Arcturus Rann

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Arcturus Rann
Marvel Comics character
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Palisades Micronauts "Space Commander" Space Glider toy on card
First appearance

Micronauts volume 1 number 1, January 1979 by Marvel Comics
Created by

Marvel Comics
Information
Species Homeworlder
Occupation Explorer
Family Lord Dallan Rann (father), Lady Sepsis Rann (mother)
Abilities

  • Energy blasts (from gun)
  • Flight (from wing pack)
  • Superhuman longevity
  • Telepathy
Affiliation

Micronauts/Microns/Enigma Force (leader)

Arcturus Rann is a fictional character from the Marvel Comics introduced in 1979.

Micronauts

Space Glider was a character in the Micronauts series. The depiction of Space Glider has varied vastly from one fictional setting to another.

Development

Marvel Comics created Artcurus Rann for their Micronauts comic series in 1979.

In 2003 Palisades released a recolor of their Space Glider done as a nod to Rann in the Marvel Comics, although because Marvel Comics owned the character they could not use the name officially, calling him "Space Commander" Space Glider.

Fictional biography

One of the first of the space gliding Micronauts - Adventurers/explorers in suspended animation 1,000 years ago to the farthest reaches of the Microverse - Rann returned to a Homeworld vastly changed from which he knew! Yet he has spent 10 centuries telepathically probing the unknown and never much cared for the predictable, anyway!

Comics

1979 Marvel Comics

Space Glider, Commander Arcturus Rann, is the main hero in the Marvel Comics Micronauts series. One thousand years ago, Commander Arcturus Rann set out from Homeworld with his roboid co-pilot Biotron on a voyage to explore the Microverse.

After the second Marvel Micronauts series ended Commander Rann, Marionette, Fireflyte, Acroyear and Bug appeared in M'ndens Bar in New Mutants number 50.

In the Marvel Comics series Space Glider was often depicted looking more like the blue Galactic Warrior toy, but using the helmet and wings from Space Glider.

While Mego retained the rights to the Micronauts character Space Glider, Marvel owns the character of Arcturus Rann. Rann continued to appear in Marvel Comics stories after the Micronauts series ended.

Games

Freedom Force

There is a fan-made mesh and skin for Marvel Comics Space Glider in the 2002 Freedom Force video game.[1]

Toys

  • Palisades Micronauts Space Commander Space Glider (2003)
A 1:18 scale figure.
A recolor of the Palisades Space Glider toy colored as an homage to Arcturus Rann.

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