Nebiros

For the Marquis of Hell in demonology, see Naberius.

Nebiros
Publication information
Publisher	DC Comics
First appearance	Swamp Thing #15, (January 1975)
Created by	David Michelinie (writer) Nestor Redondo (artist)
In-story information
Species	Demon
Place of origin	Hell
Notable aliases	Naberius
Abilities	mastery of maleficium Super-strength Supernatural resistance to harm

Nebiros is a fictional demon, a comic book character published by DC Comics. He first appeared in Swamp Thing #15, (January 1975), and was created by David Michelinie and Nestor Redondo.

Fictional character biography

Nebiros is a ten thousand-year old demon god who escaped from Hell through sacrificial offerings. The Nebiros empire grew and threatened other great powers of the day like Lemuria, Mu, and Atlantis. The great sorcerers of Earth banded together to destroy Nebiros, and banished him to a dark dimension.

Six thousand years later, Nebiros possesses the body of Swamp Thing with the aid of deluded priest Jonathan Bliss. When Abigail Arcane and Matthew Cable destroy its globe vessel, the spirit is exorcised from the Swamp Thing's body and takes over the priest's body, which withers under the power of the spirit, sending it back to the netherworld.^[1] Nebiros is freed again years later, by Dan Cassidy and is defeated in Mexico by Cassidy's own demonic alter-ego Blue Devil and the magician Zatanna. Nebiros is again forced to return to his own Dark Realm.

Nebiros later appears in Books of Magic (the monthly series) and in the limited series Day Of Judgement. There he is the last demon to remain in Hell. The combined efforts of Etrigan the Demon and Asmodel had caused the Spectre to merge with the fallen angel Asmodel. As one of the side effects, the fires of Hell had gone out, Hell had frozen over and all the demons had invaded Earth. All except Nebiros. He stays behind in the City of Dis, armed with what he claims to be the trident of the King of Lies himself. A small team of heroes ventures into Dis in order to restart the fires. Sebastian Faust is part of the team. Faust has gained powers from Nebiros himself in a deal gone wrong, powers intended for his father.

Faust, using bones bought in Paris, recreates the demonic Blue Devil. In short order, Blue Devil steals Nebiros' trident and kicks the demon high into the air. A blast from Firestorm turns the water in the demon's body into cement, seemingly killing him.^[2]

Powers and abilities

Nebiros obtained Blue Devil's trident warping from one dimension to the next. He is very powerful as well and virtually indestructible, Nebiros can manifest the supernatural and unleash chaos. He has a sense of honor, which is his only known weakness.

References

1. ^ http://rhandley.0catch.com/swampthing
2. ^ http://bluedevil.uatu.net/bluehome.html

External links

• Roots of the Swamp Thing