Misplaced Pages

Viking Prince: Difference between revisions

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
Browse history interactively← Previous editContent deleted Content addedVisualWikitext
Revision as of 05:00, 24 July 2018 editInternetArchiveBot (talk | contribs)Bots, Pending changes reviewers5,387,727 edits Rescuing 1 sources and tagging 0 as dead. #IABot (v2.0beta2)← Previous edit Latest revision as of 02:16, 1 December 2024 edit undoGrayEquinox951 (talk | contribs)Extended confirmed users4,080 editsNo edit summary 
(50 intermediate revisions by 31 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
⚫ {{Infobox comics character<!--Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Comics-->
{{unreferenced|date=May 2008}}
⚫ {{Superherobox <!--Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Comics-->
| image = | image =
| caption = | caption =
Line 9: Line 8:
| alter_ego = Jon Haraldson | alter_ego = Jon Haraldson
| full_name = | full_name =
| alliances = | alliances =
| aliases = <!-- optional: actual identities the character uses, not nicknames --> | aliases = <!-- optional: actual identities the character uses, not nicknames -->
| supports=<!--optional--> | supports=<!--optional-->
| powers = Impervious to ancient weapons, has all the skills and abilities of a fully trained knight. | powers = Impervious to ancient weapons<br>Has all the skills and abilities of a fully-trained Viking
}} }}
⚫ The '''Viking Prince''' is a fictional ] hero appearing in ]s published by ]. The character first appeared in '']'' #1 (August 1955), and was created by writer ] and artist ].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Cowsill |first1=Alan |last2=Irvine |first2=Alex |last3=Korte |first3=Steve |last4=Manning |first4=Matt |last5=Wiacek |first5=Win |last6=Wilson |first6=Sven |title=The DC Comics Encyclopedia: The Definitive Guide to the Characters of the DC Universe |date=2016 |publisher=DK Publishing |isbn=978-1-4654-5357-0 |page=321}}</ref> He is one of three ] characters to premiere in the issue, alongside the ] and Golden Gladiator.

⚫ The '''Viking Prince''' is a fictional ] hero appearing in ]s published by ]. The character first appeared in '']'' #1 (August 1955), and was created by ] and drawn by ]. He was one of three ] characters to premiere in the first issue (the other two being the ] and the ]).


==Fictional character biography== ==Fictional character biography==
In ''The Brave and the Bold'' #1, the main character is found amnesiac, on a beach by 10th century ]n fishermen, who named him "Jon" after a legendary prince. His enemy Thorvald knew his true identity, and wanted to kill him before he regained his memory, or met someone else who recognized him. This set-up was ignored by later writers, some of whom made no mention of his background, while others portrayed him as an actual prince, the son of King Rikk. In ''The Brave and the Bold'' #1, the main character is found amnesiac, on a beach by 10th century ]n fishermen, who name him "Jon" after a legendary prince. His enemy Thorvald knows his true identity and wants to kill him before he regains his memory or meets someone else who recognizes him.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Markstein |first1=Don |title=The Viking Prince |url=http://www.toonopedia.com/vikingpr.htm |website=Don Markstein's Toonopedia |access-date=23 April 2020}}</ref> This set-up is ignored by later writers, some of whom make no mention of his background, while others portray him as an actual prince, the son of King Rikk.


⚫ In '']'' #162-163 (January - February 1966), ] finds the Viking Prince in a glacier and frees him. Jon reveals that he previously fell in love with a ], resulting in ] banishing him from ] and telling him that he could only return if he died a heroic death. However, Odin was crafty and cursed Jon with invulnerability to all known weapons. He is killed by a ] explosive, an unknown weapon at the time the curse was made.
The Viking Prince continued to appear in ''The Brave and the Bold'' until #24 (Jun/Jul 1959).


Subsequently, the Viking Prince appears in '']'' #159-160, a backup comic in "], Son of Thunder", '']'' #29, '']'' (2008), ''The Judas Coin'' (2012), and ''The Odyssey of the Amazons''. In the '']'' event, ] summons his spirit to help battle the Frost King. She offers to resurrect him, but he refuses.<ref>''Endless Winter'' #1. DC Comics.</ref><ref>''Justice League: Endless Winter'' #2. DC Comics.</ref><ref>''Justice League Dark'' Vol. 2 #29. DC Comics.</ref>
⚫ In '']'' #162-163 (Jan 1966 & Feb 1966) ] found the Viking Prince in a glacier. He was defrosted, and fought alongside Rock in ]. Jon had a ], because he had fallen in love with a ], and was banished from ] by ], who said he could only return to his love if he died a heroic death. However, Odin also made the Viking Prince invulnerable to all known weapons. He is killed by ], an unknown weapon at the time the curse was made. (In current continuity, Jon was still killed in World War II, but made his way to this period through a time warp, rather than being frozen.)


⚫ In '']'' #35 (August 1992), ] encounters '''Jon Rikkson''', an environmental activist and descendant of the Prince.
The Viking Prince was part of the ]'s Five Warriors from Forever in '']'' #159-160.


