Sabbac
Sabbac is the name of several characters in the DC Universe.
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Sabbac (Timothy Karnes)
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Pre-Crisis
Timothy Karnes
He decided to aid a team of Nazi saboteurs in North America when they were confronted by Captain Marvel Jr. who overpowered them. Looking to aid them, he decided to cast black magic from a book against the hero. This saw him cast a black smoke to obscure the hero's vision leading to a direct fight against Captain Marvel Jr. In response, he called forth a tentacled monster to attack the superhero allowing the villain to escape. Karnes then met with the Nazi's who looked to enlist him as an ally where he requested payment for his services. The Fuhrer Adolf Hitler offered governorship of the United States to him if he helped in its conquest. Looking to summon the Prince of Darkness, he found a spell that called on the power of six demons from the darkest depths of the nether regions. (Captain Marvel, Jr. v1 #4)
Post-Crisis
Following the Crisis on Infinite Earths, a new version of reality was created with a different history of events.
Timothy Karnes is Freddy Freeman's, aka Captain Marvel Jr.'s foster brother. Freddy's parents, David and Rebecca, had taken Timothy in, but the boy was sent to live with another family when the couple was killed in a car accident. Timothy would find himself shuffled from one abusive foster home to another, and grew to hate and resent Freddy Freeman, who lived a happy life with his grandfather.
Dr. Sivana, hoping to find a way to kill Captain Marvel, has the high priest of the Temple of Bagdan kidnap Timothy, whom they learn is a descendant of the Bagdan line and the heir to the demonic powers of Sabbac. During a satanic ritual, Timothy is transformed for the first time into the demon Sabbac, and challenges Superman and Captain Marvel. Marvel defeats Sabbac after tricking him into saying his name.
The dark forces of Hell gave the human Timothy Karnes the power to become a being with powers to rival Captain Marvel. To access this power, all Karnes has to do is say the magic word "Sabbac", and magic black lightning strikes up from the underworld and transforms him into a muscle-bound demon with super-strength, super-speed, flight, fire breath, and the ability to emit fire blasts from the palms of his hands. His powers match those of the Marvels. Like Captain Marvel's magic word "Shazam", the word Sabbac is an acronym for the six beings who empower Sabbac: the demons Satan, Aym, Belial, Beelzebub, Asmodeus, and Craeteis.
Sabbac (Ishmael Gregor)
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Sabbac (Bryer)
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Overview
In appearance, Sabbac was a humanoid being whose power was drawn from the demons of Hell. Those that inherited the power were referred to as the World's Worst Criminal and as the World's Worst Demon. (Captain Marvel, Jr. v1 #4)
They were regarded as the most frightful and powerful monster on Earth. Their power was drawn from the demons Satan, Any, Belial, Beezlebub, Asmodeus, and Craeteis. From each of them, a mortal gained an aspect of their powers with the first letters of their initials spelling out the magic word 'Sabbac'. (Captain Marvel, Jr. v1 #4)
From each demon, the bearer gained:
- Satan : invincible strength. (Captain Marvel, Jr. v1 #4)
- Any : indestructible body. (Captain Marvel, Jr. v1 #4)
- Belial : evil wisdom. (Captain Marvel, Jr. v1 #4)
- Beezlebub : flame powers. (Captain Marvel, Jr. v1 #4)
- Asmodeus : evil courage. (Captain Marvel, Jr. v1 #4)
- Craeteis : power of flight. (Captain Marvel, Jr. v1 #4)
Sabbac was said to be a monster spawned by black magic that were human in shame but inhuman in method. (Captain Marvel, Jr. v1 #4)
The Seven Deadly Sins were capable of merging their power together to create a different incarnation of Sabbac. (Justice League v2 #18)
Notes
- Sabbac concept was created by Otto Binder and Al Carreno where it made its first appearance in Captain Marvel, Jr. v1 #4 (February, 1943).
Alternate Versions
In other media
Television
- In Young Justice, Sabbac was referenced in the setting of the animated television series in the episode "Misplaced". Cat Grant was shown reading a news report that stated Sabbac and Ibac had been defeated by Captain Marvel earlier in the day.
- In Arrow, Ishmael Gregor appeared in the setting of the live-action television series set in the Arrowverse during its fifth season where he was portrayed by actor David Meunier. This version was human Pakhan, or boss, of the Solntsevskaya branch of the Bratva who secretly worked for Konstantin Kovar. After Oliver Queen revealed Gregor's true allegiance it caused a civil war within the Bratva's ranks leading to Ishmael being killed and replaced by Anatoly Knyazev.
Films
- In Black Adam, the Ishmael Gregor Sabbac appeared in the setting of the live-action film where he was portrayed by actor Marwan Kenzari. It was revealed that long ago the tyrant King Ahk-Ton enslaved his people to mine for the mystical ore called Eternium. This was used to forge the Crown of Sabbac with the intention of it conferring the power of Hell to its wearer. However, he was killed by the newly empowered Black Adam with the Crown being lost for ages. By the modern age, Ahk-Ton's descendant Ishmael Gregor came to join Intergang who had taken control of Kahndaq. He used their resources to find the Crown of Sabbac where a cryptic clue to its power was written on it that said "Death is a Path to Life". Ultimately, Gregor was killed by the returned Black Adam but this was part of his plan to unlock the Crown's power. In death, he was taken to the Rock of Finality and conferred the power of Hell leading to his transformation into Sabbac. He battled the Justice Society where he overpowered them only to be killed by Black Adam.
Appearances
- Captain Marvel, Jr. v1: (1943)
- Outsiders v3:
- Justice League v2:
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