Blue Diamond (comics)

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comic_color=background:#ff8080
character_name=Blue Diamond
real_name=Elton T. Morrow
publisher=Marvel Comics
debut="Daring Mystery Comics" #7 (April 1941)
creators=Ben Thompson
alliance_color=background:#cccccc
alliances= Liberty Legion
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powers=Diamond hard skin
Superhuman strength|

Blue Diamond is a fictional, comic-book superhero in the Marvel Comics universe.

An unrelated supervillain called the Blue Diamond appears as an antagonist in Timely's "The Human Torch" #11 (Spring 1943).

Publication history

Blue Diamond first appeared in "Daring Mystery Comics" #7 (April 1941), published by Marvel's 1940s predecessor, Timely Comics. He only appeared in two issues of "Daring Mystery Comics" before its cancellation with issue #8 (January 1942).

The majority of his World War II adventures appear in a flashback story in "Marvel Premiere" #29-30 (April, June 1976), Marvel's flashback series "The Invaders" (vol. 1), #6 (May 1976), #35-38 (December 1978-March 1979), and #41 (September 1979), and in later series in "New Invaders" #2 (November 2004) #9 (June 2005), and "" #1 (March 2002), along with an appearance with the WWII superhero team the Liberty Legion in "Marvel Two-in-One" #20 (Oct. 1976) and "Marvel Two-In-One Annual" #1 (1976).

The Blue Diamond made an appearance in modern continuity, in "Marvel Two-In-One" #79 (September 1981).

The Blue Diamond received an entry in "The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: Golden Age" (2004), and the "Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z" (2008) HC vol. 02.

Fictional character biography

Elton T. Morrow is an archaeologist who finds a mysterious blue diamond on an expedition to Antarctica. The diamond is a piece of the Lifestone Tree, which powers the alien Chosen Eight of Fate. A German sub attacks Morrow's ship on the way home and Morrow is the only survivor. An explosion shattered the diamond during the battle, forcing innumerable tiny diamond particles into Morrow's body. After he is rescued by a British ship, he finds that the shards of the diamond gifted him with diamond-hard skin, giving him superhuman strength and nigh-invulnerability. Dubbing himself the Blue Diamond, he battles Nazi spies during World War II as part of the Liberty Legion. He retired at the end of the war.

After spending years in retirement, the Blue Diamond returns to assist the Fantastic Four's Thing against Shanga, a crystal based alien. Shanga falls in love with Blue Diamond, and turns him into a living humanoid diamond creature as her consort. ["Marvel Two-In-One" #79] After Shanga is captured by the Stranger, Morrow returns to Earth to join the new Invaders.

Powers and abilities

The strange blue diamond particles embedded in Blue Diamond's body have made his skin as strong as a diamond, as well as giving him superhuman strength. After his body was altered by Shanga, Blue Diamond gains the power of flight and the ability to survive in the vacuum of space. The alterations to his body also reversed the effects of aging.

Footnotes

References

* [http://www.comics.org/search.lasso?query=Blue+Diamond&type=character&sort=chrono&Submit=Search Grand Comics Database: Blue Diamond] search results
* [http://www.geocities.com/jjnevins/diamond.html Jess Nevins' "A Guide To Marvel's Golden Age Characters": Blue Diamond]

External links

* [http://www.marveldatabase.com/Blue_Diamond Marvel Database wiki: Blue Diamond]