Ulysses Bloodstone
Ulysses Bloodstone is a male comic superhero who features in Marvel Comics.
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Biography
Ulysses Bloodstone
Around 10,000 years ago, he roamed the areas of what became Northern Europe though he only knew them as land back then. In this time, he had great ambition to become a famed hunter and live to the ripe old age of 50. During this time, he crossed paths with Ulluxy'll Kwan Tae Syn who was the guardian of the Bloodstone. The sly Syn offered the gem to the young warrior that could give him the power of a god amongst mortals. Ulysses agreed with him given great strength and at the suggestion of Syn he returned to his tribe to share this gift but this was a trap as the Bloodstone's rays instead killed his comrades. He attempted to stop it but it was too late as it exploded sending shards scattered across the horizon with some embedded in his chest. When he awoke, his tribe were all slain with Syn having vanished and Ulysses now bearing the power of the Bloodstone that made him nearly immortal though he sought the guardian of the gem to get his revenge as all he had cared about had been killed by his scheme. (Marvel Universe v1 #7) In ancient times, he journeyed south after hearing of a star-spawned sorcerer from beyond who preyed on the people of Vanda-Gor mountain. Upon arriving, he was informed that the sorcerer had enslaved the dead who had died fighting him thus he was forced to battle them as well. Unknown to him, the perpetrator was a Skrull who wanted to acquire the Bloodstone as a means of returning to his home but was killed by Ulysses Bloodstone. With the monster slain, he continued his endless quest in slaying more monsters that had preyed on the mortals of the world. During his journeys, he travelled to many hidden areas of the world that included Vanda-Gor, Attilan, K'Un-Lun and Wakanda. (Bizarre Adventures v2 #1)
Around 10,000 years ago, he was noted to have had a daughter named Lyra Bloodstone who inherited the Nullgem that was a blackstone that drained magic which served as a stabilising influence on his own Bloodstone. Around this time, he faced a powerful sorcerer named Krakkan the Jailer and looked for an advantage over his foe. He sought the greater power of the Bloodgem and weaken his enemy which resulted in him deciding to sacrificing his daughter. This separated the Nullgem's influence over the Bloodgem and succeeded in banishing Krakkan from the world. This sent Lyra to another dimension to serve as her prison with the world's Sorcerer Supreme maintaining the seal keeping her trapped there. (Death of Doctor Strange: Bloodstone v1 #1)
Bloodstone observed Greek society, and how it eventually fell under the Domination of the Romans. In that time, he had observed as the Romans aspired to the ideals of the Greeks, but saw the Roman senate was supplanted by the rule of Caesars. Around this era, he also observed as Britain's Parliament came about because a cadre of feudal barons forced old King John to share power with them. (Captain America: Sentinel of Liberty v1 #6)
In 1776, as Captain Steven Rogers announced his plans to join the fight against England, Bloodstone, refused to join the struggle, having grown disillusioned with the pursuit of high ideals such as independence, liberty, and democracy, and the subsequent failure of the same. (Captain America: Sentinel of Liberty v1 #6) By 1781, Bloodstone had become convinced that the efforts of such as Steven Rogers made democracy worth fighting for. He joined the American army an ascended to the rank of major. Major Bloodstone called out to Captain Rogers and stopped Sir William Taurey from shooting him in the back. Taurey was killed as his bullet ricocheted off Rogers' shield. (Captain America: Sentinel of Liberty v1 #7) In this time, Bloodstone fought alongside Captain Rogers and General Wallace Worthington in the Revolutionary War. (X-Men: Hellfire Club v1 #2)
During the 19th century, Bloodstone came to be known by the name of Captain Ahab where he led his ship, the Pequod, in pursuit of a Giganto, which received the name Moby Dick. (Marvel Universe v1 #7)
