Xantha

Xantha, or Xanthans are a fictional extraterrestrial race featured in comic books published by Marvel Comics. They first appeared in Fantastic Four, Volume 1 #7 in October, 1972.

Description
Xantha are a sentient bipedal humanoid race characterized by their short staure, yellow striated skin and huge heads (which seems to be a common racial trait amongst many Marvel Universe races). They are indiginous to the planet Xanth (also known as Planet X) in the Jatskan star system.

History
Many years ago, the planet Xanth was struck by a meteor, which caused the destruction of the entire Xantha world. Earth scientist Reed Richards used Pym particles to shrink the remaining Xantha to a height of only four inches tall and then loaded them onto two starships, which enabled them to survive their homeworld's destruction. They eventually founded a new planet for themselves, which they creatively dubbed New Xanth in the heretofore previously unnamed New Jatskan star system.

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