D'Bari

The D'Bari are a fictional alien race appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. They are most known as the people whose star system was destroyed by Phoenix during the Dark Phoenix Saga (1980).^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

D'Bari
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	The Avengers #4 (March 1964)
Created by	Stan Lee (writer) Jack Kirby (artist)
Characteristics
Place of origin	D'Bari IV

The D'Bari appeared in the 2019 film Dark Phoenix with their leader Vuk portrayed by Jessica Chastain.

Publication history

The D'Bari first appeared in Avengers #4 (March 1964), the same issue in which Captain America was introduced to the modern Marvel Universe, and were created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby.^[6] Most of the D'Bari were killed when Jean Grey destroyed D'Bari IV in Uncanny X-Men #135 (July 1980).

Since that time, the D'Bari have been shown in flashback in Classic X-Men #43 (January 1990), and later writers have asserted that a small number of D'Bari survived by not being on their homeworld at the time of its destruction.

Fictional race biography

The D'Bari are a humanoid plant species native to the fourth planet of the D'Bari system, located within the sphere of influence of the Shi'ar empire.^[6][7][8] The species are introduced when the D'Bari Vuk, who was stranded on Earth centuries prior, allies with Namor and petrifies the Avengers so he can retrieve his spaceship and leave Earth. Captain America, who was not among the petrified Avengers, promises to free Zuk's ship in return for restoring the Avengers. Vuk agrees to this and helps stop Namor before leaving Earth.^{[9][6][7][10][11]}

During "The Dark Phoenix Saga", Jean Grey as the Dark Phoenix drains energy from the D'Bari system's sun to replenish her power, causing it to become a supernova and destroy D'Bari IV.^{[12][4][8][10][11][13][14]}

Several D'Bari, including Vuk, escape the destruction of D'Bari IV by being off-world at the time.^{[15][5][8][13]} While imprisoned by the Collector, Vuk has a son, Bzztl, via asexual reproduction.^[16][6][7]

During the "Maximum Security" event, Vuk assumes the alias Starhammer and attacks the X-Men. However, Jean Grey alters Vuk's mind, making him believe that he killed her and sending him into a state of shock.^{[17][2][6][8][10][11]}

It is later revealed that Vuk and the remaining D'Bari settled on another planet. Vuk vows revenge when Jean Grey's mental tampering wears off, but Maggie, the daughter of Captain Britain and Meggan, convinces him to give up his quest and travel to an alternate universe where D'Bari IV was not destroyed.^{[18][2][6][8]}

Known D'Bari

• Bzztl^[16] – A D'Bari and the "son" of Vuk.
• Gvyn^[19][7] – A female D'Bari. She was killed when the Phoenix Force consumed D'Bari IV.
• Tas'wtza^[20][7] – A D'Bari who joined the Nova Corps. Killed by Kraa.
• Vuk^[9] – A D'Bari who once fought the Avengers and later developed a vendetta against Jean Grey for her massacre of the D'Bari.

In other media

• The D'Bari appear in the Avengers Assemble episode "Guardians and Space Knights".^[21] In this version, D'Bari IV was consumed by Galactus, but the D'Bari evacuate the planet before it is destroyed and eventually settle on another planet.
• The D'Bari appear in Dark Phoenix, with Vuk (portrayed by Jessica Chastain)^[22] and Jones (portrayed by Ato Essandoh) as prominent members. These versions are shapeshifting aliens whose planet was destroyed by the Phoenix Force before it possessed Jean Grey.^{[3][4][7][8][23][24][14]}