#Aron The Rogue Watcher

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The Flame, This Fury

Fantastic Four #371

"This is even more entertaining than I imagined!"

Johnny is ambushed by Devos the Devastator, Paibok the Power Skrull, and Lyja the Lazerfist!

Two excellent stories here. Ben and Reed working with Sharon Ventura to rescue Alicia Masters from Aron the Rogue Watcher. The question is, can they trust her?

While this is going on, Johnny is alone in battle in a plotline that's been building for a little while. And what they heck is up with little Franklin? Or Susan for that matter. It's a comic that positively zips along, every page delivering something exciting and fun. Especially that last page...

On Sale Date: October 27, 1992.

Total Paid Circulation: 217,625 (average #371-382).

Wizard Top 100: #27.

Tom DeFalco (16 of 66).

Paul Ryan (16 of 60).

10/10

[thisdayincomics]

April 15

Aron originally dwelt upon the Watchers' homeworld with the other members of his race. He observed Captain Mar-Vell and Rick Jones battling Mad-Eye, and then attended the trial of Uatu. Aron decided to forsake the Watchers' oath and actively participate in events on Earth, becoming an instigator and manipulator. He set Dragon Man against She-Hulk and She-Thing, and obtained cell samples from the Thing and She-Thing. He is the nephew of Uatu. Aron first appeared in Captain Marvel #9 (April 15, 1975). As a member of the Watchers, the level of Aron's physical and mental abilities are unknown, and potentially incalculable by human standards.

[giveamadeuschohisownmovie]

Hypothetical set-up for “What If...?” season 2:

Episode 1: What if...Gamora killed Thanos?

This was the episode meant for season 1 but had to be moved to season 2 due to production problems. This episode is not meant to be followed-up on, so think of this as a filler. 

Episode 2: Return of Captain Carter

Follow-up to Captain Carter and Black Widow finding the HYDRA Stomper, which has Steve Rogers inside.

Post-credits: The Watcher is brought in to the High Council for breaking his non-intervention oath. 

Episode 3: What if...the Watcher was put on trial?

Uatu is put on trial by the High Council for breaking his oath. Despite acknowledging the threat to the multiverse, Uatu is found guilty on all counts and is subsequently imprisoned.

Aron the Rogue Watcher (voiced by John Boyega), Uatu’s estranged nephew, takes over as narrator. The main difference with Aron is that he’s rooting for the traditional bad guys to win in the story. 

Episode 4: What if...Odin sent Mjolnir to China instead of New Mexico?

Thor comes across Xu Wenwu, who kills him with the ten rings since he was trespassing on the Ten Rings’ territory. With Thor gone, Loki launches an invasion of Earth. Nick Fury then recruits Wenwu to the Avengers, arguing that since Wenwu started the war with the Asgardians, he has to help SHIELD finish it. The 2012 Avengers movie then happens, but with Wenwu in Thor’s place. 

The ending: In the present day, an adult Shang-Chi ends up proving that he’s worthy, but uses the power of Mjolnir to take the Ten Rings down.

Episode 5: What if...Ultron sided with the Avengers?

Instead of becoming a genocidal mass murderer, Ultron turns out exactly the way Tony intended for him; a robotic shield around Earth. This time, when Thanos launches his invasion of Earth, Ultron is able to repel his forces, thus ending Infinity War before the Snap could occur. 

The ending: Ultron develops Jocasta in secret, indicating that it could still turn evil even in this timeline. 

Episode 6: What if...Wanda Maximoff was a Widow?

Instead of joining HYDRA, Wanda Maximoff is recruited by the Red Room and becomes the Scarlet Widow. Pietro Maximoff is also recruited, but becomes a Winter Soldier. Unfortunately, under General Dreykov’s control, Wanda and Pietro manage to take out Natasha and Yelena before they are able to free all the Widows from Dreykov’s control.

The ending: Wanda’s power keeps on growing, implying that she’ll eventually break free from Dreykov’s control, meaning not all hope is lost. 

Episode 7: What if...Sam Wilson pursued a career in music instead of the Avengers?

