Who Is Raza? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Raza is a Marvel comic book character, the alter ego of Raza Longknife, with over 515 comic issue appearances. Raza is a member of The Starjammers. He speaks in a form old English & is the former apprentice to K'quil Vor Don.

Who is Raza?

Origin While imprisoned on Alisbar, he met and formed the Starjammers with Corsair , Hepzibah and Ch'od , and associated himself with the group. He is a cyborg being, half man and half machine. Raza speaks in an archaic form of old English, which can be both an annoyance and a source of amusement to his allies. Through his cybernation, he has shown and displayed the abilities to morph his hand into a blade and store grenades and plasma blasters in various compartments of his body. Creation Raza was created by Chris Claremont and Dave Cockrum in 1977 and first appeared in X-Men # 107. Character Evolution During his imprisonment on Alisbar, Raza created the group of smugglers and space pirates know as the Starjammers. He himself is a cyborg and has both human and machine elements in his body. Raza was married and has a son named Roin.

Key facts

Raza is of alien origin and first appeared in "The Gentleman's Name is Magneto". The character is published by Marvel. With 515 recorded issue appearances, Raza ranks among the most featured characters in comics.