Tana Nile is a fictional character appearing in

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Publication history

Tana Nile first appeared in ''

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'' #129 and was created by

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Fictional character biography

Tana Nile, of the planet Rigel-3, is a female member of the Colonizers of Rigel. In her attempt to colonize the planet Earth, Tana Nile takes a human form as

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's roommate. She attempted to take control of Earth, but was ordered to cease her attack. Tana leaves Earth to be given a new assignment, and is told that the High Commissioner of Rigel has chosen her to be his wife. Tana Nile later encounters

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, and sailor Silas Grant on Blackworld as she is battling Ego-Prime, a fragment of

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. After Blackworld is destroyed in a nuclear war, Tana moves to Earth and becomes an ally of

. Tana visits

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's Massachusetts Academy to learn more about human beings. During an adventure in an alternate dimension created by Franklin Richards, she falls in love with

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. After a spontaneous kiss, Howard tells her of his attachment to Beverly Switzler, and she accepts that romance with him is inappropriate. In the ''

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'' storyline, Tana Nile frames

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for the House of Fiyero in exchange for information on Ronan. He promises to hunt her down, along with others involved in the trial, to discover the true reason behind his dismissal. Nile later joins

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's Graces before being killed by

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' Annihilation Wave.''Annihilation: Ronan'' #4

Powers and abilities

Tana Nile is an alien with the ability to manipulate her own density and control the minds of others. She wields armor that enables her to disguise herself as a human, a "stasis gun" that can project concussive energy or intense heat, and a wrist-mounted communicator.

In other media

Television

* Tana Nile makes a non-speaking appearance in ''

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'' episode "Tremble at the Might of...M.O.D.O.K.!". * Tana Nile makes a cameo appearance in the ''

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'' episode "Guardians of the Galaxy", voiced by

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'', voiced by

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. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information. This version is the daughter of the Grand Commissioner of Rigel. After she flees from Rigel-3 to avoid the Rigellians' coming-of-age ritual called the Centering, which would strip her of emotions in exchange for enhanced psychic abilities, the Grand Commissioner hires the Guardians of the Galaxy to retrieve her. Eventually, she returns to Rigel-3 to lead the Rigellians into an era of compassion and better understanding.

References

External links

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