Proxima Midnight

Proxima Midnight is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. She is a prominent member of the Black Order, a team of aliens who work for Thanos. Created by writer Jonathan Hickman, she first appeared in New Avengers #8 (September 2013).

Proxima Midnight
Cover art to Infinity #5
(December 2013) by In-Hyuk Lee
Publication information
PublisherMarvel Comics
First appearanceNew Avengers #8 (September 2013)
Created byJonathan Hickman
In-story information
Team affiliationsBlack Order
PartnershipsCorvus Glaive
Abilities
  • Superhuman strength, speed, stamina, durability, endurance, and senses
  • Expert hand-to-hand combatant
  • Utilizes a powerful spear
  • Remote possession
  • Nigh-invulnerability
  • Superhuman endurance
  • Energy blast via spear
  • Mass possession

The character has made several appearances in media, such as animated television series, the Marvel Cinematic Universe films Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame, and video games.

Publication history

Proxima Midnight was created by writer Jonathan Hickman,[1] and first appeared in one panel in New Avengers #8 (September 2013). She later made a more substantial appearance later that month in Infinity #1 (October 2013), which also featured the first appearance of the Black Order.

Fictional character biography

Proxima Midnight is a member of Thanos' Black Order. Thanos chose her for her expert combatant skills. Proxima is the wife of fellow Order member Corvus Glaive. She was sent to Earth to retrieve an Infinity Gem from Namor,[2] but came into contact with the New Avengers.[3] She battled Spectrum and Luke Cage where she found herself evenly matched. She was humiliated by Thanos' disapproval of her actions as well as the fact that Namor did not actually possess the Gem.[4] Proxima and the rest of the Order were directed by Namor to Wakanda to search for the Gem, but were distracted when Ebony Maw revealed the location of Thane, Thanos' son. Thane wanted nothing to do with his father and imprisoned him and Proxima in amber where they were taken to Necropolis.[5]

Namor freed Proxima, as well as Thanos, and asked that they join his Cabal due to his own anger towards Earth.[6] However, Namor soon found himself hating the Cabal's tactics and vowed to work with the Illuminati to defeat them. Namor himself was betrayed and found himself and the Cabal stuck on an earth that was to be destroyed. They all managed to escape into the Ultimate Marvel Universe and vowed to get their revenge.[7] They crafted a "life raft" and managed to live past the destruction of all universes.[8] The Cabal ended up on Battleworld where they proceeded to attack the locals. However, God Emperor Doom dispersed the group to the various corners of Battleworld[9] and Proxima, along with Corvus Glaive, were imprisoned by Apocalypse.[10]

She managed to return to her own home when the Mainstream Marvel Universe was rebuilt.[11] She met up with Thanos and a cloaked figure, later revealed to be Hela, and teamed up with her to retrieve Mjolnir.[12] Their quest would lead them into battling Thor, Beta Ray Bill, The Collector and others.[13] Ultimately, Proxima and Hela were humiliated and forced to return empty handed. To prove herself worthy, Hela killed Proxima in front of Thanos, adding one last humiliation for her.[14]

During the "No Surrender" arc Challenger revived Proxima Midnight when the Black Order was reformed with Black Swan, Ebony Maw, a psychic projection of Supergiant, and a revived Black Dwarf and Corvus Glaive. The group competed with an alien version of the Lethal Legion formed by Grandmaster in a contest where Earth is the battlefield.[15]

Powers and abilities

Proxima possessed the typical attributes of a super powered individual including superhuman strength, speed, endurance and durability. Being able to survive planetary reentry without injury, she was also a master combatant and owned a spear created from a star trapped in a quantum singularity by Thanos himself.[3]

The spear is capable of drastic harm based on how it is thrown and who it is used against, becoming a multi-pronged lance of poisonous energy that follows their target, never missing. Said force was fatal to whomever it pierced, killing the victim in minutes.[16] It could revert to star form, gaining infinite mass which weighed down prey in an energy entanglement. This effect could even bind and revert an enraged Hulk back to Bruce Banner upon removal.[17]

In other media

Television

Film

Proxima Midnight appears in live-action films set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Video games

References
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