After touching an enchanted hammer, Marko became the host of Kuurth, the Breaker of Stone and a servant of the Asgardian Serpent, in FEAR ITSELF (2010) #2 by Matt Fraction and Stuart Immonen. When Marko lost Cyttorak’s favor, Colossus temporarily took on the Juggernaut’s power and his role as Cyttorak’s avatar. However, Cyttorak admonished Marko for using the Juggernaut’s power for selfless reasons instead of its intended destructive purposes in WORLD WAR HULK: X-MEN (2007) #3 by Christos Gage and Andrea Di Vito. Marko eventually reconciled with Xavier and occasionally joined heroic teams like the X-Men, Excalibur, and the Thunderbolts. Frequently working with his friend and criminal partner Black Tom Cassidy, the Juggernaut has fought heroes like the X-Men, Spider-Man, Thor, and Deadpool on numerous occasions. However, Cain was ultimately defeated when the X-Men got his helmet off with help from the Human Torch in UNCANNY X-MEN (1963) #13 by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, and Werner Roth. Additionally, when the Juggernaut first encountered the X-Men, his helmet protected him from Xavier’s telepathic powers. In addition to offering limitless strength, Cyttorak’s power makes the Juggernaut immortal and invulnerable, in part by shielding him in mystic armor. Still feeling resentment towards Xavier over their fraught family history, Cain used Cyttorak’s power to dig out of the temple’s ruins and targeted his stepbrother with his newfound powers. After Marko discovered Cyttorak’s ruby inside a temple, Cyttorak’s power transformed him into a “human juggernaut” as the god’s temple collapsed around him. Although he was not the first to wield the Crimson Gem’s power, Cain Marko has been Cyttorak’s most enduring avatar, having taken on the Juggernaut’s mantle multiple times. The Juggernaut is Cyttorak’s chief agent on Earth, where he stands as a physical symbol of the god’s power. Two ancient sorcerers also trapped the darkest and most destructive aspects of Cyttorak within the Crimson Gem, as revealed in X-MEN UNLIMITED (1993) #12 by John Francis Moore, Steve Epting, and Ariel Olivetti. Although Juggernaut and the Avengers eventually stopped the contest, Cyttorak’s avatar would have battled the avatars of the other gods to prove which deity was the strongest in a world-destroying battle. During a contest between several ancient mystical entities called the Wager of the Octessence, Cyttorak created the Crimson Gem to empower whoever found it with a portion of his strength. He was eventually banished to the Crimson Cosmos, a timeless dimension where he is all-powerful and served by the Cyttora. In the distant past, Cyttorak was worshiped as a deity and a demon on Earth. In this story, Strange summoned Juggernaut to help him reason with the dark god during INFINITY WAR (1992). Later, Cyttorak made his physical debut in DOCTOR STRANGE, SORCERER SUPREME (1988) #44 by Roy Thomas and Geof Isherwood. The Gem transformed Marko, the stepbrother of Charles Xavier, into the Juggernaut and granted him limitless strength as Cyttorak’s earthly avatar. Although he called upon Cyttorak to help him free a possessed woman in that story, Strange usually uses that trick to ensnare his foes in near-unbreakable ribbons of energy.Ĭyttorak was invoked again when Cain Marko claimed the Crimson Gem of Cyttorak in UNCANNY X-MEN (1963) #12 by Lee, Jack Kirby, and Alex Toth. For example, Doctor Strange invoked Cyttorak when he used the Crimson Bands of Cyttorak for the first time in STRANGE TALES (1951) #124 by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko. Cyttorak existed as a disembodied presence throughout the Marvel Universe long before he physically appeared.
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