Ebony Maw

Cinematic and Comics

Secret Wars, Comics: Captured with Thane in the Black Quadrant, Maw talks his way out of captivity.

Cinematic

A telekinetic member of the Black Order and adopted child of Thanos, who announces his master's conquests and never fails him. He heralds the invasion of Zen-Whoberi, helps hunt the Space Stone aboard the Statesman, then goes to Earth for the Time Stone. He tortures Doctor Strange aboard his ship until Tony Stark blasts him into space.

Comics

Alien persuader who began in Thanos' Butcher Squadron and became a founding member of the Black Order. In the Infinity war he controlled Doctor Strange, located Thanos' son Thane in Greenland, and later steered Thane across space. He escaped captivity in the Black Quadrant, joined the Challenger's contest on Earth, then retreated to Angargal and helped the Black Order steal the Bow of Gabriel on Sinnar.

Timeline 16 events

1. Modern · Comics: Maw takes control of Doctor Strange and finds Thane in the Inhuman town of Orollan in Greenland.
2. Modern · Comics: The Black Order fights Ego the Living Planet in a stalemate.
3. Modern · Comics: Maw frees Thane to fight his father, and Thane traps Thanos and Proxima in amber.
4. Modern · Comics: He takes Thane to the planet Malady to push him toward nihilism.
5. Secret Wars · Comics: Maw pushes Thane to steal power from J'son's Black Vortex.
6. Secret Wars · Comics: Captured with Thane in the Black Quadrant, Maw talks his way out of captivity.
7. Fresh Start · Comics: The Challenger reunites the Black Order, which blows up Avengers Mansion and fights on Earth.
8. Fresh Start · Comics: After the contest the Black Order escapes to Angargal and takes the Grandmaster's offer.
9. Fresh Start · Comics: Maw and the Butcher Squadron slaughter the Zen-Whoberi, and Thanos takes the survivor Gamora prisoner.
10. Fresh Start · Comics: After Zero Sanctuary is destroyed, Thanos makes Maw and Proxima Midnight the first Black Order members.
11. Fresh Start · Comics: Maw steals the Bow of Gabriel from Sinnar and the Grandmaster wins his bet.
12. 1995 · Cinematic: Maw announces the invasion of Zen-Whoberi to its people and has the Chitauri execute half of them while Thanos takes Gamora.
13. 2018 · Cinematic: The Black Order attacks Xandar for the Power Stone, and Thanos takes the Orb from Nova Corps headquarters.
14. 2018 · Cinematic: Maw and the Black Order board the Statesman, kill half the Asgardians, and take the Tesseract for Thanos.
15. 2018 · Cinematic: Maw and Cull Obsidian land in New York, fight Doctor Strange, Wong, Iron Man and Spider-Man, and capture Strange for the Time Stone.
16. 2018 · Cinematic: While torturing Strange on the Q-Ship bound for Titan, Maw is blown out into space by Iron Man and freezes to death.

enemy of

Doctor Strange, Iron Man, Thor, Ego

parent of

Thanos

allied with

Thanos, Cull Obsidian, Proxima Midnight, Corvus Glaive

travels to

Zen-Whoberi, Xandar, Earth, Ego

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