MORDED THE EVIL
(of Earth-8107)

Real Name: Mordred

Identity/Class: Extradimensional/alternate reality (Earth-8107) human magic user (Age of Camelot to modern era)

Occupation: Wizard

Group Membership: None

Affiliations: Darkon, assorted demons (loosely)

Enemies: Black Knight, "Flash" Thompson, Spider-Friends (Firestar/Angelica Jones, Iceman/Bobby Drake, Spider-Man/Peter Parker)

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: Land of Shade dimension;
    formerly Earth

First Appearance: Spider-Man & His Amazing Friends cartoon episode, "Knights & Demons" (November 21, 1981)

Powers/Abilities: Mordred is a magic user and thus has a full range of occult abilities, including splitting himself into multiple images, casting illusions, summoning various creatures (and altering their shape), creating scrying pools within his cauldron, swapping the superhuman powers of opponents and bringing shadows to life. He mainly relies on spells and the use of demons as his agents.

Height: 5'10" (by approximation)
Weight: 185 lbs. (by approximation)
Eyes: Black irises with yellow sclera
Hair: Gray

History: (Spider-Man & His Amazing Friends cartoon episode - "Knights and Demons" (fb) -BTS) - Mordred often battled the Black Knight. At one point, the Black Knight used his Ebony Blade to banish Mordred and his demon followers to the Land of Shade.

(Spider-Man & His Amazing Friends cartoon episode - "Knights and Demons") - Mordred sat in his castle in the Land of Shade and mused on his banishment and the Black Knight's role in it. He spoke to a group of demons sitting at his feet and told them of his demon servant Darkon's impending return to life from a curse that had transformed him into a stone statue. He mentioned that as soon as Darkon returned to life, he would steal the Black Knight's Ebony Blade and with it, return to Earth to wreak havoc. Mordred then peered into his cauldron and watched the Earth, marveling that things seemingly hadn't changed that much since he last walked there, unaware that what he was watching was a renaissance fair. When he saw the heroic Spider-Friends save the statue Darkon from crashing to the ground, unaware of its true nature, Mordred marveled at the seemingly magical beings that walked the Earth.

After Darkon was freed from his curse by the light of a full moon, Mordred spoke through the demon and commanded him, using him as a vessel for his own will. Seeing "Flash" Thompson, Mordred mistook him for a knight and asked about the Ebony Blade. When the unknowing "Flash" couldn't answer, Mordred commanded Darkon to smack him aside.

When the Spider-Friends intervened to rescue "Flash," Mordred countered with magic, bringing Spider-Man's shadow to life and having it attack Spider-Man. When the time-traveling Black Knight appeared on the scene looking for his apparently vanished Ebony Blade, Mordred stole the present day Ebony Blade from the museum while the Black Knight was distracted by the Spider-Friends, whom he thought were demons. He then had his demon use the Blade to slice a hole in the sky and escape to the Land of Shade.




Mordred waited at the top his castle for Darkon to return. The demon arrived and dropped the Blade in his hand. Returning inside, Mordred found his demons watching the Spider-Friends and the Black Knight via a magic mirror as they approached the castle, having presumably traveled to the Land of Shade to retrieve the Ebony Blade.D eciding to rid himself of the heroes before he conquered the Earth, Mordred appeared before them as a giant head. He started to issue a challenge but Firestar's fire disrupted his illusion. He then zapped the heroes and teleported them away. Mordred teleported the Black Knight into his throne room, where Mordred proceeded to taunt his foe about how he was going to make sure the hero would trapped in the Land of Shade like he had been. His demons then attacked but the Black Knight was able to fight them off. Mordred then summoned a giant two headed snake. When the snake entwined itself around the Black Knight, Mordred changed the snake into a massive chain, causing the hero to sink to the floor as the wizard gloated. Firestar had been teleported into a cell in one of the castle's towers and Mordred spoke to her from the cell door moments after she arrived. He suggested making her his bride when he ruled the Earth but when she fired a blast of fire at him, Firestar was puzzled to see the door frozen. When she turned her blasts against the cell walls and turned them to ice too, Mordred remarked that Firestar's power switch was his doing and suggested she rethink her position, as she would surely freeze to death before too long. Iceman and Spider-Man were teleported to the outer reaches of his land to let his demons handle.

Returning to his throne room, Mordred spoke to his demons, ordering them to gather their clans and meet him back at the castle, as he was about to open a pathway to Earth. When the demons assembled, Mordred spoke to them from a parapet. With Darkon landing next to him, Mordred mounted the demon and waved the Ebony Blade overhead.




With the freed Spider-Friends and the Black Knight attacking, Mordred sliced open a hole in the sky and flew to Earth. While still flying, he battled with the Spider-Friends and the Black Knight but the heroes ended up magically banishing him back to the Land of Shade before his arrival on Earth, causing Mordred to drop the Ebony Blade. He then arrived back in the Land of Shade, unarmed and staring down the assembled demon clans. The demons marched menacingly towards Mordred, all of them screaming about his promises and failures. Mordred screamed in terror as they bore down on him.

Comments: Created by Donald F. Glut and Marvel Productions, Ltd. (see Appearances list for list of artists involved).

John Stephenson was the credited voice actor for Mordred. Stats are from his 616 counterpart.

Profile by David Lawrence.

CLARIFICATIONS:
Earth-8107's Mordred has no known connections to:

Darkon

Darkon was one of Mordred's demon servants. He had been changed into stone via unrevealed means and by the present day, he was being sent to the ESU Museum as a statue. When the pulley carrying him broke, the heroic Spider-Friends stepped in and saved what they thought was a statue.

His curse was lifted when the light of a full moon hit him, at which point Mordred then acted through him. He managed to steal the Ebony Blade on Mordred's orders and return to the Land of Shade, where he gave the sword to Mordred directly. He later acted as a steed for Mordred during Mordred's attempted invasion of Earth. When Mordred was banished back to the Land of Shade, Darkon turned back into stone and fell to the Earth, shattering on impact.



As a demon, Darkon could fly and breathe fire. Other powers were borrowed from Mordred.

--Spider-Man & His Amazing Friends cartoon episode, "Knight & Demons"

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Spider-Man & His Amazing Friends cartoon episode, "Knights & Demons" (all images in this profile)

Appearances:
Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends cartoon episode, "Knights & Demons" (November 21, 1981) - Donald F. Glut (writer), Jan Green, Rick Hoberg, Cullen Houghtaling, Larry Houston, Sherman Labby, Will Meugniot, Dick Sebast, Bob Schaffer, Don Shepard, Hank Tucker, Warren Tufts (storyboards), Bruce Bennett, Norm Cabral, Dan Faucett, Neil Galloway, Greg Garcia, Gary Graham, Rick Graham, Karl Hepworth, Stuart Heimdall, Elian Hultgren, Boyd Kirkland, Debra Pugh, Dave Sharp, Roy Smith, Tom Tholen, Grant Wilson, Roy Wilson, Bob Foster (layouts), Gerry Chiniquy, Steve Clark, John Gribbs, Donald L. Jurwich, Sid Marcus, Bob Richardson, Nelson Shin, Arthur Vitello (animation directors)

First Posted: 04/23/2021
Last updated: 04/23/2021

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