Who Is Master of the World? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Master of the World is a Marvel comic book character, the alter ego of Eshu, with over 95 comic issue appearances. The Master is a super-villain and an arch-nemesis of Alpha Flight.

Who is Master of the World?

Origin Master Forty thousand years ago, a caveman warrior named Eshu was cast out of his tribe despite his skill as a hunter, his selfish and arrogant personality and behavior offending too many. Constantly desiring more woman, clothes and food than his peers would grow bored of Eshu's actions and outcast him. Managing to survive in the harsh ice age conditions Eshu would look for habitable land, yet he would find himself overwhelmed with a persistent compulsion to head towards the North. As he would eventually find out, an alien ship had crash landed at the north pole. The ship was of Plodex origin, the Plodex being a species that would send its advanced space ships around the Universe, with their eggs onboard, that would capture, reprogram and imprint on the most intelligent biological life on the planets the ship would land on. However the Plodex ship that had landed on Earth had suffered much damage from its crash landing, with the Plodex eggs severely injured. The ship would still emit a powerful psychic wave designed to lure in intelligent species. Eshu was one of those receiving the psychic broadcast compelling him to travel north.

Key facts

Master of the World is of human origin and first appeared in "Shadows Of The Past". The character is published by Marvel. With 95 recorded issue appearances, Master of the World ranks among the most featured characters in comics.