The Viking Prince appeared in the 2020 crossover event "]" as one of the heroes from the 10th century who fought against the Frost King, alongside ], ] and a 10th Century version of ]. In the flashbacks of this story it is revealed that he finally found his heroic death while fighting the Frost King and was welcomed into ].<ref>''Endless Winter'' #1. DC Comics.</ref> His spirit was later summoned to the present day by Hippolyta, where he was temporarily made an avatar of the Green (the force that connects all plant life on Earth and which gives Swamp Thing his powers).<ref>''Justice League Dark'' Vol. 2 #29. DC Comics.</ref> After fighting in the climactic battle of the story, in which he inhabited a gigantic version of Swamp Thing to fight an equally gigantic avatar of the Frost King, Hippolyta offered to find him another vessel so that his spirit could remain in the world of the living. The Prince declined, returning to Valhalla to continue enjoying his long-awaited reward.<ref>''Justice League: Endless Winter'' #2. DC Comics.</ref>
The Viking Prince appeared in a backup strip in "], Son of Thunder", issues 8 - 11 (April - July, 1982). The four part story, "Frozen Hell for a Viking" was written by Kanigher and drawn by ], a graduate of Kubert's art school.


==Powers and abilities==
⚫ In '']'' #35 (early Aug 1992) ] encounters '''Jon Rikkson''', a modern-day descendant of the Prince who has become an environmental crusader. The story also features a legend describing Prince Jon's encounter with a Viking Batman.
The Viking Prince was an expert at hand-to-hand combat. Due to Odin's curse, he is invulnerable to all weapons.

In '']'' #29 (Jul 2001) ], having been sent back in time to 12th century America, meets '''Jon Haraldson''', the Viking Prince, who is one of the Viking explorers who have discovered ], and they have a brief relationship before she returns to the 21st century. Jon takes a bullet intended for Dinah, but apparently survives, later being described as mourning "a love lost to time".

The Viking Prince appears in '']'' (2008 miniseries), in which warriors from throughout history find themselves on a mysterious island.

The Viking Prince is one of six DC heroes featured in Walter Simonson's 2012 graphic novel "The Judas Coin".


==Other versions== ==Other versions==
The Viking Prince makes a cameo appearance in '']''.


⚫ ==Collected editions==
===Justice League Unlimited===
The Viking Prince is the focus of one of the episodes of Justice League Unlimited titled "To Another Shore." * ''The Viking Prince'' (collects '']'' #1-5, 7-24 & '']'' #162-163); {{ISBN|978-1-4012-2777-7}}

According to Gorilla Grodd, Prince Jon was a legendary Scandinavian warrior. He gained such fame that even the Amazons of Themyscira knew his legend. Later, a Valkyrie from Asgard came to take Jon to Valhalla for his valour. The two soon proclaimed their love for each other, swearing to spend the rest of eternity together.

However, Odin disapproved of the relationship and prevented the Valkyrie from leaving Asgard to meet Jon. Odin promised that the two will be reunited in death, but only if Jon dies honourably in combat. Jon traveled the known world in search of an opponent powerful enough to slay him, only to find that Odin had granted him invulnerability to all sorts of conventional weaponry. Desperate that he will never meet his lover again, Jon sailed away alone on his ship and was lost to the world forever.

In the 20th Century, Grodd and his Legion of Doom discovered that Jon's ship still houses his corpse and is frozen within an iceberg in the Antarctic. Grodd told his fellow supervillains that he plans to reverse-engineer the Viking Prince's immortality and augment all of the Legion's villains with it. Devil Ray, Giganta, and Killer Frost drilled into the ice to retrieve the ship, but their attempt was foiled by the Justice League.

At Wonder Woman's suggestion, the League gave the Viking Prince a proper Viking burial by sending the ship into the Sun with Jon's corpse still inside.

===DC: The New Frontier===
The Viking Prince appears briefly in ]'s '']'', a story of his being cast away and washing up on ] is told in a book discovered by the ] in his guise of John Jones.

⚫ ==Collected Editions==
*''The Viking Prince'' (Collects '']'' #1-5, 7-24 & '']'' #162-163); {{ISBN|978-1-4012-2777-7}}


==In other media== ==In other media==
* Jon Haraldson appears in the '']'' episode "To Another Shore". This version disappeared after traveling the world in a failed attempt to seek death, with his body ending up in an iceberg in the present day. The ] attempt to retrieve Jon and reverse-engineer his invulnerability, but ] members ], ], and ] defeat them and give Jon a ] by sending him and his ship into the sun.
* The Viking Prince appears as a character summon in '']''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Eisen |first=Andrew |date=October 2, 2013 |title=DC Characters and Objects - ''Scribblenauts Unmasked'' Guide |url=https://www.ign.com/wikis/scribblenauts-unmasked/DC_Characters_and_Objects |access-date=July 25, 2024 |website=IGN |language=en}}</ref>
* The Viking Prince appears in '']'' #6.<ref>{{Cite web |title=''Batman: The Brave and the Bold'' #6 - Charge of the Army Eternal (Issue) |url=https://comicvine.gamespot.com/batman-the-brave-and-the-bold-6-charge-of-the-army/4000-161936/ |access-date=July 25, 2024 |website=Comic Vine |language=en}}</ref>


===Television=== ==References==
{{Reflist}}
* Jon appears, as a corpse,<!--corpse is correct--]--> in the '']'' episode "To Another Shore".


