Nebiros (DC Comics)

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Nebiros
Publication information
Publisher DC Comics
First appearance Swamp Thing #15
(March-April 1975)
Created by David Michelinie (writer)
Nestor Redondo (artist)
In-story information
Species Demon
Place of origin Hell
Notable aliasesNaberius
AbilitiesMastery of maleficium
Superstrength
Supernatural resistance to harm

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

Fictional character biography

Nebiros is a 10,000-year-old demon who escaped from Hell through sacrificial offerings. 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.

6,000 years later, Nebiros possesses the body of the Swamp Thing with the aid of the deluded priest Jonathan Bliss. When Abigail Arcane and Matthew Cable destroy his globe vessel, Nebiros is exorcised from the Swamp Thing's body and takes over the priest's body, which withers under the power of the demon, sending him 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 The 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, Felix Faust.

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.

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References

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  2. http://bluedevil.uatu.net/bluehome.html