KRONOS

 

KRONOS

Real Name: Kronos

First Appearance: Iron Man (Vol. 1) #55, February 1973

Powers: Kronos began as a member of the Earth-born Eternals (Homo Sapiens Immortalis), an evolutionary offshoot of humanity created by the extraterrestrial cosmic beings known as the Celestials. Eternals possess long lifespans and vast physical and cosmic energy-manipulation powers which remained dormant for a long period. Centuries ago, Kronos was working in his laboratory in the Earth Eternals' city of Titanos on an experiment with cosmic energy when he accidentally caused an explosion that demolished Titanos and subjected the Eternals to a cosmic particle bombardment. This irradiation activated the latent genes in the Eternals that gave them their long lifespans and virtual invulnerability, and enabled them to pass these active genes down to the children produced by any mated couple of Earth Eternals.

Because Kronos was caught at the center of the blast, his body was destroyed. The same blast strengthened his cosmic life force, however, to the point where it continued to survive without a physical body, and was exponentially magnified to godlike proportions. He possesses cosmic power on a level incomprehensible to human beings. He has been observed to have the power to create artificial beings from inanimate matter and to have power over the disembodied life essences ("souls") of mortals. He is shown to have cosmic senses and perceptions far beyond those of any mortal being. Due to his inexhaustible life force, Kronos is immortal and cannot be physically harmed. His mental abilities have yet to be fully catalogued, but he has demonstrated telepathy, telekinesis, and non-human cosmic perceptions.