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Agamemnon (comics)
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Agamemnon is a fictional character
in the Marvel Universe
.
members are all his descendants: Achilles
, Ajax, Andromeda
, Atalanta
, Cassiopea
, Delphi
, Hector
, Jason
, Paris
, Perseus
, Prometheus
, and two characters named Ulysses
. He recruited the Pantheon into a team, stationed in the Nevada desert based headquarters called The Mount. Hela the Norse goddess of death once encountered him and called him by the name Vali Halfling. In the Norse myths there were two gods named Vali. One was the son of Loki and Sigyn and the other was the son of Odin and the giantess Rind. He would later be clarified to be the former.
Agamemnon confers with Prometheus about the Hulk
, and then invited the Hulk to join the Pantheon. While the Hulk was part of the Pantheon, Agamemnon sends them on various missions, including: sending Pantheon members to save Thunderbolt from a life of crime; sent the Hulk to Israel to bring Achilles and Max Meer to the Pantheon; and directs the Pantheon operation against Dracchiss.
Agamemnon's sanctum is invaded by the villainous Leader
. Agamemnon pretends to ally himself with the Leader against HYDRA
,. He then gives the Hulk permission to stop the Leader. Agamemnon asks the Hulk to lead the Pantheon in a planned absence, revealing his true appearance as a young teenager. He explains that immortality hit at that point in his life, that his older facade was just an illusion. Agamemnon then leaves the Pantheon to travel through America.
, Agamemnon and the Hulk are transported to the after-life realm of Hela
. After an undetermined time of the Hulk fighting Hela's skeletal forces, Agamemnon pleads for Hela to let the two go based on a past emotional connection (later revealed to be that they are half-siblings, through their father, Loki). She reluctantly agrees.
Agamemnon is taken prisoner by Pantheon forces based on evidence he has betrayed the group. The Pantheon believes that he has gotten most of his power from alien forces in return for allowing said aliens to take whichever Pantheon soldiers they wish to. Agamemnon soon reveals that he enjoys building up powerful social structures and destroying them. Agamemnon summons the Forever Knights, past Pantheon soldiers who have fallen in battle, in a bid for escape. During the battle he falls from a large height while battling Atalanta and apparently perishes.
takes over the Olympus Group. He reveals that Hebe
's ambrosia is one of the four elements needed to ascend to the power-level of the Skyfathers. Heroic Age: Prince of Power #2 clarifies that Vali is the son of Loki from myth, as well as that his rebirth was due to the rebirth of the Norse Gods.
and the Asgardian wolf prince Hrimhari
, believing that the child will have significant abilities as a hybrid of human mutant
and god; the child is also a distant relative of Agamemnon's, due to Hrimhari being a descendant of the Fenris Wolf
, who was also fathered by Loki. Agamemnon imprisons Wolfsbane as she goes into labor
, but when he attempts to reason with the newborn godling, he is attacked and apparently disembowelled by the vicious and feral wolf-child. However, when Wolfsbane is rescued by her allies in X-Factor Investigations
, Agamemnon's body is gone.
Agamemnon also has access to the highly advanced technology produced by the Pantheon scientists and craftsmen.
Character (arts)
A character is the representation of a person in a narrative work of art . Derived from the ancient Greek word kharaktêr , the earliest use in English, in this sense, dates from the Restoration, although it became widely used after its appearance in Tom Jones in 1749. From this, the sense of...
in the Marvel Universe
Marvel Universe
The Marvel Universe is the shared fictional universe where most comic book titles and other media published by Marvel Entertainment take place, including those featuring Marvel's most familiar characters, such as Spider-Man, the Hulk, the X-Men, and the Avengers.The Marvel Universe is further...
.
Fictional character biography
Agamemnon is a half-human and half-Asgardian god. He was born immortal, and though he never physically aged beyond the age of 16 (but employed holograms to appear as a very old man), the PantheonPantheon (Marvel Comics)
The Pantheon is a fictional organization appearing in the comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Peter David, the Pantheon first appeared in The Incredible Hulk The Pantheon is a fictional organization appearing in the comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer...
members are all his descendants: Achilles
Achilles (Pantheon)
Achilles is the name of two unrelated characters from the Marvel Universe. The first Achilles fought in World War II and first appeared in Incredible Hulk vol...
, Ajax, Andromeda
Andromeda (Pantheon)
Andromeda is a fictional character in the Marvel Universe.Andromeda was a member of the superhero family the Pantheon. Next to nothing is known about Andromeda except that she and Jason are the parents of the Pantheon seer Delphi. Andromeda had been the seer for the Pantheon until she lost her...