As an obvious parody of “8 Mile”, Sam Wilson decides to enter the world of underground hip hop instead of becoming a soldier/superhero. Sam is known as “A-Falcon” and has to go up against all the members of the rap group known as the Trap-Smashers. 

So this time, Anthony Mackie is Eminem. Karli Morgenthau is the Papa Doc of the episode. 

The ending: Aron the Rogue Watcher is caught off-guard when this timeline is invaded by HYDRA, led by HYDRA Steve Rogers. 

Episode 8: What if...HYDRA won?

In this timeline, Steve Rogers grew up in Nazi Germany and was indoctrinated in Nazi ideals early on. He ends up volunteering for the super-soldier program and becomes known as “Captain Axis”. Thanks to him, the Axis Powers win WWII. 

But here’s the plot twist; it’s revealed that Aron was the one who gave multiverse-level technology to HYDRA. He wanted HYDRA Cap to be able to explore the multiverse in order to create a fake threat. Aron engineered this whole scheme so that he could swoop in and stop them without recruiting other heroes, thus becoming famous among the Watchers and making Uatu look like an idiot for breaking his oath.

The ending: Uatu is let out of prison, having completed his sentence. He immediately sets out to find his nephew, worried that he may have done something wrong.

Episode 9: What if...the Watcher fought the Watcher?

Aron the Rogue Watcher wipes out HYDRA Cap and his army early on without having to reassemble the Guardians of the Multiverse, thus making him a hero in the Watcher community. However, Uatu sees otherwise. Uatu confronts him about fabricating the whole situation by pointing out that HYDRA somehow created multiverse-level portals during WWII. Aron pushes back on the accusations, leading to Uatu versus Aron as the season’s final battle.

As a plot twist, Uatu loses to Aron. Aron ends up trapping Uatu in some fucked up alternate timeline and is even praised for taking out the “intervenor” (this is to emphasize just how devoted Watcher society is to their oath of non-intervention). Season 2 ends with the cliffhanger of Aron being praised by the Watcher society and Uatu not sure what timeline/universe he’s been imprisoned in.

[marvelman901]

Fantastic Four 400 (1995) . Even the Watchers can Die! . Written by Tom DeFalco Penciled by Paul Ryan Inked by Danny Bulanadi Colors by John Kalisz Lettered by Jim Novak . The Fantastic Four and the Fantastic Force ended up in a war between the Celestials and the Watchers. They split the two teams in order to fight Aron, the Rogue Watcher, to save the Milky Way and to aid the Watchers against the Celestials. In the end, Invisible Woman managed to destroy Exciter (Exterminator Celestial), right after it had destroyed the One (main Watcher). She then convinced Uatu to help them defeat Aron, which he did. However, as this violated his sacred Oath, Uatu was banned from the Watchers... . #fantasticforce #fantasticfour #thing #invisiblewoman #aron #uatu #celestial #exitar #watchers #kristoff #humantorch #arishem #huntara #paulryan #psilord #lyja #antman #skrull #90s https://www.instagram.com/p/Cd3G-NJspCS/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[multiverseforger]

Dragon Man is an android built by Professor Gregson Gilbert of Empire State University as an experiment. Gregson hoped to find a way to bring it to life. He could not find a way to do this until the alchemist Diablo arrived and brought it to life under his partial control using his supernatural powers. However, Dragon Man broke his control and attempted to kill Diablo.[2][3]

Although Dragon Man is slow-minded to the point that he is incapable of speech, he understands orders given by Diablo and is a determined foe of the Fantastic Four (although the creature has always displayed a King Kong-like affection towards Sue Richards). Dragon Man is not especially malicious, although he is easily manipulated and provoked to violence.

After his first activation, Dragon Man was later revived. He encountered Medusa and Gorgon, and fought the Thing and Human Torch.[4]

Dragon Man was later studied by Hank Pym at his laboratory. He was restored to life again by Diablo and was defeated by Pym as Goliath and escaped.[5] Dragon Man battled Hercules and the Avengers destroyed Diablo's army of Dragon Men.[6]

Dragon Man was once found by the original X-Men and was considered an unofficial mascot of sorts. After a period of time on the team where he developed a deep affection for Jean Grey, Dragon Man had to be released to the creature-filled island known in the Marvel Universe as Monster Island.

