Tana Nile is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

Publication history

Tana Nile first appeared in Thor #129 and was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby.

Fictional character biography

Tana Nile, of the planet Rigel-3, is a female member of the Colonizers of Rigel. In her attempt to colonize the planet Earth, Tana Nile takes a human form as Jane Foster's roommate. She attempted to take control of Earth, but was ordered to cease her attack. Tana leaves Earth to be given a new assignment, and is told that the High Commissioner of Rigel has chosen her to be his wife. Tana Nile later encounters Sif, Hildegarde, and sailor Silas Grant on Blackworld as she is battling Ego-Prime, a fragment of Ego the Living Planet. After Blackworld is destroyed in a nuclear war, Tana moves to Earth and becomes an ally of Thor. Tana visits Charles Xavier's Massachusetts Academy to learn more about human beings. During an adventure in an alternate dimension created by Franklin Richards, she falls in love with Howard the Duck. After a spontaneous kiss, Howard tells her of his attachment to Beverly Switzler, and she accepts that romance with him is inappropriate. In the Annihilation storyline, Tana Nile frames Ronan the Accuser for the House of Fiyero in exchange for information on Ronan. He promises to hunt her down, along with others involved in the trial, to discover the true reason behind his dismissal. Nile later joins Gamora's Graces before being killed by Annihilus' Annihilation Wave.

Powers and abilities

Tana Nile is an alien with the ability to manipulate her own density and control the minds of others. She wields armor that enables her to disguise herself as a human, a "stasis gun" that can project concussive energy or intense heat, and a wrist-mounted communicator.

In other media

Television