Sometime after 1898, he came to hear talk of a brilliant German inventor named Robert Hellsgaard whose town had been transformed into werewolves that included his own family forcing him to kill them all. They all transformed back to normal and when the authorities arrived they came to believe Hellsgaard had gone insane with him going on a murder spree. Despite his pleas, they refused to believe him and had him locked away which was when Bloodstone came to free him. He felt the mad genius would want revenge against creatures of the supernatural and his talents as an inventor would make him an invaluable partner. Thus, Hellsgaard came to work alongside Ulysses Bloodstone as they battled against threats from the supernatural world. Bloodstone provided Robert a home from his castle but Ulysses came to note that no matter how many monsters was killed it never sated Hellsgaard who became determined to eliminate them all. He eventually constructed a suit of armor that contained numerous in-built weapons to help in the fight. With Bloodstone's help, Hellsgaard discovered a demon dimension known as Limbo which was where they intended to discard the bodies of slain monsters. However, their plan was discovered by Dracula who attacked to stop it. During the fight, Dracula damaged Hellsgaard's suit causing coolant to burn his face and threw the inventor into the portal he had created leading to him being stranded for seventy years in that realm. (Punisher v8 #14)
In 1933, he came upon a man name Fat Cobra who proved to be a martial artist and served as his sidekick. Together, the pair went on numerous adventures around the world. (Immortal Weapons v1 #1) In 1934, Bloodstone was a member of the mysterious Covenant who operated in secret in the world and whose members included; Vanessa Baker, Jefferson Chambers, Wyatt Crowley, Murderous Lion and The Menace. They call on Logan to find and eliminate the threat posed by the Dreaming Maiden in that air and though he seemingly accomplished his goal he actually hid her from the Covenant. (Wolverine v2 #314) In 1937, both him and Fat Cobra met with Puck where they helped respond to a monster sighting on a remote island in the Atlantic Ocean. (Alpha Flight: True North v1 #1) By 1942, he gathered with the other members of the Covenant in informing Namor the danger of the Thule Society who were looking to recover the Lemurian relic known as The Kraken that was a mask that gave the wearer great destructive power. They also intended to invite the Sub-Mariner to join their ranks as they offered him a seat but he refused. (Captain America and Namor v1 #635.1) At some point, he came to know of the existence of Natalya Maximoff who was a magic user known as the Scarlet Witch. (Scarlet Witch v2 #4) In 1959, Bloodstone was in Boston, Massachusetts where he encountered Ernst Sablinova who had operated as the Silver Sable with the two being recruited by Nick Fury for his black-ops Avengers initiative. Among his fellow team members included Dominic Fortune, Sabretooth, Kraven the Hunter and Namora. (New Avengers v2 #10) Their first assignment as a team involved tracking down the Red Skull who had formed a new Fourth Reich with him being in Sweden. (New Avengers v2 #11) Years later, Ulysses was in the jungles of Africa where he helped stop the giant telepathic ant monster known as Grottu and followed the creature to the Wakandian mountains. During the journey, he was attacked by living tyrannosaurus rex's where he was aided by the arrival of Zawadi a female warrior of the Wakanda's where they determined that Grottu came from underground. He along with Zawadi were then invited to the Explorer's Club by agent Jake Curtiss of the NSA following numerous monster sightings in the world. They were joined by Doctor Druid where the four formed a team known as the Monster Hunters in order to find the source of these monster disturbances. (Marvel Universe v1 #4)
The monster Gorgilla was sent into New York on a rampage by the Deviant Kro. The Monster Hunters followed Gorgilla and encountered him in Yankee's stadium and the Statue of Liberty, where Dr. Druid mentally calmed and managed to control him. The quartet decided to return Gorgilla to the wild. (Marvel Universe v1 #5) Bloodstone and the Monster Hunters took Gorgilla to Midnight Mountain , where they were attacked by the Lizard Men, whom they fought off with Gorgilla's aid. However, in the process, Makkari was captured and Bloodstone revealed his true nature. (Marvel Universe v1 #6) After explaining his origins to Zawadi and Druid, Bloodstone accompanied them in pursuit of Makkari, encountering the immense Gigantus in the process. Bloodstone stunned Gigantus with the rocket thrust from they ship, and he escaped the monster, though it did cause their ship to sink. Descending down a tunnel, they encountered other monstrous creatures, eventually confronting Kro and freeing Makkari. However, Kro unleashed other mutates against them, including Tricephalous, and the Monster Hunters were forced to allow him to escape. (Marvel Universe v1 #7) Later on, the Monster Hunters came to be joined by Namora. Following psychic emanations tracked by Druid in 1958, the Monster Hunters traveled to a Long Island research center, where they encountered the soon to be First Line: Black Fox, agent Scott code name Effigy, Liberty Girl, and Yankee Clipper, who had come at Scott's request to investigate security breaches at that facility. They were attacked by a series of monsters, which proved to be humans mutated by a Skrull device. The Skrull escaped, and Effigy used an alleged transformation by a Skrull energy weapon to pretend to develop new metamorphic powers. (Marvel: The Lost Generation v1 #2)
Overview
Personality and attributes
During the old west period, he came to be known as the Redstone Kid. (Marvel Monsters: From the Files of Ulysses Bloodstone and the Monster Hunters v1 #1)
He had lost track on the lives he had lived over the centuries and they names he had used for himself. In his long life, there were times that he wished to die but the power of the Bloodstone kept him alive. He had, however, never stopped hunting monsters nor his search to find Syn. (Marvel Universe v1 #7)
Originally, he was a mortal from the north who were a tribe of warriors in the world. The primitive warriors worshipped the god Ymir who had decreed that all men would be rewarded at the end of days. Upon becoming immortal, Ulysses had felt that he was robbed this end and made a vow to destroy monsters to bring about their demise. (Bizarre Adventures v2 #1)
In the course of his life, he was noted to have had several children that became part of his family. The eldest child was a daughter he named Lyra Bloodstone who had inherited the Nullgem. (Death of Doctor Strange: Bloodstone v1 #1)
Powers and abilities
The power of the gem had made him stronger, bigger and virtually immortal. Initial exposure to it gave him the strength to wrestle a mammoth to the ground. In the centuries, he had lost limbs only for them to grow back with the power of the Bloodstone. (Marvel Universe v1 #7)
Over the millennia, he had learnt to use a great many types of weapons. (Marvel Universe v1 #7)
Notes
- Ulysses Bloodstone was created by by Len Wein, Marv Wolfman and John Warner where he made his first appearance in Marvel Presents v1 #1 (October, 1975).
- In Marvel Monsters: From the Files of Ulysses Bloodstone and the Monster Hunters v1 #1 (2005), Ulysses Bloodstone's exploits and a character page appeared in the guide book. It listed that in the era of the 'old west' that Bloodstone took on the alias of the Redstone Kid where he unsuccessfully tried to track down the Living Totem. During World War II, Bloodstone was said to had encountered the Blonde Phantom. It said that he encouraged the other Monster Hunters to contribute to his journals regarding their encounters with the various monsters. Sometime after 1960, Bloodstone encountered and defeated Gor-Kill the Living Demon. Bloodstone befriended would-be author Lewis Conrad and the two shared stories of monsters. Conrad revealed his encounter with Taboo to Bloodstone. Bloodstone arrived in Chicago to track down the Brute That Walks, but the creature had already disappeared. He found Howard Avery, the Brute's alter ego, who revealed his secret to Bloodstone over drinks.
Alternate Versions
- In Iron Man: Viva Las Vegas v1 (2008), an alternate version of Ulysses Bloodstone was shown in a universe that was designated as Earth-80734. On this world, he was a famous tomb raider who had a daughter named Elsa Bloodstone and had worked with Howard Stark with the two respecting one another. He died at some point with his daughter Elsa continuing his work as a tomb raider.
In other media
Television
- In Werewolf by Night, Ulysses Bloodstone appeared in the setting of the Disney+ special that was part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe where his actions were portrayed by actor Erik Beck whilst actor Richard Dixon voiced the character. He was one of the most renowned monster hunters of all time and came to marry Elise and they had a child named Elsa Bloodstone. Ulysses trained Elsa to become a monster hunter, however she did not want to follow the family tradition of hunting. Following his death prior to the special, Ulysses' corpse was automated so his wife Verussa Bloodstone could deliver his last will and testament to his fellow hunters as well as choose a successor. It was later destroyed by Man-Thing after he incinerated Verussa and tossed her at it.
Appearances
- Marvel Presents v1: (1975)
- Marvel Universe v1:
- Captain America and Namor v1:
- Punisher v4:
- Bizarre Adventures v2:
- Alpha Flight: True North v1:
- Black Cat v1:
- Death of Doctor Strange: Bloodstone v1:
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