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| Blackheart | |
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 Blackheart as he appears inMarvel vs. Capcom 2. | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | Daredevil #270 (September 1989) |
| Created by | Ann Nocenti (writer) John Romita Jr. (artist) |
| In-story information | |
| Species | Demon |
| Team affiliations | Hellfire Club Avengers Academy |
| Notable aliases | Black King, Voice, Son of Satan, Gabriel |
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Blackheart is a character appearing inAmerican comic books published byMarvel Comics. The character is usually depicted as an adversary to the superheroGhost Rider. Created by writerAnn Nocenti and artistJohn Romita Jr., Blackheart first appeared inDaredevil #270 (September 1989).
The character has also appeared in other media, such as the 2000 video gameMarvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes and in the 2007 filmGhost Rider, in which he was portrayed by actorWes Bentley.
The character was created byAnn Nocenti andJohn Romita Jr. andfirst appeared inDaredevil #270 (September 1989).[1][2][3]
Blackheart was redesigned for the seriesAvengers Academy: Marvel's Voices, whereMephisto transformed him into a human. WriterAnthony Oliveira and artist Bailie Rosenlund decided to give Blackheart a gothic appearance, with red eyes and a hairstyle reminiscent of his demon form's spiky head. Blackheart also has thorn-like tattoos on his upper body, reminiscent of the bramble bushes of Christ's Crown.[4]
Centuries of murder in a locale named Christ's Crown, New York, draws the attention of a Hell-lord,Mephisto, who creates a "son," Blackheart, from evil energy.[5][3] Blackheart explores the nature of evil under his father's tutelage, clashing with and failing to corruptDaredevil andSpider-Man.[6][7][8][2] Mephisto draws Daredevil, Brandy Ash, the genetically engineered Number Nine and theInhumansGorgon,Karnak, andAhura into Hell, where Blackheart tries to tempt them. However, he is impressed by humanity's free will and concludes that evil cannot hope to win out against good. When Mephisto learns of Blackheart's change of mind, he banishes him to Earth, warning him that if he ever uses his power again, he will be driven mad.[9]
Blackheart returns to Christ's Crown and luresGhost Rider,Punisher, andWolverine to the town, hoping to recruit them in his war against Mephisto. When they all refuse, Blackheart brainwashes the entire town and kidnaps a young girl all three men had befriended. The group follows Blackheart and the girl back into his own realm and defeats him.[10] As Mephisto forewarned, the usage of his powers in this attempt drives him to madness. He again attempts to commission the services of the three heroes; however, he is shut down by the Ghost Rider who deems him no better than his father. Unexpectedly, the young girl runs to the defeated Blackheart and offers him forgiveness. Not knowing how to respond, Blackheart lies on the ground as he weeps. It is later revealed that Blackheart did not actually need her, just her blood, when Mephisto appears to him offering his aid in defeating them. Brandishing a dagger tipped in a small portion of her blood, Blackheart claims he has fulfilled a prophecy as he plunges the dagger into Mephisto, apparently killing him. Blackheart is then shown having taken over a portion of Hell.[11]
Blackheart creates a group ofSpirits of Vengeance to oppose the Ghost Rider,Noble Kale. Blackheart tricks Kale and tries to make him as a member of his group of Spirits of Vengeance, promising Kale the power to rule in Hell alongside him. Ghost Rider double-crosses Blackheart, freeing the other Spirits of Vengeance and gaining rule over Blackheart's portion of Hell.[12]
Blackheart later concocts a scheme to bring Hell to Earth and steal the souls of the planet's residents. As part of the plan, he takes human form and runs an operation in Las Vegas that sees him create several clones ofX-23 and bond them to genetically createdsymbiotes. After Ghost Rider accidentally transports Hell to Las Vegas, Blackheart is confronted by the Ghost Rider,Venom,Red Hulk, andX-23, and summons four creatures that represent the antitheses of the four and sets them against the heroes.[13]
InAvengers Academy: Marvel's Voices, Blackheart is sent by Mephisto to retrieve the adolescent time-displaced souls ofBilly andTommy Maximoff from theAvengers Academy campus. Despite viewing the twins' souls as innocent, Blackheart reluctantly follows through with his father's orders but is thwarted by Bloodline andEscapade. Influenced by Escapade's powers, Blackheart lets the boys go and returns to Hell empty handed. As punishment, Mephisto turns Blackheart into a human and banishes him to Earth.[4][14] Blackheart requests shelter at the Avengers Academy and is reluctantly allowed to join the student body, eventually taking the name "Gabriel" as an alias for his human form.[15]
