Morgoth

Morgoth

Created by J.R.R. Tolkein; Super Comics version by Robert E. Wronski, Jr.

Real Name:  Not Applicable

Aliases:  Morgoth Bauglir, Melkor, Doctor Deadly, Uglon, Uglon the Deadly

Current Occupation:  Would be world conqueror

Parents:  None

Siblings:  The Great Unknown, Allorin Vonski, Zeus, Satan (deceased), the Forbidden Planet (deceased)

Spouse:  Mala, Teela (ex-wives)

Children:  Voltrus, Pugli, Jon Zan

Group Affiliation:  New Power Organization, Powerkid Haters, 7 Deadly Sins

Place of Birth:  The Center of the Universe

Current Place of Residence:  Unknown

First Appearance:  The Fellowship of the Ring, 1954; Super Comics version in Powerkid # 3, November 1982

History:

At the dawn of time, six beings were born, three good and three evil.  One of those evil beings eventually found Earth, and was considered a wizard by its denizens.  He realized with his powers he could rule this world, and attempted to do so, but was undone by a fellowship of warriors, some unlikely hobbits, a Champion of Earth who wielded the Sword of Power, and one of his own brothers.

The dark one found himself banished to a dark dimension, where he was trapped.  He did manage to escape briefly in the 6th century, but was sent back by that era's champion and a time travelling future era champion.

In the 18th century, a scientist on a world whose original name is now lost accidentally opened a rift into the Dark Dimension.  The weakened demon came through, and possessed the scientist, Uglon.  The villain renamed himself Uglon the Deadly, and quickly conquered this world, which got redubbled Death Planet.

Uglon began to then focus on recapturing Earth, both for revenge, and because he knew that Earth was a mystical nexus which meant ultimate power.

Uglon, as a now world leader, began creating alliances with other worlds.  Also, because on Earth he was considered an "Elder God" by some, he used this to his advantage to unite with his brother, known on Earth as Satan among other names, and create a cult that worshiped them called the New Power Organization, which was both a religious group and a terrorist organization.

Uglon had two wives.  One, Mala, was his wife before the possession.  With her he fathered Voltrus and Pugli, and then banished her to the Dark Dimension.  He then took another wife, Teela, with whom he fathered Jon Zan.

In 1982, Uglon decided it was time to take back Earth, but found himself defeated by three new heroes:  Powerkid, Zap, and Speedy.  The press, having hear him announce himself as Uglon the Deadly, dubbed him Doctor Deadly, a name that stuck, and which for a time the villain even embraced.

Uglon saw that since the champion of this year had allies, he too needed allies.  His main allies for several years was Powerkid's other great foe, Karate Spears.  But Uglon also created alliances with his past incarnation from ancient past and his 31st century future counterpart.  He also created two separate organizations of Powerkid's (and later Powerman's) greatest foes, and created an alliance of alien races who had a common interest in Earth.

Uglon has fought Powerkid/Powerman and other Earth heroes time and again. His one goal is to destroy Powerman out of revenge and to get him out of the way for his ultimate goal of destroying the universe and reshaping it in his image.

Recently, he was separated from Uglon, and has returned to his ancient name of Morgoth.  His current whereabouts are unknown.

He is destined to combat Powerman in which their combined energies will freeze them both in suspended animation until the 31nd century.

Comments:

I created the character a year before reading Lord of the Rings.  His character and appearance was an amalgamation of such characters as Doctor Doom, Darkseid, and Darth Vader.  Later, after reading Tolkein, I incorporated his being Morgoth into his history.

In the early 1980s, he was a frequent foe of Powerkid and the Space Patrol (in the 31st century), and in the Lord of the Chain (occurring concurrent with Lord of the Rings).

In almost every multipart cosmic crisis storyline Super Comics has published, Deadly had been the central villain.  In History of the Super Universe, a prophesy was revealed that at the end of time, Powerkid and Doctor Deadly would do battle for the last time.  I've teased by showing battles that seemed to be that battle, but weren't, and I did indeed finally show that battle in the 32nd century in the Continuity storyline, but in Crisis, I actually undid the prophesy via interference by time travelers.

