TABLET OF DEATH AND ENTROPY
Classification: Mystic tablet
Creator: Unidentified Lemurians during the Hyborian era
User/Possessors: Mr. Negative, presumably many others over the ages;
First Appearance: Amazing Spider-Man I#547 (March, 2008)
Powers/Abilities/Functions: On the tablet was a biochemical formula for the blood-based poison Devil's Breath. It is unknown if anything else of importance was written on the tablet.
History:
(Amazing Spider-Man I#547 (fb) - BTS) - The Tablet of Death and Entropy was written in Lemuria during the Hyborian era (see comments).
(Spider-Man: Swing Shift#1 - BTS) - Overdrive stole the tablet from the museum, but before he could bring it to Mr. Negative, he was stopped by Spider-Man.
(Amazing Spider-Man I#546 (fb) - BTS) - The tablet was stashed in an evidence vault.
(Amazing Spider-Man I#546/1) - Crooked Detective Willowby stole the tablet and sold it to Mr. Negative in Chinatown.
(Amazing Spider-Man I#547 (fb) - BTS) - Mr. Negative had it translated.
(Amazing Spider-Man I#547) - Mr. Negative used a formula on the tablet to create the poison called the Devil's Breath with the blood of Bruno Karnelli. Negative planned to use it to kill the Maggia's whole Karnelli family, but Spider-Man had followed Bruno since he had been kidnapped and once interfered with Negative's plans. Mr. Negative's henchmen the "Inner Demons" fought Spider-Man, who destroyed the tablet during the battle. Mr. Negative didn't care as he had already made a copy of the inscriptions and left with the finished Devil's Breath poison to kill the Karnelli family.
Comments: Created by Dan Slott, Steve McNiven & Dexter Vines.
The Tablet of Death and Entropy is the evil twin of the Tablet of Life and Time.
Though it wasn't stated I assume the Tablet of Death and Entropy was created around the same time as the Tablet of Life and Time, which according to Spider-Man: Lifeline#1 was during the Hyborian age. Maybe this tablet was created to counter the Tablet of Life and Time, which would mean it was created after the latter one, but still during the same era.
Profile by Markus Raymond.
CLARIFICATIONS:
The Tablet of Death and Entropy has no known connections to
The Devil's Breath has no known connections to:
The Devil's Breath was a deadly poison created from blood. It was only deadly for blood-related relatives of the blood source used for the poison.
(Amazing Spider-Man I#547) - Mr. Negative created the Devil's Breath from Bruno Karnelli's blood and later used some of it to kill several members of the Karnelli crime family at a meeting by pumping it into the ventilation system of the building. Spider-Man couldn't save them.
(Amazing Spider-Man I#548) - All Karnelli's died except for Carmine Karnelli, who had been adopted. Mr. Negative later used more of Devil's Breath to kill the rest of the family -- their children and women. He set up a bomb at the circus the children and women visited and Spider-Man saved them. Angered by Spider-Man's interference, Mr. Negative demanded Spider-Man's blood in exchange for one of the children. Spider-Man gave Mr. Negative a blood sample (obviously to create a poison to kill Spider-Man's family) and Mr. Negative spared the child's life and escaped.
--Amazing Spider-Man I#547 (Amazing Spider-Man I#547-548
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Amazing Spider-Man I#547, p14, pan3 (main)
Amazing Spider-Man I#548, p2, pan2 (Devil's Breath)
Appearances:
Spider-Man: Swing Shift#1 (June, 2007) - Dan Slott (writer), Phil Jimenez (pencils), Andy Lanning & John Dell (inks), Stephen Wacker (editor)
Amazing Spider-Man I#546 (February, 2008) - Dan Slott (writer), Steve McNiven (pencils), Dexter Vines (inks), Stephen Wacker (editor)
Amazing Spider-Man I#547-548 (March, 2008) - Dan Slott (writer), Steve McNiven (pencils), Dexter Vines (inks), Stephen Wacker (editor)
Any Additions/Corrections? please let me know.
Last Updated: 06/07/04
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