Lilith (Marvel)

Lilith in Spirits of Ghost Rider: Mother of Demons v1 #1.

Lilith is a female comic supervillain who features in Marvel Comics.

Biography

Origin

Lilith

According to one account, she was one of two souls that were reborn to inhabit the new version of the Earth that had been a fiery paradise in the Heavens. (Marvel Graphic Novel v1 #20)

In her first body, she was there when God sought to create paradise on Earth and created Adam the first man. As God expanded His Domain, Lilith appeared and came to mate with Adam thus bearing their children which she planned to rule the world. The actions of Hell provoked a response from God who did not take kindly to this interference and following a short period of rule Lilith along with her children were attacked by Angels. Her offspring were killed and Lilith herself was banished from Eden and sent back to Hell. This saw her returned to the company of Mephisto whilst Adam was paired with a human who was Eve as they came to live in Eden. However, Lilith worked with Mephisto in corrupting the mortals with the latter taking a form of a serpent to trick the humans into eating the apple that led to their banished from the garden. (Spirits of Ghost Rider: Mother of Demons v1 #1)

In time, the Devil grew bored of her and cast Lilith out of Hell. (Marvel Graphic Novel v1 #20)

It was noted that she lived in Atlantis and survived its destruction during the Great Cataclysm. However, at some point, Atlantean sorcerers imprisoned her within the belly of Leviathan. (Ghost Rider/Blaze: Spirits of Vengeance v1 #1)

In the long years that followed, the leviathan served as a prison for her with her trapped in its body. With their mother's defeat, the Lilin were scattered across dimensions with those left behind either being killed or going into hiding. (Ghost Rider/Blaze: Spirits of Vengeance v1 #1)

Freedom

In Northern Greenland, Lilith emerged from the belly of the ancient Leviathan in which she had dwelled for an unknown period of time. She killed the two scientist explorers who had witnessed her rebirth. She then used the entrails of her former prison as a medium to view the future and saw her children, the Lilin, defeated at the hands of Ghost Rider and Blaze. Lilith summoned Pilgrim to her aside and followed him through a portal in space to regather her remaining children to her side. They enlisted Creed, as well as Blackout, who is a more distant descendent, and Lilith sent them to attack GR and Blaze. Blaze killed Creed, and the other two fled back to Lilith, to gather more to their side before again challenging the Midnight Sons. (Ghost Rider/Blaze: Spirits of Vengeance v1 #1) Lilith, Pilgrim, and Blackout recruited Fang and Nakota at a Manhattan Gothic Club, in which she found an interest in Speed Metal music. She sent Fang to kill Morbius, which he attempted to do by adding his own poison blood to an elixir being used in an attempt to cure Morbius. The mixture did not kill Morbius, but instead mutated him into a more supernatural being. (Morbius: The Living Vampire v1 #1) Via Nakota, Lilith observed from a distance the battle between Steel Wind and Ghost Rider and Blaze. From this, she first learned of the existence of Centurious. (Ghost Rider/Blaze: Spirits of Vengeance v1 #2) By this point, she also began to appear in the dreams of Danny Ketch in an effort to seduce him. (Ghost Rider v3 #28) After this failed attempt, she formed an alliance with Nightmare who was tasked with targeting both Ketch and Johnny Blaze. Nightmare assaulted the Ghost Rider Dan Ketch with Lilith and the Lilin appeared in Nightmare's illusions. (Ghost Rider v3 #30) DeGuzman was contacted by the demonqueen Lilith. He contracted with a ninja assassin named Li and his agents to assassinate Victoria Montesi to prevent her from interfering with his plans for the Darkhold. Li's assassins failed to kill Montesi, but instead crippled her best friends and lover, Nash Salvato. After this first failure, the Lilin Doc reshaped the assassins, increasing their strength and speed. The enhanced assassins were fought off and destroyed with the aid of Ghost Rider and John Blaze. Lilith observed this battle, but fled after being shot in the arm by Blaze. Nakota was left behind. (Darkhold: Pages from the Book of Sins v1 #1) Lilith then re-recruited Skinner and sent him after Ghost Rider and Blaze. (Ghost Rider/Blaze: Spirits of Vengeance v1 #3)

Meatmarket made Lilith a 'quilt' from the skin of his victims, showing the faces of the nine who would be her foes which included Blade, John Blaze, Sam Buchanon, Frank Drake, Ghost Rider/Ketch, Louise Hastings, Hannibal King, Victoria Montesi and Morbius. Lilith posed as a client for Borderline investigations where she tricked the Nightstalkers into attacking Ghost Rider and Blaze. Lilith attempted to bait Dr. Strange into pitting his sorcery against hers, but he refused, knowing that such a conflict would weaken the dimensional walls and allow more of her Lilin to return to Earth. Lilith left after Blade decapitated Meatmarket, taking him away to repair him. (Nightstalkers v1 #1) Lilith used the carcass of the Leviathan in which she had been buried to restore Meatmarket, with the aid of Doc. Lilith then had Pilgrim open a portal through her own body, through which she planned to return the rest of the Lilin to Earth. The 'nine' arrived to stop her whereupon Lilith pulled the then-disembodied spirit of Dan Ketch through the portal, making it reborn as one of her Lilin. As Ketch and the Lilin battled, Lilith attempted to transform the rest of the 'nine' into Lilin as well. As they fought back against her, she was forced to reabsorb power from her other Lilin. Ghost Rider managed to grab her and force her own head into the portal in her chest, causing a massive explosion that seemingly destroyed her and the Lilin. However, after the 'nine' left, Lilith revived and drained the life of Nakota, the last surviving Lilin to replenish herself. (Ghost Rider v3 #31) Dr. Strange removed the Lilin-taint from Ketch and restored him to true-life, remerging him with Ghost Rider in the process. (Ghost Rider v3 #32)

