Proxima Midnight's Spear/Marvel Cinematic Universe

**Proxima Midnight's Spear** was a three-pronged spear used by Proxima Midnight as her primary weapon. She used it during the Infinity War, where it was broken by Captain America using Corvus Glaive's weapon, in the attack of Edinburgh.

## History

### Thanos' Quest

Thanos gave the Black Order powerful weapons to aid him in his conquest, getting so Proxima Midnight her spear. She used it during Thanos' quest for the all six Infinity Stones, carrying out the missions and fighting her enemies with it.

#### Infinity War

##### Attack on Xandar

In 2018, Proxima Midnight and the Black Order aided Thanos in the raid and destruction of Xandar, in order to take the Power Stone from the Nova Empire. She used the spear to fight her enemies.

##### Attack on the *Statesman*

A week later, Proxima Midnight used her spear to fight and kill the Asgardians that were onboard the *Statesman*. After that, she held it next to Loki, aiming him while Thanos asked him for the Tesseract. After obtaining the Space Stone and killing Loki, Thanos and the Black Order left the *Statesman*, with Midnight carrying the spear with her.

##### Attack on Vision

Midnight and Glaive arrived in Edinburgh to ambush Vision and Wanda Maximoff in order to obtain the Mind Stone. Midnight shot Maximoff with an energy blast from her spear before she could attack Glaive. She then aimed the spear at Vision as Glaive removed the Stone, however they were both swiftly knocked down by Maximoff's energy blasts. Midnight dropped the spear and fell to the ground, where she remained for a moment before recovering.

Midnight then took the spear and Glaive helped her up. Midnight fought Maximoff with her spear after finding them both. Maximoff dodged and blocked all the attacks, until Midnight shot her with an energy blast from the spear. The shot knocked Maximoff away, who landed on the ground, barely having time to react when Midnight reached her in a big jump trying to behead her with the bottom of the spear, which Maximoff held in place.

Midnight later tried to impale Maximoff in the stomach, but she deflected the spear in the last second. When Maximoff finally managed to held Midnight's spear again, she noticed Vision was in trouble, so she threw Midnight into the burning truck behind of her. Midnight stayed lying on the ground for a moment, with her spear falling close. Just as Maximoff and Vision were flying away, Midnight recovered and shot them down with an energy blast from the spear, making them land at the Edinburgh Waverley railway station.

Upon reaching the station, Midnight and Glaive slowly approached to them, preparing their weapons to fight against Maximoff. After a train passed, she violently threw the spear against Captain America, who catched it to Midnight's surprise. Midnight then was kicked away by Falcon, allowing the Avengers to ambush Corvus Glaive alone. Captain America threw the spear to Black Widow's hand, who used it to hurt Corvus Glaive in the leg and stab him in the abdomen.

Midnight then returned to the fight calling her spear and catching it in midair, trying to kill Black Widow with it, however Captain America swiftly took Corvus Glaive's weapon from the ground and stopped Midnight blocking the spear with it. She then fought both Captain America and Black Widow simultaneously, until the spear was split by Captain America, using Corvus Glaive's weapon. Midnight finally retreated to her waiting Q-Ship with the wounded Glaive in her arms, calling back Glaive's weapon and the rests of the spear.

As a replacement of her spear, Midnight later used her sword for the Battle of Wakanda.

### Alternate Universe Versions

In another alternate realities, Proxima Midnight used her spear the same or similar to how she did in the main reality.

#### Battle of Earth

In 2023, part of the Avengers traveled on time back to 2014, creating so an alternate timeline from where Thanos and the Black Order traveled to the future to attack the Avengers and obtain the Infinity Stones. Proxima Midnight descended with the spear from the *Sanctuary II* to the battlefield, to fight against her enemies.

Midnight, along with Glaive, later commanded part of the army against a group of heroines who met in the middle of the battle, running with her spear forward. Midnight fought her adoptive sister Gamora and her alternative adpotive sister Nebula using it. The spear was finally disintegrated, along with Midnight and the entire army, by the power of the Infinity Stones, caused by Iron Man's Snap.

