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Comics character
Chondu the Mystic
Publication information
PublisherMarvel Comics
First appearanceTales of Suspense #9 (May 1960)
Created byDoug Wildey
George Evans
Monstrous form:
Steve Gerber
Sal Buscema
In-story information
Full nameHarvey Schlemerman
Team affiliationsHeadmen
A.I.M.
Circus of Crime
Notable aliasesNighthawk
Bambi
Chondu the Magician
Abilities

In monstrous form:

Chondu the Mystic, sometimes known as Chondu the Magician, is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

Publication history

Chondu the Mystic first appeared in Tales of Suspense #9 and was created by Doug Wildey and George Evans while his monstrous form was created by Steve Gerber and Sal Buscema. His name likely derives from Chandu the Magician, a radio drama character who also served as an inspiration for Marvel's Dr. Strange.

Fictional character biography

Chondu had previously worked in a sideshow as a magician before beginning a career as a criminal. In his first appearance, he lectured on yoga and sent an escaped convict to Limbo.

Chondu later joins the Headmen. Arthur Nagan transplants Chondu's brain into Nighthawk's body as part of an attempt to use the Defenders. Doctor Strange defeats him in a fight and mystically traps Chondu's consciousness in a fawn's body. Meanwhile, Nagan and Ruby Thursday transform Chondu into a chimeric monster with an artificial brain. Chondu attempts to kidnap a construction worker to use in a brain transplant, but encounters Valkyrie and is arrested.

The Headmen later hire Mysterio to capture the She-Hulk, and place Chondu's head on a clone of her body, which he does not appreciate. She-Hulk and Spider-Man battle the Headmen and decapitate Chondu, but he survives due to life-support equipment attached to his head.

In All-New, All-Different Marvel, Chondu appears as a bartender at the Bar with no Doors, a tavern frequented by various mystics.

Powers and abilities

Chondu can perform intermediate magic as he is skilled in the mystic arts. In his monster form, he has immense physical attributes, winged flight, the ability to constrict people or objects with his tentacle-like arms, and razor-sharp weapons.

References

  1. Daniels, Les (1991). Marvel: Five Fabulous Decades of the World's Greatest Comics. New York: Harry N. Abrams. p. 114. ISBN 978-0810938212. Inspired by the Mutual Network radio show Chandu the Magician, which Lee had enjoyed during his childhood, Dr. Strange was in fact a more impressive character than Chandu.
  2. Tales of Suspense #9
  3. The Defenders #21
  4. Trinos, Angelo Delos (September 29, 2022). "10 Marvel Teams Readers Have Forgotten About". CBR. Retrieved October 8, 2024.
  5. The Defenders #31-33, 35
  6. Gaudreau, Jared (February 23, 2022). "The Top 15 She-Hulk Villains, Ranked". CBR. Retrieved October 8, 2024.
  7. The Sensational She-Hulk #1-3
  8. Doctor Strange vol. 4 #1
  9. Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z Vol 1 #2 (May 2008)

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