Kaluu
| Kaluu | |
|---|---|
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | Strange Tales #147 (Aug 1966) |
| Created by |
Stan Lee Denny O'Neill Bill Everett |
| In-story information | |
| Alter ego | Kaluu |
| Species | Human |
| Team affiliations | The Mighty Avengers |
| Abilities | Mastery of magic |
Kaluu is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.
The character first appeared in the story "From the Nameless Nowhere Comes... Kaluu!" in Strange Tales #147 (August 1966). The first five pages were written by Stan Lee, with Denny O'Neil writing the other half of the story (credited as "Our Vacationin' Sorcerer" and "Our Sorcerer's Apprentice", respectively), and Bill Everett provided all the art.
Kaluu was born over five hundred years ago in the mystic city of Kamar-Taj, a village in the Himalayan Mountains. He and the Ancient One became fellow students of the mystic arts.
Varnae, the eldest of the true vampires, met with Kaluu and imparted to him knowledge from the primeval compendium of black magic known as the Darkhold. Subsequently, Kaluu set about to make himself ruler of Kamar-Taj. While the Ancient One continued his studies, Kaluu used his sorcery to influence the minds of the people of Kamar-Taj. Eventually, Kaluu and the Ancient One together cast a spell that eliminated disease, poverty, and suffering from Kamar-Taj and granted its people immortality. Shortly thereafter, the people of Kamar-Taj, responding to Kaluu's magical influence on their minds, crowned him as their king. For over a year Kaluu organized the men of Kamar-Taj into an army of conquest. Meanwhile, Kaluu slowly increased his mystic control over the minds of the people of Kamar-Taj so that they become little more than his placid puppets. The Ancient One attempted to warn the people of Kamar-Taj about Kaluu, but Kaluu's magic prevented them from heeding him. Kaluu struck the Ancient One with a magical bolt from behind which paralyzed him. Then Kaluu had his soldiers conquer a neighboring village and reduce it to slavery.
Using black magic to control the people of Kamar-Taj, he waged war against the Ancient One, but he summoned a pestilence that almost wiped out the entire population of Kamar-Taj and forced Kaluu to flee to the dimension of Raggador. He emerged from Raggador five centuries later and attempted to steal the Book of the Vishanti. He was defeated by Doctor Strange and hurled into another dimension in suspended animation.
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