BETHLEHEM BARDOT
Real Name: Bethlehem Bardot
Identity/Class: Alternate reality (Reality-49327) human (2026 A.D.)
Occupation: Criminal
Group Membership: Kadagar Gang (Pilgrim Kadagar, Barda, Moro, Neem, Pakk, Trasta, others)
Affiliations: Death's Head (Minion), Captain Jeanet Hutch, Tuck;
formerly Pilgrim Kadagar golem
Enemies: Alkemist, Pilgrim Kadagar golem, Tigon Liger golem
Known Relatives: Pilgrim Kadagar (life-love/husband)
Aliases: Beth
Base of Operations: Kadagar Ranch outside Clinton City, Earth's Mars colony of Reality-49327 @ 2026 A.D.
First Appearance: Death's Head II II#14 (January, 1994)
Powers/Abilities: Beth is a hardened criminal versatile in the use of energy rifles, knives and staffs.
She spoke a dialect presumably local to the Mars colony.
She lived strictly according to her gang's rules.
Height: Unrevealed (5'4"; by approximation)
Weight: Unrevealed (130 lbs.; by approximation)
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Blonde
History:
(Death's Head II II#15 (fb) - BTS) - While growing up in the red burrows Bethlehem was gifted a clasp knife by Pilgrim Kadagar as a token of their love.
(Death's Head II II#14 (fb) - BTS) - At some point Bethlehem and Pilgrim became life-loves (they got married).
(Death's Head II II#14) - Bethlehem came to the aid of Death's Head and her live-love Pilgrim (actually a golem himself) and shot a Tigon Liger golem through the neck, destroying it.
At Kadagar Ranch outside the colony Beth and Pilgrim watched Death's Head examine the Tigon Liger golem. Pilgrim asked Beth to check if the crawler was ready for their return trip to Clinton City. Beth left the door but secretly eavesdropped through the door and heard Pilgrim reveal to Death's Head that he had not told Bethlehem yet that he was not the real Pilgrim because it would cause a succession war among the Kadagar Gang. Armed with the knowledge Beth had a word with gang members Barda, Moro and Neem to decide their next step. Death's Head promised Beth that Pilgrim would tell Beth soon what was going on. Beth seemingly hit on Death's Head, who was not interested and alluded to have overheard Beth's conversation with the other gang members.
Beth still joined Death's Head, the false Pilgrim and four other members of the gang (including Barda, Moro and Neem) on a trip back to Clinton City in the crawler vehicle to find the source of the golems and Death's Head's partner Tuck in the Teefoebee (Terra Forming Basecommand). Death's Head was surprised that Pilgrim would take Beth along, but the Pilgrim golem assured him that she could be useful.
(Death's Head II II#15) - Beth observed the fight between Death's Head and the false Pilgrim against several golems through binoculars from a nearby roof with Barda, Moro and Neem right behind her. An injury during the fight exposed the Pilgrim golem's true robotic nature. Beth used the revelation to convince her fellow gang members to help her eliminate the golem and become the gang's new leader.
Beth took Barda, Moro and Neem underground to the Teefoebee where they soon found Death's Head, Captain Hutch and the Pilgrim golem after their battle with other golems and their creators had ended. Beth called the Pilgrim golem out to be a mere copy of her life-love and claimed leadership of the gang in his stead. Pilgrim admitted to his fake nature and for the good of the clan blew his own head off with Beth's gun. Beth declared herself the new leader of the gang only for the true Pilgrim Kadagar to appear out of nowhere with Death's Head's partner Tuck, who had helped him escape captivity. Pilgrim asked for the clasp knife he had gifted to Beth during their childhood, cut his own arm with it and his bleeding arm was proof enough for Beth and her allies to accept Pilgrim back as their one true leader. Tuck told Beth that she had a good man in Pilgrim before she and the other members of the gang left the Teefoebee.
Comments: Created by Dan Abnett, Salvador Larocca & Paul Scott under the Marvel UK imprint.
She was presumably named after the birthplace of Jesus Christ and actress Brigitte Bardot.
The spelling of Kadagar changed to Kadogar in #14-15, but the original spelling was Kadagar so it is the spelling I am using.
The members of Kadagar gang were presumably just regular humans, whose families moved to Mars during the planet's colonization in 2011.
This profile was completed 02/15/2025, but its publication was delayed as it was intended for the March, 2025 Mars event.
Profile by Markus Raymond.
CLARIFICATIONS:
Bethlehem Bardot has no known connections to:
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Death's Head II II#14, p6, pan4 (main)
Death's Head II II#14, p15, pan3 (head shot)
Death's Head II II#15, p8, pan1 (with binoculars and staff)
Appearances:
Death's Head II II#14-15 (January-February, 1994) - Dan Abnett (writer), Salvador Larroca (pencils), Paul Scott (inks), Stuart Bartlett (editor)
First Posted: 03/10/2025
Last updated: 03/10/2025
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