Blackheart is a powerful demon created byMephisto. He possesses vast inherentsupernatural powers, including superhuman strength, speed and endurance which are magical in nature.[2] He also has telekinetic and telepathic powers and can levitate, teleport inter-dimensionally, change his size and physical form, enter and leave different planes of existence and dimensions at will, heal himself at the sub-molecular level and has the ability to generate various forms of energies for destructive purposes, such as powerful concussive blasts of black energy. He also possesses very high intelligence.[5][16] Blackheart has demonstrated the ability to call forth armies from the pits of Hell. He has no soul, making him invulnerable to the Ghost Rider's Penance Stare.[17]
After he was turned into a human by Mephisto, Blackheart lost many of the superhuman abilities that he had in his demonic form.[18] However, he can still utilize various forms of magic, including energy constructs and hellfire generation.[19]
| Kid Blackheart | |
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | Ghost Riders: Heaven's on Fire #1 (September 2009) |
| Created by | Jason Aaron |
| In-story information | |
| Alter ego | Anton Satan |
| Notable aliases | Antichrist |
Kid Blackheart is an incarnation of theAntichrist, created bydevil worshippers via selective breeding. After learning of the cult,Zadkiel kills all of its members to prevent the apocalypse from coming to pass. However, Kid Blackheart manages to escape. After facing another assassination attempt, Kid Blackheart is saved byJaine Cutter. Cutter and Kid Blackheart fled but were again trapped by a group of mindless minions.Hellstorm, also tracking the boy so that he might kill him, ended up having no choice but to defend him from his attackers. Kid Blackheart ran, but did not get far before encountering Daniel Ketch. Ketch explains that he made a deal with the devil to keep the boy safe in exchange for the keys to Heaven to stop Zadkiel.[20]
Kid Blackheart learns that Caretaker's body serves as a portal to Heaven and attempts to use her as a means to invade Heaven with an army of demons. However, Kid Blackheart is fended off by an army of Ghost Riders.[21]
Blackheart appears inMarvel Zombies 3.[23]
Blackheart appears inGhost Rider (2007), portrayed byWes Bentley.[24] This version primarily assumes and maintains a human form with pale skin and black hair, though he displays traces of his demonic facial features at varying points in the film. Additionally, he is stated to have all of his father,Mephistopheles', powers along with a "lethal touch" that he can use to kill people, an immunity to holy objects and places since he was born in hell, and no soul, which makes him immune to theGhost Rider's Penance Stare. Blackheart seeks to obtain the Contract of San Venganza, which grants its owner access to the power of a thousand evil souls. Upon learning of his son's search, Mephistopheles transformsJohnny Blaze into the Ghost Rider and tasks him with killing Blackheart. Despite Blaze's best efforts, Blackheart succeeds in obtaining the contract and fuses with the souls to becomeLegion, gaining regenerative capabilities in the process. However, the souls make him susceptible to the Penance Stare, which Blaze exploits to kill Blackheart.
Blackheart is a terrifying character in Marvel Comics, created by Ann Nocenti and John Romita Jr., and first seen in 1989's Daredevil #270... Blackheart is remarkably powerful, with a wealth of supernatural abilities, and, interestingly, he is also depicted as Mephisto's son, as the more notable demon used magic to create Blackheart. After centuries of murder in the town of Christ's Crown, New York, Mephisto used the accumulated evil energies in the town to forge Blackheart.
Blackheart was introduced in the pages of 1989's Daredevil #270 by writer Ann Nocenti and artist John Romita Jr. as the manifestation of centuries of evil perpetrated in the town of Christ's Crown, New York.
Created by Mephisto out of the cumulative evil energy of a murderous New York town, Blackheart has all the requisite powers of a demon of his station: telekinesis, interdimensional teleportation, literal hell-raising, etc. Despite his being an enemy to Ghost Rider, Blackheart's enmity for his own father, Mephisto, has occasionally placed him, if not on the same side, in a position borne from the same perspective as the Spirit of Vengeance.
[Blackheart] is technically the demon son of Mephisto, one of the more powerful demons in Marvel Comics. As a result, Blackheart possesses a large array of magical abilities. Of course, he has basics like super strength and speed, but he can also alter his appearance, travel between dimensions, telekinesis, telepathy, and even dispel blasts of energy from his hands. On top of all of that, Blackheart is wildly intelligent as well.
During the attack on Blackheart by Ghost Hulk Venom Rider (or whatever you want to call the combined hero), the hero had the demonic son of Mephisto on the ropes until he used the Penance Stare. Apparently, showing a demon all of his misdeeds produces the opposite effect, and actually served to POWER UP Blackheart!
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