Lorelei (Asgardian)
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Full name | Lorelei |
Species | Asgardian |
Place of origin | Asgard |
Notable aliases | Melodi Ice Queen Valkyrie |
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Lorelei is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. She is based on the being Lorelei from Germanic mythology.
Lorelei appeared in the first season of the Marvel Cinematic Universe television series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and she was played by Elena Satine.
Publication history
Lorelei first appeared in Thor #337 (November 1983), and was created by Walt Simonson.[1]
She made subsequent appearances in Thor #338-350 (December 1983-December 1984), Thor #354-355 (April–May 1985), #357-359 (July–September 1985), #363 (January 1986), #367-368 (May–June 1986), The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe vol 2. #7 (June 1986), Thor #383 (September 1987), #398-400 (December 1988-February 1989), #402 (April 1989), Black Knight vol. 2 #3 (August 1990), Thor #438 (November 1991), #440 (December 1991), #476 (July 1994), #485 (April 1995), Journey into Mystery #509-511 (May–August 1997), The Defenders vol. 2 #1-4 (March–June 2001), Loki #1 (January 2004), and Thor: Son of Asgard #5 (June 9, 2004).
Fictional character biography
In Asgard, a bored
For the Love of Thor
Loki agrees to take Lorelei to
Lorelei hears that Fafnir, bent on revenge, is rampaging around New York destroying buildings. Thor arrives, battles and kills Fafnir, and returns home to Jarlson's apartment. Using the name 'Melodi', Lorelei visits Jarlson to thank him for saving her life.[6] She offers him a back rub, and gives him some of her golden mead, a love potion which will cause him to fall in love with the first person he sees. He falls asleep and Lorelei exits the apartment, leaving a note offering to cook dinner for him next weekend.[7]
Melodi and Jarlson go on several dates; none of them end in Jarlson drinking her mead. At her apartment, she is changing into something comfortable when Jarlson takes a phone call and suddenly has to leave, turning into Thor in a nearby alley. Melodi answers a knock on the door and is kidnapped by
While Midgard and Asgard battle against
Amora tries to educate her sister on love and not to waste it after Daillus storms her castle to see if Lorelei is really as beautiful as everyone says and she turns him to stone.[16]
Trip to Hel
As
Sif and Balder travel to Hel, searching for Thor's spirit. The Destroyer (which, unknown to Sif and Balder, is occupied by Lorelei's soul) stops them, declares that it has overthrown Hela, and attacks them for having mortal forms. Sif and Balder escape by using a Norn Stone to become invisible. They meet Garm and learn that Hela had freed the Destroyer from its crystal prison but a spirit possessed the armor and imprisoned Hela and Garm.[19] Balder and Sif seek a mystic sword which can free Hela from her crystal prison but the sword is holding Gar-Toom prisoner. They retrieve the sword, but then are trapped between Gar-Toom and the Destroyer.[20] The Destroyer destroys Gar-Toom while Balder frees Hela, and the pair learn that it is Lorelei who inhabits the Destroyer. She prepares to unleash its ultimate power of disintegration, but is delayed when she accidentally collapses a wall on to herself,[21] and Sif and Balder escape.
Hela decides to allow Lorelei's spirit to go free, and Lorelei spends months in Hel battling the Great Beasts while awaiting future torture.
Journey into Mystery
While Amora and the other the Asgardian gods work to recover their true identities, Seth restores Lorelei to life. Amora is happy to see her sister return to life, but Seth urges her to kill Amora in order to step out of her sister's shadow.[26] While restrained by her sister and the other gods, Lorelei knocks everyone unconscious with a concussive spell. Lorelei takes Amora into an adjacent realm to terrorize her, but Amora refuses to fight back. Lorelei reveals that Seth has created her from a mere shadow without any emotion or conscience. Amora begs Lorelei's forgiveness for not being a very good older sister, and releases her from Seth's spell, destroying her body.[27]
Defenders
In Asgard, Pluto, Lord of Hades, promises Lorelei earthly power and dominion if she wields a spell to create a Valkyrie for him. Lorelei agrees to do so, to prove that she is better than her sister. She bonds a mortal, Samantha Parrington, to become a Valkyrie subject to Pluto and Lorelei's commands. Pluto manipulates the magic and transforms Lorelei into a Valkyrie as well, and sends her to Earth with little memory and unable to speak. Valkyrie travels with Nighthawk and Hellcat to Canada where Lorelei and Samantha as the Valkyries fight each other while the Defenders, Hulk, Doctor Strange, Namor, Silver Surfer, Nighthawk, Hellcat, with equal powers, fight Pluto's minions. Lorelei is able to break Pluto's spell; she returns to her natural form and immediately attacks Pluto. The two fight to gain control over the Valkyrie while the Defenders destroy Pluto's temple, allowing his denizens of the dead to pour through to Earth. As the Defenders fight the dead, the Asgardian Valkyrior come to their aid. Pluto and Lorelei continue their fight for control of Valkyrie, who soon break the spell and lash out against them. A vision of Zeus appears above them, promising punishment. Pluto and Lorelei teleport away rather than face Zeus' wrath.[28]
Loki: Agent of Asgard
Lorelei returns in the 2014 series Loki: Agent of Asgard #2.
