Device or Vehicle
Makluan Rings
Nick Name
Rings of the Mandarin
Creator or Inventor
Mandarin I
Owner or Possessor
Mandarin I
Function or Uses
Weapons
Size
Finger Sized
Weight
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Special Properties
Ten devices used as a near-limitless energy source for their starship warp-drive engines by the dragon-like alien race called the Makluan.

Note: The first Mandarin wore the devices as rings and discovered a means to mentally control their powers as weapons.

List of Rings

Black Light Ring: Blue gemmed ring which can crate an area of absolute darkness.

Disintegration Ring: Single amber gemmed ring which destroys molecular bonds.

Electro-Blast Ring: Single green gemmed ring which emits a beam of high-voltage electricity.

Flame Blast Ring: Red gemmed ring that emits intense infrared radiation producing intense heat.

Ice Blast Ring: White gemmed ring that emits waves of cold which causes the air in its path to turn to ice.

Impact Beam Ring: Single violet pentagram gemmed ring which can produce various forms of concussive energies, magnetic waves and sonic vibrations.

Matter Rearranger Ring: Single small garnet gemmed ring capable of rearranging or changing the molecular activity of substances.

Mento-Intensifier Ring: Single blue gemmed ring which allows for the mental control of others.

Vortex Ring: Single small blue gemmed ring capable of creating a localized high-speed wind vortex.

White Light Ring: Twin small white gemmed ring capable of emitting various forms of electromagnetic energy.

Regularly Appearing

Iron Man Vol. 1 & 2

Tales of Suspense Vol. 1

First Appearance
Tales of Suspense #50 (Feb. 1964)
Creator
Stan Lee & Don Heck
Origin
Possessing properties unexplainable by contemporary Earth science the jewels which comprise the ten rings of the Mandarin were discovered aboard an ancient star-craft belonging to the dragon-like aliens known as the Makluan.  Studying the rings for many years the would-be conqueror learned to mentally command the near-limitless energies making them his chief weapon.