Lash (comics)

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Lash

Lash from Inhuman #1.
Publication information
Publisher Marvel Comics
First appearance Inhuman #1 (June 2014).
Created by Charles Soule
Joe Madureira
In-story information
Species Inhuman
Team affiliations Inhumans
The Lor Tribe
Abilities Energy conversion
Energy manipulation
Energy absorption
Energy shield

Lash is a fictional comic book supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, usually in stories featuring the Inhumans. Created by writer Charles Soule and artist Joe Madureira, he first appeared in Inhuman #1 (June 2014).

Lash is an Inhuman, who plays a key role after the release of the Terrigen Mists around the globe at the conclusion of the "Infinity" storyline.[1]

Lash appears in the third season of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., portrayed by Matt Willig as Lash and Blair Underwood as his human alter-ego, Andrew Garner.

Publication history

Lash was created by writer Charles Soule and artist Joe Madureira, and first appeared in Inhuman #1 (June 2014).

According to Charles Soule, the character comes from Orollan, another Inhuman city:

The idea was that that city only has one tiny splinter of Terrigen Crystal, which meant it couldn't do the Terrigenesis ritual that Inhumans go through at maturity to sort of figure out what their powers are going to be. People of Orollan had to be very, very selective about it and could only grant that to people they thought would get good powers. So it was almost more of a religious thing for them, more than it was just a part of Inhuman life.[1]

Soule has said that "He's trying to do what he can to both collect strong Inhumans to help his own society, but also cleanse the planet of Inhumans who should never have received Terrigenesis in the first place,",[2] because "the idea is that not everyone on Earth sees all these new Inhumans popping up as a good thing."[3]

Fictional character biography

Born in the hidden Inhuman city of Orrolan (which is somewhere in Greenland), Lash was among the few Inhumans of his generation chosen to undergo Terrigenesis. When the Inhuman King Black Bolt activated a Terrigen Bomb above New York flooding the world with Terrigen Mist and awakening the powers of Inhuman descendants living among humanity (as seen at the end of the "Infinity" storyline and the start of the Inhumanity storyline), Lash embarked on a mission to find all the individuals affected and judge for himself whether they were worthy to live with their new abilities. Upon arriving in Illinois, Lash encountered a newly created Inhuman named Dante Pertuz. He attempted to persuade Dante to join him at Orrolan until he was stopped by the Inhuman Queen Medusa.[4]

Recruiting a NuHuman named Jason in Minnesota, Lash teleports them both to Orollan. There, he explains that Jason and his family were descendants of the Inhumans and while his family may have died during Terrigenesis, Jason has survived and will now have a home among his fellow survivors. With their gifts, they can rebuild the city and perform wonders. Lash shows Jason the most sacred space in Orollan—the Terrigenesis chamber. Here, they hoarded the crystals that bestow Terrigenesis that will show the worthy their true form. Lash says Jason must call himself Korvostax now and introduces him to other NuHumans who explain that humans have formed mobs and attacked them in their communities. The other NuHumans in Lash's group blame Medusa. Lash's new recruits are rebuilding a wall despite a near-total lack of prior experience. Jason asks why Lash isn't showing them how to do this, and the others tell him it isn't wise to speak like that—there used to be two more NuHumans in the group. The New Attilan group teleports nearby, looking to capture Lash at the advice of Lineage. Lash tells the others that Queen Medusa means to kill them, and urges them to fight. As the battle develops between the New Attilan group and Lash's group, Jason taps into his powers for the first time and begins throwing rocks at Gorgon. Lash absorbs the energy of a volcanic spring to power energy blasts that he fires randomly into the scrum. Jason is saved from death by Gorgon who then stuns Lash with a small earth tremor. Taking hold of Lash, Medusa pins him, then invites Lineage to step forward and tell Lash what he told her. Lineage explains that Black Bolt originally released the Terrigen Cloud because something is coming for the Inhumans and they need everyone to hold it back with as many hidden bloodlines from every nation on Earth united. If they cannot prepare, their species (and maybe humans as well) will become extinct. Medusa gathers the NuHumans and tells Lash that he can either help her, stay away, or face defeat. It is also mentioned that Lash can tell Ennilux and the others from her what has transpired.[5]

Powers and abilities

Lash has various energy conversion abilities.