Dragon Man was reclaimed by Professor Gregson Gilbert and sent by Lemuel Dorcas to attack Namor.[7] It was next used by Gregory Gideon to attack the Fantastic Four.[8] Dragon Man was then sent by Machinesmith to attack Captain America.[9] He became the mount for the extra-dimensional dragon rider Ral Dorn.[10] Dragon Man then fought Hulk and Kate Waynesboro when it was under the control of Ringmaster and the Circus of Crime.[11]

Dragon Man encountered the child superheroes called Power Pack. Gregson Gilbert later attempted to replicate the creation of the Dragon Man without the addition of alchemical interruptions, and this time succeeded. He created a number of androids based on other legendary creatures. These androids were defeated by Power Pack, and Gilbert and Dragon Man go to work at Disneyland.[12]

Dragon Man was used as a servant of Aron the Rogue Watcher.[13]

He faced Spider-Man during the Acts of Vengeance, when he was unleashed on him by Wizard.[14]

In addition to his servitude to Diablo, Dragon Man has served Super-Adaptoid and was also a member of the New Enforcers. In Spectacular Spider-Man #235-6, Roxxon Oil sprung him from a government containment facility in order to capture and dissect him to create robotic super-soldiers based on Dragon Man's powers. He was freed by Ben Reilly.

Dragon Man showed up in Africa under the service of mad scientist Eric Pain.[15] Though the creature was under a full rage, he ended up defeated once more by both superheroes. Afterwards, he resurfaced in Beyond!, destroying an Avengers Quinjet the group was using to escape.

During the Civil War storyline,[16] he was spotted at the funeral of Stilt-Man. After poisoning the guests, the Punisher blew up the bar in which the wake had been held. He was later seen being arrested by S.H.I.E.L.D. agents.[17]

Alyosha Kraven later began collecting a zoo of animal-themed superhumans,[18] including Bushmaster, Gargoyle, Tiger Shark, Kangaroo, Aragorn, Vulture, Mongoose, Man-Bull, Swarm, Mandrill, Grizzly, Frog-Man, and Rhino. In the end, the Punisher managed to sabotage this zoo; though Kraven himself escaped to the Savage Land.

In Avengers: The Initiative #8, Dragon Man had been captured by the trainee heroes, having been attracted to Komodo.

In Nova, Dragon Man was seen battling the newly revived Nova Corps consisting of Qubit, Fraktur, Tracel, Morrow, Irani, and Robbie Rider. He was subdued by the Corps using a gravimetric net.[volume & issue needed]

At one point, Dragon Man had been placed in the Negative Zone, and like most of the other prisoners, was conscripted into service when Blastaar attacked the prison. When the Shadow Initiative was sent in to liberate the prison, Blastaar sent Dragon Man against them. However, Komodo was able to use Dragon Man's attraction to her to convince him to switch sides.[19]

Following this, he seemingly reforms, as he, Artie and Leech were seen at Franklin Richards' birthday party.[20]

He has since been upgraded by Valeria Richards and joined Reed Richards' Future Foundation. Valeria used her talents to upgrade Dragon Man to have super-intellect and have the power of human speech. Dragon Man would become an adopted member of the Future Foundation and guardian of the gifted children in that program

As part of the Marvel NOW! event, Dragon Man created the Thing Rings for Darla Deering to wear which enables her to become Miss Thing upon some particles enabling her to transform into her Thing Exoskeleton (which was also modified by Dragon Man).

[wickednerdery]

“Tablet-Man” Has a Face...

He’s the guy from this piece who’s in charge of processing new slaves, etc...He told the guard to let Loki out, haha!

Not sure of his name or anything yet, but I do have two main ideas:

1. He’s actually a Watcher, from the Marvel comic/MCU universe...possibly Aron, the “Rogue Watcher” who actually intercedes in the universe because, you know, that’s more fun than just watching, haha! In this case he’s in the story more because he finds it fun to insert himself into such things, LOL!!

