Forgotten One (comics)
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The Forgotten One (also known as Hero and Gilgamesh) is a superhero in the Marvel Comics universe. He is a member of the near-immortal hidden race known as the Eternals. He was created by Jack Kirby in The Eternals (vol. 1) #13.
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[edit] Fictional character biography
The Forgotten One, as an Eternal, is essentially immortal. An Eternal can regenerate from any wound, up to and possibly including disintegration. Eternals also possess superhuman levels of strength and durability, and can fly and project energy beams. During his millennia of activity, the Forgotten One has used the names of or been mistaken for numerous heroes of myth and legend, including Hercules and Gilgamesh. He became an outcast from his fellow Eternals when their ruler, Zuras, decreed that he had been too proud a meddler in the mortal world. He was eventually convinced to assist them in battle with the Deviants by the Eternal called Sprite. After this battle, he was renamed "Hero" by the chief of the alien Celestials, who had created the Eternals and Deviants. After losing a battle with Thor, the Forgotten One and the other Eternals assisted Thor in battling the host of the Celestials to prevent them from destroying humanity.
Later, when the membership of the Avengers had been virtually emptied, the Forgotten One joined them for a time. He renamed himself Gilgamesh, donning a costume that resembled the hide of the Bull of Heaven. He assisted the Avengers in battles against supervillains, demons and aliens, including one fight against Blastaar, who had temporarily disintegrated the other Eternals. Gilgamesh eventually left the team, as his essence had been bound to the Eternals' home of Olympia. He returned to the Avengers Mansion during "The Crossing", a crossover, only to be killed by Neut, an agent of the time traveler Immortus, who was at the time disguised as Kang the Conqueror.
Despite his seeming immortality, Gilgamesh has not been seen since, and he is presumed deceased. A number of the characters seen in "The Crossing" were revealed to have been imposters (specifically, shapeshifting Space Phantoms) during the events of Avengers Forever. Consequently, many fans have speculated that the two Avengers who seemingly died in that crossover (Gilgamesh and Yellowjacket (Rita DeMara)) did not actually appear in that crossover, and hence did not die at all.
[edit] Powers and Abilities
Like all Earth Eternals the Forgotten One was virtually immortal. Only an injury that dispersed a significant portion of his molecules could kill him. He is able to fly and project beams of heat or force from his eyes. It is not known to what degree he has developed the other common abilities of Eternals (illusions, matter manipulation, etc).
The Forgotten One possesses immense superhuman strength. He was stronger than any other Eternal with the possiblity of the Prime Eternal, who can enhance his strength through additional abilities as a Prime Eternal, or Thanos, who was born with above-average superhuman strength and has further enhanced said strength through methods both scientific and arcane. He may have lost most of his other powers by sacrificing those to increase his strength, but there are no indications of any decrease with his other abilities. The Forgotten One can still fly, use his eye beams and had fought one on one with Hercules when he was temporally blinded by a Deviant mechanism that was design to destroy a Celestial. It is well known that a mere earthly weapon cannot destroy a Celestial, but the Deviants been made weapons of cataclysmic proportions since anicent times. The Forgotten One is the strongest known Eternal through his own dicipline .His strength and senses had been enhanced by "The One Beyond All" before he fought Thor and the Eternals during the 50 year judgment of the Celestials. His only loss in battle was to Thor by a technicality when he tried to pick up Thor's hammer and the thunder god saw an opportunity to strike . He is well respected by Hercules in valor and strength.
[edit] Notes
Other characters have used the identity of either Gilgamesh or Hero. These include:
- The Eternal Warrior was called Gilgamesh in Marvel Preview #12.
- Jimmy Rogers created Hero to save him from monsters in Venus #17.
[edit] Bibliography
- Avengers Annual #18
- Avengers Spotlight #35
- Avengers vol. 1 #299-310, 345, 391
- Avengers West Coast #81
- Avengers: The Crossing
- Captain America Annual #11
- Captain America vol. 1 #400-401
- Eternals vol. 1 #13
- Eternals vol. 2 #2, 4-6, 9, 11-12
- Fantastic Four Unlimited #10
- Marvel Comics Presents #21
- New Mutants Annual 4
- Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition #6
- Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: The Book of the Dead
- Quasar #28-29
- Tales of the Zombie #
- Thor Annual #17
- Thor vol. 1 #287-289, 291-292, 402
- X-Factor Annual 4
[edit] As Gilgamesh
- Thor Annual #17
- Avengers Spotlight #35
- Avengers vol. 1 #300
- Captain America Annual #11
- Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: The Book of the Dead
- Tales of the Zombie #3
- Thor vol. 1 #287, 291
[edit] As Hero
Identity used after he saved a Celestial mothership from Deviant astronauts
- Avengers vol. 1 #249
- Contest of Champions #1-3
- Thor vol. 1 #287-289, 291-292, 300, 350-351
