History
Protégé was a cosmic entity, the childlike ruler of the Universal Church of Truth.[1]
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.[2] 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.[3]
In the 31st century of Earth-691, 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. The Guardians of the Galaxy struggled futilely against Protégé, and the Living Tribunal itself wasn't able to defeat it. Protégé claims to have become not the new Living Tribunal, but the new One Above All. It was a Celestial named Scathan the Approver who saved reality by judging against him. The Living Tribunal then absorbed the Protégé into itself to prevent him from endangering reality again.[4]
Attributes
Powers
Power Mimicry: The ability to duplicate the powers of other entities. Protégé's ability was so powerful that he was able to duplicate the powers of the Living Tribunal.
Infinite omnipotence: Eternity stated it does not matter how many times he mimics -- Protégé will gain infinite omnipotence by himself in a certain amount of time.
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)
- 7 mention(s) of Protégé (Earth-691)
- 3 mention(s) in handbook(s) of Protégé (Earth-691)
- 4 image(s) of Protégé (Earth-691)