2. He’s Hermod/Hermóðr, from Norse Mythology, who was a son of Odin and Frigga and messenger of the gods. He’s also something akin to a psychopomp: the spiritual guide of a living person's soul/a spirit or deity in charge of guiding one to the afterlife...I’d obviously be using this concept loosely lol! In this case he may have been sent by Frigga herself to at least attempt to look after and keep Loki from anything TOO bad.

3. He’s just some dude and I’ll have to think more about it all, LMAO!!

Any ideas/thoughts/suggestions folks? Any sound better or more interesting than another? I’m still working on his introductory piece with Loki for HoarFrost Hel so, you know, there’s time, lol!

@lady-crowned-with-stars @chibiyanai @holykryptonitekitten @moonfaery @ultrarebelheart

[bananawired]

1990s fantastic four 3 ring binder

Johnny’s fugitive status eventually brings out Spider-Man, Wolverine, Hulk, Ghost Rider and Doctor Strange, aka the 90s supergroup dubbed the Secret Defenders (aka five guys who have never been in Cliff Clavin’s kitchen).Īnd I’ve barely scratched the surface of how densely packed with shallow action this arc ends up being, which is the most troubling thing about this storyline. Johnny is wanted by the police, but Sue advises him to wait until Reed and Ben return from their mission before turning himself in. When Johnny discovers Lyja among the other attacking Skrulls, he goes “supernova” and accidentally burns down half of ESU’s campus. Meanwhile, while hanging out at Empire State University, Johnny is attacked by Skrulls, including Lyja, who years earlier had impersonated Alicia in order to get closer to the Fantastic Four, going as far as marrying Johnny. To quickly summarize, Fantastic Four #371 kicks off with Reed and Ben discovering that Alicia Master has been kidnapped by a rogue Watcher (whose name also happens to be Aron the Rogue). Over the course of five issues, Johnny became a wanted man, the Thing became horribly disfigured by Wolverine, and Sue unveiled a costume that… well… I’ll get to that in a second. I wasn’t kidding when I said this storyline introduced a great number of changes for Reed, Sue, Johnny and Ben. Additionally, storyline was bookended by two gimmick covers: an embossed white (or red) cover for Fantastic Four #371 and a special holographic design for #375. Fantastic Four #371-375 was an arc that marked great change for the first family of Marvel comics. The Matt Fraction-era on Fantastic Four and FF has ended and the James Robinson era is in its infancy, which means it’s time for “Gimmick or Good” to link today’s comic book news with gimmick-covered issues from the 1990s.

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Dragon Man is an android built by Professor Gregson Gilbert of Empire State University as an experiment. Gregson hoped to find a way to bring it to life. He could not find a way to do this until the alchemist Diablo arrived and brought it to life under his partial control using his supernatural powers. However, Dragon Man broke his control and attempted to kill Diablo.[2][3]

Although Dragon Man is slow-minded to the point that he is incapable of speech, he understands orders given by Diablo and is a determined foe of the Fantastic Four (although the creature has always displayed a King Kong-like affection towards Sue Richards). Dragon Man is not especially malicious, although he is easily manipulated and provoked to violence.

After his first activation, Dragon Man was later revived. He encountered Medusa and Gorgon, and fought the Thing and Human Torch.[4]

Dragon Man was later studied by Hank Pym at his laboratory. He was restored to life again by Diablo and was defeated by Pym as Goliath and escaped.[5] Dragon Man battled Hercules and the Avengers destroyed Diablo's army of Dragon Men.[6]

Dragon Man was once found by the original X-Men and was considered an unofficial mascot of sorts. After a period of time on the team where he developed a deep affection for Jean Grey, Dragon Man had to be released to the creature-filled island known in the Marvel Universe as Monster Island.

