D'Bari

The D'Bari are a fictional alien race appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. They are most known as the people whose star system was destroyed by Phoenix during the Dark Phoenix Saga (1980).

The D'Bari appeared in the 2019 film Dark Phoenix with their leader Vuk portrayed by Jessica Chastain.

The D'Bari first appeared in Avengers #4 (March 1964), the same issue in which Captain America was introduced to the modern Marvel Universe, and were created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. Most of the D'Bari were killed when Jean Grey destroyed D'Bari IV in Uncanny X-Men #135 (July 1980).

Since that time, the D'Bari have been shown in flashback in Classic X-Men #43 (January 1990), and later writers have asserted that a small number of D'Bari survived by not being on their homeworld at the time of its destruction.

The D'Bari are a humanoid plant species native to the fourth planet of the D'Bari system, located within the sphere of influence of the Shi'ar empire. The species are introduced when the D'Bari Vuk, who was stranded on Earth centuries prior, allies with Namor and petrifies the Avengers so he can retrieve his spaceship and leave Earth. Captain America, who was not among the petrified Avengers, promises to free Vuk's ship in return for restoring the Avengers. Vuk agrees to this and helps stop Namor before leaving Earth.

During "The Dark Phoenix Saga", Jean Grey as the Dark Phoenix drains energy from the D'Bari system's sun to replenish her power, causing it to become a supernova and destroy D'Bari IV.

Several D'Bari, including Vuk, escape the destruction of D'Bari IV by being off-world at the time. While imprisoned by the Collector, Vuk has a son, Bzztl, via asexual reproduction.

During the "Maximum Security" event, Vuk assumes the alias Starhammer and attacks the X-Men. However, Jean Grey alters Vuk's mind, making him believe that he killed her and sending him into a state of shock.