, Atalanta
Atalanta (Pantheon)
Atalanta is a fictional character in the Marvel Universe.Atalanta is a member of the super hero family the Pantheon. Atalanta is an excellent archer and uses arrows and a bow made out of pure energy.-Fictional character biography:...
, Cassiopea
Cassiopea (Pantheon)
Cassiopea aka Cassie is a fictional character, an immortal, in the Marvel Universe.-Fictional character biography:Cassie and her father Perseus were members of the super hero family the Pantheon. They are led by the ancient Agamemnon. Cassie has the ability to absorb and re-channel most forms of...
, Delphi
Delphi (Pantheon)
Delphi is a fictional character in the Marvel Universe.-Fictional character biography:Delphi is one of the members of the Pantheon. Delphi can predict the future which she usually does in the nude while looking into her gazing pool. Her teammate, Walter Charles the second Pantheon member to use the...
, Hector
Hector (Pantheon)
Hector is a fictional character, a member of the Marvel Comics superhero family the Pantheon. Hector uses an energy flail as a weapon. Hector appears to be something of a master strategist.-Fictional character biography:...
, Jason
Jason (Pantheon)
Jason the Renegade is a fictional comic book character who appeared in a supporting role in Marvel Comics monthly series, The Incredible Hulk...
, Paris
Paris (Pantheon)
Paris is a fictional character in the Marvel Universe.-Fictional character biography:A young Nathan Taylor aka Paris was saved from the Watts Riots in 1959 by Pantheon members Ulysses I and Walter Charles . Nathan's parents were killed during a fire. Nathan blamed Walter for their deaths and still...
, Perseus
Perseus (Pantheon)
Perseus is a fictional character in the Marvel Universe.Perseus is a member of the super hero family the Pantheon. Perseus retired from the Pantheon and took the identity of an inn keeper at Loch Ness, Scotland...
, Prometheus
Prometheus (Pantheon)
Prometheus is a fictional character in the Marvel Universe.-Fictional character biography:Prometheus is a member of the super hero family the Pantheon. The Pantheon is led by Agamemnon, the father of all its super-powered members. Prometheus was born with a deformed face that looks horribly burned...
, and two characters named Ulysses
Ulysses (Pantheon)
Ulysses is the name of two fictional characters in the Marvel Universe. The first being the predecessor of the second.- Ulysses I :The original Ulysses was much older than Walter Charles, his successor. When Ulysses became annoyed at Agamemnon's illogical leadership decisions Agamemnon ordered...
. He recruited the Pantheon into a team, stationed in the Nevada desert based headquarters called The Mount. Hela the Norse goddess of death once encountered him and called him by the name Vali Halfling. In the Norse myths there were two gods named Vali. One was the son of Loki and Sigyn and the other was the son of Odin and the giantess Rind. He would later be clarified to be the former.
Agamemnon confers with Prometheus about the Hulk
Hulk (comics)
The Hulk is a fictional character, a superhero in the . Created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, the character first appeared in The Incredible Hulk #1 ....
, and then invited the Hulk to join the Pantheon. While the Hulk was part of the Pantheon, Agamemnon sends them on various missions, including: sending Pantheon members to save Thunderbolt from a life of crime; sent the Hulk to Israel to bring Achilles and Max Meer to the Pantheon; and directs the Pantheon operation against Dracchiss.
Agamemnon's sanctum is invaded by the villainous Leader
Leader (comics)
The Leader is a fictional character that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character first appeared in Tales to Astonish #62, and was created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko. In 2009, The Leader was ranked as IGN's 63rd Greatest Comic Book Villain of All Time.Actor Tim Blake...
. Agamemnon pretends to ally himself with the Leader against HYDRA
HYDRA
HYDRA is a fictional terrorist organization in the Marvel Universe.Despite the name's capitalization per Marvel's official spelling, the name is not an acronym but rather a reference to the mythical Lernaean Hydra...
,. He then gives the Hulk permission to stop the Leader. Agamemnon asks the Hulk to lead the Pantheon in a planned absence, revealing his true appearance as a young teenager. He explains that immortality hit at that point in his life, that his older facade was just an illusion. Agamemnon then leaves the Pantheon to travel through America.
