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Makkari is a member of the Eternals, a fictional race in the Marvel Comics universe.
History
Makkari has involved himself in Earth's affairs more often than most Eternals. He rescued Sersi from "Nero's big bonfire"; and later spent some time as the charioteer of Darius I of Persia. He witnessed the Trojan War, the reign of Vlad the Impaler, and the Alamo. In the 1940s he worked on Earth under the aliases "Hurricane" and "Mercury" (an example of retcon, these Golden Age characters were not originally supposed to be related), and fought Warlord Kro and Deviant Mutates alongside the Monster Hunters. Later on, he taught Elvis Presley a few guitar tricks. He is a member of the Eternals' Technologist's Guild and is skilled at designing and building high-speed vehicles.
He accompanied Ikaris in his battles against the Deviants at this time, and participated in the defeat of Ghaur. He became friends with Quasar when he enlisted Quasar to help him save Master Elo, who was tutoring Makkari in how to channel his cosmic energy into more speed; he later worked in Quasar's office under the alias "Mike Khary." He participated in a race against the Runner, one of the Elders of the Universe, and won. However, he soon found he had become so fast that he could no longer move in synch with the rest of the universe. Maelstrom later attempted to seize more power by draining the kinetic energy from Makkari, but Maelstrom was ultimately defeated by the other Eternals.
He is currently being featured in the new Marvel mini-series Eternals, written by Neil Gaiman, as a young doctor named Mark Curry who cannot recall his past life as an Eternal.
Powers
Although in most of his appearances Makkari has the typical powers of an Eternal, his obsession with speed, starting in the Quasar series, causes him to focus most of his body's Cosmic Energy into enhancing his running speed, losing his ability to fly and weakening many of his other powers in the process. At present he can run at near light speed for extended periods, but his physical strength (while still far greater than human) has been halfed, and he seemingly cannot project energy or manipulate matter anymore.
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