Prince Ra-Man
Prince Ra-Man is a male comic superhero who features in DC Comics.
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Biography
Origin
Mark Merlin
One night, he was at his mansion when he heard Elsa scream from the library with him finding his old enemy the Gargoyle at the scene. Before he could react, Merlin was struck by a beam that sent him beyond the portals of the known world. He came to fall past through multiple planes of time and space that stretched across the eternal void. Mark would emerge in the other-dimensional world of Ra that was orbited by a green hexagonal sun and was by a pyramid where he was met by Kranak alongside his daughter Rimah. (House of Secrets v1 #73)
Once Prince Ra-Man arrived at Merlin's Mystery Hill Mansion where he helped in the apprehension of the Gargoyle after which he took the detective's place as a sorcerer. He explained to Elsa, Merlin's assistant, his transformation by telling her that Mark Merlin was now dead, and that he was his friend, contacted by occult means to come and save her. (House of Secrets v1 #73)
Post-Flashpoint
Following the Flashpoint, a new version of reality was created with a different history of events.
He was captured by the Lords of Order and forced to wear the Gauntlets of Myrath thus making a host to one of their number. As a result, he became Brother Pattern where he joined his kind as they set about their plans for the removal of magic from the mortal world. They were present on the other dimensional world of Myrra that was being used as a place of shelter by the Justice League Dark who had fled from the Upside-Down Man and the Otherkind. (Justice League Dark v2 #9)
Overview
Personality and attributes
Following his return from Ra, he came to take the form and appearance of Prince Ra-Man. (House of Secrets v1 #73) He would later come to take the name of King Ra-Man. (Seven Soldiers: Zatanna v1 #1)
He often risked his life in his ceaseless battle against the unknown. (House of Secrets v1 #73)
As Prince Ra-Man, he came to abandon his old life of Mark Merlin who he claimed to had died. (House of Secrets v1 #73)
Mark Merlin came to be engaged to the beautiful blonde haired Elsa who was fiancé and came to work as his secretary. (House of Secrets v1 #73)
Powers and abilities
As Prince Ra-Man, he was the Master of the Six-Sided Sun and gained great knowledge of many riddles of the universe. These were awakened in him by the gem of the cat-god that he found in the pyramid in the dimension of Ra. This gave him the power of mind over matter. Though gaining these powers, he could not return in his human body but instead had to take a potion that transferred his mind into the deceased body of Prince Ra-Man who died young and was reputed to be a descendant of the sun-god Ra. (House of Secrets v1 #73)
He maintained a great collection of lore and artifacts of the unknown. (House of Secrets v1 #73)
Notes
- Mark Merlin was created by Mort Meskin where he made his first appearance in House of Secrets v1 #23 (August, 1959).
- The character was retooled as Prince Ra-Man was by Jack Miller and Bernard Baily where he made his first appearance in House of Secrets v1 #73 (July 1965).
Appearances
- House of Secrets v1: (1959)
- Detective Comics v1:
- Seven Soldiers: Zatanna v1:
- Justice League Dark v2:
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