Humakavula

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Humakavula
Flag of Humakavula
Humakavula's logo as it appeared in Dark Depths of Justice #1, his first appearance. Art by Thomas Yanjekx. (1957)
Publication
Publisher QUACK! Comics
QUACK! Studios
First Appearance Dark Depths of Justice #1
Created By Thomas Yanjekx
Joseph Leeson
Formats Cinema
Comics
Novels
Television
Character Information
Alter-Ego Zachariah Dengolakx
Species Magarathaine
Place of Origin Magarathaine
David City, TA, (USQ)
Team Affiliations ICEC
Knights of Life
High Priests of the Galaxy
Associates Albreight Dengolakx
Queenah Lewis
Frank Giles
Abilities Super strength
Flight
Ability to possess people
Mystical energy powers
Enemies Deadly Hankerchief
Zaphod the Destroyer
Brineskull
Columntorcher
Humakavula (Zacharia Dengolakx) is a fictional superhero appearing in numerous comic book series published by QUACK! Comics, as well as the 2019 movie titled Humakavula: Dark Shadows and numerous books as well as a television show titled Heroes of Quentin. Humakavula was one of the first alien or non-human heroes created by the comics company, and comes from the planet Magarathaine, settling down in David City and operating across the world to stop crime. The character first appeared in 1957, with the Dark Depths of Justice #1 comic, with Humakavula as the main protagonist. Humakavula was only 3 years old when his parents sent him away from his home planet, as global warming was close to destroying the entire world. Humakavula was his name on his home planet of Magarathaine, however when coming to Venturia he also adopted the name of Zachariah Dengolakx. Humakavula is usually depicted in present-day Tantallegara or other locations around the world and galaxy, fighting criminals and protecting the world from mystic and physical threats. In the past, he has joined groups such as the Knights of Life, protecting the USQ and the rest of Venturia, as well as the High Priests of the Galaxy, defending the galaxy and acting as a galactic representative for Venturia, along with Maximumjedi.

Humakavula originated from the planet Magarathaine, which was plagued by global warming causing floods and numerous other natural disasters. Soon, the planet released toxic gases after global warming melted the ice caps on his planet, causing most on the planet to die. Humakavula's race had abilities to perform advanced mystic teleportation, and so his parents opened up a portal to send Humakavula away from the planet, to Venturia. Once arriving on Venturia, Humakavula was just three years old, and was soon taken in by Albreight Dengolakx, an 18 year old intelligent professor at Switzer City University. Despite having no training in the mystic ways of his race, Humakavula (now named Zachariah by his adopted father) awakened his powers at 7 years old when a tornado struck the city, protecting his father and discovering his powers. Magarathaines grow up faster than humans, and in a year Humakavula was 21, close to the age of his adopted father, who became a friend and ally for Humakavula. Soon the two moved to David City to escape the tornado that had destroyed Switzer City, and Humakavula began to fight crime and develop his abilities.

Humakavula's powers include mainly the ability to use mystical magic to fly, give himself super strength, possess others, and use that mystical energy to shoot charged beams of light. Because Humakavula's planet was drastically colder than Venturia, he is unaffected by most cold or warm temperatures, and can fly deep into space or the ocean, breathing oxygen by generating a shield of mystic energy. This ability to fly into space has made him the prime representative for Venturia to the rest of the galaxy, and in many comics and the movie series, Humakavula is shown working with governments of other planets to protect the galaxy, often along with Maximumjedi. Besides Maximumjedi and his adopted father, Humakavula has numerous allies, including his friend and sometimes love interest Queenah Lewis, along with Frank Giles, leader of the Interdepartmental Committee on Extraordinary Crime's Tantallegara division. Humakavula also has many enemies, with his two main enemies being the Deadly Hankerchief, a Venturian criminal with many abilities, and Zaphod the Destroyer, a galactic conqueror and terrorist. Brineskull and Columntorcher are two of Humakavula's less powerful enemies, however they still cause chaos in David City and around the country.

Humakavula is part of the elite and most popular tier of QUACK! Comics superheroes, and is immensely popular for his relatability to people of the Jumange ethnicity, in places such as Tantallegara, the Chip Area, Paladinia, and the Multi-Logan State. Humakavula has been consistently the best-selling comic in those areas, although he does not attain the national popularity of others like Good Hope and Noir. Humakavula is a part of the QUACK! Studios' cinematic universe, and has upcoming appearances in Maximumjedi: Legions in 2022 as well as Knights of Life in late 2022.