Almost every title at some point has had some sot of connection to this character, who is probably the central villain of the whole of the Wronskiverse.

And new he's hiding..  And though he isn't to be part of the next upcoming major storyline directly, his absence will be explained.  And after that, some cool changes planned for the character.

Crisis

Crisis was a 12 issue mini-series that ran from May 2008 to April 2009.  It had crossovers in every Super Comics title of the time period.

The New Power Organization returned with a plan to destroy all reality (the entire multiverse) and replace it with a one shaped in evil.  To do this, they needed both the Universal Transponder and the Sword of Power, and planned on increasing their chances by going into the past and the future to steal it over and over at different points.

For such a grand plan, they needed an army of villains.  This was, however, a time when most super-villains were either dead, or had been stripped of their power and their memories.  Morgoth and Satan worked with Kane on such a powerful spell that they restored the memories and powers of all living villains, and raised many of the major villains of the past 30 years back from the dead.  Then to top it off, they gifted each villain with a power upgrade, making each one more powerful than ever.

When Allorin Vonski, the Great Unknown, and Zeus learned of this, they quickly did the same thing for heroes.  They raised deceased super-heroes, and brought back retired and depowered heroes.

Then the race was on, and heroes and villains traveled to various times in the past, present, and future to obtain their prize or save it.

This series during this portion of the story ended up featuring every Super Comics character ever created.  But it didn't end there.

One such important mission needs to be mentioned, because it's impact on the mythology of the Wronskiverse.  We had learned in 1985's History of the Super Universe that at the end of time, Powerkid would fight Doctor Deadly, and the battle would destroy the universe.

Then in the series New Earth, published in 1994 and taking place in 3182, Powerman and Dr. Deadly have that battle, and are about to do the deed, when the cosmic being Barsto travels to that point to absorb the energy of the two, pursued from 1994 by Allorin Vonski.  The interference caused the four to merge into the being called Continuity.  This did end the universe.  Eventually, Continuity is killed due to the sacrifice of NighTrain, but Vonski is able to separate himself, as revealed later.

Well, in Crisis, the New Power sends a team to the future to steal the power emitted during the event to fuel the machine they are creating.  The team sent is Voltrus, Hellchild, Man-Killer, Spearon, Lightning Master, Powerlord, Dikrewop, and Nicole Barstaman.  But just as they arrive in the future, they are followed by Powerman, Powerkid, Powergirl, Zap, Zap Mom, Girl Zap, Zappette, and Krazel.  The heroes overcome the villains, but their presence interferes with predestined events, so that the universe does not end.  The universe continues to live on beyond 3182.

The bad guys do manage to get the sword and universal transponder.  The villains move their operation off the Earthly plane and into Hell.  Soon the universe and multiverse start to feel the effects of the end, and Allorin Vonski reaches out to heroes of other worlds, including Earth-0 (the DC Universe), Earth-616 (the Marvel Universe), Earth-26 (the world of Captain Carrot, Animal Town, and Mighty Mouse), Earth-818793 (the Wold Newton Universe), Earth-5 (the world of Power Woman), Kearth-K (where Powerman is evil), Earth-B2 (Powerman operated during World War II), Earth-Z (where only characters created by Phil Sheridan exist), and Earth-Prime (home of Super Comics creator Robert E. Wronski, Jr.)

The final battle was in Hell.  The Machine was destroyed, the transponder was recovered.  Powerlord maintained the Sword.  Morgoth was freed from occupying the body of the scientist Uglon for the first time in centuies.  And Satan was killed, which caused the destruction of Hell.  All heroes and villains managed to flee from Hell thanks to Vonski, the Great Unknown and Zeus.  Because Hell was destroyed, the souls trapped there returned to Earth as ghosts, and all demons became homeless and have now taken to spending all their time on Earth now.

Following Crisis, with the return of many heroes and villains, many new titles were started or returned, including National Heroes, Heroes of Earth, Forgotten Ones, and Bad Guys.