Karnus

KARNUS

Real Name: Karnus?

Class: Human magic-user

Occupation: Occultist, cult leader

Group Affiliation: None

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: Astro City, 1950s era, Earth-Astro City

First Appearance: Kurt Busiek’s Astro City I (Image) #2 (September, 1995)

Powers: Karnus was a magician who knew spells that could contact or pierce through other dimensions.

History: (Kurt Busiek’s Astro City I (Image) #2) - The occultist Karnus and his cult snuck into an Astro City subway tunnel and used the corpse of a shark to summon the otherworldly Shirak the Devourer. Shirak brought part of his dimension to the subway tunnel, planning on using it as a beachhead to wage war on Earth. He transformed the devoted Karnus and his cult into humanoid sharks he called Ravagers. The Honor Guard arrived to oppose them, but Shirak was capable of vomiting forth an endless stream of Ravagers, threatening to overwhelm them. The Old Soldier, who hadn’t been seen in years, appeared because he was needed. He instructed the Honor Guard to destroy Shirak’s alter, which kept him tethered to our dimension. Silver Agent destroyed it with his bare hands, banishing the entity and winning the day.

Comments: Created by Kurt Busiek, Alex Ross & Brent E. Anderson.

Karnus was originally published by Image Comics.

Kurt Busiek’s Astro City I (Image) #2 was reprinted in Kurt Busiek’s Astro City: Life in the Big City #2.