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|full_name= Grigori Efimovich Rasputin |
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|publisher=[[Dark Horse Comics]] |
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|debut= ''[[Hellboy: Seed of Destruction]]'' (1994) |
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|creators=[[Mike Mignola]]<br>[[John Byrne (comics)|John Bryne]] |
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|alliances=Nazis |
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|aliases=Rasputin, The Mad Monk |
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⚫ | '''Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin''' is a fictional [[supervillain]] in the [[comic book]] series ''[[Hellboy]]''. The character was created by [[Mike Mignola]] and [[John Byrne (comics)|John Byrne]], and was based on the real life [[Grigori Rasputin|Russian mystic of the same name]]. Rasputin serves as the second archenemy of Hellboy after the Ogdru Jahad. |
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==Fictional biography== |
==Fictional biography== |
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In 1895, questioning his powers and purpose, Rasputin is visited by the witch [[Baba Yaga (Hellboy)|Baba Yaga]] who told him that he is destined to father a new age. Rasputin then allowed Baba Yaga to take a fragment of his soul and hide it within the roots of [[Yggdrasil]] to become immortal. It was only after his assassination by Prince [[Felix Yusupov]] on December 16, 1916 that Rasputin is contacted by the Ogdru Jahad as he is revived. They enlisted him as their mortal agent in the world. Soon after, Rasputin was contacted by the [[Nazis]] to begin development on an occult method for ending the war. From this, Project Ragna Rok was born. The Nazis sought to use Rasputin to defeat the Allies, but Rasputin knew this would never happen. He merely intended to use the Nazis' resources as long as he could to achieve his own goals: to trigger the apocalypse which would jumpstart a new Eden. |
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===''Hellboy: Seed of Destruction''=== |
===''Hellboy: Seed of Destruction''=== |
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During [[World War II]], Rasputin conducted a ritual to summon the means to allow the Ogdru Jahad to destroy the Earth. But the summoning accidentally placed the creature to carry out the deed, later named [[Hellboy]], in the hands of the [[Allies of World War II|Allies]]. Having already known that the war is lost and Hitler's eventual death, Rasputin tells those among Project Ragna Rok he sees as loyal to seek refuge in their base at Norway while he traveled to the [[Arctic Circle]] at the beckoning of Sadu-Hem, a monstrous spawn of the Ogdru Jahad. There, Rasputin entered a meditative state. Rasputin resurfaced in 1994 when awakened by an expedition group, using them to reach the Cavendish estate. Rasputin lured Hellboy to the manor have him free the Ogdru Jahad from their crystal prisons, deciding to siphon power from [[Liz Sherman]] to use Sadu-Hem to free its creator. But with the timely intervention of [[Abe Sapien]] impaling him while under the influence of the ghost of Elihu Cavendish, Rasputin ends up being reduced to a skeleton as Liz's flames incinerate Sadu-Hem. Though Rasputin attempts to convince Hellboy to spare him, he ends up being physically destroyed. |
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Rasputin first appeared summoning the Beast of the Apocalypse for the [[Nazis]] during [[World War II]]. When the summoning accidentally placed the creature (Hellboy) in the hands of the [[Allied Powers|Allies]], Rasputin retreated to the [[Arctic Circle]]. |
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He returned in 1994 with Sadu-Hem, a monstrous spawn of the [[Ogdru Jahad]], in tow. Rasputin's goal was to use Hellboy's stone right hand to free the Ogdru Jahad from their crystal prisons and permit them to raze the earth. However, Rasputin's plans were foiled by the timely intervention of Hellboy's associates from the [[Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense]], [[Liz Sherman]] and [[Abe Sapien]]. Rasputin was killed and Sadu-Hem was burned to death. |
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===''Hellboy: Wake the Devil''=== |
===''Hellboy: Wake the Devil''=== |
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Rasputin re-appeared as a ghost while his revived pawns attempted to restore the [[vampire]] Vladimir Giurescu to life. Rasputin directed Ilsa Haupstein, a loyal member of Project Ragna Rok, to abandon her efforts to revive Giurescu and instead place herself within an enchanted [[iron maiden]] under the notion that she would be infused into the relic so she can endure the Ogdru Jahad when they burn the world. Leaving Ilsa, unaware that she died spiritually and only become a vessel for the goddess [[Hecate]] after her previous physical form was destroyed by Hellboy, Rasputin targets Abe Sapien and prophecies that Abe will suffer the same death as he did. After the unintended destruction of Project Ragna Rok's base, Rasputin pays a visit to Baba Yaga at Yggdrasil. While offered to stay with her, Rasputin says that he'll go on and continue to try to make himself a god. |
