Corvus Glaive, like the rest of the Black Order, was a member of a world destroyed by Thanos in his quest to wipe out half the universe. Thanos took the orphaned Glaive and raised him as his own child, training him to be a deadly member of the Black Order.[1] Unlike Ebony Maw, Cull Obsidian, Nebula, and Gamora, his adoptive siblings, Glaive was able to actually feel love for Proxima Midnight, his wife and fellow adoptive sister.[4] As with his fellow siblings, with the exception of Gamora, Glaive was disliked by Nebula.[5]
Together with Black Order, Glaive took part of Thanos' assault on the Statesman carrying the surviving Asgardians, as Thanos sought to secure the Space Stone from Loki. During the assault, Glaive was finishing off any wounded Asgardian that survived the attack before watching over Loki. As Loki was giving up the Tesseract to Thanos, Hulk violently attacked him. After Thanos defeated Hulk, Glaive lent his weapon to him to kill Heimdall who had used his powers to transport Hulk to Earth.
Once Thor was restrained by Maw, Thanos had acquired the Space Stone to his Infinity Gauntlet and ordered his children to retrieve two Infinity Stones on Earth, to which they bowed down to her knee in agreement. Loki then tried to distract them by telling Thanos that he would be an allegiance to him; however, he was then killed by his own hand. With the Space Stone secured, Thanos teleported himself and his children away from Statesman as it exploded.[1]
Glaive and Proxima Midnight traveled to Edinburgh, Scotland, in order to claim the Mind Stone. The pair found and ambushed Vision on his date with Wanda Maximoff, having the android at the back of chest. After letting Vision go, Glaive encountered Maximoff before Midnight attacked her from behind.
After Glaive stabbed Vision through the back of his chest with his weapon and severely injuring the android to prevent him from phasing, he turned him around on the ground and proceeded to use his weapon to open up the Mind Stone from Vision's forehead, much to his trouble of getting him to submit. After Maximoff recovered from her attack, she blasted both Glaive and Midnight away, letting them both escape from the scenery.
As Maximoff came to aid Vision's system wiring, Glaive fought Vision once he found them near a hallway, leading to him being flown away. Glaive engaged in aerial combat with Vision, breaking down to building to building as he kept on talking to Vision about giving up the Mind Stone or Maximoff will die. Vision pushed Glaive onto a building, leading to them crash on top of the rooftop. Glaive engaged in battle with Vision and pinned up to wall, enduring multiple attacks.
After being thrown away, Glaive used his weapon to protect himself from the energy blast that Vision had produced. While reflecting the energy blast that is split into multiple lasers, Glaive targeted one of them to aim it at Vision, blasting him away. With Vision out in the open, Glaive used his weapon to open up his forehead to gain access of the Mind Stone. While trying to rip the Mind Stone off, Glaive was attacked by Maximoff, being blasted against the wall.
After Midnight sent a blast of energy from her spear at the pair, knocking them out of the sky, and crashing into a train station, her and Glaive jumped through the roof, as Maximoff stood between them and Vision. To their surprise, however, a newcomer had emerged near the train tracks and caught Midnight's spear, revealing itself to be Captain America. Before the Black Order could react any further, Falcon flew toward Glaive, only to knock down Midnight from the battle.
After Falcon sent a few rocket missiles from his suit, Glaive reflected all of them away with his weapon until Black Widow joined the battle against him. Once Black Widow caught the Spear, she stabbed Glaive in his abdomen, causing to scream in pain from his injury. During the fight, Glaive was seriously wounded while Midnight engaged in battle. After Midnight was defeated, Glaive noted that he was injured, leading to them to go back to their ship.[1]
When Wanda Maximoff left Vision to join the battle, Midnight signaled Glaive to enter the Center. Sneaking inside, Glaive defeated Wakandan guards. He was then confronted by Ayo, but defeated her, and proceeded towards Shuri, who tried to perform her operation for Vision. After Shuri shut down her operation, she attacked Glaive with her Vibranium Gauntlets.
Glaive destroyed the medical exam table and defeated Shuri, by keeping her off-balance, causing her to fall to the level below. Glaive then jumped to the level and looked around, before being tackled by an enraged Vision, who pushed them through the Center’s window into the forest below. After both of them had recovered from the fall, Glaive continued to kick Vision down on the ground until Cull Obsidian joined him. Once Bruce Banner in his Mark XLVIII armor confronted them, Obsidian took Banner into another part of the forest.
Engaging in a fight with Vision, Glaive gained the upper hand against, finally stabbing him in his abdomen, threatening him that he would die like any man. Desperate to keep Vision safe, Steve Rogers rushed to his aid and took over the fight. Rogers aggressively told Vision to leave the forest before engaging in a fight with Glaive. During the fight, Glaive got the upper hand on Rogers, but before he could kill him, his own blade was pushed through his chest.
