Juggernaut's True Form Proves He's Not a Hero OR a Villain
When the Juggernaut was forced to look at his true form, he and fans realized that he isn’t a hero or a villain, but something much more complicated. Cain Marko became the Juggernaut after being imbued with the power of Cyttorak after finding the demon-god’s mystical crystal and agreeing to serve Cyttorak by bringing violence and chaos to the world in his name. Upon his introduction, the Juggernaut was clearly a villain, though as his number of comic book appearances grew, fans began to realize that he isn’t as two-dimensional as he once seemed.
In Thunderbolts#150 by Jeff Parker and Kev Walker, the team of supervillains (at this point led by Luke Cage as part of an effort to reform them) find themselves working alongside the Avengers. Their mission is to stop M.O.D.O.K. from pulling off one of his villainous plots. Since M.O.D.O.K. 's headquarters are in Europe, the Thunderbolts and the Avengers decide to teleport there through Man-Thing, as he has access to the Nexus of Realities. However, when they all step through Man-Thing, the Thunderbolts (minus Luke Cage) divert themselves from the Avengers’ path mid-teleport, causing the entire group to emerge into an alternate dimension.
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The world in which these Marvel heroes and villains find themselves is a mystical one, with strange and mysterious properties that make it immediately apparent that they are not on Earth anymore. The first oddity the characters encounter is a body of water that reveals the reflection of one's inner self. When Iron Man looks at his reflection, he sees himself as a child looking back. When Captain America does it, he sees himself in his full uniform. When the
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