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Alioth

The Usurper. A being outside of time. Read the comics history of transtemporal entity Alioth, a primordial cloud of devastation that conquers whichever reality it touches.

“SOMETHING... LIKE A FACE”

First Appearance

in Avengers: The Terminatrix Objective (1993) #1

In its comic debut, spacetime renegade Terminatrix, AKA Ravonna Renslayer, encounters Alioth, a “supreme time being prior to Kang’s existence.” Caught unawares in an anomalous vortex, Terminatrix makes a swift exit to her stronghold on Chronopolis.

A Revelation

in Avengers: The Terminatrix Objective (1993) #3

Tipped off by “Revelation,” a future version of herself, Terminatrix learns that she and the Avengers must defeat Alioth who is fast encroaching on Kang’s Empire. And that they must revive Kang himself!

“Thy Kangdom Come”

in Avengers: The Terminatrix Objective (1993) #4

Six powerhouse Avengers—Iron Man, War Machine, Captain America, U.S.Agent, Thor, and Thunderstrike—do unholy battle against Alioth for the future of time-travel! And once Kang’s Chrono Key is in hand, a new combatant enters the ring...

Kang and Alioth

in Avengers Forever (1998) #9

In the definitive origin of Kang the Conqueror, we learn that the overlord of time weakened the monolithic guard Tempus so that Alioth could invade the realm of the Time Variance Authority! But to what end?