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Angelus (comics)
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The Angelus is an American comic book
antagonist
published by Top Cow Productions
which first appeared in The Darkness
comic in 1997
. The Angelus has been featured in comics with her enemies The Darkness
and the Witchblade
.
She plays a prominent role in the First Born limited series
and had a one-shot by Ian Edginton
released in December 2007
as part of the Top Cow Pilot Season event.
) and light (The Angelus). A female entity of light which represents order. She has been in a war with her natural male counterpart, The Darkness. However she and The Darkness created a sexual truce and conceived a child, The Witchblade
.
Like The Darkness, The Angelus replaces the soul of a host (which can only be a female) in order to carry out her life's mission on Earth. Her main goal is to rid the world of evil and darkness regardless of mortal rule or law. This has put her at odds with the current Darkness host, Jackie Estacado. Eventually The Angelus was defeated by Jackie, and was hostless for some time until Sonatine tried to convince the entity to join with Appolonia Franchetti. Because Appolonia desired the entity too much, The Angelus chose her catatonic mother, Lauren Franchetti, instead. Soon after, the newly reborn Angelus was fooled into thinking she had finally killed The Darkness, after Jackie made a copy of himself. She soon fled with Appolonia to an ancient temple in the Amazon rain forest, where Lauren gave herself completely to the Angelus entity. The Angelus came in contact with The Magdalena
, Sister Mariella. Magdalena was seeking to reforge the Spear of Destiny which had been shattered during her first encounter with The Darkness. The fight ended with no clear winner but The Angelus ordered Appolonia to leave because she was touched too deeply by The Darkness and that should they meet again she would kill her.
The Angelus that possessed Lauren would once again attempt to kill The Darkness and would also come into conflict with the new Magdalena (Patience). During the fight Appolonia ran the Angelus through with the Spear of Destiny. The Angelus temporarily takes possession of Patience, but the spirit is forced out of Patience's body.
During the time the Angelus was without a host, her followers sensed that the balance between the Light and Darkness has been tipped in favor of Jackie Estacado, and have begun preparing for war while the Angelus searches for a new host. She first takes possession of Velocity
but is forced out by members of Cyberforce
. She then takes possession of convicted murderer Celestine. Shortly after the birth of Hope Pezzini
(daughter to Sara Pezzini
and Jackie), the Angelus claims her only to have a mystical explosion occur. After the event, only Angelus and her foes remain. Celestine and The Angelus now co-exist as separate entities, with Celestine now able to become The Angelus as needed but retaining her own free will. Celestine, however, knows that The Angelus does have the ability to submerge her will at any point, but The Angelus has chosen not to after her encounter with Sara Pezzini's daughter.
Celestine later returns to fight Jackie Estacado. While caught in the middle of a fight between the hosts of the Glacier Stone and Ember Stone, Celestine is decapitated with the Bloodsword wielded by Jackie Estacado.
The Angelus was once again without a bearer until she came across Finch, friend of Danielle Baptiste, and possesses her. During a fight with Sara Pezzini (currently hosting the Darkness portion of the Witchblade and is corrupted by it), she attempts to kill the bearer of the Angelus portion of the Witchblade, Dani. After emerging victorious (or, so she believed) and absorbed the remaining half of the Witchblade into her being, while still being corrupted. Sara was on the brink of killing Dani when an Angelus-infested Finch swoops in to save Dani from death, and the Angelus transfers hosts from Finch to the old bearer of the Witchblade. Strangely, however, Dani is able to resist the Angelus' possessive personality, and instead of killing Sara, she is able to use the powers of the Angelus to purge Sara of the corruptible forces of The Darkness. The fact that the Angelus would allow Dani to retain her free will caused come unrest among her followers, particularly her lieutenant, Sabine, who desired for the Angelus to choose her as a host.
She has been seen to breath fire, melt magical armor with her touch, channel blasts of light from either her weapons or hands, teleport both herself and others, withstand the full heat of a sun for 13 years without harm or nourishment, and move at speeds "besting the hands of time".
