History
Origin and early years[]
Beelzeboul, also known as Beelzebub, was an angel of Heaven.[2]
During Lucifer's rebellion against God, he was one of Lucifer's lieutenants, and was cast down to Hell.[3]
He became a Hell-Lord.[8] In Hell Beelzeboul became known as the Prince of the Pit, the Father to Evil in this world as well as yours and the "Great Adversary", and also made himself known as Satan.[1]
Identity confusion[]
The identity of Beelzeboul was often attributed to other entities, or usurped by them:
- Some cultures believed the entity now known as the Bete Noir was a demonic being such as Beelzebub, Mephistopheles or Satan.[9]
- His name was also usurped by Neyaphem (demonic-looking mutant) Azazel,[10] and by Mephisto.[11]
- As the allegedly sole dark master over the souls of men, the god-thing known as Malik Tous was also known under others identities, including Satan, Ahriman and Beelzebub.[12]
and the Devil.[4]
Modern days[]
According to Mephisto, Beelzebub often mocked him for not "getting" Hitler.[8]
Charlie Hagarth was able to collect information about an apocryphal book, the Book of Satan, from various sources: "an obscure mention of it in hieroglyphics... a word in sanskrit there... a hint of it in Icelandic bardic poetry". In that book was the Hymn to Beelzebub, a sentence meant to enslave the Devil to do the speaker's biding.
In order to protect himself, Beelzebub infiltrated the expedition as "Jean", to move the Book each time Hagarth was closing in. Ultimately, as he tried to remove the book from the tomb of Assadmaian, in Iraq, Beelzebub was forced to reveal himself to Hagart and devoured him, before looking for a new place to hide the book of Satan.[4]
He was summoned by Talvuras to defeat his opponents Dragonus/Dragonis and Thald. He killed Thald but failed to hit Dragonus, who used his dragon blade to pierce Beelzebub's heart. Seemingly mortally wounded, Beelzebub receded into the fire.[13]
When summoning Mephisto, Doom invoked his name along with Satan's, Baphomet's and Thog's.[14]
At some point, he built an ice road through Hell, but the road started to melt fast.[15]Attributes
Powers
Beelzebub seemingly had pyrokinetic abilities:
- His heat could melt the weapons of his enemies
- His touch consumed those affected.
Notes
- Shortly after her resurrection, Tarot created a psionic construct of Beelzebub (also called Belial, Crooked Serpent, the Father of Lies, the Angel of the Bottomless Pit, the Enslaver of Men) to fight the New Mutants and recover Cypher.[16]
See Also
- 7 appearance(s) of Beelzeboul (Earth-616)
- 1 appearance(s) in handbook(s) of Beelzeboul (Earth-616)
- 8 mention(s) of Beelzeboul (Earth-616)
- 3 mention(s) in handbook(s) of Beelzeboul (Earth-616)
- 4 invocation(s) of Beelzeboul (Earth-616)
- 5 image(s) of Beelzeboul (Earth-616)
Links and References
- Beelzeboul on Wikipedia.org
- Beelzeboul/Beelzebub at the Appendix to the Handbook of the Marvel Universe
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Terror Inc. #1
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Marvel Zombies: The Book of Angels, Demons & Various Monstrosities #1 ; Angels' entry
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Marvel Zombies: The Book of Angels, Demons & Various Monstrosities #1 ; Lucifer's entry
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Journey Into Unknown Worlds #19
- ↑ Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: Horror 2005 #1 ; Daimon Hellstrom's entry
- ↑ Terror Inc. #2
- ↑ Terror Inc. #4 ; "I am confronted with one failure as a parent, Neith... Do I need you to remind me of another"
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Doctor Strange: Damnation #1
- ↑ X-Men: Phoenix Force Handbook #1 ; Bete Noir's entry
- ↑ Uncanny X-Men #432
- ↑ Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: Horror 2005 #1 ; Mephisto's entry
- ↑ Journey Into Mystery (Vol. 2) #1 ; Dig Me No Grave
- ↑ Monsters Unleashed #2
- ↑ Fantastic Four Annual #20
- ↑ Deadpool Team-Up (Vol. 2) #896
- ↑ New Mutants (Vol. 3) #7