God Guise: He pretended to be Lucifer when he appeared in The Punisher as Rev's benefactor.For the Evulz: He has a really flimsy Freudian Excuse in that he was accused of heresy by the Catholic Church of his day, but seeing as how he was actually engaging in heresy, well.Evil Sorcerer: He was one of these even before his Deal with the Devil, and afterwards was powerful enough to successfully impersonate Satan himself.Evil Redhead: As his profile image shows, he was one of these even before his demonic makeover.Eviler than Thou: After being cast into the lowest depths of hell by his masters, Belasco literally proved himself as this to a native-born demon by tricking it into getting close and then stealing its lifeforce to open a portal back to Limbo.Evil Makes You Ugly: As part of his deal with the elder demons his physical body was distorted into a demonic form ◊ through which he would sire a new race of Earth-dwelling demons for his masters.Dimension Lord: Rules over the Otherplace, later identified as Limbo.Interestingly, this deal did not require him to give up his soul, but rather to provide the elder demons with a way to cross over from their dimension to the normal one. Deal with the Devil: He made a pact with the elder demons of Limbo in exchange for Immortality and increased magical power.Unfortunately for him he ended up doing too good a job with Illyana, and she overthrew him to become Limbo's new ruler. The Corrupter: He draws the young Magik to him, corrupting her into his disciple the " Darkchylde".Ten years later this plot would be recycled almost wholesale with the introduction of the very Belasco-like villain Azazel and his very Belasco-like plan to open a portal betwen Earth and another dimension to facilitate another demonic invasion. Chekhov's Gunman: Despite appearing to be little more than a convenient Arch-Enemy for Magik, Belasco's goal to open a portal between Earth and Limbo actually became something of a long-running plot point, as it was pursued by his underlings S'ym and N'astirh after his fall before ultimately being fully realized by Madelyne Pryor as the Goblyn Queen during Inferno (1988).Arch-Enemy: To Dante Aligheri in the 13th century and Illyana Rasputin in the modern age.He was also given a demonic appearance, as he was intended to form a new race of Earth-dwelling demons. In return, Belasco was granted immortality and immense mystical power. He forged a pact with them enabling them to cross the barrier to our dimension using a pentagonal arrangement of five Bloodstones. Nationality: Florentine Republic Species: Demon (formerly Human) First Appearance: Ka-Zar the Savage #11 (1982)īelasco was a sorcerer in 13th Century Italy who used his knowledge of alchemy and the black arts to contact the Elder Gods (actually extradimensional demonic entities).
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