Black Abbott is a fictional character in the Marvel Universe

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Fictional character biography

The Black Abbott was once a monk of Dakoth-Kuru, a sect that had managed to use their teachings to unlock the full potential of their minds, giving them incredible mental powers. The Black Abbot had more powers, the ability to control the twelve others and took control of the entire brotherhood. Spider-Man

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 and the Human Torch

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 defeated one of his apostles pretending to be the Black Abbott, and then Spider-Man and Thor

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 defeated the true Black Abbott.

A Scourge of the Underworld

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 working for the Red Skull

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 later reported to his leader that the Black Abbott was among his successful kills.

The Black Abbott was later among the eighteen criminals, all murdered by the Scourge, to be resurrected by Hood

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 using the power of Dormammu

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 as part of a squad assembled to eliminate the Punisher

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. He battles the Punisher while posing as a member of the Avengers. He is badly injured when a bomb meant to kill the villains explodes; Letha

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 orders Bird-Man

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to take him to safety.

Powers and abilities

The Black Abbott possesses many mental abilities, including telepathy, low-range mental control, psychic blasts and telekinesis. He can control many subjects at once, and in the process, they act as near-duplicates of him, in speech and thinking. The Black Abbott can project a sort of energy from his hands that can reduce a living human into nothing but ash.