valuable resource that would soon be irreparably damaged, the Martians decided to take action. Since negotiating peacefully with a species that was so clearly self-destructive was seen as pointless, they regarded war as being inevitable, and proceeded to invade and conquer Earth and destroy human civilization.

Space Squadron (Earth-5106)

In Earth-5106, a reality where space travel and exploration blossomed in the 1950s, life exists on Mars in the form of large overly hairy humanoid Martians. They are part of the Galaxy council, an federation of planets in Earth's solar system. There was a barbaric clan known as the VDBN. The VDBN and their leader Mxxptrm were exiled from Mars and went to Earth to learn the ways of peace from the Galaxy council and the Space Squadron peace keeping force.

Daring Mystery Comics (Earth-5464)

A race of Martians lived on Mars in this reality. These aliens attempted to invade the Earth, but they were stopped by Whirlwind Carter.

Amalgam Universe (Earth-9602)

The Skrulls are the native inhabitants of Mars. The Skrulls were driven from Mars by Kree. However, the last survivor of Skrull J'onn J'onzz fled to earth.

2026 A.D. (Earth-49327)

Humanity terraformed Mars at around 2011, allowing it to inhabit life. Clinton City was constructed on Mars in honor of President Bill Clinton who inaugurated Mars' expansion.

Earth-TRN1414

In the early days of the Xenomorph invasion of Earth, most of the mutant population relocated in mass to Mars, leaving Apocalypse and Krakoa behind. Unfortunately, Mister Sinister and his clones had gotten hold of the Xenomorphs' Facehuggers and Eggs, and deeming the aliens the perfect superior race he sought to help the Xenomorphs propagate. He captured almost the entire mutant population and had them implanted with Chestbursters in order to give rise to new powerful variants of the Xenomorphs, though some mutants managed to escape thanks to their powers making them immune to the implantation. Later on, the Earth Colony Ship which contained the last remaining survivors landed on Mars to find a new settlement to live, but while the Avengers were away, the Sinister clones broke into the ship and unleashed the Facehuggers on everyone. As the Xenomorphs surrounded the heroes, ships from the Intergalactic Empire of Wakanda arrived to the resistance's aid.

Moira VII.1

After Mister Sinister corrupted the Quiet Council of Sinisters and conquered Earth, Krakoa went to war with Arakko. Despite the Arakkii having grown their strength, they were no match to the Chimeras, and planet Arakko was destroyed by a Legion-clone, leaving behind asteroid-remnants.

Trivia

• The planet's current name is shared with the mutant island Arakko.
  • The planet was previously named "Mars", named after the Olympian war god Ares, under his Roman name.

See Also

• 245 appearance(s) of Mars (Planet)
• 21 minor appearance(s) of Mars (Planet)
• 225 mention(s) of Mars (Planet)
• 5 mention(s) in handbook(s) of Mars (Planet)
• 1 invocation(s) of Mars (Planet)
• 48 image(s) of Mars (Planet)
• 20 article(s) related to Mars (Planet)
• 16 citizen(s) of Mars (Planet)

Links and References

• Mars on Wikipedia.org