Inheritors (comics)

Inheritors
Publication information
Publisher Marvel Comics
First appearance The Superior Spider-Man #33 (November 2014)
Created by Christos N. Gage
M.A. Sepulveda
In-story information
Member(s) See Members

The Inheritors is the name of a fictional supervillain group appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

Publication history

They make their first appearance in The Superior Spider-Man #33 as part of the "Spider-Verse" storyline and are created by Christos N. Gage and M.A. Sepulveda.

The "Spider-Geddon" will depict the Inheritors once again thanks to collaboration by their creator Christos Gage. Gage commented: " They’re terrific villains — they literally eat spider-people! They’re like vampires who feed on their life forces. And now that they're back, they have a score to settle. They’re trying to recapture their former power and glory, and God help anyone who gets in the way.” [1]

Fictional team history

The Inheritors are a clan of totem hunters from Earth-001 that fed off the totems of animal and humans. The Inheritors took part in a battle against a spider deity called the Master Weaver on Earth-000 and succeeded in capturing it at the cost of the life of the Inheritors unnamed matriarch because Karn hesitated to strike. As a result, the patriarch Solus confined Karn to wear a mask and outcasted him until he can earn himself back. With the power of the Master Weaver, they use its power to conquer Earth-001. They then used the Master Weaver's powers to travel between dimensions and hunt all Spider-Totem avatars because those were the ones prophesied to overthrow them.[2]

Spider-Verse

At the start of the "Spider-Verse" storyline, Superior Spider-Man (Doctor Octopus's mind in Spider-Man's body) discovered Karn as his new team (Spider-Man Noir, Six Arm Spider-Man, Spider-Monkey, Ashley Barton and Assassin Spider-Man) set an ambush for Karn on the Cyborg Spider-Man's reality of Earth-2818. The plan backfires when Karn reveals he is unaffected by their weapons. The team is only able to escape when Karn's brother and sister Brix and Bora arrive, and fight among themselves. Karn had escaped the little incursion between his brother and sister, and hops into another multiverse to kill an alternate Ai Apeac by reminiscing his past life as an Inheritor, and sucking away his life force essence back at him.[2]

Morlun then traveled to Earth-31411 where he encounters Aaron Aikman.[3] Then he heads to Earth-51412 where he absorbs the lifeforce of Patton Parnell.[4]

On Earth-1983, Morlun slays the local Spider-Man and his teammates Iceman and Firestar. On Earth-999, Bora and Brix slay Spider-Cat. On Earth-7891, Daemos kills Spider-Man and several animalistic inhabitants of Counter-Earth. This was watched by Spider-UK until he cuts the scanner feed when Jennix detects it.[5]

As Spider-Man learns of the threat of the Inheritors, Daemos arrives in Eastern Europe to target Kaine Parker. Old Man Spider-Man, Spider-Man of Earth-70105, and Spider-Woman of Earth-65 appear. Daemos snaps Spider-Man of Earth-70105's spine and the others escape through a portal. The Inheritors massive dinner-table is laden with crippled Spider-Totems are waiting for Morlun as he returns carrying Spider-Totem. As Verna takes her Hounds Sable, Fireheart, and Kravinoff (Earth-001's version of Silver Sable, Puma, and Kraven the Hunter) out to hunt, Morlun is furious that Daemos was hunting on Earth-616 tells him it is his Spider-Totem as they fight until their father Solus intimidates them. Solus reminds them that he has known all along where the Bride, the Other, and the Scion are located, and about a prophecy that will bring the downfall of the Inheritors. He asks his son what is his desire. Morlun responds that his wish is to be his father's chosen heir, the Great Web is his legacy and obligation. Solus corrects him stating that the Web is all things and everywhere and that it is their kingdom making them the Inheritors of all creation.[6]

When Verna and her Hounds are hunting Miles Morales and the Earth-1610 Jessica Drew who now operates as Black Widow, Superior Spider-Man, Assassin Spider-Man, and Spider-Punk show up to rescue them. When Spider-Man arrives on Earth-928 and finds that Superior Spider-Man is in charge, Old Man Spider-Man tells him about the prophecy that involves targeting the Bride, the Other, and the Scion. When Daemos arrives and kills Spider-Cyborg, Superior Spider-Man kills Daemos only for a second Daemos to arrive with Brix and Bora as the second Daemos fatally wounds Old Man Spider-Man. As the Spider-Men escape to Earth-13 upon realizing that the Inheritors are clones, Spider-Man is advised by a dying Old Man Spider-Man to protect the totems at all costs.[7]

