- Evil Eye of Avalon
The Evil Eye of Avalon (sometimes merely referred to as the Evil Eye) is a fictional potent
mystical magical artifact in theMarvel Universe .Publication history
The Evil Eye first appeared in "
Fantastic Four " #54 (Sep 1966) and was created byStan Lee andJack Kirby .The object subsequently appears in "Defenders" #8-11 (September-December 1973), "Avengers" #116-118 (October-December 1973), #226 (December 1982), "Black Knight" #3 (August 1990), and "Thor Annual" #17 (1992).
The Evil Eye received an entry in the original "
Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe " #15.Fictional object history
The Evil Eye is a power object that was intended to be a weapon against the Fomor. It can manipulate & disintegrate matter, project blasts of concussive force, laser-like and disintegrating rays, and create or destroy force fields. It also possesses dimensional- and
time - travel powers.The Avengers were summoned to the past to trick the Fomor into unleashing Balor. The Evil Eye lacked a power source, so the plan was to use Balor to power the Eye. A time-travelling Black Knight planned to use the Eye to defeat the Fomor; however, because the Eye drained all of Balor's essence, whoever used the Eye would be destroyed. Whitman was possessing his ancestor Eobar Garrington at the time, and when he used the Eye to drive the Fomor from Avalon, Garrington died and Whitman returned to his own time. ["Avengers" #225]
The Evil Eye was later presented to Prester John by the people of Avalon in the 12th century. He used the Eye against
Kang the Conqueror , who had travelled back in time to coerce Prester John to ally with him to conquer the 20th century. Prester John also used the Eye against a time-travelling Eric Masterson. Prester John then returned to Avalon and went into suspended animation.In the modern era, the
Human Torch andWyatt Wingfoot stumbled into Avalon and inadverntenly revived Prester John, who attacked them with the Evil Eye. The Torch stole the Eye, but as it was about to overload Wyatt knocked the Eye out of Johnny's grasp just before it exploded.Balor was freed from the Evil Eye by Morgan le Fay. He battled
Doctor Strange , the Black Knight, andVictoria Bentley . His body dissipated when the Black Knight destroyed the Evil Eye. ["Black Knight" #3]The Evil Eye is one of the twelve items of power sought by the heroes of the Marvel and
DC Universe in the "JLA/Avengers " miniseries.References
External links
* [http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix2/evileyeavalon.htm Evil Eye of Avalon at marvunapp.com]
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