18 Facts About Count Nefaria

1.

Count Luchino Nefaria is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

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2.

Luchino Count Nefaria is a wealthy Italian aristocrat and traditionalist that desires greater wealth and power, driving him to join the Maggia criminal organization.

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3.

Captain America was paralyzed, and with his hands and feet attached to ropes he was suspended between floor and ceiling, where Count Nefaria mocked him, saying he would be a hero for capturing him.

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4.

Count Nefaria reappears several years later and attempts to take control of the United States base NORAD, but is stopped by the X-Men .

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5.

Count Nefaria is then kept in isolation and under observation by the Avengers, and it is discovered that the process to empower him makes Count Nefaria immortal but vulnerable as his body reconfigures itself.

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6.

Count Nefaria briefly reappears some time later as a corpse reanimated by the Grim Reaper.

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7.

Count Nefaria eventually reappears, but in an ionic humanoid form, and constantly requires ionic energy to sustain his existence.

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8.

Count Nefaria is next seen as an inmate of The Raft, a prison for supervillains, and escapes when Electro stages a mass breakout.

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9.

Count Nefaria kills Echo in battle, and is later apprehended by the Avengers.

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10.

Count Nefaria takes his leave and vows to return when Superior Octopus' role as San Francisco's protector destroys him.

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11.

Count Nefaria was a normal human with a genius intellect long before he'd gained his superpowers.

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12.

Count Nefaria was a well versed scientist, inventor, theoretical physicist, adept strategist and organizational leader with deep ties to the underworld through his own crime family, The Maggia.

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13.

Count Nefaria has toppled a 40-story building with little effort, withstood a blow from Wonder Man without flinching, and fought an enraged Thor to a standstill with no apparent damage from strikes of his hammer, even stopping it with his bare hand.

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14.

Count Nefaria has the power of flight, when before he could only leap great distances.

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15.

Count Nefaria's showcased a new power, creating energy constructs to surround his opponents in ionic energy and move them about telekinetically.

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16.

Count Nefaria has withstood simultaneous attacks by multiple teams of superheros at once.

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17.

Count Nefaria is shown fighting Superman in a panel spreading across two-pages.

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18.

Count Nefaria appears as one of Leviathan's investors before fighting Captain Marvel in his ionic form and retreating soon afterward.

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