Aztek (character)

Aztek
Cover of Aztek: The Ultimate Man #1 (August 1996) by Howard Porter.
Publication information
PublisherDC Comics
First appearance
  • Uno: Aztek, The Ultimate Man #1 (August 1996)
  • Constant: Justice League of America vol. 5 #20 (December 2017)
Created byUno:
Constant:
In-story information
Alter ego
  • Uno/Dr. Curtis "Curt" Falconer
  • Nayeli Constant
Team affiliationsUno:
Constant:
AbilitiesManipulates four-dimensional energy for:
  • Superhuman strength, speed, and hearing
  • X-ray vision
  • Flight
  • Invisibility
  • Plasma blasts
  • Body heat camouflage
  • Density shifting
  • Entrapment net generation

Aztek is the name of two superheroes appearing in DC Comics. Both versions are based out of the fictional Vanity City, and are champions of the Aztec god Quetzalcoatl. The first Aztek first appeared in Aztek, The Ultimate Man #1 in August 1996, and was created by Grant Morrison, Mark Millar, and N. Steven Harris.[1] Following the short run series, Aztek appeared in several issues of JLA also written by Morrison.[2] The second Aztek, this one being a female version, appeared in Justice League of America vol. 5 #20 in December 2017, created by Steve Orlando and Ivan Reis, as the rival and later partner of the Ray.

  1. ^ Cowsill, Alan; Irvine, Alex; Manning, Matthew K.; McAvennie, Michael; Wallace, Daniel (2019). DC Comics Year by Year: A Visual Chronicle. DK Publishing. p. 259. ISBN 978-1-4654-8578-6.
  2. ^ Jimenez, Phil (2008). "Aztek". In Dougall, Alastair (ed.). The DC Comics Encyclopedia. London: Dorling Kindersley. p. 32. ISBN 978-0-7566-4119-1.