Powers and abilities
Like all Asgardians, Lorelei is long-lived, aging at an extremely slow rate upon reaching adulthood. Asgardian flesh and bone is about three times denser than similar human tissue, contributing to her superhuman strength, durability and endurance. She is also immune to all Earth diseases and resistant to conventional injury.
Lorelei may have the potential for
Lorelei's great beauty and seductive manner enable her to persuade virtually any male god or mortal to do whatever she wants. Lorelei has some knowledge of sorcery, mostly pertaining to love charms and potions. Lorelei also possesses a petrifying kiss, transforming victims into a granite statue.
Other versions
Loki Triumphant
After Loki defeats Thor, reduces all the gods to their knees, and becomes the new master of Asgard, Lorelei returns to the castle and wants payment for helping him achieve his newfound status. She is accompanied by many shadowy figures demanding their due for their part in making Loki master, but Loki grows bored listening to their demands and leaves.[31]
Spider-Ham
In Spider-Ham's universe, Lorelei appears as villain Loreli Lemur. She hypnotizes the owners of some neighborhood pets only to have Spider-Ham battle and eventually defeat her.[32]
In other media
Television
- Lorelei appears in "The Mighty Thor" segment of The Marvel Super Heroes, voiced by Peg Dixon.[citation needed]
- Lorelei appears in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., played by Elena Satine.[33] She first makes a cameo appearance in the episode "T.A.H.I.T.I." where she arrives in Death Valley.[34] In the episode "Yes Men", Lorelei is revealed to have been a prisoner in Asgard before she was released during the attack of the Dark Elves in the events of Thor: The Dark World. She arrived on Earth to recruit an army where Sif, with the aid of the S.H.I.E.L.D. agents, was able to defeat Lorelei and bring her back to Asgard to be re-incarcerated.[35]
Video games
Lorelei appears as a playable character in
References
- ISBN 978-1-4654-7890-0.
- ^ Thor #337 (November 1983)
- ^ Thor #338 (December 1983)
- ^ Thor #340-341 (February–March 1984)
- ^ Thor #342 (April 1984)
- ^ Thor #343 (May 1984)
- ^ Thor #344 (June 1984)
- ^ Thor #345-346 (June–July 1984)
- ^ Thor vol. 1 #347 (August 1984)
- ^ Thor #348-349 (September–October 1984)
- ^ Thor #350 (November 1984)
- ^ Thor #355 (May 1985)
- ^ Thor #358 (August 1985)
- ^ Thor #359 (September 1985)
- ^ Thor #367 (May 1986)
- ^ Thor #383 (September 1987)
- ^ Thor #398-400 (December 1988-February 1989)
- ^ Thor #437 (October 1991)
- ^ Thor #438 (November 1991)
- ^ Thor #439 (December 1991)
- ^ Thor #440-441 (December 1991-January 1992)
- ^ Thor #442 (February 1992)
- ^ Thor #476 (July 1994)
- ^ Thor #485 (April 1995)
- ^ Thor #486 (May 1995)
- ^ Journey into Mystery #509 (May 1997)
- ^ Journey into Mystery #510-511 (June–July 1997)
- ^ The Defenders vol. 2 #3-4 (May–June 2001)
- ^ Journey into Mystery #509 (May 1997)
- ^ The Defenders #4 (July 2001)
- ^ Loki #1 (September 2004)
- ^ Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham #4 (November 1985)
- ^ "First Look: Thor Star Jaimie Alexander Meets the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." TV Guide. February 10, 2014. Retrieved February 10, 2014.
- ^ Roth, Bobby (director); Jeffrey Bell (writer) (March 4, 2014). "T.A.H.I.T.I.". Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 1. Episode 14. ABC.
- ^ Terlesky, John (director); Shalisha Francis (writer) (March 11, 2014). "Yes Men". Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 1. Episode 15. ABC.
External links
- Lorelei at Marvel.com