Glaive gazed down at it protruding from his chest, as Vision raised him into the air while speared on his own blade, before dropping his lifeless body into the ground, thus ensuring that he was dead.[1]
Personality[]
Corvus Glaive was a dangerous and merciless warrior who was loyal to Thanos. He was an individual who was absolutely focused on completing his mission of hunting down Vision in order to retrieve the Mind Stone for his father. Glaive also had a habit of taunting Vision to show his superiority. He would attack and slaughter anyone that tried to distract him without any hesitation, which was shown when he swiftly defeated everyone in the Wakandan laboratory and when he wished to murder Steve Rogers out of anger when the super soldier came in to stop him from claiming the Stone from the weakened Vision. Glaive's fatal flaw was his arrogance, as throughout his battle with Rogers, he believed that Vision was already too frail to be considered as a threat, and so was fixated on killing Rogers first. This, however, would be his undoing when Vision came up from behind and impaled Glaive with his own weapon.
Powers and Abilities[]
Powers[]
Superhuman Strength: Glaive had considerable levels of superhuman strength. His physical strength allowed him to pin down the weakened Vision as well as overpower Captain America in hand-to-hand combat.
Superhuman Durability: Glaive is much more resistant to physical damage than the body of a human being, allowing him to withstand the might of superhuman beings with ease. Glaive could withstand blows from Vision, and a bolt of psionic energy from Wanda Maximoff which threw him through a wall and down a tower shaft. He was also able to endure being hit in the face with vibranium shields wielded by Captain America and was also able to endure being stabbed in the abdomen with Proxima Midnight's Spear by Black Widow.
Superhuman Speed: Glaive possessed much greater speed and overall mobility compared to humans. During the Attack on Vision, Glaive was capable of deflecting every missile Falcon sent at him. He was also able to hunt down and keep pace with Maximoff and Vision and fast enough to prevent Captain America from getting up during their fight and pin him down. He is also swift enough to deflect every sonic wave that is fired from Shuri's Vibranium Gauntlets. However, it was still possible for Glaive to be taken off guard, such as when Black Widow ambushed Glaive.
Superhuman Agility: Glaive was extremely agile during his fight with the already agile Vision. During the battle, he used many maneuvers to get the upper hand on Vision.
Superhuman Stamina: Glaive fought for a very long time against Vision and even at one point, Wanda Maximoff.
Superhuman Reflexes: Glaive was able to dodge many of Vision's attacks. He was able to get his glaive in front of his face before Vision's laser attack hit. However, he could not dodge Vision's deadly blow from behind.
Regenerative Healing Factor: After being wounded by Black Widow with Proxima Midnight's spear, Glaive was able to fully recover in a matter of hours.
Glaive was extensively trained by his adoptive father, Thanos, and was highly accomplished in both armed and hand-to-hand combat. Hence, he managed to compete with the weakened Vision in their first fight, even gaining the upper hand after he reflected Vision's blast back at him, and later overpowered and stabbed him in their final fight. Glaive could also effortlessly slaughter two Wakandan guards and overpower Ayo. In his fight with Captain America, Glaive was able to stand his ground against the world-class fighter and even managed to gain the upper hand despite Rogers disarming him, with only Vision interrupting the fight by killing Glaive with the latter's own weapon.
Spear Mastery: Glaive, as his name implies, was extremely proficient with a glaive, and used his glaive to stab, slash, and impale his enemies. He was also able to use it defensively to block a beam of energy from the Mind Stone fired by Vision and he was also able to deflect multiple sonic waves from Shuri's gauntlets.
Master Spy: Glaive was able to stealthily infiltrate and enter the Wakandan laboratory where Vision was being kept.
Glaive: Corvus Glaive's main weapon is his blade. It is strong enough to stab through Vision's Vibranium body, as well as to block and scatter his Mind Stone-powered energy blast and the sonic waves from Shuri’s Vibranium Gauntlets. It can also prevent Vision from phasing after Corvus uses the Glaive to stab him. It was also used by Captain America to break Proxima Midnight's spear. The blade was ultimately used by Vision to kill Glaive.
Vehicles[]
Sanctuary II: Corvus Glaive, along the rest of the Black Order, used this massive warship to go to different places in the universe along Thanos and the army. They used this ship to assault the Statesman in 2018.
Statesman: Glaive boarded this massive ship along Thanos and the Black Order to obtain the Space Stone. After some fights, Thanos obtained the Stone, and they left the ship while it was destroyed by the Power Stone.
Q-Ship: Corvus Glaive and Proxima Midnight used this ship to travel to Edinburgh in order to obtain the Mind Stone. He was hurt in the attack and Proxima Midnight's spear was destroyed. With no other options, he and Midnight retreated to this ship and fled to orbit to nurse their wounds. Later, they met Cull Obsidian in the ship and prepared for the final battle for the Mind Stone.
Outrider Dropship: Glaive, Midnight and Obsidian used these ships to arrive on Wakanda before the battle but, unlike their partners, he went hidden in order to infiltrate the Wakanda's medical lab.
