- Balor (comics)
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caption=
comic_color=background:#ff8080
character_name=Balor
real_name=Balor
species=Fomor
publisher=Marvel Comics
debut="Avengers #225" (Nov 1982)
creators=Steven Grant andGreg LaRocque
alliance_color=background:#c0c0f
alliances=Fomor
aliases=
powers=giant strength and durability|Balor is a
fictional character in theMarvel Universe .Balor is a giant red-skinned, yellow-horned, one-eyed member of the Fomor, extra-dimensional beings from the dimension of Avalon. Balor is 66 feet tall (unlike most Fomor, who are human-sized), has pointed ears, goat-like legs, and three fingers on each hand.
Balor was the god of death, husband of Cethlann, son of Buarasainech, and was grandfather of the Celtic god Lugh. Lugh later killed him at the Second Battle of Magh Tuiredh. Balor, however, was returned to life.
Fictional character biography
In 12th century A.D., Balor and the Fomor battle Amergin, with the heroic Black Knight and the Avengers in Avalon. Contact with the Evil Eye magically transmutes Balor into pure energy, which is then absorbed by the Eye. His magical energy is then employed by the Black Knight to transmute his own stone body back to flesh. ["Avengers" #225]
In the 20th century on Earth, Balor is freed from the Evil Eye by Morgan le Fay. He battles the Avengers-ally
Doctor Strange , the Black Knight, andVictoria Bentley . His body dissipates when the Black Knight destroys the Evil Eye. ["Black Knight" #3]Balor later aids Morgan le Fay and Mordred the Evil in a plot to take over and reshape Earth.
Powers and abilities
Balor's physical might has been augmented by magic. He has superhuman strength, stamina, and durability. He also has extensive experience in brawling and warfare and is an accomplished warrior.
Balor possessed enormous mystical power, which he projected through his single eye. This force can be used as a concussion blast, a heat ray, and as a teleportation beam.
References
External links
*http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix/fomore.htm#BALOR
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