MOONDOGMOONDOG
Real Name: Moondog
Identity/Class: Extradimensional (Otherworld) elf
Occupation: Warrior
Affiliations: Elves of Otherworld (especially Buckthorn); ally of Black Knight (Dane Whitman), Captain Britain (Brian Braddock), Merlyn, Vortigen and the Walkers
Enemies: Cormac and the evil Walkers, Goblins of Otherworld (especially Croglin), Gog, Iron Ogre, Maegog, Mandrac, Necromon and his armies
Known Relatives: Sundog (uncle, deceased)
Aliases: Moondog the Archer
Base of Operations: Otherworld; a base in the woods outside the portal to Otherworld
First Appearance: Hulk Comic (Marvel UK) #11/2 (May 16, 1979)
Powers/Abilities: Moondog is only 12-18 inches tall, but he is nonetheless a brave and fierce warrior. He is a highly skilled archer, and is also handy with a knife, and with his hands. He is a skilled tracker and likely possessing superhuman senses, specifically olfactory, hearing, and possibly vision.
(History: Moondog is one of the elves of Otherworld. He is an old ally of Vortigen the Walker.
(Hulk#11/2, 12/2) - Moondog was sent to Earth to assist in the battle against the forces of Necromon. Captain Britain and the Black Knight initially mocked him for his small size, but when both they and Vortigen were overpowered by the Iron Ogre, it was Moondog who came to the rescue. His keen eyes spying the only unarmored portion of the Iron Ogre, Moondog pierced that spot with an arrow, killing it.
(Hulk#13/2 - 16/2) - Moondog led his allies
back to the elven fortress, but they were ambushed by Goblins.
Moondog was forced to flee from snipers into the woods, where he
was jumped and captured by a pair of Goblins, and brought before
their leader Croglin. The goblin saw Moondog as no more than a
meal, but he had to have his men pull the fiery elf off of him
when he broke free. Croglin had Moondog held down so he could
decapitate him, but Cormac the Evil Walker stopped him, having
other plans for the elf.
(Hulk#17/2, 18/2) - Cormac had Moondog bound to one of a set of stones, which served as a trap for Vortigen. Once the Walker was inside, Cormac trapped the three of them within a circle of power. Vortigen manipulated Cormac's sword strokes so that a wild swing cut Moondog's bonds. The elf leapt atop Cormac, who threw him off, but the distraction was sufficient that Vortigen was then able to knock Cormac into his own field of force, temporarily dispersing his form.
(Hulk#19/2) - Moondog, riding atop Vortigen's wolf, Lupe, went to meet up with the Black Knight while Vortigen left to find a new Rowan Staff. Moondog and the Knight were attacked again by Cormac, but Dane had recently gained the legendary sword Excalibre. Dane lopped off Cormac's hand, causing him to collapse in defeat. Dane and Moondog then mounted his steed, Valinor, and headed off to Otherworld.
(Hulk#21/2 - 25/2) - At the gate to Otherworld,
Dane and Moondog were reunited with Captain Britain, but seconds
later Brian was stabbed through the chest by the White Rider of
Death. Moondog revealed that they could revive Brian once inside
Otherworld, but they then found their passage blocked by Mandrac.
Mandrac's men took Brian's body to claim it for the realm of the
dead, but Moondog led a band of elves to follow them. Within
Otherwold the elves were attacked by Mandrac's children,
Nightshade and Wolfsbane. Moondog wounded Wolfsbane with an
arrow, while the Black Knight defeated Nightshade. Merlyn then
appeared and overpowered Mandrac, allowing the Black Knight to
recover Captain Britain's body.
(Hulk#26/2, [27/2 - 29/2], 30/2) - As Merlyn resurrected Captain Britain, Moondog and Buckthorn went to gather firewood and were attacked and captured by Forest Trolls. The Black Knight arrived to fight the Trolls, but they were then joined by Mordred. When Merlyn's task was complete, he joined the struggle and helped defeat Mordred, after which they freed the elves.
(Hulk#43/2 - BTS, 44/2, 45/2) - Moondog listened as Captain Britain revealed his previous attack by Necromon, and as Merlyn charted out their plans against Necromon.
(Hulk#48/2) - Moondog, Buckthorn, and other elves accompanied Captain Britain and Merlyn as they headed towards Camelot.
(Hulk#51/2, 52/2, [53/2, 54/2]) - As they approached Camelot, Moondog and the elves were attacked by Gog, Maegog and their warriors. Moondog unleashed an arrow against the giant warrior, but to no avail. Other heroes joined the struggle, but all were forced to retreat to within the walls of Camelot. Other warriors vanquished Gog, Maegog, and their troops.
(Hulk#55/2) - Camelot appeared to be under siege by the combined forces of the Evil Walkers, but Moondog's arrow proved their foes to be mere illusions of Necromon.
(Hulk#61/2, 62/2) - Necromon led his forces in an assault on Camelot. The forces on both sides met in a massive clash. Moondog battled alongside the rejuvenated Vortigen, but he was struck by an arrow from an unidentified source. He perished in Vortigen's arms.
Comments: Created by Dez Skin, Steve Parkhouse, Paul Neary, and John Stokes.
I found Moondog's ending odd. He fought alongside the heroes during the whole epic struggle. All of a sudden, Jackdaw showed up to help the Black Knight, and they must have decided that they didn't need two elven sidekicks.
CLARIFICATIONS:
No known connection to:
The Elves of Otherworld are presumably separate from the Elves of Asgard, which include
Excalibre, the sword of King Arthur, should be distinguished from:
Gog and Maegog, the agents of Necromon, have no known connection to:
Nightshade, the son of Mandrac, has no known connection to:
Wolfsbane, the son of Mandrac, has no known connection to:
First Posted: 01/14/2003
Last updated: 01/14/2003
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