Living Paint
An obscure magical device that created trouble for the Justice Society of America during the 1940s. Easy to apply, no toxic fumes.
Posts Tagged ‘ Ancient World ’
Davy Tenzer
(King David)
DC Comics' Davy Tenzer is the Biblical King David, but as a 1970s immortal anti-terror international singing super-spy. Sometimes, he fights snake aliens.
Leprechaun
(Low-rent horror movies)
A "magical slasher" villain seen in Z-list -- mostly direct-to-video -- horror movies.
Sylphid Erymos
(Titan Quest)
This is our sample Player Character for Titan Quest, a cool action game about Ancient Greek, Egyptian and Chinese gods and monsters.
Sylphid is a bratty, stealth demi-goddess of the wind and, inadvertently, the last Olympian and defender of mortals.
Generic Limos demon
Life-devouring scary demons that appear in Titan Quest, an action-adventure video game that starts in a fantasy Ancient Greece not unlike the world of Xena and Hercules (Sorbo version).
Human Ants of the Sixth Continent
Strange not-quite-people from an improbable underground not-culture. These appeared during the 1970s in the Luc Orient Franco-Belgian adventure comics.
Now with much better illustrations and upgraded texts and DC Adventures game stats.
Now with much better illustrations and upgraded texts and DC Adventures game stats.
Mad Pharaoh
Another very early foe of Iron Man (Tony Stark). Time-travelling Ancient Egyptian evil sorcerer, so it prolly was a Monday.
Lesser Cyclops
The lesser cyclopses of Greek Myth, and their appearances in early Marvel Comics (late 1950s, 1960s).
Gilad Anni-Padda, the Eternal Warrior
(1990s version)
This is the 1990s version of Valiant's immortal warrior for good.
Ulysses Bloodstone
Our infamous and rather large Ulysses Bloodstone profile. An immortal monster hunter who lived and fought for 10,000 years, with a bazaar of 1970s weirdness suffusing his bizarre biography. And he's very useful in stories, too.
X-O Manowar
(1990s version)
A mighty Visigoth barbarian with a super-powerful alien suit of power armour. This is the version that was published during the 1990s.
Thaumar Dai and allies (Ashtoreth, Dubh Magus, Yuki Onna, Echidne, Moloch, El Dorado, Søtrold the Sea Troll
A bunch of international magical villains patterned after well-known legends.
Sophitia Alexandria
From the Soul Calibur fighting video games, an Ancient Greek sword-and-board paladin.
Brute and Glob
The supposed nightmare demons that appeared in many Sandman tales from 1974 up to the present.
Huntsman of Zeus
A sinister hunter of gods serving Zeus. He has taken on the Avengers and the Champions of Los Angeles.