#### Working for the Collector

In another alternate universe, after Thanos reformed and the Collector began to fill that power vacuum, Proxima Midnight was hired by the Collector along with her teammates to protect him and his museum. Midnight wielded the spear while coordinating the museum security. In 2008 she used it to fight against the Ravagers and Nebula during the Theft of the Embers of Genesis.

## Design and Capabilities

Its design resembles the design of Proxima Midnight's sword, sharing the same color range and also matching Midnight's armor, suggesting that could be made by the same manufacturer and/or material. The upper end of the spear has a trident, while the lower end has a single-blade, reason why the spear also can be categorized as a trident.

The spear is a very powerful weapon, with its material being strong enough to destroy rock or concrete structures, as Proxima Midnight pierced a wall while attacking Vision and Scarlet Witch. However, the spear was split in half by Captain America using Corvus Glaive's weapon. The spear can be used both in melee and ranged combat, demonstrating the following capabilities:

* **Weapon Summoning**: Wherever Midnight is, she can telekinetically summon the spear to her hands, even if the spear is in someone's hands or embedded in the ground. Even after being split in half, it was able to return to Midnight.
* **Energy Manipulation**: The spear can absorb whatever energy coming at it, being able to reconfigure, recreate and transfer it all over the spear, thus enhancing melee and ranged attacks, mainly radiating the energy from its tips.
	+ **Energy Blast**: The spear can shoot powerful blasts of energy from its three tips, which are capable of throwing enemies away and shoot them down when flying, as Midnight did when fought Wanda Maximoff and Vision in Edinburgh.
	+ **Light Emission**: The spear can emit light from its tips, that Midnight could use to look into dark areas.
	+ **Electric Supercharge**: In an alternate universe at least, Proxima Midnight can supercharge the spear as she falls from a huge height, producing a powerful electroshock covering a large area around her. This attack was able to knock out all of the Ravagers, including the Titan Thanos.

## Appearances

* *Avengers: Endgame Prelude*
	+ *Avengers: Endgame Prelude* #1
	+ *Avengers: Endgame Prelude* #2
* *Avengers: Infinity War: Destiny Arrives*
* *Avengers: Endgame*
* *Loki* Season 1
	+ *Glorious Purpose* (footage)
* *What If...?* Season 1
	+ *What If... T'Challa Became a Star-Lord?*
* *She-Hulk: Attorney at Law* Season 1
	+ *Whose Show is This?* (footage; "Real World")
* *What If...?* Season 2
	+ *What If... Strange Supreme Intervened?*

	+ *What If... T'Challa Became a Star-Lord?* (alternate version)
* *Avengers: Infinity War*
	+ *Avengers: Infinity War: Destiny Arrives*
	+ *Avengers: Endgame Prelude* #1
	+ *Avengers: Endgame Prelude* #2
* *Avengers: Endgame* (alternate version)

In the TVA:
* *Loki* Season 1
	+ *Glorious Purpose* (footage)

In the Sanctum Infinitum:
* *What If...?* Season 2
	+ *What If... Strange Supreme Intervened?* (alternate versions)

In "Real Word" reality:
* *She-Hulk: Attorney at Law* Season 1
	+ *Whose Show is This?* (footage; alternate version)

* *Empire México - Avengers: Infinity War*
* *Avengers: Infinity War - 1000 Sticker Book*
* *Avengers: Infinity War - Activity Book*
* *Cinefex 158 - Marvel Studios: A 10-Year Celebration*
* *Avengers: Infinity War Character Super Guidebook*
* *Avengers: Infinity War - The Official Movie Special*
* *Marvel Studios: Visual Dictionary*
* *Marvel's Avengers: Infinity War - The Art of the Movie*
* *Marvel Studios: Character Encyclopedia*
* *The Road to Marvel's Avengers: Endgame - The Art of the Marvel Cinematic Universe*
* *How to Paint Characters the Marvel Studios Way*
* *Marvel Studios: Expanding the Universe*
* *Marvel's Avengers: Endgame - The Art of the Movie*
* *Avengers Marvel Hero Super Complete Works*
* *Marvel Studios: The Complete Visual Dictionary* (unreleased)
* *Avengers: Infinity War English-Speaking Book*
* *Legends* Season 1
	+ *Wanda Maximoff*
	+ *Vision*
	+ *Loki*
	+ *The Tesseract*
	+ *The Ravagers*
	+ *Hawkeye*
	+ *Doctor Strange*
	+ *Scarlet Witch*
	+ *Thor*
	+ *Valkyrie*
	+ *Bruce Banner*
	+ *Princess Shuri*
	+ *The Dora Milaje*
* *Assembled* Season 1
	+ *The Making of Loki*
	+ *The Making of Black Widow*
	+ *The Making of She-Hulk: Attorney at Law*
* *The Story of Marvel Studios: The Making of the Marvel Cinematic Universe*
* *Avengers* #65 (*Avengers: Infinity War* variant cover)
* *Legends* Season 2
	+ *The Wasp*
	+ *Carol Danvers*
* *MPower* Season 1
	+ *Scarlet Witch*
* *Marvel Studios' The Marvel Cinematic Universe: An Official Timeline*