Dragon Man was reclaimed by Professor Gregson Gilbert and sent by Lemuel Dorcas to attack Namor.[7] It was next used by Gregory Gideon to attack the Fantastic Four.[8] Dragon Man was then sent by Machinesmith to attack Captain America.[9] He became the mount for the extra-dimensional dragon rider Ral Dorn.[10] Dragon Man then fought Hulk and Kate Waynesboro when it was under the control of Ringmaster and the Circus of Crime.[11]

Dragon Man encountered the child superheroes called Power Pack. Gregson Gilbert later attempted to replicate the creation of the Dragon Man without the addition of alchemical interruptions, and this time succeeded. He created a number of androids based on other legendary creatures. These androids were defeated by Power Pack, and Gilbert and Dragon Man go to work at Disneyland.[12]

Dragon Man was used as a servant of Aron the Rogue Watcher.[13]

He faced Spider-Man during the Acts of Vengeance, when he was unleashed on him by Wizard.[14]

In addition to his servitude to Diablo, Dragon Man has served Super-Adaptoid and was also a member of the New Enforcers. In The Spectacular Spider-Man #235-6, Roxxon Oil sprung him from a government containment facility in order to capture and dissect him to create robotic super-soldiers based on Dragon Man's powers. He was freed by Ben Reilly.

Dragon Man showed up in Africa under the service of mad scientist Eric Pain.[15] Though the creature was under a full rage, he ended up defeated once more by both superheroes. Afterwards, he resurfaced in Beyond!, destroying an Avengers Quinjet the group was using to escape.

During the Civil War storyline,[16] he was spotted at the funeral of Stilt-Man. After poisoning the guests, the Punisher blew up the bar in which the wake had been held. He was later seen being arrested by S.H.I.E.L.D. agents.[17]

Alyosha Kraven later began collecting a zoo of animal-themed superhumans,[18] including Bushmaster, Gargoyle, Tiger Shark, Kangaroo, Aragorn, Vulture, Mongoose, Man-Bull, Swarm, Mandrill, Grizzly, Frog-Man, and Rhino. In the end, the Punisher managed to sabotage this zoo; though Kraven himself escaped to the Savage Land.

In Avengers: The Initiative #8, Dragon Man had been captured by the trainee heroes, having been attracted to Komodo.

In Nova, Dragon Man was seen battling the newly revived Nova Corps consisting of Qubit, Fraktur, Tracel, Morrow, Irani, and Robbie Rider. He was subdued by the Corps using a gravimetric net.[19]

At one point, Dragon Man had been placed in the Negative Zone, and like most of the other prisoners, was conscripted into service when Blastaar attacked the prison. When the Shadow Initiative was sent in to liberate the prison, Blastaar sent Dragon Man against them. However, Komodo was able to use Dragon Man's attraction to her to convince him to switch sides.[20]

Following this, he seemingly reforms, as he, Artie and Leech were seen at Franklin Richards' birthday party.[21]

He has since been upgraded by Valeria Richards and joined Reed Richards' Future Foundation. Valeria used her talents to upgrade Dragon Man to have super-intellect and have the power of human speech. Dragon Man would become an adopted member of the Future Foundation and guardian of the gifted children in that program.[22]

As part of the Marvel NOW! event, Dragon Man created the Thing Rings for Darla Deering to wear which enables her to become Miss Thing upon some particles enabling her to transform into her Thing Exoskeleton (which was also modified by Dragon Man).[23]

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My reaction when confirming that it was Ikor who captured Uatu

I tell you, a long time ago I had seen a first look at "The Trial of the Watcher" comic, Uatu had been captured and I thought was because of Emnu, I wouldn't be surprised if after so long he took action against Uatu since it seems he doesn't like him well

But seeing the watcher better, I notice he had a small beard, Emnu doesn't have a beard, the one who does have one is Ikor, father of Uatu

There I refused to think that was him, because they always present him to us as a kind father, in fact Uatu was one of those who suffered the most from his mistake, so much so that he also decided to observe alternative worlds to find even one where his father was right

I admit it, they didn't show us much about Ikor either, he only appears in flashbacks of the origin of the watchers, in fact, I thought he let himself die, since the only one who reappears and outside of the flashbacks is Emnu

This makes me wonder: where the hell was he when Uatu intervened?! Where was he when Uatu went on trial for almost killing Captain Marvel? Where was he when he converted Aron into energy? Where was he when he was killed? Even Ulana was there before, during and after Uatu's death, she cried for him

I'm not expecting him to defend him or anything like that because Uatu has eons in his position, but it would have been nice if he showed signs of life, I mean, I thought he was dead!

