Corvus Glaive


Corvus Glaive is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Jonathan Hickman and artist Jim Cheung, he is a prominent member of the Black Order, a team of aliens who work for Thanos.
Glaive has made several appearances in media, including television series and films. David Kaye voices him in animation, and Michael James Shaw portrays him in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame.

Publication history

Corvus Glaive was created by writer Jonathan Hickman and artist Jim Cheung, and first appeared in Infinity: Free Comic Book Day.
The character was described by Hickman as "Thanos' most favored. Corvus is cruel, arrogant and the most loyal of the Black Order. A warrior who betrayed his people and sold his soul to Thanos to pursue a different kind of glory".
Editor Tom Breevort has said:

Fictional character biography

Corvus Glaive is a member of Thanos' Black Order. He was chosen for his mastery in combat and tactical abilities and thus was chosen to lead the group. He is also the husband of fellow order member Proxima Midnight. His first order is to attack Earth to please his master. He attacks the Jean Grey School for Higher Learning, but is called away when Ebony Maw finds Thanos' son Thane. Corvus is obliterated by Hyperion while Thane overpowers the group and freezes Thanos and Proxima in amber. However, Corvus revives himself using his glaive.
Corvus meets up with Namor, who frees Proxima and Thanos, and asks that they join his Cabal due to his own anger towards Earth. However, Namor soon finds himself hating the Cabal's tactics and vows to work with the Illuminati to defeat them. Namor is betrayed, with him and the Cabal being trapped in a universe that is going to be destroyed. They all manage to escape into the Ultimate Marvel universe and vow to get revenge. The Cabal members escape the destruction of the multiverse via a life raft and end up on Battleworld.
Corvus returns to his own universe when the multiverse is restored and forms his own version of the Black Order, slowly building his army all over the galaxy. However, Thanos returns and confronts Corvus. Not wanting to be killed by Thanos, Corvus kills himself using the pieces of his destroyed glaive.
Corvus Glaive later returns from the dead when the Black Order is reformed by Challenger. Corvus and the Order face off against an alien version of the Lethal Legion formed by Grandmaster in a contest where Earth is the battlefield.

Powers and abilities

Corvus Glaive possesses the typical attributes of a super powered individual including super strength, speed, endurance, senses and some invulnerability. His namesake weapon gives him immortality and can be summoned to his hand at will.

In other media

Television

Marvel Cinematic Universe

Corvus Glaive appears in media set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, voiced and motion-captured by Michael James Shaw.

Video games