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Encyclopedia > Ghaur
Ghaur
Publisher Marvel Comics
First appearance Eternals Vol.2 #2 (November, 1985)
Created by Peter B. Gillis, Sal Buscema,
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Real name Ghaur
Status Active
Affiliations Deviants, Kro, Set
Previous affiliations Llyra
Notable aliases
Notable relatives
Notable powers mind control of other deviants; shapeshifter

Ghaur (pronounced "Gore") is a Marvel Comics supervillain. Created by Peter B. Gillis and Sal Buscema, he first appeared in Eternals Vol.2 #2 (November, 1985). Marvel Comics, sometimes called by the nickname The House of Ideas, is an American comic book company. ... In comic books, first appearance refers to the date or issue of a characters first appearance. ... The Eternals is a fictional race of superhumans in the Marvel Comics universe. ... For other uses, see November (disambiguation). ... 1985 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Silvio Sal Buscema (January 26, 1936 - ) also known as Our Pal Sal to the Marvel Comics bullpen is an American comic book artist, primarily for Marvel Comics. ... For the musical group, see: The Deviants (band). ... In the Conan the Barbarian and Marvel continuities Set is a malevolent seven-headed serpent god. ... Mind control (or thought control) has the premise that an outside source can control an individuals thinking, behavior or consciousness (either directly or more subtly). ... Shapeshifting, transformation or transmogrification refers to a change in the form or shape of a person. ... Marvel Comics, sometimes called by the nickname The House of Ideas, is an American comic book company. ... The Green Goblin, a supervillain and enemy of Spider-Man. ... Silvio Sal Buscema (January 26, 1936 - ) also known as Our Pal Sal to the Marvel Comics bullpen is an American comic book artist, primarily for Marvel Comics. ... The Eternals is a fictional race of superhumans in the Marvel Comics universe. ... For other uses, see November (disambiguation). ... 1985 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


In the Marvel Universe he is the head of the Deviant race's priesthood. His superhuman powers include the ability to manipulate the minds and actions of any other Deviant, with the sole exception of the Warlord Kro. The Marvel Universe is the fictional shared setting where most of the comic stories published by Marvel Comics take place. ... For the musical group, see: The Deviants (band). ... A race is a population of humans distinguished in some way from other humans. ... A priesthood is a body of priests, shamans, or oracles who are thought to have special religious authority or function. ... A superhuman is something exceeding normal human standards. ...


In the 1985 / 1986 Eternals vol.2 miniseries he plotted to steal the power of a member of the Celestials ("The Dreaming Celestial") and briefly succeeded. 1986 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A miniseries, in a serial storytelling medium, is a production which tells a story in a limited number of episodes. ... Arishem towers in the distance and judges that a world shall die. ...


In the 1989 Atlantis Attacks crossover he, in alliance with the Lemurian super-villainess Llyra, attempted to facilitate the return of the serpent god Set to Earth. 1989 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A fictional crossover occurs when otherwise separated fictional characters, stories, settings, universes, or media meet and interact with each other. ... In Roman religion Lemuria is the Feast of the Lemures, during which the unwholesome and malevolent spectres of the restless dead (lemures) were propitiated. ... A supervillainess is a garish female criminal who knowingly uses her attractiveness to create sexual tension that threatens to destroy a storys hero. ... Serpent is a word of Latin origin (serpens, serpentis) that is normally substituted for snake in a specifically mythic or religious context, in order to distinguish such creatures from the field of biology. ... The term God (capitalized in English language as a proper noun) is often used to refer to a Supreme Being. ... In the Conan the Barbarian and Marvel continuities Set is a malevolent seven-headed serpent god. ... Earth, also known as the Earth, Terra, and (mostly in the 19th century) Tellus, is the third planet outward from the Sun. ...


He has since appeared in Heroes for Hire #5-7 (1997), The New Eternals: Apocalypse Now (2000) and Black Panther Vol.3 #26-29 (2001). Power Man and Iron Fist was a Marvel comic book featuring Power Man and Iron Fist. ... 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... The Black Panther is a fictional character, a superhero in the Marvel Comics universe. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ...


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Deviants - Marvel Universe: The definitive online source for Marvel super hero bios. (1462 words)
However, Ghaur later regained his physical form after being set adrift in space, and he led a faction of Deviants, at one point allying with Llyra and her Lemurians in a plot to resurrect the Elder God Set only to be slain again.
Soon, Ghaur launched an attempt to create a Deviant equivalent of the Uni-Mind, the so-called "Anti-Mind," and captured a number of Eternals He was stopped once more by Kro, who led a rebellion against Ghaur, and the Eternals were rescued along with the help of Thena and the Heroes for Hire.
Ghaur ultimately stood down, and the mother and child were placed in the custody of the Sub-Mariner, with their deaths faked for the sake of the public.
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