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Century. Art by Tom Tenney. |
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Publisher | Marvel Comics |
First appearance | Force Works #1 (July 1994) |
Created by | Dan Abnett Andy Lanning Tom Tenney |
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Alter ego | Century |
Team affiliations | Force Works |
Notable aliases | Deliverer, Big Blue |
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Century is a fictional comic book superhero, a member of Force Works in the comic series of the same name from 1994-1996. Created by Dan Abnett, Andy Lanning, and Tom Tenney, the character first appeared in issue #1 of Force Works in July 1994.
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Fictional character biography
Century was a genetic creation consisting of the minds of the hundred strongest and most able of the surviving alien Hodomur. He possessed all their memories and instinctively used the knowledge he needed. Therefore he was an expert on many topics and a very skilled fighter especially with his battle-staff, Parallax. His lifespan was apparently fixed at 100 years. He was sometimes seen levitating while in a deep meditative trance. He had a symbiotic rapport with Parallax, an entity which bound the multiple personalities of Century into a unified self.
Since becoming amnesic from Broker's mind-wipe and interdimensional traveling, Century couldn't remember much about his past and often had to search for the right words which led to Century sounding like a thesaurus when he often used three similar words to express himself. Single memories returned when he was confronted with something from his past or he dreamt about it. After losing Parallax for a while, memories of his composite minds loosened and even after Parallax was returned to him he continued to remember bits from the lives of the Hodomur he was composed of.
Powers and abilities
As his name and some of his history indicated Century was meant to be the best of the 100 beings that made him up.
He was shown to have greater than human strength, agility, and endurance. Additionally, by using Parallax he was able to teleport through interdimensional space.
He was often drawn as being taller than Iron Man or Hawkeye with long white hair and red markings over various parts of his body.
In other media
Television
- Century was part of the supporting cast in the 1994-1996 Iron Man animated series voiced by James Warwick (Jim Cummings voiced him in "The Beast Within") and later by Tom Kane in the two-part series finale. A scene in the episode "Data In - Chaos Out" gives Century a civilian identity as a man named Woody, sporting shades and a broad-brimmed hat.
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