However, The Angelus' powers are limited since functioning in complete darkness quickly drains her of her powers, and anything she creates turns to dust in the dark.
Comic book
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antagonist
Antagonist
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published by Top Cow Productions
Top Cow Productions
Top Cow Productions is an American comics publisher, a partner studio of Image Comics founded by Marc Silvestri in 1992.-History:...
which first appeared in The Darkness
The Darkness (comics)
The Darkness is a series of ongoing American comic books created by Marc Silvestri, Garth Ennis, and David Wohl and produced by Top Cow Productions. The comic first appeared in 1996 and enjoyed an initial period of relative success during the Top Cow/Image Comics boom of the late 1990s. However,...
comic in 1997
1997 in comics
-January:*Avengers #3 - Marvel Comics*Captain America #3 - Marvel Comics*Fantastic Four #3 - Marvel Comics*Iron Man #3 - Marvel Comics-February:...
. The Angelus has been featured in comics with her enemies The Darkness
The Darkness (comics)
The Darkness is a series of ongoing American comic books created by Marc Silvestri, Garth Ennis, and David Wohl and produced by Top Cow Productions. The comic first appeared in 1996 and enjoyed an initial period of relative success during the Top Cow/Image Comics boom of the late 1990s. However,...
and the Witchblade
Witchblade
Witchblade is an American comic book series published by Top Cow Productions, an imprint of Image Comics, from 1995 until present. The series was created by Top Cow editors Marc Silvestri and David Wohl, writers Brian Haberlin and Christina Z, and artist Michael Turner.The series follows Sara...
.
She plays a prominent role in the First Born limited series
Limited series
A limited series is a comic book series with a set number of installments. A limited series differs from an ongoing series in that the number of issues is determined before production and it differs from a one shot in that it is composed of multiple issues....
and had a one-shot by Ian Edginton
Ian Edginton
Ian Edginton is a British comic book writer.He is one of the few British comic talents to follow the reverse trajectory to the one usually taken: becoming successful in American comics before returning to work for 2000 AD.-Biography:...
released in December 2007
2007 in comics
-January:*January 10: Superman & Batman vs. Aliens & Predator released.*January 24: The Boys is canceled with issue #6.-February:*February 2: Newsarama reports that The Boys has been picked up by Dynamite Entertainment....
as part of the Top Cow Pilot Season event.
The Angelus
The Angelus is one of the two constants in the universe, dark (The DarknessThe Darkness (comics)
The Darkness is a series of ongoing American comic books created by Marc Silvestri, Garth Ennis, and David Wohl and produced by Top Cow Productions. The comic first appeared in 1996 and enjoyed an initial period of relative success during the Top Cow/Image Comics boom of the late 1990s. However,...
) and light (The Angelus). A female entity of light which represents order. She has been in a war with her natural male counterpart, The Darkness. However she and The Darkness created a sexual truce and conceived a child, The Witchblade
Witchblade
Witchblade is an American comic book series published by Top Cow Productions, an imprint of Image Comics, from 1995 until present. The series was created by Top Cow editors Marc Silvestri and David Wohl, writers Brian Haberlin and Christina Z, and artist Michael Turner.The series follows Sara...
.
Like The Darkness, The Angelus replaces the soul of a host (which can only be a female) in order to carry out her life's mission on Earth. Her main goal is to rid the world of evil and darkness regardless of mortal rule or law. This has put her at odds with the current Darkness host, Jackie Estacado. Eventually The Angelus was defeated by Jackie, and was hostless for some time until Sonatine tried to convince the entity to join with Appolonia Franchetti. Because Appolonia desired the entity too much, The Angelus chose her catatonic mother, Lauren Franchetti, instead. Soon after, the newly reborn Angelus was fooled into thinking she had finally killed The Darkness, after Jackie made a copy of himself. She soon fled with Appolonia to an ancient temple in the Amazon rain forest, where Lauren gave herself completely to the Angelus entity. The Angelus came in contact with The Magdalena
Magdalena (comics)
The Magdalena is an American comic book heroine created by Top Cow Productions. She did not have her own on-going series for many years, but had two limited series and has been featured in comics with The Darkness, the Witchblade, Tomb Raider, The Angelus and Vampirella. She first appeared in The...