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Rasputin re-appeared as a ghost while his pawns attempted to restore the [[vampire]] Vladimir Giurescu to life. Rasputin directed Ilsa Haupstein, a loyal member of Project Ragna Rok, to abandon her efforts to revive Giurescu and instead place herself within an enchanted [[iron maiden (torture device)|iron maiden]]. Haupstein did so, dying in the process, but her blood allowed the goddess [[Hecate]] to use the iron maiden as a permanent and indestructible body. Hecate's mortal form, like that of Rasputin himself, had been destroyed. |
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Rasputin appeared lastly in his ghostly form as a counsel to Inger von Klempt. He persuaded her that she was to be the first of a final race of men, but she was executed by [[Lobster Johnson]] and the end of the world was averted with the destruction of the Conqueror Worm. Afterward, Rasputin attempts to command Hecate into doing his bidding, and they begin bickering about the Apocalypse and Hellboy. Hecate then destroys Rasputin's ghostly form, with his remnants retreating to the roots of the Yggdrasil, where Baba Yaga gathered what remained of his soul and placed it in an [[acorn]]. Despite no longer having a presence in world events, Rasputin's prophecy for Abe comes to light in the [[Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense|BPRD]] side story ''Plague of Frogs'' through a [[doomsday cult]] led by an acolyte of the Ogdru Jahad named Humbert who became a host for a regenerated Sadu-Hem and fulfilled Abe's near death experience. |
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Rasputin appeared lastly in his ghostly form as a counsel to Inger von Klempt. He persuaded her that she was to be the first of a final race of men, but she was executed by [[Lobster Johnson]] and the end of the world was averted with the destruction of the Conqueror Worm. Rasputin retreated to the roots of the World Tree, where the [[Baba Yaga]] took what was left of his soul and placed it in an [[acorn]]. |
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⚫ | Later, as Hellboy is trying to fight his way out of the Baba Yaga's world, the witch puts as much of her power as she can into her slave [[Koschei]] the Deathless to kill Hellboy. As she runs out of her own power, she states she has one more try, and wants to use the spirit of Rasputin (still in the acorn), to power Koschei. But her servant, Koku, throws the acorn away out of fear with the acorn holding Rasputin's soul falling through a crack in Yggdrasil that leads to Hell. |
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===''B.P.R.D.: Plague of Frogs''=== |
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===BPRD=== |
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When the BPRD investigated the disappearance of a regenerated Sadu Hem from a Bureau facility in [[New Jersey]], they found a [[doomsday cult]] led by an acolyte of Rasputin. The acolyte, who had exhibited a chest wound the day that Rasputin was speared to death, fulfilled Rasputin's prophecy regarding his murderer. Abe Sapien, the agent that slew Rasputin, was himself speared to death by the acolyte. Sapien, however, was soon revived and both the acolyte and Sadu Hem were killed. |
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In ''Plague of Frogs'' Abe Sapien was stabbed by Humbert, a cult leader who was responsible for creating an army of frog monsters which would ultimately lead to the awakening of the Ogdru Hem. It is theorized that Rasputin was somehow influencing Humbert, taking revenge for his death. |
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Later, in ''The Devil You Know'', Rasputin was resurrected as the newest avatar of the Ogdru Jahad. After reanimating every Ogdru Hem on the planet, he snapped Abe's spine, swatted Liz aside like a fly, and tore off Hellboy's right hand. Before he could use it, however, Hellboy snapped his neck, before collapsing and dying of blood loss. The Ogdru Hem later eradicated most of humanity before Hellboys severed hand was used to stop them. Humanity fled underground, while the surface was repopulated by Icthyo Sapiens which emerged from Abe's corpse. |
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==In other media== |
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Rasputin's appearance in this story was limited to a photograph in a shrine. |
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===Film=== |
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===''Hellboy: Darkness Calls''=== |
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[[Image:Rasputin2.JPG|thumb|right|150px|Grigori Rasputin as seen in the first ''Hellboy'' film]] |
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* Actor [[Karel Roden]] played Rasputin, the main antagonist, in the 2004 [[Hellboy (2004 film)|film adaptation of ''Hellboy'']]. Rasputin's inability to die is explained to be the result of an otherworldly being residing in his body that the man considers a god, his "god" slowly manifesting within him through each resurrection. Rasputin is seen working with the Nazis in the film and demonstrated great occult abilities linked with the underworld. In the beginning of the film, he succeeds in opening a portal to the dimension of the Ogdru Jahad, but the portal was sabotaged by the Allied Forces. After (unknowingly) letting Hellboy through, Rasputin was sucked into the portal before it vanished entirely. He was then resurrected by Ilsa and [[Karl Ruprecht Kroenen|Kroenen]] in an Arctic temple, the director's cut revealing that he was rendered eyeless before being provided with [[Ocular prosthesis]] after Hellboy's initial fight with Sammael. Needing to prepare for an upcoming eclipse that would allow him to bring the Ogdru Jahad, Rasputin orchestrates various events throughout the movie to have Hellboy realize his true calling in summoning the entities. But Hellboy rejects Rasputin and stabs him with one of his own severed horns, causing Rasputin's "god" to emerge, crushing Rasputin and Ilsa in the process. |
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** In the sequel, ''[[Hellboy II: The Golden Army]]'', though director [[Guillermo del Toro]] could not add it into the after-credits for budget reasons, set up an animated sequel that reveals Rasputin's ghost aiding Roderick Zinco to resurrect [[Kroenen]], telling Zinco he has one final mission to perform for him.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tilh0_WusTQ Zinco Epilogue]</ref> |
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* Markos Rounthwaite portrays Rasputin in the 2019 [[Hellboy (2019 film)|film reboot]], only appearing in flashbacks where he oversaw Project Ragnarok before being killed by Lobster Johnson. |
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Actor [[Karel Roden]] played Rasputin, the primary antagonist, in the 2004 [[Hellboy (film)|film version]]. He was seen working with the Nazis in the film and demonstrated great occult abilities linked with the underworld. Rasputin was depicted as being nearly immortal; every time he died, he was resurrected with a part of his god within his body. This ability was likely inspired by rumors of the real-life Rasputin being difficult to kill. During the climax of the film, Rasputin nearly succeeded in freeing the [[Ogdru Jahad]], but Hellboy rejected him and stabbed Rasputin with one of his own severed horns. Rasputin's 'god', a giant tentacled monster called the Behemoth{{Fact|date=July 2008}}, burst from his body and grew to gigantic size. Dying and outliving his usefulness, Rasputin was crushed to death by the Behemoth. |
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Grigori Rasputin | |
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Publication information | |
Publisher | Dark Horse Comics |
First appearance | Hellboy: Seed of Destruction (1994) |
Created by | Mike Mignola John Bryne |
In-story information | |
Full name | Grigori Efimovich Rasputin |
Team affiliations | Nazis |
Notable aliases | Rasputin, The Mad Monk |
Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin is a fictional supervillain in the comic book series Hellboy. The character was created by Mike Mignola and John Byrne, and was based on the real life Russian mystic of the same name. Rasputin serves as the second archenemy of Hellboy after the Ogdru Jahad.
Fictional biography
[edit]In 1895, questioning his powers and purpose, Rasputin is visited by the witch Baba Yaga who told him that he is destined to father a new age. Rasputin then allowed Baba Yaga to take a fragment of his soul and hide it within the roots of Yggdrasil to become immortal. It was only after his assassination by Prince Felix Yusupov on December 16, 1916 that Rasputin is contacted by the Ogdru Jahad as he is revived. They enlisted him as their mortal agent in the world. Soon after, Rasputin was contacted by the Nazis to begin development on an occult method for ending the war. From this, Project Ragna Rok was born. The Nazis sought to use Rasputin to defeat the Allies, but Rasputin knew this would never happen. He merely intended to use the Nazis' resources as long as he could to achieve his own goals: to trigger the apocalypse which would jumpstart a new Eden.
Hellboy: Seed of Destruction
[edit]During World War II, Rasputin conducted a ritual to summon the means to allow the Ogdru Jahad to destroy the Earth. But the summoning accidentally placed the creature to carry out the deed, later named Hellboy, in the hands of the Allies. Having already known that the war is lost and Hitler's eventual death, Rasputin tells those among Project Ragna Rok he sees as loyal to seek refuge in their base at Norway while he traveled to the Arctic Circle at the beckoning of Sadu-Hem, a monstrous spawn of the Ogdru Jahad. There, Rasputin entered a meditative state. Rasputin resurfaced in 1994 when awakened by an expedition group, using them to reach the Cavendish estate. Rasputin lured Hellboy to the manor have him free the Ogdru Jahad from their crystal prisons, deciding to siphon power from Liz Sherman to use Sadu-Hem to free its creator. But with the timely intervention of Abe Sapien impaling him while under the influence of the ghost of Elihu Cavendish, Rasputin ends up being reduced to a skeleton as Liz's flames incinerate Sadu-Hem. Though Rasputin attempts to convince Hellboy to spare him, he ends up being physically destroyed.
Hellboy: Wake the Devil
[edit]Rasputin re-appeared as a ghost while his revived pawns attempted to restore the vampire Vladimir Giurescu to life. Rasputin directed Ilsa Haupstein, a loyal member of Project Ragna Rok, to abandon her efforts to revive Giurescu and instead place herself within an enchanted iron maiden under the notion that she would be infused into the relic so she can endure the Ogdru Jahad when they burn the world. Leaving Ilsa, unaware that she died spiritually and only become a vessel for the goddess Hecate after her previous physical form was destroyed by Hellboy, Rasputin targets Abe Sapien and prophecies that Abe will suffer the same death as he did. After the unintended destruction of Project Ragna Rok's base, Rasputin pays a visit to Baba Yaga at Yggdrasil. While offered to stay with her, Rasputin says that he'll go on and continue to try to make himself a god.
Hellboy: Conqueror Worm and Darkness Calls
[edit]Rasputin appeared lastly in his ghostly form as a counsel to Inger von Klempt. He persuaded her that she was to be the first of a final race of men, but she was executed by Lobster Johnson and the end of the world was averted with the destruction of the Conqueror Worm. Afterward, Rasputin attempts to command Hecate into doing his bidding, and they begin bickering about the Apocalypse and Hellboy. Hecate then destroys Rasputin's ghostly form, with his remnants retreating to the roots of the Yggdrasil, where Baba Yaga gathered what remained of his soul and placed it in an acorn. Despite no longer having a presence in world events, Rasputin's prophecy for Abe comes to light in the BPRD side story Plague of Frogs through a doomsday cult led by an acolyte of the Ogdru Jahad named Humbert who became a host for a regenerated Sadu-Hem and fulfilled Abe's near death experience.
Later, as Hellboy is trying to fight his way out of the Baba Yaga's world, the witch puts as much of her power as she can into her slave Koschei the Deathless to kill Hellboy. As she runs out of her own power, she states she has one more try, and wants to use the spirit of Rasputin (still in the acorn), to power Koschei. But her servant, Koku, throws the acorn away out of fear with the acorn holding Rasputin's soul falling through a crack in Yggdrasil that leads to Hell.
BPRD
[edit]In Plague of Frogs Abe Sapien was stabbed by Humbert, a cult leader who was responsible for creating an army of frog monsters which would ultimately lead to the awakening of the Ogdru Hem. It is theorized that Rasputin was somehow influencing Humbert, taking revenge for his death. Later, in The Devil You Know, Rasputin was resurrected as the newest avatar of the Ogdru Jahad. After reanimating every Ogdru Hem on the planet, he snapped Abe's spine, swatted Liz aside like a fly, and tore off Hellboy's right hand. Before he could use it, however, Hellboy snapped his neck, before collapsing and dying of blood loss. The Ogdru Hem later eradicated most of humanity before Hellboys severed hand was used to stop them. Humanity fled underground, while the surface was repopulated by Icthyo Sapiens which emerged from Abe's corpse.
In other media
[edit]Film
[edit]- Actor Karel Roden played Rasputin, the main antagonist, in the 2004 film adaptation of Hellboy. Rasputin's inability to die is explained to be the result of an otherworldly being residing in his body that the man considers a god, his "god" slowly manifesting within him through each resurrection. Rasputin is seen working with the Nazis in the film and demonstrated great occult abilities linked with the underworld. In the beginning of the film, he succeeds in opening a portal to the dimension of the Ogdru Jahad, but the portal was sabotaged by the Allied Forces. After (unknowingly) letting Hellboy through, Rasputin was sucked into the portal before it vanished entirely. He was then resurrected by Ilsa and Kroenen in an Arctic temple, the director's cut revealing that he was rendered eyeless before being provided with Ocular prosthesis after Hellboy's initial fight with Sammael. Needing to prepare for an upcoming eclipse that would allow him to bring the Ogdru Jahad, Rasputin orchestrates various events throughout the movie to have Hellboy realize his true calling in summoning the entities. But Hellboy rejects Rasputin and stabs him with one of his own severed horns, causing Rasputin's "god" to emerge, crushing Rasputin and Ilsa in the process.
- In the sequel, Hellboy II: The Golden Army, though director Guillermo del Toro could not add it into the after-credits for budget reasons, set up an animated sequel that reveals Rasputin's ghost aiding Roderick Zinco to resurrect Kroenen, telling Zinco he has one final mission to perform for him.[1]
- Markos Rounthwaite portrays Rasputin in the 2019 film reboot, only appearing in flashbacks where he oversaw Project Ragnarok before being killed by Lobster Johnson.
References
[edit]- Characters created by Mike Mignola
- Comics based on real people
- Comics characters introduced in 1994
- Comics characters who use magic
- Comics characters with accelerated healing
- Fictional immortals in comics
- Comics set in Russia
- Comics set in the 19th century
- Comics set in the 20th century
- Comics supervillains
- Cultural depictions of Grigori Rasputin
- Fictional superhuman healers
- Fictional ghosts
- Fictional monks
- Fictional Russian people
- Fictional characters who use magic
- Hellboy characters
- Magical supervillains
- Male supervillains
- Witchcraft in written fiction