According to Soule "Let's say someone's running at him — that's kinetic energy. Lash can change all of that into heat — and whoosh! — the other guy goes up in flames."[2]

In other media

Matt Willig as Lash (top) and Blair Underwood as Lash's human form Andrew Garner (bottom) in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Lash appears in the third season of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. portrayed by Matt Willig.[6] Executive producer Jed Whedon has said that "I would just say that we’re doing our own take on it. There will be some elements from the comics for sure, but as we always do, we want people to not know what’s coming, so we’re changing it up a little bit."[7] Lash first appears in the episode "Laws of Nature" and in "Devils You Know", it is revealed he can transform into a human form. In the episode "Among Us Hide...", it is revealed that Andrew Garner (portrayed by Blair Underwood), a psychologist working for S.H.I.E.L.D. and Agent Melinda May's ex-husband, is Lash.[8] In the episode "Chaos Theory", it was revealed that Andrew was going through the Inhuman ledger owned by Jiaying six months earlier, when it triggered a Terrigen failsafe, putting him through Terrigenesis. Andrew later transformed into Lash when he came in contact with another Inhuman. Garner described Lash as wanting to use his instincts to weed out the "bad" Inhumans. Garner is confronted by S.H.I.E.L.D. and the Advanced Threat Containment Unit (ATCU), when he transforms into Lash. Lash is eventually being contained in S.H.I.E.L.D.'s containment cell, before May decides to have Garner put in stasis with the ATCU, in hopes of finding a cure. In the episode "Many Heads, One Tail," Gideon Malick has the containment cell that Andrew Garner is in placed in his custody in order to raise an Inhuman army for an Inhuman being that founded Hydra before World War II. In the final scene, Grant Ward meets Andrew Garner thanking him for bringing closure to the pain that Melinda May has caused her. He then activates the mustard gas that Gideon Malick had hooked up to Garner's cell in order to force his transformation into Lash. In the episode "Maveth," Jemma Simmons finds Garner's cell and reluctantly frees Garner, who assumes the form of Lash and kills Hydra agents. May later discovered that Lash had killed the Inhumans that Hydra collected before escaping. In the episode "Spacetime," Andrew Garner surrenders himself to S.H.I.E.L.D. where he reveals to Phil Coulson and Miranda May that his next transformation into Lash will no longer have him regressing back to himself. While speaking to May, Garner states that Lash might be fulfilling some sort of purpose that is unknown to him. When the final transformation begins to occur, Garner enters a containment chamber where he transforms into Lash for the last time, permanently, in front of May.

Lash is a playable character in Marvel: Future Fight.

References

  1. 1 2 Yehl, Joshua (March 7, 2014). "Marvel's Next Big Thing: Inhuman with Charles Soule and Joe Madureira". IGN. Retrieved September 12, 2015. Lash is an Inhuman. He is one of those hidden Inhumans, who is not part of the royal family. He did not live on Attilan. He is basically emerging into the light now as a result of the events in Infinity, particularly the release of the Terrigen Cloud. So he lives in a city that we saw in Infinity called Orollan, which was where Thane, son of Thanos, was found. ... The idea was that that city only has one tiny splinter of Terrigen Crystal, which meant it couldn't do the Terrigenesis ritual that Inhumans go through at maturity to sort of figure out what their powers are going to be. People of Orollan had to be very, very selective about it and could only grant that to people they thought would get good powers. So it was almost more of a religious thing for them, more than it was just a part of Inhuman life.
    So now that Terrigen Mists are circulating around the world and any Tom, Dick and Harry with Inhuman genetic code can go through Terrigenesis, he finds that to be blasphemy and heretical. So what he is doing is essentially travelling the world and trying to do what he can to stop that heresy and to bring things back in line with how he thinks Terrigenesis should be approached in the world.
  2. 1 2 Brian Truitt (April 1, 2014). "Marvel puts real Soule into its 'Inhuman' series". USA Today. Retrieved September 10, 2015.
  3. ↑ Richards, Dave (February 4, 2014). "EXCLUSIVE: Soule Explores Marvel's "Inhuman" Legacy". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved September 12, 2015.
  4. ↑ Inhuman #1
  5. ↑ Inhuman #3
  6. ↑ Steinbeiser, Andrew (August 25, 2015). "Matt Willig Cast As Lash in Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D.". Comicbook.com. Retrieved September 12, 2015.
  7. ↑ Damore, Meagan (September 12, 2015). "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. bosses tease 'slow burn' to Secret Warriors creation in season 3". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved September 12, 2015.
  8. ↑ Goldman, Eric (November 3, 2015). "Marvel's Agents of SHIELD: "Among Us Hide..." Review". IGN. Archived from the original on November 4, 2015. Retrieved November 4, 2015.

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