Raza

Raza Longknife is the last survivor of an unnamed alien race, his body heavily augmented with cybernetic enhancements—including a bionic eye, arm, and blade-converting hand—after enduring brutal captivity. He became a founding member of the Starjammers, the rebel crew opposing the Shi'ar Empire's corrupt rule.

Few characters capture the cosmic sweep of Bronze Age Marvel quite like Raza, who burst onto the scene in the pages of The X-Men #107 in 1977, courtesy of the legendary team of Chris Claremont and Dave Cockrum. A fixture of the Starjammers and a figure whose adventures have touched even the X-Men, the Imperial Guard, and the New Mutants, Raza has spent nearly five decades keeping remarkable company — sharing pages with Corsair, Cyclops, Hepzibah, and Christopher Summers across Uncanny X-Men, Classic X-Men, and the Starjammers series. With two collector-recognized key issues to their name and a publishing history stretching all the way to 2024, Raza is a testament to the enduring richness of Marvel's cosmic corner — a Bronze Age original whose presence quietly anchors some of the most ambitious, galaxy-spanning storytelling the House of Ideas ever produced.