Due to the events of the Midnight Massacre, the 'nine' came to had fallen somewhat and have succumbed to varying degrees of corruption. A fat and happy Lilith spoke with her children from across the dimensional gulf, deciding that it was time for a gathering. (Ghost Rider/Blaze: Spirits of Vengeance v1 #13) Lilith was prepared to give birth to her brood once again, but was unable to birth the children without assistance. She called out to any of the Lilin remaining on Earth. Outcast answered Lilith's call and tore her belly asunder, allowing the Lilin to be reborn anew. Blackout, in particular, was dramatically increased in power by being reborn through Lilith. Lilith sent Blackout, aided by Pilgrim, to wipe out the 'nine' while they were weakened from recent events. Lilith's call was heard by Centurious who thought she might aid him in his quest for the Medallion of Power. He traveled to Greenland to meet with her and propose an alliance. The Ghost Rider overpowered Blackout and Pilgrim, but Centurious then appeared and abducted Dan Ketch's mother, Francis. (Ghost Rider v3 #41) Lilith sent the Lilin, alongside Steel Wind, to attack the Quentin Carnival--allies of John Blaze. She watched as Centurious had Carver torture Francis Ketch for information, and watched again as Centurious captured John Blaze. (Ghost Rider/Blaze: Spirits of Vengeance v1 #14)

Return

In the Secret Invasion, Merlyn had MI-13 agent Pete Wisdom break the barrier that imprisoned various mystical threats in order to prevent their capture by the Skrulls. This led Lilith being among the various entities freed in this time. (Captain Britain and MI-13 v1 #3) They immediately went about attempting to conquer Britain but joined Satannish and the other freed creatures in killing the invading Skrulls after hearing them state that any magical creatures that do not serve the invaders will not be tolerated. (Captain Britain and MI-13 v1 #4) Afterwards, she came to align herself with Dracula and made a Viscountess of the Vampire Nation. (Captain Britain and MI-13 v1 #12)

During the War in Hell, a conflict erupted in the collective afterlife over the disappearance of Death with Lilith allied with Mephisto. This saw them waging a conflict against other demonic lords such as Satana, Pluto and Satannish. Lilith's Lilin managed to win a successful battle against Satannish's Lethal Legion but she criticised the efforts of Mephisto's Tormented Generals. (Deadpool vs. Thanos v1 #3)

She returned to hell where she stood by the throne of Mephisto until his defeat in Las Angeles that saw him being imprisoned in the Hotel Inferno on Earth. However, instead of Lilith at the throne, it was the Spirit of Vengeance Johnny Blaze who assumed the mantle of King of Hell. The Mother of Demons made a number of attempts at tricking Blaze into leaving the throne so that she could claim it but these failed as he refused to fall prey to Lilith's whispers. Thus, she decided to travel to Limbo to form a secret alliance with Belasco after which she orchestrated rebellions among the lesser levels of Hell to rise against Blaze. (Spirits of Ghost Rider: Mother of Demons v1 #1)

Overview

Personality and attributes

She came to find the new world to be better than the old one and wanted its inhabitants to worship her. (Marvel Graphic Novel v1 #20)

Her union with the Devil was said to created dark spirits who hovered unseen on Reality's edge. (Marvel Graphic Novel v1 #20)

Powers and abilities

She was able to cast a divination spell using the entrails of a slain living being. (Ghost Rider/Blaze: Spirits of Vengeance v1 #1)

It was shown that she could fire magical blasts composed of green fiery energy. (Captain Britain and MI13 v1 #14)

Lilith could spawn Lilin through normal conception with other beings or on her own. (Witches v1 #2) Through portals, she was capable of transforming others beings into one of her Lilin. (Ghost Rider v3 #32) In times of need, she could re-absorb her Lilin into herself to restore her own power. (Ghost Rider v3 #31) She was even capable of birthing herself a new body to replace her aging one when it reached the end of its lifespan. (Spirits of Ghost Rider: Mother of Demons v1 #1)

Among her most loyal followers were her children with these being the Lilin. (Ghost Rider/Blaze: Spirits of Vengeance v1 #1)

Notes

• Lilith was created by Howard Mackie and Andy Kubert where she made her first appearance in Ghost Rider v3 #28 (August, 1992).
• An unrelated character bearing the same name was the daughter of Dracula with her being named Lilith Drake.
• In Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: Horror 2005 v1 (2005), the character received an entry in the guide book.

Appearances

• Ghost Rider v3: (1992)
• Ghost Rider/Blaze: Spirits of Vengeance v1:
• Nightstalkers v1:
• Captain Britain and MI-13 v1:
• Deadpool vs. Thanos v1: (2015)
• Spirits of Ghost Rider: Mother of Demons v1: (2020)

External Links

• Marvel Database Entry

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