On Earth-13989, Karn kills a werewolf version of Spider-Man and asks for Solus if he can come home. Solus instead has the Master Weaver send Karn to a more challenging world. When Morlun and Jennix arrive on Earth-13, they kill Spider-Monkey and a variation of Captain Spider as the Captain Universe-powered Spider-Man kills Jennix upon Solus' arrival. As Solus kills Cosmic Spider-Man, Morlun makes off with Richard Benjamin "Benjy" Parker.[8]

Ben Reilly of Earth-94, Kaine, and Black Widow of Earth-1610 run into this world's version of Tony Stark, overpower him, and learn that Jennix's lab is in the Baxter Building.[9] As Jennix regenerates on Earth-802 and refuses to return to battle, Black Widow of Earth-1610, Ben Reilly of Earth-94, and Kaine make their move on his headquarters in the Baxter Building. Meanwhile, Solus kills Arachnosaurus and Prince of Arachne and destroys Takuya Yamashiro's Leopardon. On Earth-3145, Silk arrives as Brix and Bora are unable to enter this world due to the radiation being harmful to them. As the Spider-Army has been moving across dimensions, it turns out that Jennix has been monitoring them. Arriving on Earth-001, Morlun gives Benjy to Brix and Bora.[10]

On Earth-802, Jennix reveals that he had cloned various spiders to feed his family which is not enough. As Ben Reilly prepares to sacrifice himself to destroy the lab, an angered Kain steals Black Widow of Earth-1610's teleporter to confront the Inheritors.[11]

Six-Arm Spider-Man, Spider-Man 2099, and the steam punk Lady Spider of Earth-803 travel to 2099 in order to dissect the clone body of Daemos for clues on how to defeat his brethren. Followed to the future by a new Daemos, Six Arm Spider-Man creates a distraction, but is killed before Miguel traps the Inheritor in stasis field. The trap is short lived, as Daemos kills himself so another clone can be activated. Miguel enlists the help of the Earth-928 Punisher to hold off Daemos until Spider-Man 2099 and Lady Spider can transport back to the safe zone of Earth-13, only to find that it has been destroyed by Solus[12]

Karn comes to Earth-3123 to kill the spider-totem of this reality, where Aunt May was bitten by a radioactive spider and became Spider-Ma'am. May surrenders herself to keep her husband and nephew from harm. Karn is stopped by Spider-Girl, Spider-UK, Spider-Punk, Spider-Man: India, and Spider-Woman of Earth-807128 who convince Karn to join them. The Spiders allow him to drain a non-lethal amount of life-force from each of them to satiate his hunger and Karn agrees to join them against the Inheritors.[13]

After Black Widow of Earth-1610 and Kaine destroy the cloning facility on Earth-802 at the cost of the life of Ben Reilly of Earth-94, the Inheritors start to go on the offensive. When Kaine arrives on Earth-001, he transforms into a monstrous spider and impales Solus causing an enraged Morlun to apparently kill Kaine.[14]

In the final confrontation, the Spider-Men had overpowered the Inheritors with the help of Karn and stop the ritual to end them all, although Superior Spider-Man kills the Master Weaver so that the Inheritors cannot travel between dimensions with their powers. Enraged, Morlun tries to attack Peter Parker of Earth-616, but he uses the teleporter to trap Morlun on Earth-3145, a world decimated by a nuclear explosion arguing that he is not killing Morlun as he is prepared to die there as well and Morlun could reach a nearby fallout bunker erected by the local Ezekiel to keep the local Spider-Totem safe for protection. However, Peter is subsequently rescued by Silk, leaving Morlun and the other Inheritors trapped on Earth-3145 with a crystal containing Solus' essence.[15] Before all Spider-Men can return to their home dimensions, Silk asks Karn (who became the new Master Weaver) if Morlun and the Inheritors will be able to survive without Spider-Totems. The Master Weaver remarks that Morlun and the Inheritors are feeding on only surviving life-forms on Earth-3145 which happens to be mutated spiders.[16]