Or the passing of the years and Uatu's interventions embittered him or... I don't know.

I think these questions will never get answers :,D

And something that is disappointing me is they never mention Aron

- Why should they mention him?

Easy, because they mention "rogue watcher" several times and Aron is known as "The Rogue Watcher" I don't know, I would like someone to mention that a long time ago there was a rogue watcher or say "again" referring to him, but I think that's not going to happen either :,)

[streamingfanatic1963]

Watch "The Origin and History of Aron, The Rogue Watcher" on YouTube

[keycomicbooks]

#FANTASTICFOUR #371 (1992) #PaulRyan White Cover, First Printing, #TomDeFalco & Paul Ryan Story & Pencils"This Flame, This Fury" In order to search for Alicia Masters, Reed has constructed a Trans-Temporal Reflector, a device that will allow them to see into the recent past to determine what happened to Alicia. Activating the device in Alicia's apartment, Reed, Ben and the Puppet Master view recent past events and learn that Alicia was kidnapped by Aron the Rogue Watcher while the entire Earth was in suspended animation.  https://www.rarecomicbooks.fashionablewebs.com/FantasticFour%205.html#FANTASTICFOUR371

[yetanothercomicbook]

Bad Dream!

Fantastic Four #328

Best issue in this storyline. 

Part 3 of 3: The FF lie defeated at the feet of the Frightful Four, who then have a standoff with their new ally: Aron the Rogue Watcher. A powerless Ben Grimm is on the case and, together with Alicia Masters, he does some detective work and locates his missing teammates. Together they win their final battle with the Frightful Four - but there’s a twist ending...

This is definitely an above-average read. Most of it is just Ben Grimm being awesome. And he’s not the Thing, either. He’s just a normal guy. Alicia is a great help to him, it must be said. And the ending is cool. 

Steve Englehart (27 of 32). 

Keith Pollard (16 of 16). 

7/10

[sofiamantegafan110]

Event: Amalgamation of: Blink + Harbinger Real Name: Lyla Ferguson Biography: The woman known as The Event was found in the wreckage of the a ship in the Arctic Ocean by The Observer (The Watcher + The Monitor). She became an assistant to the Observers of the Multiverse. Not content with merely recording the history of existence, she broke away from her mentors' vow of non-interference and began wandering creation as a helper of the weak. The Event returned to our Earth, where her amnesiac body was found by the Observer, to learn that her real name is Lyla Michaels and her teleportation powers are from being born with inhuman genes. The Event assisted the heroes of our Earth with fighting Aron the Anti-Observer (Aron the Rogue Watcher + The Anti-Monitor) and later joined the Linear Exiles. She soon learned that before her anmesia, she was adopted as a baby to parents on our Earth, and she is one of the only survivors of the destruction of an Earth where it was tyrannically ruled by her birth father... Doompocalypse (Apocalypse + Doomsday)! Powers: Teleportation; throwing blades as her main weapons; technology that allows for space flight and interdimensional travel, along with holographically duplicating herself and granting herself superhuman strength.

[marvelman901]

Aron, the Rogue Watcher . 1st - 4th slide is from the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe v3 28 (1993) by Keith Pollard and Josef Rubinstein . See my YouTube-channel for more details about the character! . #marvel #supervillain #fantasticfour #aron #watcher #keithpollard #josefrubinstein #alien #cosmic https://www.instagram.com/p/CNengRHht9B/?igshid=th9tfa5vdauo

[yetanothercomicbook]

The Dream Is Dead

Fantastic Four #333

With it’s heavy-handed writing and inane plot, this is clearly rubbish. But it’s fascinating rubbish. 

The Avengers attack the Fantastic Four clones, who vanish mid-battle. They are whisked back to the lair of Aron the Rogue Watcher. We learn that the real FF have escaped off-panel and both groups fight. 

The issue is mostly fighting. With almost everyone having a clone, it’s hard to keep track of who is who. (Or maybe I just didn’t care.) The dialogue is clunky. And it’s really just the writer airing his grievances against Marvel. Juvenile, unprofessional. How did this ever see print? 

Steve Englehart (32 of 32).

Rich Buckler (5 of 7). 

4/10