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| Lorelei |
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| Characteristics |
| Alter ego |
Lorelei |
| Affiliations |
Asgardians, Loki, Pluto |
| Notable aliases |
Melodi, Ice Queen, Valkyrie |
| Abilities |
Superhuman strength, durability and endurance due to Asgardian heritage
Extremely long life span
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Lorelei is a fictional character appearing in the Marvel Comics Universe. She is the sister of Amora the Enchantress, and possesses some skills in Asgardian magic and in seduction, though she is not nearly as skilled in either area as her sister. Lorelei also has the ability to turn any mortal or Asgardian male into stone by kissing him; it is not known if this is an innate ability or a learned magical skill. In Defenders#2-4, Pluto and Lorelei restored the Valkyrie's powers within Samantha Parrington. Pluto tricked Lorelei though, erasing her memory, draining her powers and turning her into a duplicate of Valkyrie. While Samantha was used by Pluto to turn Earth into a realm of the dead, Lorelei was found by the Defender Nighthawk, who believed she was the real Valkyrie and made her a Defender, though she never spoke. When the Defenders tried to stop Pluto, Lorelei battled Samantha and was restored to her former self. After that, Lorelei disappears with Pluto, after an intervention of Lord Zeus. She doesn't appear in the Ragnarök for what her fate is something completely unknown. A further Thor title has been rumored and/or planned ever since, occasionally with names like Neil Gaiman attached, but nothing concrete has yet been materialized or announced. Recently, it has been confirmed that a new Thor book will start in 2007, written by J. Michael Straczynski. What role would have Lorelei, if any in it, is unknown at this time.
Other Marvel characters known as Lorelei have been:
- Mantis briefly took the name Lorelei as revealed in the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: Avengers 2005.
- Lorelei Travis is also known as Lorelei. She first appeared in District X #1 and is one of The 198 Files.
- Lorelei is also the codename/possible real name of one of the Savage Land Mutates and former member of the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants. She first appeared in X-Men vol. 1 #63.
[edit] Bibliography
- Defenders vol. 2 #1-4
- Journey into Mystery vol. 1 #509-511
- Thor vol. 1 #337-350, 354-355, 357-359, 363, 367-368, 383, 398-400, 402, 437-441, 476, 485-486
