STONE CREATURE

PERSONAL DATA 

REAL NAME: Ur 

OCCUPATION: Former soldier, adventurer 

IDENTITY: Public 

CLASS: Extra-terrestial 

LEGAL STATUS: Citizen of the Confederate Planets 

OTHER ALIASES: NA 

PLACE OF BIRTH: Planet Synak, Sirius Binary Star System 

MARITAL STATUS: Single 

KNOWN RELATIVES: NA 

GROUP AFFILIATIONS: Inter-Space Justice Syndicate 

BASE OF OPERATIONS: Inter-Space Justice Syndicate Headquarters, Urbania (Planet Earth)

FIRST APPEARANCE: Space Western #44 (1953) 

HEIGHT: 7' 2" 

WEIGHT: 803 lbs 

EYES: White 

HAIR: No hair 

HISTORY 

Ur belongs to the Zeb, humanoids based on silicon instead of carbon, which gives them their characteristic stony appearance. The Zebs are originally from Synak, a planet that revolves around the star Sirius. They threw their bodies into space without the aid of protection or space vehicles and remained in suspended animation until they reached a new planet or something made them wake up from their suspended animation. In the 37th century AC, Thula, Princess of Mars, and Rapid Fox, her bodyguard and lover, were visiting the Arizona desert, where he was showing her the land of his ancestors when suddenly the desert came to life and an army of Stone Men arose from the ground. They had been buried there for 10,000 years, after traveling to Earth from Synak. Their leader, Ag, saw Rapid Fox and Thula and decided to capture them both. The pair fought back, but were ultimately defeated and taken prisoners. Ag decided that humans were insignificants and that the planet belonged to him and after burying Rapid Fox and Thula alive he left with his army ready to conquer. Then Ur appeared and freed the Earthlings from their stone tomb. He had decided not to follow Ag anymore and offered his help to stop the stone army. Thula called the Space Patrol base to report on the Stone Men. Ur explained them that his race was very tough, but susceptible to certain vibrational frequencies. The Space Patrol urged them to contain the Stone Men until they could arrive with sonic cannons. The trio fought the Stone Army, but they had the upper hand. Then Thula unleashed her chlorokinetic power making a thuvia forest (a typical Mars plant) grow in the middle of the desert, locking the stone warriors inside until the Space Patrol arrived and through powerful sonic cannons they returned the zeb horde to a state of suspended animation. Grateful, Thula and Rapid Fox offered Ur to join the Inter-Space Justice Syndicate and he agreed, on the condition that they helped him return to his planet.

But things would not turn out as he expected... 

Ur and Jane, The Magician from Mars (and Thula's sister), developed a platonic but very intense relationship. 

POWERS & WEAPONS 

Ur is a life form based on silicon rather than carbon, literally being a living stone. He is much tougher than a normal human and can withstand impacts and pressures that could kill a human without suffering any discomfort. He is also many times stronger than a normal human, although his level of strength is unknown.  

MAGICIAN FROM MARS

PERSONAL DATA 

REAL NAME: Jane of Jem 

OCCUPATION: Adventuress, princess of Mars 

IDENTITY: Public 

CLASS: Mutant/Magician 

LEGAL STATUS: Citizen of the Confederate Planets 

OTHER ALIASES: NA 

PLACE OF BIRTH: Planet Mars 

MARITAL STATUS: Single 

KNOWN RELATIVES: Jarl and Jane (deceased parents), Thula (sister), Marsu (uncle), Taar (cousin), Vanza (aunt) 

GROUP AFFILIATIONS: Inter-Space Justice Syndicate 

BASE OF OPERATIONS: Inter-Space Justice Syndicate Headquarters, Urbania (Planet Earth) 

FIRST APPEARANCE: Amazing Man Comics #7 (November 1939) 

HEIGHT: 5' 8"  

WEIGHT: 118 lbs 

EYES: Blue 

HAIR: Blond 

HISTORY 

In the XXXVII century the Planet Mars is a monarchy and the members of the royal family possess superhuman abilities. Princess Jane, who would be known as the Magician from Mars, was born with the ability to alter reality with her mind. Her powers developed as she grew older. At six years old, she was already able to materialize small objects out of nowhere and make things levitate in midair. When her parents died in strange circumstances, Duchess Vanza (her aunt) became Regent until Jane's older sister, Thula (who was 16) reached adulthood and was crowned Queen. Jane was taken against her will to the Convent of the Sisterhood of Steel, but she soon escaped from it and later stowed away on a ship bound for planet Earth. Her powers caught the attention of the Guild, a secret society of wizards that took her in and taught her the best way to use her powers. When the Civil War broke out on Mars, Jane wanted to return home, but the Guild had other plans for her and unleashed an elemental demon to hold her on Earth. The fight attracted the attention of the Inter-Space Justice Syndicate, who helped her defeat the creature and later traveled with her to Mars to help resolve the Martian conflict. Jane met with her sister Thula and the two faced the leader of the terrorist organization the Scarlet Shroud, instigator of the revolt. This character turned out to be her own aunt, the Regent Duchess Vanza herself. The revolt was put down, but Vanza escaped, vowing revenge. Jane and her sister Thula became members of the Syndicate and left the rule of Mars in the hands of her cousin, Prince Taar, son of Duke Marsu.

Jane and Ur, one of her colleagues from the Inter-space Justice Syndicate, have a platonic but deeply intense relationship. 

POWERS & WEAPONS 

Her powers included superintelligence, the ability to manipulate matter at will, and the ability to transform her own physical appearance (in fact, Jane was actually no more than 8 years old when she returned to Mars to stop the rebellion, however her physical appearance and her mental maturity were already those of a grown woman). The Magician from Mars' powers were scientific in nature, yet her ability to alter reality at will was not far from magic.