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| Darkoth | |
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | Fantastic Four #142 (Jan. 1974) |
| Created by | Gerry Conway (writer) Rich Buckler (artist) |
| In-story information | |
| Alter ego | Desmond Pitt |
| Team affiliations | NASA United States Air Force |
| Notable aliases | Death Demon |
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Darkoth (Desmond Pitt) is asupervillain appearing inAmerican comic books published byMarvel Comics. He first appeared inFantastic Four #142 (January 1974), and was created byGerry Conway andRich Buckler.
Desmond Pitt is a former Air Force pilot and friend ofBen Grimm who originates fromSt. Louis, Missouri.[1] After discovering thatDoctor Doom and his agents have infiltrated a solar shuttle project he is assigned to, Pitt goes undercover to investigate them. However, Doom learns of his plans and kidnaps him before mutating him into a demonic form dubbed Darkoth. Doom brainwashes Darkoth into believing that he was always a demon, but he regains his memories and helps the Fantastic Four stop Doom's Vibro-Bomb.[2]
Darkoth is later enhanced byDiablo, who recruits him to attack Doom. Darkoth stows away aboard a space shuttle piloted by the Thing. His plan is to redirect the solar generators at Doom. However, Darkoth betrays Diablo when he learns the Thing would also be hurt. Darkoth is apparently killed in a solar generator explosion.[3]
However, Darkoth is rescued byMephisto and becomes his pawn. He is killed in a battle withThor and transported toOtherplace.[4] There, he killsBelasco's servantS'ym and obtains the Soulsword, gaining control of Otherplace.[5]
In "King in Black", Darkoth bonds withBedlam and gains the ability to summon Hellnir, a fiery replica ofMjolnir. He battles Thor before being rendered comatose and placed inAsgard's care.[1][6][7][8]
Darkoth possesses superhuman physical abilities, a prehensile tail, and antennae that can generate concussive energy blasts. He later gains the additional abilities of intangibility and shapeshifting after respectively being enhanced by Diablo and resurrected in Otherplace.
Pitt was a skilled pilot and had earned a degree in aeronautical engineering, and was an Air Force Academy graduate with extensive piloting experience and military training.