Spider-Geddon

At the start of the "Spider-Geddon" storyline, each of the Spider-Men and the Master Weaver have been keeping an eye on Earth-3145 by sending different Spider-Bots to check on them, discovering that while alive, the Inheritors have gotten malnourished from lack of spider lifeforces. Unknown to the Spider-Men and apparently to the Master Weaver himself, the Inheritors are collecting the heads of the Spider-Bots with Jennix stating that they now have the resources they need.[17] When Spider-UK and Master Weaver get alerted to an Inheritor Cloning Engine on Earth-616, the two of them figure out what is happening. On Earth-3145, Jennix has put the Spider-Bot heads to good use by harvesting their transmitters. As they are unable to send a kill signal to the Inheritor Cloning Engine, Spider-UK advises Master Weaver to call the Web Warriors. When Master Weaver states that nobody can fight the Inheritors and win, Spider-UK states that they'll die trying to keep another world from being destroyed.[18]

Jennix's experiment is a success as he, Morlun, and Verna emerge from Superior Octopus' cloning machine where Spider-Man Noir and Spider-UK are the first victims. Jennix tosses Superior Octopus aside as he is not a Spider Totem. As Morlun states that he has a personal score to settle, Jennix states to Morlun that his score with the Earth-616 version of Spider-Man is irrelevant. Verna tells Jennix to let Morlun has his fun as the rest of the Web Warriors are hors d'oeuvres to them right now. Once they are done seeing to the rest of the family, they will turn Earth-616 into their new homeworld. Superior Octopus is left saying "What have I done..."[19]

Members

  • Solus - The patriarch.
  • Unnamed matriarch - The wife of Solus. She died during the mission to capture the Master Weaver.
  • Morlun - He caused the temporary death of Spider-Man and is the favorite of Solus.
  • Bora and Brix - Twin siblings who are often competing with each other.
  • Daemos - The eldest son.
  • Jennix - The brains of the family whose experiments are housed on Earth-802.
  • Karn - The outcasted son who was the favorite of the unnamed matriarch. He has since abandoned the family and became the current Master Weaver as the previous Master Weaver resembled him(was the future version of him).
  • Verna - The owner of the Hounds.

In other media

Video Games

Literature

Reception

Comic Book Resources placed the Inheritors as number fourteen of their choices of potential "powerful" supervillains for the next Marvel Cinematic Universe phase. [23]

References

  1. ↑ "INTERVIEW: Christos Gage Unites the Multiverse's Web-Slingers to Prevent a Spider-Geddon". CBR. 6 August 2018. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
  2. 1 2 Slott, Dan (w). The Superior Spider-Man #33. Marvel Comics.
  3. ↑ Edge of Spider-Verse #3. Marvel Comics.
  4. ↑ Edge of Spider-Verse #4. Marvel Comics.
  5. ↑ Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 3 #7. Marvel Comics.
  6. ↑ Slott, Dan (w). The Amazing Spider-Man vol. 3 #9. Marvel Comics.
  7. ↑ Slott, Dan (w). The Amazing Spider-Man vol. 3 #10. Marvel Comics.
  8. ↑ Slott, Dan (w). Amazing Spider-Man vol. 3 #11. Marvel Comics.
  9. ↑ Scarlet Spiders #1. Marvel Comics.
  10. ↑ Slott, Dan (w). Amazing Spider-Man vol. 3 #12. Marvel Comics.
  11. ↑ Scarlet Spiders #2-3. Marvel Comics.
  12. ↑ Spider-Man 2099 Vol. 2 #7. Marvel Comics.
  13. ↑ Spider-Verse Team-Up #3. Marvel Comics.
  14. ↑ Slott, Dan (w). Amazing Spider-Man vol. 3 #13. Marvel Comics.
  15. ↑ Slott, Dan (w). The Amazing Spider-Man vol. 3 #14
  16. ↑ Slott, Dan (w). The Amazing Spider-Man vol. 3 #15. Marvel Comics.
  17. ↑ Spider-Geddon #0. Marvel Comics.
  18. ↑ Superior Octopus #1. Marvel Comics.
  19. ↑ Spider-Geddon #1. Marvel Comics.
  20. ↑ "Spider-Man Unlimited Voices - 28 Credits". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
  21. ↑ "Go Inside Avengers Alliance: Spec Op - Spider-Verse Pt. 1 - News - Marvel.com". Archived from the original on 2015-06-02.
  22. ↑ Lott, Rod (7 August 2006). "Spider-Man: The Darkest Hours". United States: Bookgasm. Retrieved 21 November 2009.
  23. ↑ "Fear Itself: 20 Powerful Supervillains Who Could Be The MCU's Next Big Threat". Comic Book Resources. 3 June 2018. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
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