| Rune | |
 cover to Rune #1, Art by Barry Windsor-Smith |
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| Publication information | |
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| Publisher | Malibu Comics/Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | Sludge #1 (flip-book backup) |
| Created by | Chris Ulm Barry Windsor-Smith |
| In story information | |
| Alter ego | Rune |
| Notable aliases | Prince of the Void |
| Abilities | Superhuman strength, healing factor, durability, life force absobtion, precognition (through Star Stones) |
Rune is a fictional vampire-like being from Malibu Comics' Ultraverse imprint. Barry Windsor-Smith, also known as Barry Smith (born May 25, 1949) is a British Comic book illustrator and painter whose best known work has Malibu Comics was an American Comic book publisher active in the late 1980s and early 1990s best known for its Ultraverse line of Superhero Marvel Comics is an American comic book company owned by Marvel Publishing Inc In Comic books and other stories with a long history first appearance refers to the first occurrence to feature a Fictional character. Sludge was a comic book series from Malibu Comics, set in the Ultraverse. Barry Windsor-Smith, also known as Barry Smith (born May 25, 1949) is a British Comic book illustrator and painter whose best known work has A healing factor is a term used to describe the ability of some characters in Fiction to recover from bodily injuries or disease at a superhuman rate Vampires are mythological or folkloric revenants who subsist by feeding on the blood of the living Malibu Comics was an American Comic book publisher active in the late 1980s and early 1990s best known for its Ultraverse line of Superhero The Ultraverse was the name given to a Comic book Imprint published by Malibu Comics. He was created by Barry Windsor-Smith and Chris Ulm, and first appeared as a back-up story in Sludge #1 (another Malibu comic). Barry Windsor-Smith, also known as Barry Smith (born May 25, 1949) is a British Comic book illustrator and painter whose best known work has Sludge was a comic book series from Malibu Comics, set in the Ultraverse.
Rune was a human-like alien in the Ultraverse, until he acquired the Star Stones, magical artifacts which made him virtually immortal, but cursed him with a monstrous form and a vampiric thirst for blood. Extraterrestrial life is Life originating outside of the Earth. Ages ago, he found himself stranded on Earth, and has been both worshipped as a god and reviled as a demon throughout history.
Rune plays a vital part in the four-issue limited series Godwheel. The Godwheel is one of the main concepts of the Malibu Comics Ultraverse.
Powers and Abilities
Rune derives his power from the Star Stones, which he wears around his neck. These absorb the souls and life-force of his victims, and he uses them to power various feats of magic. He has vampire-like abilities, including bat-like wings allowing him to fly, great strength, speed and durability, and is nearly impossible to kill, even by decapitation; however exposure to a nuclear explosion in 1952 has given him cancer and greatly weakened his powers. Decapitation (from Latin, caput, capitis, meaning head or beheading, is the cutting off of the head of a person or animal A nuclear explosion occurs as a result of the rapid release of energy from an intentionally high-speed Nuclear reaction. Cancer (medical term Malignant Neoplasm) is a class of Diseases in which a group of cells display uncontrolled Even in this state, he is capable of performing magic spells such as teleporting people across a continent and creating illusions to disguise himself as human. Teleportation is the movement of objects from one place to another more or less instantaneously either by Paranormal means or through technological artifice A continent is one of several large Landmasses on Earth. They are generally identified by Convention rather than any strict criteria with seven regions He also possesses certain psychic powers, such as precognition, psychometry, and clairvoyance. The word psychic (ˈsaɪkɨk from the Greek psychikos—"of the soul mental" refers to the claimed ability to perceive things hidden from the normal senses Precognition (from the Latin præ- “prior to” + cognitio “a getting to know” denotes a form of Extrasensory perception where in a person is said to perceive Psychometry ( Greek: ψυχή psukhē, "spirit soul" + μέτρον metron, "measure" is a form of Extra-sensory perception Clairvoyance (from 17th century French with clair meaning "clear" and voyance meaning "visibility" is the apparent ability to gain By consuming the life-force of an Ultra, he can temporarily boost his powers tremendously.
At one point in time he possessed the Infinity Gauntlet from the Marvel Universe. The Infinity Gauntlet is a Fictional artifact that appears in Comic books published by Marvel Comics. The Marvel Universe is the fictional Shared universe where most of the comic stories published by Marvel Comics take place
External links
The Rune Profile at the Appendix to the Marvel Universe