Betrayal
When the Pantheon finds Agamemnon later he is in his teenage form in the city of Boston. He is being pursued by the renegade Pantheon member Jason. After a confrontation in Fenway ParkFenway Park
Fenway Park is a baseball park near Kenmore Square in Boston, Massachusetts. Located at 4 Yawkey Way, it has served as the home ballpark of the Boston Red Sox baseball club since it opened in 1912, and is the oldest Major League Baseball stadium currently in use. It is one of two "classic"...
, Agamemnon and the Hulk are transported to the after-life realm of Hela
Hela (comics)
Hela is a fictional character, the Asgardian goddess of death in the Marvel Comics universe, based on the Norse goddess, Hel. The ruler of Hel and Niffleheim, the character has been a frequent foe of Thor...
. After an undetermined time of the Hulk fighting Hela's skeletal forces, Agamemnon pleads for Hela to let the two go based on a past emotional connection (later revealed to be that they are half-siblings, through their father, Loki). She reluctantly agrees.
Agamemnon is taken prisoner by Pantheon forces based on evidence he has betrayed the group. The Pantheon believes that he has gotten most of his power from alien forces in return for allowing said aliens to take whichever Pantheon soldiers they wish to. Agamemnon soon reveals that he enjoys building up powerful social structures and destroying them. Agamemnon summons the Forever Knights, past Pantheon soldiers who have fallen in battle, in a bid for escape. During the battle he falls from a large height while battling Atalanta and apparently perishes.
Heroic Age
Vali Halfling appears again years later, when Amadeus ChoAmadeus Cho
Amadeus Cho, also known as Mastermind Excello, is a fictional comic book character appearing in books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Greg Pak and artist Takeshi Miyazawa, the character first appeared in Amazing Fantasy vol. 2 #15...
takes over the Olympus Group. He reveals that Hebe
Hebe (Marvel Comics)
Hebe is a Marvel Comics deity. One of the children of Zeus and Hera, she is the wife of Hercules and the cup-bearer of the Olympians. Hebe first appeared in Ka-Zar #1 , written by Allyn Brodsky and Frank Springer...
's ambrosia is one of the four elements needed to ascend to the power-level of the Skyfathers. Heroic Age: Prince of Power #2 clarifies that Vali is the son of Loki from myth, as well as that his rebirth was due to the rebirth of the Norse Gods.
X-Factor
Agamemnon takes an interest in the offspring of the mutant WolfsbaneWolfsbane (comics)
Wolfsbane is a Marvel Comics superheroine, associated with the X-Men.A Scottish mutant, Wolfsbane possesses the ability to transform into a wolf or into a transitional state somewhere between human and wolf...
and the Asgardian wolf prince Hrimhari
Hrimhari
Hrimhari is a fictional character published by Marvel Comics. He was first introduced in the New Mutants Special Edition #1 , and was created by Chris Claremont and Art Adams.-Fictional character biography:...
, believing that the child will have significant abilities as a hybrid of human mutant
Mutant (Marvel Comics)
In comic books published by Marvel Comics, a mutant is an organism who possesses a genetic trait called an X-gene that allows the mutant to naturally develop superhuman powers and abilities...
and god; the child is also a distant relative of Agamemnon's, due to Hrimhari being a descendant of the Fenris Wolf
Fenris Wolf (Marvel Comics)
The Fenris Wolf is a fictional character in the Marvel Universe, loosely based on Fenrisulfr from Norse mythology.-Publication history:The Fenris Wolf first appeared in Marvel Comics in Journey Into Mystery #114 , and was adapted from Norse legends by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby.The character...
, who was also fathered by Loki. Agamemnon imprisons Wolfsbane as she goes into labor
Childbirth
Childbirth is the culmination of a human pregnancy or gestation period with the birth of one or more newborn infants from a woman's uterus...
, but when he attempts to reason with the newborn godling, he is attacked and apparently disembowelled by the vicious and feral wolf-child. However, when Wolfsbane is rescued by her allies in X-Factor Investigations
X-Factor Investigations
X-Factor Investigations is a fictional detective agency created by writer Peter David for the Marvel Comics comic book series X-Factor . The agency first appears under the name XXX Investigations in the first issue of the Marvel Comics limited series Madrox #1...
, Agamemnon's body is gone.
Powers and abilities
Agamemnon is an immortal, but does not otherwise appear to have superhuman powers. He is a genius and a master in analyzing and forecasting the future development of social structures, as well as a master battle strategist. He is also an excellent hand-to-hand combatant and in excellent physical condition.Agamemnon also has access to the highly advanced technology produced by the Pantheon scientists and craftsmen.