Who Is Karnak? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Karnak is a Marvel comic book character, the alter ego of Karnak Mander-Azur, with over 915 comic issue appearances. A member of the Attilan Royal Family and Magister of the Tower of Wisdom. Karnak is a philosopher and master martial artist trained in the extrasensory ability to find the weakness or fault in any object, person or idea.

Who is Karnak?

Origin Karnak is a part of the Royal Family of the Inhumans , cousin to Black Bolt . His brother Triton was exposed to the Terrigen Mists as an infant, but his result was him having green scales. Because of this, Karnak's parents begged him not to go on with the procedure. He didn't go ahead with it, instead learning martial arts. Karnak is the second son of an Inhuman priest and philosopher named Mander and an ocean biologist named Azur. They sent their first son, Triton , into the Terrigen Mists when he was an infant, rendering him unable to function outside an aquatic environment. Thus, they refused to raise Karnak with Terrigen Mists. Karnak was put into his father's religious seminary in the Tower of Wisdom , where he was taught in various physical and mental disciplines until he was eighteen years old.

Key facts

Karnak is of other origin and first appeared in "Among Us Hide The Inhumans!". The character is published by Marvel. With 915 recorded issue appearances, Karnak ranks among the most featured characters in comics.