Proxima Midnight

Proxima Midnight is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Jonathan Hickman,^[1] she first appeared in New Avengers #8 (September 2013). She is a prominent member of the Black Order working for Thanos.

Proxima Midnight
Proxima Midnight as depicted in Infinity #5 (December 2013). Art by In-Hyuk Lee.
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	New Avengers #8 (September 2013)
Created by	Jonathan Hickman
In-story information
Team affiliations	Butcher Squadron Black Order
Partnerships	Corvus Glaive Supergiant
Abilities	Superhuman strength, speed, stamina, durability, endurance, and senses Expert hand-to-hand combatant Nigh-invulnerability Throwing spear granting: Mass manipulation Energy projection Toxin

The character has made several appearances in media, such as television and film. Kari Wahlgren voices the character in animation, and Carrie Coon voices her in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Publication history

Proxima Midnight first appeared in New Avengers #8 (September 2013), and was created by writer Jonathan Hickman.^[2] She later appeared in the 2013 Infinity series^[3] and the 2017 Unworthy Thor series.^[4]

Fictional character biography

Proxima Midnight is a member of Thanos' Black Order. Thanos chose her for her expert combat skills. Proxima is the wife of fellow Order member Corvus Glaive. She is sent to Earth to retrieve an Infinity Gem from Namor,^[5] but comes into contact with the New Avengers.^[6] Proxima is humiliated by Thanos' disapproval of her actions as well as the fact that Namor does not actually possess the Gem.^[7] Proxima and the rest of the Order are directed by Namor to Wakanda to search for the Gem, but are distracted when Ebony Maw revealed the location of Thane, Thanos' son. Thane wants nothing to do with his father and imprisons him and Proxima in amber.^[8]

Corvus meets up with Namor, who frees Proxima and Thanos, and asks that they join his Cabal due to his own anger towards Earth. However, Namor soon finds himself hating the Cabal's tactics and vows to work with the Illuminati to defeat them. Namor is betrayed, with him and the Cabal being trapped in a universe that is going to be destroyed. They all manage to escape into the Ultimate Marvel universe and vow to get revenge.^[9] The Cabal members escape the destruction of the multiverse via a life raft and end up on Battleworld.^[10]

Proxima Midnight returns to her own universe when the multiverse is restored.^[11] She meets with Thanos and a cloaked figure, later revealed to be Hela, and works with Hela in an attempt to retrieve Mjolnir.^[12] Ultimately, Proxima and Hela are humiliated and forced to return empty handed. To prove herself worthy, Hela kills Proxima in front of Thanos.^[13][3]

During the "No Surrender" arc, Proxima Midnight is resurrected by the Challenger and battles the Grandmaster's Lethal Legion.^[14]

Powers and abilities

Proxima Midnight possesses the typical attributes of a super powered individual including superhuman strength, speed, endurance and durability.^[6]

Midnight also wields a spear that was forged from a star, possesses homing properties, and can release fatal toxins.^[6] It can also revert to its star form, entangling others in energy.^[8]

In other media

Television

• Proxima Midnight appears in Avengers Assemble, voiced by Kari Wahlgren.^[15]
• Proxima Midnight appears in Guardians of the Galaxy, voiced again by Kari Wahlgren.^[15] This version is initially a member of the Black Order before joining the Universal Believers.

Marvel Cinematic Universe

Proxima Midnight appears in media set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, with Carrie Coon providing the voice and facial capture^[16][17] while Monique Ganderton provided physical motion capture.^[18][19]

• Introduced in Avengers: Infinity War (2018), this version is a member of the Black Order and adoptive daughter of Thanos who assists him in finding the Infinity Stones,^[20] only to be killed by Wanda Maximoff following a failed attempt to steal the Mind Stone from Vision.
• An alternate timeline variant of Midnight makes a non-speaking appearance in Avengers: Endgame (2019).^[21][22] She travels through time with Thanos to battle the Avengers before Tony Stark kills her using the Infinity Stones.
• An alternate timeline variant of Midnight appears in the What If...? episode "What If... T'Challa Became a Star-Lord?" (2021), voiced by Coon.^[15]

Video games

• Proxima Midnight appears as a mini-boss and a boss in Marvel Avengers Alliance.^[23]
• Proxima Midnight appears as a support character in Marvel Puzzle Quest.^[24]
• Proxima Midnight appears as a mini-boss and unlockable playable character in Marvel Contest of Champions.^[25][26]
• Proxima Midnight appears as a boss and unlockable playable character in Marvel Future Fight.^[27][28]
• Proxima Midnight appears as a boss in Marvel Avengers Academy as part of the "Return of A-Force" event.^[29]
• Proxima Midnight appears as an unlockable playable character in Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2 via the "Marvel's Avengers: Infinity War Movie Level Pack" DLC.^[30][31][32]
• Proxima Midnight appears as a playable character in Marvel End Time Arena.^[33]
• Proxima Midnight appears as a boss in Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order, voiced again by Kari Wahlgren.^[15]
• Proxima Midnight appears as a card in Marvel Snap.^[34]