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| Dakkam | |
| Continuity: | Marvel Universe |
| Category: | Planet |
| Galaxy: | Milky Way Galaxy |
| System: | Beta Rigel System |
| Residents: | Hektu; Ninox; Soja; Wundarr |
| 1st appearance: | Adventure Into Fear #17 |
Dakkam is a fictional planet featured in comic books published by Marvel Comics. It first appeared in flashback in Adventure Into Fear #17 in October, 1973.
Description[]
Dakkam is a planet located in the Beta Rigel star system in the Milky Way Galaxy. It is populated by a sentient humanoid race known as Dakkamites.
History[]
In the Earth year 1950, a Dakkamite astronomer named Hektu made a terrifying discovery. He came to believe that Dakkam's sun was about to go supernova, and would devastate all life on the planet, making it an inhospitable wasteland inside of a year. Hektu's claims were brought before the Planetary Triumverate. They did not share Hektu's fears and believed him to be mad. They threatened him with a life sentence if he continued verbalizing such paranoid theories.
Hektu was undeterred however. His wife Soja and he intended on fleeing Dakkam, along with their infant son, Wundarr.
Officers from the Internal Security Police raided Hektu's home just as he was trying to escape from the planet. They shot him dead, and did likewise to Soja just as she placed baby Wundarr into a rocket ship, and blasted it off into space.
As it turned out, Hektu's theories on Dakkam's destruction were completely wrong and the sun did not go supernova. The rocket ship carrying baby Wundarr made its way to Earth, crashing in the Florida Everglades in July, 1951.
Residents of Dakkam[]
Notes[]
- The history of Dakkam is intended as a pastiche of Krypton, which is a planet featured in DC Comics titles and is the birth-place of Superman.
- Dakkam is similar to Daxam, which is the homeworld of the Daxamites from DC Comics. Daxamites and Kryptonians bear some similarity to Dakkamites.
Appearances of Dakkam[]
- Adventure Into Fear 17 (1st appearance; in flashback only.)