SON of SANTA(Earth-8336)
SON of SANTA
(Earth-8336)
Real Name: Nick Norris
Identity/Class: Extradimensional (Earth-8336) human (unique hybrid) magic user
Occupation: Gift bringer;
former occupations unrevealed
Group Membership: None
Affiliations: Agonistes, Donner & Blitzen
Enemies: Anti-Claus
Known Relatives: Santa Claus (father, deceased), Maria Claus (mother, deceased), Mr. and Mrs. Norris (adoptive family)
Aliases: None (possibly Santa Claus)
Base of Operations: Possibly the Bahamas;
formerly the North Pole;
formerly New York City, New York
First Appearance: Bizarre Adventures#34 (February, 1983)
Powers/Abilities: Nick's Santa outfit grants him superhuman strength, speed, and physical abilities. His bag (aka the Dark Portal) is similar to a tesseract or molecular compressor or dimensional warp, in that its size is virtually unlimited on the inside, while it appears to be a normal bag on the outside. He also uses a sleigh drawn by Donner and Blitzen. He may well have mastered other abilities over time.
History:
(Bizarre Adventures#34 (fb)) - Santa and Maria Claus had a son.
(Bizarre Adventures#34 (fb)) - Six months later, Maria died, and Santa decided he was unfit to raise the baby by himself, so he sent one of his elves, Agonistes, to find the boy a good home. Agonistes found what he THOUGHT to be a good home, the Norrisses, and he left them the baby boy under the tree.
(Bizarre Adventures#34 (fb) - BTS) - Nick's adoptive father regularly beat him, and his mom was always off fooling around somewhere.
(Bizarre Adventures#34 (fb) - BTS) - Unable to take his family
life, Nick ran away at the age of fourteen and a half...which made it hard for
Agonistes to keep tabs on him.
(Bizarre Adventures#34) - When Nick was eighteen and a half
years old, he was standing on a corner without a dime to his name, trying to
figure out how to get a meal, when Agonistes came up to him, announced himself
to be a talent scout, and offered him a flight to Tokyo and $1000 to play a part
in an upcoming movie; Nick agreed to consider it if the man also bought him
three hot dogs and a coke. En route Tokyo, Nick fell asleep, and Agonistes
pulled a gun, hijacked the plane towards the North Pole, and then forced Nick to
jump out of the the plane with him in parachutes. Upon landing, Agonistes led
him another four miles to a wrecked base where they found the frozen corpse of
Santa Claus. Devastated that he had returned too late to help his master,
Agonistes told Nick the truth about his origins, as well as about Santa Claus'
immortal enemy, the Anti-Claus. When Nick complained about the cold, Agonistes
directed him to a Santa Claus suit; compelled to wear the whole outfit, Nick
soon felt a rush of energy.
The Anti-Claus then appeared on a monitor screen, announcing
his plans to slay Santa's successor, and then burst through the roof. Nick
attempted to reason with the Anti-Claus who mocked him and attacked with his
whip. His powers enhanced by the suit, Nick successfully dodged the attack and
fled through Santa Claus' base. Spotting a box of tools, Nick grabbed a
screwdriver, leapt up on the counter, and stabbed a screwdriver into the
Ant-Claus' chest. Lacking a heart, the Anti-Claus was unharmed and hurled Nick
away. Nick threw some more things as the Anti-Claus and then ran back through
the workshop where he found a precariously balanced sleigh, which he then pushed
on top of the approaching Anti-Claus, severing his left arm. Unfazed, the
Anti-Claus hurled the sleigh back at Nick and then attacked again with his whip.
Narrowly escaping, Nick fled again until he came across a big burlap sack, which
Nick soon discovered to be Santa's magic bag, with virtually unlimited space on
the inside. Leaping from atop a cabinet, Nick pulled the bag over the
Anti-Claus, trapping him inside, and then held top shut.
Agonistes then arrived, congratulating Nick on his success
and then showing him that two of the reindeer, Donner and Blitzen, had survived
the Anti-Claus' attacks. When Agonistes offered Nick to take over Santa's job,
Nick agreed, but told him that he would do things his own way...starting with
making a new base in the Bahamas.
Comments: Created by Mark Gruenwald and Alan Kupperberg.
Profile by Snood.
CLARIFICATIONS:
No KNOWN connections to:
A long-time loyal elf to Santa Claus, it was Agonistes who was sent to find a home for Santa's son, and it was he who chose the Norrises. When Santa Claus needed reinforcements against the Anti-Claus, since the elves were poor fighters, Agonistes was sent to get Nick. Initially posing as a movie director, Agonistes bought Nick a meal and convinced him to join him in a flight. En route Tokyo, Nick fell asleep, and Agonistes pulled a gun, hijacked the plane towards the North Pole, and then forced Nick to jump out of the the plane with him in parachutes. Upon landing, Agonistes led him another four miles to a wrecked base where they found the frozen corpse of Santa Claus. Devastated that he had returned too late to help his master, Agonistes told Nick the truth about his origins, as well as about Santa Claus' immortal enemy, the Anti-Claus. When Nick complained about the cold, Agonistes directed him to a Santa Claus suit. The Anti-Claus arrived soon after, and Agonistes made himself scarce. After Nick had trapped the Anti-Claus inside Santa's bag, Agonistes returned, congratulating Nick on his success and then showing him that two of the reindeer, Donner and Blitzen, had survived the Anti-Claus' attacks. When Agonistes offered Nick to take over Santa's job, Nick agreed, but told him that he would do things his own way...starting with making a new base in the Bahamas.
--Bizarre Adventures#34 (34 (fb), 34 (fb) - BTS, 34
Maria
Claus
Maria Claus bore Santa a son, but died six months later. Santa decided he was unfit to raise the baby by himself and had it delivered to another family to raise.
--Bizarre Adventures#34 (34 (fb)
Santa
Claus
The spirit of giving, Santa was the husband of Maria and spent many years fighting off attacks by his immortal enemy, the Anti-Claus. Maria eventually bore Santa a son only to die 6 months later. Deciding he was unfit to raise the child himself, Santa had the elf Agonistes find a home for him. 18 years later, the Anti-Claus ambushed Santa as he was preparing for the holiday. As the elves were poor fightres, Santa sent Agonistes to retrieve his son, but the Anti-Claus overpowered Santa and froze him to death before Agonistes could return.
--Bizarre Adventures#34 (34 (fb), 34 (fb) - BTS, 34 (deceased)
images: (without ads)
Bizarre Adventures#34, p6, panel 4 (face)
p9, panel 4 (full body)
Appearances:
Bizarre Adventures#34 (February, 1983) - by Mark Gruenwald (writer), Alan
Kupperberg (artist), Dennis O'Neil (editor)
Last updated: 08/19/07
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