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|debut=''[[Strange Tales]]'' #156 (May 1967) |
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|creators=[[Stan Lee]] and [[Marie Severin]] |
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'''Zom''' is a [[fictional character]] appearing in the [[Marvel Comics]] [[Marvel Universe|universe]]. He is a gigantic semi-humanoid [[Demons (Marvel Comics)|demon]] who has clashed with [[Doctor Strange]]. |
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==Publication history== |
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Zom first appeared in ''[[Strange Tales]]'' #156-157 (May–June 1967), and was created by [[Stan Lee]] and [[Marie Severin]]. |
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The character subsequently appeared in ''Doctor Strange'' #20 (August 1990), ''World War Hulk'' #3-4 (October–November 2007), ''Incredible Hulk'' #111 (December 2007), ''World War Hulk'' #5 (January 2008), and ''New Avengers Annual'' #2 (March 2008). |
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==Fictional character biography== |
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Zom was, according to his own words, "Created long ago" for no other purpose than to destroy. It is unknown who his creator was. After a presumably devastating rampage, Zom was imprisoned by several powerful magic users working together (including [[Dormammu]], traditionally not a character prone to cooperating with anyone - although this ''was'' a long time ago). |
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He was fitted with a "crown of blindness" and "manacles of living bondage", and trapped inside a small [[amphora]] in another dimension by [[Eternity (comics)|Eternity]]. |
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When Doctor Strange was confronted by [[Umar (Marvel Comics)|Umar]], years ago, her power threatened to overwhelm him. The [[Ancient One]] directed him to a distant dimension to retrieve Zom, as he was one opponent even she could not defeat. But while the ploy was successful in deflecting and banishing Umar, Zom now became the threat; in the end, the demon was dispatched by the [[Living Tribunal]] himself.{{Issue|date=May 2011}} |
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Following Zom's banishment, Strange magically stitched the Amphora back together and sealed it with a spell. A small fragment of Zom remained imprisoned inside the jar, which was kept safe by [[Doctor Strange]].{{Issue|date=May 2011}} On one occasion, the "Zomling" managed to escape, but was eventually defeated and imprisoned again.{{Issue|date=May 2011}} |
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When faced with the unstoppable rage of the [[Hulk (comics)|Hulk]] during "[[World War Hulk]]", Doctor Strange resorted to invoking Zom's essence into himself by drinking the contents of the amphora.<ref>''World War Hulk'' #3</ref> In the following issue it was referred that seven [[S.H.I.E.L.D.]]-employed mystics stated that he did indeed channel Zom's powers,<ref>''World War Hulk'' #4; [http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=130244&highlight=war+room Writer Greg Pak comments]</ref> and he severely battered and damaged the Hulk, but began to lose control. He restrained Zom long enough for the Hulk to recover and knock him unconscious. According to writer [[Greg Pak]], "In Strange's defense, he didn't release Zom in the flesh the way he did back in the day -- instead Strange channeled Zom's power through his own body. That's probably one of the reasons the Earth remains on its axis. (For now, anyway...)" |
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After Strange's defeat, the infernal entity resumed its mission to destroy the Earth dimension, and started by inhabiting [[Iron Man]]'s discarded "hulkbuster" armour, to activate the latter's anti-matter doomsday device. Wong sought to recapture it into the urn, and was assisted by [[Hercules (Marvel Comics)|Hercules]], [[Namora]], the [[Warren Worthington III|Angel]], and [[Amadeus Cho]]. While it still proved too powerful to defeat, Amadeus managed to trick it into possessing his body, so the Angel could knock him out, and it was successfully resealed. Zom was referred to as severely depleted at the time.<ref>''Incredible Hulk'' vol.3, #111</ref> |
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In the second New Avengers annual, Doctor Strange was shot and ostensibly killed by the demon-empowered Hood, who was leading an all-out assault by about fifty super-villains on the doctor's house. Strange, however, rose again and manifested what appeared to be the power of Zom to dispatch all his enemies (and friends) in one furious conflagration. After this, he left the Avengers and possibly the mortal plane to "relearn everything he lost", explaining he could not control the dark forces he unleashed. |
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During the assault of [[Amatsu-Mikaboshi (comics)|Amatsu-Mikaboshi]] on all of existence during the ''[[Chaos War (comics)|Chaos War]]'' storyline, he released all the damned and demons from the various underworlds in the Marvel Universe. Apparently, this also caused the Zom-essence in Doctor Strange to be "rekindled."<ref>''Incredible Hulk'' #618</ref> During Doctor Strange's fight with Abomination, Amatsu-Mikaboshi attacks Doctor Strange from behind awakening the Zom part of Doctor Strange.<ref>''Incredible Hulk'' #619</ref> At the time when Hulk was fighting his father [[Brian Banner]], [[Hiroim]] used his powers to try to exorcise Zom from Doctor Strange. This attempt failed, but when the Abomination finds a way to awaken the power of Death that is inside Marlo Chandler, she uses this power to destroy Zom and Abomination, freeing Strange from Zom.<ref>''Incredible Hulk'' #620</ref> |
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==Powers and abilities== |
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Zom's powers have been revealed to dwarf those of the mystic [[Umar (Marvel Comics)|Umar]], while she possessed the powers of [[Dormammu]].{{issue|date=June 2012}} However, [[Dormammu]] himself somehow managed to bind Zom in the Chains of Living Bondage before [[Eternity (Marvel Comics)|Eternity]] imprisoned Zom in an Amphora in a "world beyond all worlds" in a "time beyond all time".<ref>''Strange Tales'' #156</ref> The release of Zom's evil mystic energy threatened to imbalance the omniverse, an event that was significant enough to prompt the first appearance of the [[Living Tribunal]]. The [[Living Tribunal]] banished Zom and intended to destroy Earth to prevent the spread of Zom's mystic energy, but he was persuaded to spare the Earth after Doctor Strange vowed to contain the mystic energy on his own.<ref>''Strange Tales'' #157</ref> |
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Zom wields vast amounts of mystical energy and displays mastery of several different spells which Dr. Strange had considerable trouble deflecting.{{Issue|date=February 2011}} |
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Zom's head is adorned by a long tuft of hair, like a topknot, which may serve as a means of containing his massive mystic power and mask his presence from other cosmic entities.{{issue|date=June 2012}} |
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==References== |
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{{Reflist}} |
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==External links== |
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* {{Marvunapp|http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix/zom.htm|Zom}} |
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