## Trivia

* In the comic *Avengers: Endgame Prelude*, the spear remains in Black Widow's hands, and is not shown destroyed as it happens in *Avengers: Infinity War*. Still, the spear is replaced by the sword for the Battle of Wakanda.
* In the novel *Avengers: Infinity War: Destiny Arrives*, Proxima Midnight is shown using her spear, instead of her sword during the Battle of Wakanda, as originally happened in the sketch arts of the film.
	+ In the novel, the spear is referred to as "**Electric Staff**".
* The way Midnight used the spear in *What If... T'Challa Became a Star-Lord?* is more similar to the comics.

* Footage of Proxima Midnight's Spear from *Avengers: Endgame* appears in the *She-Hulk: Attorney at Law* episode *Whose Show is This?*, during She-Hulk's "fourth wall incursion" into Disney+ and Marvel Studios Headquarters.
* In the previuos film *Thor: Ragnarok*, Korg shows a wooden spear to Thor, which he calls a "big wooden fork". Its three-tips design resembles Proxima Midnight's Spear. Korg says it's not really useful, unless you want to kill three vampires who are hugging together.

## Behind the Scenes

* In the VFX tests of Proxima Midnight for *Avengers: Infinity War*, the spear could also propel Midnight from the ground emitting an electric explosion when slamming the ground, which is kinda similar to how Midnight used it in *What If... T'Challa Became a Star-Lord?*. The spear could also teleport and appear in another place and direction when Midnight threw it.
* For the action scenes with Proxima Midnight's spear on Scotland, the spear was replaced by a stunt bo staff. Monique Ganderton was replaced by another stunt who was better with it. The stunt team calculated Midnight's measures and decided he was the best choice.
* In the sketch arts of *Avengers: Infinity War*, Proxima Midnight was drawn with her spear during the Battle of Wakanda. This was changed for the film, where the spear was destroyed in Scotland, and she uses her sword for the final battle.
* Originally, in the script of *Avengers: Endgame*, Thanos was going to throw Proxima Midnight's Spear instead of his broken sword, for destroy the Quantum Tunnel in the Luis' Van during the Battle of Earth. The spear was going to survive the explosion and return to Thanos' hands.
	+ In the script they referred to the spear as "Proxima's Returning Spear".
* In the Disney+ audio description of *Avengers: Infinity War* the spear is referred to as "trident".

## References

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1. ↑ *Avengers: Infinity War: Destiny Arrives*
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 *Avengers: Endgame* Adapted Screenplay
3. ↑ *Avengers: Infinity War* Disney+ audio description
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Thanos On Screen Full Report - Marvel.com
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 *Avengers: Endgame*
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 *Avengers: Infinity War*
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Proxima Midnight On Screen Full Report - Marvel.com
8. ↑ Behind the scenes images
9. ↑ *What If...?* Season 1 Episode 2: *What If... T'Challa Became a Star-Lord?*
10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 *Marvel's Avengers: Infinity War - The Art of the Movie*
11. ↑ *Marvel Studios: Visual Dictionary*
12. ↑ *Avengers: Infinity War* deleted scene
13. ↑ *Avengers: Endgame Prelude* #2
14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 *Marvel's Avengers: Infinity War - The Art of the Movie*
15. ↑ Proxima Midnight VFX Test
16. ↑ Monique Ganderton video on Facebook
17. ↑ *Avengers: Endgame* Stunt Coordinator on Shattering the Glass Ceiling and That Final Battle