| “ | Hey, Hey hey. | „ |
| ~ Marx's first lines when he starts speaking |
| “ | I did it! It all went according to plan! I got the sun and moon to fight. I got you to go into space... it was all according to my perfect little plan! Now I can cause all the mischief I want! Haha! See you later! | „ |
| ~ Marx after achieving Nova's power |
| “ | WOW! It worked. The Sun & Moon are fighting. Go find Nova. All my plans worked! Popstar is all MINE! Now, I can do anything! I must be going now. Hahahahahahahah... | „ |
| ~ Marx |
| “ | He absorbed a nova's power to bring back his evil soul... This really is the last battle! | „ |
| ~ Marx Soul's description in SSU |
| “ | Got a plan? Glad to help! | „ |
| ~ Marx |
Background
Marx is a major character appearing through the Kirby series and first appears as the twist and main antagonist of Kirby: Super Star and it's remake Super Star Ultra.
Marx first appears in the intro segment of Milky Way Wishes, during a confrotation between the Sun and the Moon, he then approaches Kirby, asking him if he could make peace between these two celestial bodies, by summoning Nova, an enormous clock being which can grant wishes. Upon summoning Nova, before wishing, Kirby is suddenly attacked by Marx, who then wishes to take control over all of Popstar, revealing his true self as the final boss.
Powers and Stats
Keys: Pre-Star Allies | Marx Soul | Star Allies
Tier: Low 4-C, likely higher | 4-A, likely 3-C | 2-C
Dimensionality: 3-D
Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Longevity, Toon Force, Self-Sustenance (Types 1 and 2: Can breath in the middle of outer space), Danmaku (Can create 4 slicing attacks at all once and throw off thousands of fast arrows at his target), Weapon Mastery, Immortality (Types 1, 2 and 3), Plant Manipulation (Can create plant seeds which he pulls out of his mouth which then quickly grow into dangerous spined vines), Flight (Can fly with his wings), Teleportation (Can use teleportation around his battlefiend, which he uses offensively), Energy Manipulation and Energy Projection, Natural Weaponry (Claws), Durability Negation with some attacks, Black Hole Creation (Can create whole black holes), Creation (Can create attacks out of nothing), Body Control (Can dismember half of his body, and then put it back on like if it was nothing), Non-Physical Interaction, Intangibility and Darkness Manipulation (Can turn his body into a shadow, effectively turning him intangible), Dimensional Storage (Can make people enter through his shadows), Ice Manipulation (When used, Marx's ice bowl when successfully hits the target, it instantly freezes them into ice), Absorption and Power Absorption (Effectively absorbed Nova's power and was also capable of absorbing his own pieces back into himself), Transformation (Into Marx Soul and his Winged Form), Explosion Manipulation, Regeneration (Mid: Like all Star Allies, Marx and others can regenerate from deadly attacks such as impaling and being crushed flat), Resistance to Extreme Cold and Cosmic Radiations
All previous abilities of his Pre-Star Allies key, plus Vehicular Mastery (Can ride the Warp Star), Telekinesis, Resurrection (Revival Spell allows Marx to resurrect deceased allies), Magic, Healing and Purification (Friends Hearts can be used as a form of healing and purify others of the effetcs of the Jamba Hearts), Empathic Manipulation and Morality Manipulation (Friends Hearts allows the Star Allies to use them as much as they want, and when used on an enemy it automatically makes them their friends and allies), Invincibility and Magic (The Invincibility Candy can allow Marx to become invincibile for a short amount of time, and it's also made of magical properties), Summoning (The Dream Rod allows Marx to summon other Star Allies to his aid), Statistics Amplification (The Power-Up Heart allows Star Allies to increase thier physical capabilities), Homing Attack, Resistance to Black Holes (Can survive unnafected by his own black hole), Transmutation (Like Kirby and other Star Allies, Marx is unnafected by the Cook Ability), Morality Manipulation and Empathic Manipulation (Unnafected by the Jamba Hearts)
All previous abilities as his Pre-Star Allies Key enhanched, plus Regeneration (High-Mid: Can put his whole body back together even after being dismembered into multiple tiny pieces of himself), Reality Warping (Has Nova's power), Transmutation (Can turn his body into paint)
Attack Potency: Dwarf Star level+, likely higher (Capable of fighting evenly with Kirby during the events of Super Star and managed to briefly knock out Kirby with a mere kick, with Kirby previously capable of fighting against the likes of Dark Matter Swordsman) | Multi-Solar System level, likely Galaxy level (After his first defeat, he managed to absorb the complete power of Nova, which made him transform into his Soul form to become significally stronger than his normal self. After his second defeat by Kirby, his death was strong enough to explode his entire body into nothing, which then caused all of the space around himself to continuosly explode as well, which is shown as well to contain an entire interstellar space within it, containing nebulaes and millions of stars and can fight and damage Kirby, who had survived his death explosion with no visible damage) | Low Multiverse level (Stronger than before. Alongside other Star Allies, he can fight up the likes of Void Soul and Morpho Knight)
Speed: Massively FTL+ (Should be superior to the likes of Ribbon, who was capable of flying several intergalactic distances while being chased out by three Dark Matter orbs. Can keep up with Kirby, who is capable of reacting to his own Warp Star who could travel to the Galaxy's end in just a few seconds and can keep up with Meta Knight, who was capable of flying from Galaxy's End to Popstar in under eight seconds and Kirby is also capable of keeping up with Dark Matter, and Marx is fast enough to kick Kirby before he could react to) | Massively FTL+ (Far faster than before) | Massively FTL+ (Comparable to other allies)
Lifting Strength: Stellar to Multi-Stellar (Should be comparable to Kirby) | Stellar to Multi-Stellar | Stellar to Multi-Stellar
Durability: Dwarf Star level+, likely higher (Can survive attacks from Kirby) | Multi-Solar System level, likely Galaxy level (Far stronger than before. Can tank multiple attacks from Kirby) | Low Multiverse level (Scaling to Kirby. Can take attacks from the likes of Morpho Knight)
Stamina: Extremely High (Should be comparable to Kirby. And can still move even after being heavily damaged) | Extremely High (Better than before) | Extremely High (Same as the first)
Range: Standard Melee Range, Interstellar with projectiles | Galactic with Teleportation | Same as the first one
Standard Equipment: His Claws | None Notable | His Ball
Intelligence: High. A trickster capable of coming up with decent plans which usually works out and also has good combat experience
Weaknesses: None Notable
Notable Attacks/Techniques:
- Teleportation: One of Marx's most used ones, he can teleport to other places and use it in combat as well.
- Black Hole: Splits his body in half, which in turn creates a black hole which will sink in anything close enough to it.
- Shooter Cutter: Shoots out 4 cutters out from his arms.
- Seed Attack: Plants out seeds which then quickly grow into spiky vines.
- Ice Bowl: Shoots a ball which separates into two pieces which can freze the opponent.
- Shadow Cutter: Turns into an intangible shadow which will follow his target's location and then will attack out of it.
- Arrow Arrow: Shoots hundreds of dangerous arrows.
- Cannon Attack: Attacks with an giant laser beam out of his mouth.
- Splash Marx: As Marx Soul, he can turn his whole body into paint and then attack the enemy with these body parts
Others
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