Protégé (Earth-691)

Protégé
Name	Unrevealed
Current Alias	Protégé
Affiliation and Relationships
Affiliation	Universal Church of Truth
Marital Status	Single
Physical Characteristics
Gender	Male
Eyes	Irises: Blue
Hair	Black
Origin and Living Status
Origin	Abstract Entity
Living Status	Alive
Reality	Earth-691
Personal Information
Identity	Public
Creators and Appearances
Creators	Jim Valentino
First	Guardians of the Galaxy #15 (June, 1991)
First	Guardians of the Galaxy #15 (June, 1991)

History

Protégé was a being artificially created to be the supreme being, child-like ruler, and messianic figure of the Universal Church of Truth.

In order to save the lives of the Guardians of the Galaxy, the Skrull shapeshifter Replica left them to give herself as a playmate to Protégé, her god. However, she comes into conflict with Protégé's other companion, Malevolence, the daughter of Mephisto. Thus, upon receiving a call for aid from her old friend Martinex, as his planet is being torn asunder by multiple tragedies, Replica dodges the attentions of Protégé and Malevolence to answer this call, though ultimately it is Protégé who lets her go. Despite this, she still had to be rescued from a Universal Church ship by Firelord.

Protégé attempting to usurp the cosmic entities

In the 31st century of Earth-691, the Protégé and the Beyonder were put on trial by the Living Tribunal and other cosmic entities. The Living Tribunal was nearly usurped by Protégé, whose abilities to duplicate the powers of others allowed him to manifest the Living Tribunal's own power. Claiming to be the new One Above All, Protégé rebelled against the Living Tribunal, Eternity, and Hawk God, but a Celestial named Scathan the Approver defeated Protégé by judging against him. The Living Tribunal then absorbed the Protégé into itself to prevent him from endangering reality again.

Attributes

Powers

Absolute Power Mimicry: Protege possesses the superhuman ability to replicate the powers of any entities after briefly observing them. Protégé's ability was so powerful that he was able to replicate the powers of the Living Tribunal.

Absolute Potential: Eternity stated it does not matter how many times he mimics -- Protégé will gain infinite omnipotence by himself in a certain amount of time.

Weaknesses

Being detained by Scathan

Scathan's Celestial muzzle.

Trivia

• As a being artificially created to be the Universal Church of Truth's supreme being, he has several visual and narrative parallels to Adam Warlock, whose alternate future evil self was the original Magus who created the Church. These visual connections include Protégé wearing the same bracelets, belt, and boots as Warlock.

See Also

• 13 appearance(s) of Protégé (Earth-691)
• 8 mention(s) of Protégé (Earth-691)
• 3 mention(s) in handbook(s) of Protégé (Earth-691)
• 11 image(s) of Protégé (Earth-691)

Links and References

• Protégé on Marvel.com