Ibis the Invincible

Ibis the Invincible
Cover to Ibis the Invincible #3. Art by Bob Kingett.
Publication information
Publisher	Fawcett Comics (1942 - 1953) DC Comics (1976 - present)
First appearance	(Amentep) Whiz Comics #2, (February 1940) (Khalifa) Helmet of Fate: Ibis the Invincible #1, (January 2007)
Created by	(Amentep) Bill Parker (writer) Bob Kingett (artist) (Khalifa) Tad Williams (writer) Phil Winslade (artist)
In-story information
Alter ego	- Prince Amentep - Danny Khalifa
Species	Homo Magi
Team affiliations	All-Star Squadron Squadron of Justice
Abilities	Accomplished wizard

Ibis the Invincible is a fictional character, a comic book superhero originally published by Fawcett Comics in the 1940s and then by DC Comics beginning in the 1970s. Like many magician superheroes introduced in the Golden Age of Comics, Ibis owes much to the popular comic strip character Mandrake the Magician. A second Ibis, successor of the first, was introduced in 2007.

The original Ibis first appeared in Whiz Comics #2 (February 1940), and was created by Bill Parker and Bob Kingett. When superheroes declined in popularity in the early 1950s, Ibis and the other Fawcett characters ceased publication. They were later licensed and eventually bought outright by DC Comics in the 1970s. The second Ibis first appeared in Helmet of Fate: Ibis the Invincible #1 (January 2007), and was created by Tad Williams and Phil Winslade.

Ibis begins his life as Amentep, a prince of ancient Egypt who was in love with the beautiful Princess Taia of Thebes. As a young man, Amentep is given the "Ibistick", a talisman of incredible power, by the Egyptian god Thoth, who empowers the talisman after Ibis was overthrown. Amentep's throne is eventually usurped – with the aid of a demonic army conjured up by the evil god Set – by a cruel magician known as the Black Pharaoh. When Taia, who is under the protection of Osiris, refuses to marry him, the Black Pharaoh shoots her with a poisoned arrow. Using his Ibistick, Amentep places his beloved in suspended animation to allow her to heal. He casts a similar spell upon himself, hoping to be present when Taia revives.