==External links== ==External links==
⚫ * at ]. from the original on July 19, 2015.
* at the Unofficial Guide to the DC Universe
* at the Unofficial Guide to the DC Universe
⚫ * at ]. at ]. from the original on July 19, 2015.


{{Authority control}}
⚫ ]
⚫ ]
⚫ ]
⚫ ]
]
]
]
⚫ ]
⚫ ]
] ]
] ]
⚫ ]
⚫ ]
⚫ ]
⚫ ]

Latest revision as of 02:16, 1 December 2024

Comics character
Viking Prince
Publication information
PublisherDC Comics
First appearanceThe Brave and the Bold #1 (August/September 1955)
Created byRobert Kanigher (writer)
Joe Kubert (artist)
In-story information
Alter egoJon Haraldson
AbilitiesImpervious to ancient weapons
Has all the skills and abilities of a fully-trained Viking

The Viking Prince is a fictional Viking hero appearing in comic books published by DC Comics. The character first appeared in The Brave and the Bold #1 (August 1955), and was created by writer Robert Kanigher and artist Joe Kubert. He is one of three historical fiction characters to premiere in the issue, alongside the Silent Knight and Golden Gladiator.

Fictional character biography

In The Brave and the Bold #1, the main character is found amnesiac, on a beach by 10th century Scandinavian fishermen, who name him "Jon" after a legendary prince. His enemy Thorvald knows his true identity and wants to kill him before he regains his memory or meets someone else who recognizes him. This set-up is ignored by later writers, some of whom make no mention of his background, while others portray him as an actual prince, the son of King Rikk.

In Our Army at War #162-163 (January - February 1966), Sergeant Rock finds the Viking Prince in a glacier and frees him. Jon reveals that he previously fell in love with a valkyrie, resulting in Odin banishing him from Valhalla and telling him that he could only return if he died a heroic death. However, Odin was crafty and cursed Jon with invulnerability to all known weapons. He is killed by a plastique explosive, an unknown weapon at the time the curse was made.

Subsequently, the Viking Prince appears in Justice League of America #159-160, a backup comic in "Arak, Son of Thunder", Birds of Prey #29, The War that Time Forgot (2008), The Judas Coin (2012), and The Odyssey of the Amazons. In the Endless Winter event, Hippolyta summons his spirit to help battle the Frost King. She offers to resurrect him, but he refuses.

In Legends of the Dark Knight #35 (August 1992), Batman encounters Jon Rikkson, an environmental activist and descendant of the Prince.

The Viking Prince appeared in the 2020 crossover event "Endless Winter" as one of the heroes from the 10th century who fought against the Frost King, alongside Hippolyta, Black Adam and a 10th Century version of Swamp Thing. In the flashbacks of this story it is revealed that he finally found his heroic death while fighting the Frost King and was welcomed into Valhalla. His spirit was later summoned to the present day by Hippolyta, where he was temporarily made an avatar of the Green (the force that connects all plant life on Earth and which gives Swamp Thing his powers). After fighting in the climactic battle of the story, in which he inhabited a gigantic version of Swamp Thing to fight an equally gigantic avatar of the Frost King, Hippolyta offered to find him another vessel so that his spirit could remain in the world of the living. The Prince declined, returning to Valhalla to continue enjoying his long-awaited reward.

Powers and abilities

The Viking Prince was an expert at hand-to-hand combat. Due to Odin's curse, he is invulnerable to all weapons.

Other versions

The Viking Prince makes a cameo appearance in DC: The New Frontier.

Collected editions

In other media

References

  1. Cowsill, Alan; Irvine, Alex; Korte, Steve; Manning, Matt; Wiacek, Win; Wilson, Sven (2016). The DC Comics Encyclopedia: The Definitive Guide to the Characters of the DC Universe. DK Publishing. p. 321. ISBN 978-1-4654-5357-0.
  2. Markstein, Don. "The Viking Prince". Don Markstein's Toonopedia. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
  3. Endless Winter #1. DC Comics.
  4. Justice League: Endless Winter #2. DC Comics.
  5. Justice League Dark Vol. 2 #29. DC Comics.
  6. Endless Winter #1. DC Comics.
  7. Justice League Dark Vol. 2 #29. DC Comics.
  8. Justice League: Endless Winter #2. DC Comics.
  9. Eisen, Andrew (October 2, 2013). "DC Characters and Objects - Scribblenauts Unmasked Guide". IGN. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
  10. "Batman: The Brave and the Bold #6 - Charge of the Army Eternal (Issue)". Comic Vine. Retrieved July 25, 2024.

External links

Categories: