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The latter tried to rape Apollo before the real Midnighter returned to kill Apollo's assailant. Apollo himself then burned the head off Midnighter's replacement, later doing the same to the Machine, who had taken the powers of the Engineer. Apollo and Midnighter were married and adopted Jenny Quantum at the end of Millar's run.
The Elements are youngsters with special powers are gathered from around the world and trained by DEAVA, in order to pilot the Vector Machines. Apollo (アポロ, Aporo) Voiced by: Takuma Terashima (Japanese); Christopher Bevins (English) The main protagonist, Apollo is an orphan who grows up amongst a group of homeless children.
Midnighter and Apollo's relationship, though hinted in previous issues, was revealed in The Authority #8. Midnighter was the architect of the team's first significant victory, the defeat of autocratic dictator Kaizen Gamorra, which he achieved by dropping the 50-mile-long Carrier onto Gamorra's island base.
[234] [235] Apollo's harmonious music delivered people from their pain, and hence, like Dionysus, he is also called the liberator. [159] The swans, which were considered to be the most musical among the birds, were believed to be the "singers of Apollo". They are Apollo's sacred birds and acted as his vehicle during his travel to Hyperborea. [159]
In the Homeric Hymn to Apollo, now thought to have been composed in 522 BCE when the archaic period in Greek history was giving way to the Classical period, [5] a small detail is provided regarding Apollo's combat with the serpent, in some sections identified as the deadly drakaina, or her parent. The god searching for a place to establish his ...
Poseidon's history in Greek mythology is the same in the DC Comics universe, including the fact that he's the brother of Zeus and Hades.. When the Amazons freed themselves from enslavement arranged in part by Ares, the founding Goddesses of that people received the help of Poseidon, who had a deep grievance against the war god, to get the Amazons to safety by parting the sea waters to create a ...
Her father Chryses, a priest of Apollo, begs Agamemnon to return her to him. Agamemnon refuses, and Apollo sends a plague amongst the Greeks. The prophet Calchas correctly determines the source of the troubles but will not speak unless Achilles vows to protect him. Achilles does so, and Calchas declares that Chryseis must be returned to her father.
Comic book superhero Shazam has superhuman abilities derived from magic A superpower is a special or extraordinary superhuman ability far greater than what is considered normal. Superpowers are typically displayed in science fiction and fantasy media such as comic books , TV shows , video games , and film as the key attribute of a superhero .