Necrodamus was born with a shriveled body, so he turned to black magic to gain the power his physical frame lacked. He learned that through the sacrifice of innocents he could gain godlike form. When he tried to attain power by committing sacrifices beneath the sea, he was defeated by the Sub-Mariner; when he tried in the surface world among the air-breathers, he was defeated by the Scarlet Witch, who swept his soul into Limbo. He spent many years lost in that trackless realm until the demonic Masters of Limbo unleashed a demon invasion (the so-called "Inferno") on Manhattan. The nexus of energy created by the Masters of Limbo in their attempt to spread their domain into the plane of Earth's existence gave Necrodamus back his bearings and his way back to Earth-- first as only a spirit, but eventually his form became more substantial and he regained his full sorcerous powers.
Necrodamus used his sorcery to kidnap the hero Mantis away from her captor, the time-traveling villain Kang the Conqueror while the latter was busy fighting the Fantastic Four. Necrodamus planned to sacrifice Mantis when the planets aligned themselves, but Kang and the Human Torch combined powers to keep Mercury from joining the other planets in alignment and ruined Necrodamus' spell. Mantis was saved and Necrodamus disappeared once more into the ethereal void of Limbo.
Among Necrodamus' sorcerous abilities are the ability to fly and to create magical bolts of energy and protective shields. The full range and extent of his magic remains unrevealed, but Necrodamus claims that if he ever succeeds in the ritual known as the Rite of Power that he would become a god.
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