, Sister Mariella. Magdalena was seeking to reforge the Spear of Destiny which had been shattered during her first encounter with The Darkness. The fight ended with no clear winner but The Angelus ordered Appolonia to leave because she was touched too deeply by The Darkness and that should they meet again she would kill her.
The Angelus that possessed Lauren would once again attempt to kill The Darkness and would also come into conflict with the new Magdalena (Patience). During the fight Appolonia ran the Angelus through with the Spear of Destiny. The Angelus temporarily takes possession of Patience, but the spirit is forced out of Patience's body.
During the time the Angelus was without a host, her followers sensed that the balance between the Light and Darkness has been tipped in favor of Jackie Estacado, and have begun preparing for war while the Angelus searches for a new host. She first takes possession of Velocity
Velocity (comics)
Velocity, is an Image Comics/Top Cow Productions character from the comic series Cyberforce, created by Marc Silvestri in 1992. She is one of, if not the main character in the Cyberforce series, and often serves as the reader’s guide or eyes through the story arcs...
but is forced out by members of Cyberforce
Cyberforce
Cyberforce is an Image Comics super-hero team created by artist Marc Silvestri and writer Eric Silvestri in 1992. Silvestri would begin performing both the plotting and pencilling chores, but the series was subsequently drawn by other artists, including David Finch...
. She then takes possession of convicted murderer Celestine. Shortly after the birth of Hope Pezzini
Hope Pezzini
Hope Pezzini is a fictional character who appears in comic books published by Top Cow Productions. Created by Ron Marz, she first appeared in First Born #3 ....
(daughter to Sara Pezzini
Sara Pezzini
Sara Pezzini is a fictional comic book superheroine starring in the series Witchblade. Sara also appeared in a Turner Network Television live-action feature film and TV series of the same name, portrayed by Yancy Butler...
and Jackie), the Angelus claims her only to have a mystical explosion occur. After the event, only Angelus and her foes remain. Celestine and The Angelus now co-exist as separate entities, with Celestine now able to become The Angelus as needed but retaining her own free will. Celestine, however, knows that The Angelus does have the ability to submerge her will at any point, but The Angelus has chosen not to after her encounter with Sara Pezzini's daughter.
Celestine later returns to fight Jackie Estacado. While caught in the middle of a fight between the hosts of the Glacier Stone and Ember Stone, Celestine is decapitated with the Bloodsword wielded by Jackie Estacado.
The Angelus was once again without a bearer until she came across Finch, friend of Danielle Baptiste, and possesses her. During a fight with Sara Pezzini (currently hosting the Darkness portion of the Witchblade and is corrupted by it), she attempts to kill the bearer of the Angelus portion of the Witchblade, Dani. After emerging victorious (or, so she believed) and absorbed the remaining half of the Witchblade into her being, while still being corrupted. Sara was on the brink of killing Dani when an Angelus-infested Finch swoops in to save Dani from death, and the Angelus transfers hosts from Finch to the old bearer of the Witchblade. Strangely, however, Dani is able to resist the Angelus' possessive personality, and instead of killing Sara, she is able to use the powers of the Angelus to purge Sara of the corruptible forces of The Darkness. The fact that the Angelus would allow Dani to retain her free will caused come unrest among her followers, particularly her lieutenant, Sabine, who desired for the Angelus to choose her as a host.
Powers & Abilities
The Angelus grants her host all of her powers and abilities, including the ability to create objects and sentient beings of pure light. The host is also granted enhanced strength, longevity, self-propelled flight, and most importantly, the memories of all the previous Angelus hosts.She has been seen to breath fire, melt magical armor with her touch, channel blasts of light from either her weapons or hands, teleport both herself and others, withstand the full heat of a sun for 13 years without harm or nourishment, and move at speeds "besting the hands of time".
However, The Angelus' powers are limited since functioning in complete darkness quickly drains her of her powers, and anything she creates turns to dust in the dark.