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|character_name=Elijah Snow |
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|image=ElijahSnow.jpg |
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|caption=Elijah Snow from ''[[Planetary (comics)|Planetary]]'' #16, art by [[John Cassaday]]. |
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|real_name=Elijah Snow |
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|publisher=[[Wildstorm]] |
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|debut=''Planetary'' #1 |
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|creators=[[Warren Ellis]] |
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|alliances=[[Planetary (comics)|Planetary]] |
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|powers=Cold manipulation<br/>Ageless |
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|cat=super |
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|subcat=Wildstorm Publications |
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|sortkey=Snow, Elijah |
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'''Elijah Snow''' is a [[fictional]] [[fictional character|character]] from the [[comic book]] ''[[Planetary (comics)|Planetary]]'' by [[Warren Ellis]] and [[John Cassaday]]. |
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==Fictional character biography== |
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Little is known about Snow's life and even what is known is fairly patchy. Born at [[midnight]] on [[New Year's Day]] 1900, Snow was one of the [[Century Babies]], humans born at this exact moment who were all extraordinary in some way. It has been theorised that these people are analogous to an [[immune system]] for the planet [[Earth]]. Other notables include [[Axel Brass]], [[Lord Blackstock]] and [[Jenny Sparks]]. As Jenny Sparks has been called "The [[Spirit]] of the 20th century", Snow has been called "The [[Ghost]] of the 20th century". |
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Almost nothing is known about Snow's childhood, but he grew up in [[North America]], was neither well-educated, nor wealthy, and had a thick southern accent until he met Sherlock Holmes in 1920. |
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By 1919, Snow had become something of a wanderer, encountering various paranormal beings and events. In 1919, he travelled to a castle in Europe, where an unnamed doctor (presumably [[Frankenstein]]) had been resurrecting the dead. There, he discovered a map of the world that featured those things kept from public knowledge. He then travelled to [[London]], where he found [[Sherlock Holmes]] and [[Count Dracula]]. After Snow used his powers to [[castrate]] (and possibly kill) Dracula, Holmes admitted to him that they were part of a [[Conspiracy (political)|conspiracy]] of various extraordinary people who had attempted to reshape the world. Wanting to understand the secret history of the world, Snow then studied as the great detective's apprentice for the next five years. |
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After Holmes's death in 1925, Snow again began to wander, aware by this stage that he had ceased to age. His adventures included stowing away on a submarine called the Nautilus in 1959, though it is unclear whether this was the first US Nuclear powered submarine (''[[USS Nautilus (SSN-571)]]'') or ''[[Nautilus (Verne)|Nautilus]]'' from [[Jules Verne]]'s ''[[Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea]]'', although the image that refers to this event appears to indicate it would be the latter. Snow also discovered the Lost City of Opak-Re and used [[Uluru]] (Ayers Rock) to gate into another dimension of reality. All of these adventures were recorded and catalogued in "''The Planetary Guide.''" |
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Eventually, Snow formed ''The Planetary Organization'' to further his explorations. By the early 1990s, this Organization came into contact with [[Four (comics)|The Four]], who wished to keep as much hidden information and technology for themselves as possible. Snow came close to successfully defeating The Four, but was eventually captured and forced to submit to various memory blocks that would prevent him from remembering key aspects of his life, including Planetary and his mission in life. Prior to being wiped, Snow gave his disciples strict orders to not look for him or try to bring him back to Planetary under any circumstances. |
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Approximately 10 years later, his orders were finally disregarded and he was "recruited" by the [[Planetary (comics)|Planetary]] field team in an attempt to gently restore his memory. This was successful, though the trauma of this experience has made Snow a far more single-minded and dark individual. |
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==Powers and abilities== |
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Elijah's abilities have been described by teammate [[Jakita Wagner]] as "heat subtraction". What this means is that he can affect the temperature around him, producing immense cold. The limits of his powers have not been explored, but it has been implied that he is incredibly powerful. Unlike many other superheroes with ice-based superpowers, Elijah Snow does not often attack enemies by hurling ice at them and has never used an ice beam. Often he prefers to freeze the fluid in their brain, hamper movement by freezing them in water, or simply freeze them solid and shatter them with a well-placed strike. |
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==Awards and reception== |
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In 2001 the character won the [[Eagle Award (comics)|Eagle Award]] "Character Most Worthy of Own Ongoing Title".<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.ign.com/top/comic-book-heroes/54 | title=Elijah Snow is number 54 | publisher=[[IGN]] | accessdate=May 17, 2011}}</ref> Although initially presented as cynical and unfriendly, creator Warren Ellis refers to Snow as his most humane and human creation.<ref name="WEProposal">{{cite web|url=http://www.warrenellis.com/planetary_proposal.htm |title=Planetary Proposal |author=[[Warren Ellis]] |publisher=WarrenEllis.com (archived at Archive.org)|date=2009-10-08 |accessdate=2010-01-09 |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20000711001623/http://www.warrenellis.com/planetary_proposal.htm |archivedate = 2000-07-11}}</ref><ref name="PMSnowflake">{{cite web|url=http://www.popmatters.com/pm/feature/114560-beautiful-and-unique-snowflakes-individuality-humanity-and-compassio/ |title=Beautiful and Unique Snowflakes: Warren Ellis’ ‘Planetary’ |author=Kevin M. Brettauer |publisher=PopMatters |date=2009-10-13 |accessdate=2010-01-05}}</ref> |
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==References== |
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{{Reflist}} |
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==External Links== |
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*{{gcdb|type=character|search=Elijah+Snow|title=Elijah Snow}} |
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*{{comicbookdb|type=character|id=1629|title=Elijah Snow}} |
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*[http://www.internationalhero.co.uk/s/snow.htm Elijah Snow] at the International Catalogue of Superheroes |
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[[Category:Comics characters introduced in 1998]] |
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[[Category:Wildstorm immortals]] |
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[[Category:Fictional archaeologists]] |
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[[Category:Fictional explorers]] |
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[[Category:Characters created by Warren Ellis]] |
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[[it:Elijah Snow]] |
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