—Wrath[source]I am Wrath of the Reckoning. My people are the reason your kind made that sacred pledge billions of years ago. Do you remember why? You gave us the gift of cosmic fire. To warm our nights, to cook our food, and to light our way. But when we chose to use it to blaze our own path--to become gods ourselves--you all stood back and watched as we burned! Even when facing death, you won't fight or run or even scream. This is why my victory is assured. We have all your power...none of your limits...and no one to rival us. No one!
History
Prosilicans
This species was living happily on their own planet until the day a more advanced species, later known as the Watchers, made contact with them. The Watchers wanted to share the secrets of nuclear energy with the less advanced Prosilicans. The Prosilicans accepted the technological progress, but their ethics were not advanced enough to use it wisely: They built nuclear-powered weapons and used them in war against each other and other planets, leading to a final conflict in which the Watcher Emnu destroyed their civilization as well as ninety percent of the universe through the use of the Ultimate Nullifier.[1] They later blamed the Watchers for their problems. Aghast, the Watchers swore to never meddle again in the fate of other species, no matter how tempting.[2][3] The tale of the Prosilicans served them as a fable and was well remembered among the Watchers.[4]
Due to the toxic fallout from the war, the Watchers sealed off the devastated areas from the rest of universe, creating The Barrens. The Prosilicans were sealed away as well along with their planet, Prosilicus. Billions of years later, a group of surviving Prosilicans called the Reckoning began giving away the advanced weapons developed from the Watchers' technology to aggressive alien races, including the Cotati and the Badoon.[3]
By supplying highly advanced and powerful technology to lesser conquering races, the Reckoning kickstarted a cosmic war that destabilized the universe. This destructive conflict reached Earth which caused massive damage to the planet, forcing the Fantastic Four to get mixed in the war.[5] Led by Wrath, the Reckoning wished to exact revenge on the Watchers by taking over three Nexuses of All Realities which were the Forever Gate, M'kraan Crystal and the Apex of All Reality.[6]
They eventually attacked the Watchers' homeworld Planet T-37X, but were ambushed by all of cosmic teams gathered by the Human Torch. Ultimately, the Reckoning failed to claim the Apex as Wrath perished,[1] while Uatu the Watcher was imbued with the Apex's energies. Becoming "the One and Only Watcher", Uatu rectified his people's errors and restructured the Barrens into the Borderlands, while the Reckoning's other leaders were imprisoned for their crimes.[7]
Alternate Realities[]
Marvel 2099 (Earth-2099)[]
At least one Prosilican was a member of the Nova Corps who resided on Xandar and welcomed Logan. They likely perished alongside the other Novas as a result of the Exo-Parasites' attack, though other Prosilicans lived on other parts of the universe.[8]
Earth X (Earth-9997)[]
Prosilicans of Earth X
Powers and Abilities
Weaknesses
Miscellaneous
Level of Technology
Cultural Traits
Representatives
- Wrath
- Rapture
- Reject
- Ruin
Notes
- Almost all of the information about the Prosilicans that was presented in their entry in the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe #7 is actually inapplicable. This is because the file on the Prosilicans was somehow switched with the file on the Venturites, an alien race who first appeared in the second story in Tales of Suspense #53. The Prosilicans first appeared in that same issue but in the third story.
- The Prosilicans have been retconned twice:
- In their first appearance, the Prosilicans were a once peaceful race who misused the technology that the Watchers had given them to wage war on each other and thus ravaged their homeworld.
- In Silver Surfer #1, Uatu retold the origin of his race's vow of non-interference, but this time the Prosilicans also used their weapons against a neighboring planet whose inhabitants, before being destroyed, retaliated with their own weapons that destroyed the civilization on Prosilicus as well.
- In Fantastic Four: Reckoning War Alpha #1, Reed Richards learned that the Prosilicans had actually waged war against every other civilization that existed at that time. During that war, an ultimate weapon of last resort was used that destroyed not only all of the combatants but nine-tenths of the universe as well.
See Also
- 13 appearance(s) of Prosilicans
- 1 appearance(s) in handbook(s) of Prosilicans
- 3 minor appearance(s) of Prosilicans
- 2 mention(s) of Prosilicans
- 9 image(s) of Prosilicans
Links and References
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Fantastic Four (Vol. 6) #44
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Tales of Suspense #53
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Fantastic Four: Reckoning War Alpha #1
- ↑ Tales of Suspense #54
- ↑ Fantastic Four (Vol. 6) #40
- ↑ Fantastic Four (Vol. 6) #43
- ↑ Fantastic Four (Vol. 6) #45
- ↑ Annihilation 2099 #1
- ↑ Universe X #7
- ↑ Fantastic Four (Vol. 6) #43–44