Diablo (Marvel Comics)

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Diablo
Dragon Man
Notable aliasesEsteban Diablo
Esteban Corazón del Diablo
Al Bidd
Abilities

Diablo (Esteban Corazón de Ablo) is a

alchemist, and an enemy of the Fantastic Four. Created by writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby, the character first appeared in Fantastic Four #30 (September 1964).[2]

Publication history

Diablo was created by writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby, and first appeared in Fantastic Four #30 (September 1964).[3]

In a 2013 interview with

Nerdist, creator Lee said that Diablo was his greatest regret because he could not remember the character aside from his name, who he is, and why he did what he did, saying, "When you create a character you should feel you know him".[4]

Fictional character biography

Esteban Corazón de Ablo was a powerful

alchemist in 9th century Saragossa, who sold his soul to the demon Mephisto to lengthen his life far beyond a human span.[5] Years later, Diablo set up a base in Transylvania where he made a pact with the Vampires.[6]
The villagers had enough of him where they formed an angry mob and buried him under his castle.

One century later, the Fantastic Four visit Transylvania on vacation, where Diablo convinces the Thing to free him and offers him a potion that will partially restore his human form. In exchange for the Thing's services, Diablo would give him another potion to fully transform him. The other members of the Fantastic Four learn of this, but are forced to leave the Thing behind when he chooses to remain with Diablo. Diablo sells his alchemic chemicals internationally, making him the richest man on the planet.

Mister Fantastic discovered that Diablo's chemicals work only for a short while before failing. After this information is made public, the world turns on Diablo, but he has already built up an army of loyal followers and is prepared to conquer Earth. At the same time, the Thing reverts to his normal form and turns on Diablo, who seals him in a glass capsule. The Fantastic Four battle Diablo, who is buried under stone.[7]

Diablo later escapes and becomes a recurring enemy of the Fantastic Four.[8] In Secret Avengers, Scorpio recruits Diablo into the Masters of Evil.[9]

Powers and abilities

Diablo is a practitioner of the alchemic sciences, based upon reconstructing molecules by mystical means, and has obtained this knowledge through study. Thanks to his tutors, he was educated and is self-taught in these arcane arts. His youth and vitality have been lengthened, due to a longevity serum. He can affect his own body by changing the appearance to look like a different person or become "nerveless protoplasm", which protects him from certain forms of harm.

Equipment

Diablo employs a huge arsenal of alchemical weapons that he discovered or invented, and conceals within hidden pouches and pockets in his costume. But unknown to science, his concoctions are almost magical in nature. Although the range of his power is wide, these effects are temporary unless Diablo provides a second dose, with the exception of an elixir he used on Dragon Man.[7] His mixtures include nerve gas pellets, freezing potions, and pills that make people susceptible to Diablo's hypnotic orders. He can also transmute non-organic matter, unleash explosive blasts, model surface features, give life to inanimate objects, and create beings formed from the elements of earth, fire, wind, and water called "elementals".[10] Other concoctions utilize teleportation for quick escapes.

Other versions

  • An alternate universe variant of Diablo from Earth-295 appears in Age of Apocalypse. This version is a warden at Apocalypse's prison in Mexico who is later killed by Nightcrawler.[11]
  • A zombified alternate universe variant of Diablo from Earth-2149 appears in Marvel Zombies 3.[12]
  • An alternate universe variant of Diablo from Earth-1610 appears in Ultimate Fantastic Four. This version is Menendez Flores, a 15th-century Italian man who was imprisoned in an inescapable tower by fellow alchemist Andrea Vecchiato.[13]

In other media

Television

Video games

References

  1. ISBN 9780780809772
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  2. ISBN 978-1-4654-7890-0
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  3. ISBN 0-8160-1356-X.[1]
  4. The Nerdist Podcast
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  5. ^ Fantastic Force #18 (April 1996)
  6. ^ Fantastic Four (vol. 3) #36 (December 2000)
  7. ^ a b Fantastic Four #30 (September 1964)
  8. ^ Fantastic Four #35 (February 1965)
  9. ^ Secret Avengers #29 (September 2012)
  10. ^ Fantastic Four #232 (July 1981)
  11. ^ Tales from the Age of Apocalypse one-shot (December 1996)
  12. ^ Marvel Zombies 3 #2 (January 2009)
  13. ^ Ultimate Fantastic Four #39 (April 2007)
  14. ^ a b c d "Diablo Voices (Fantastic Four)". Behind The Voice Actors. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.
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