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Real Name: Joao
Identity/Class: Human (Post-World War II era)
magic user
Occupation: None;
former prisoner
Group Membership: The Forgotten (Phoyu, VI, VIII/Bohra,
X, XII, XIII, numerous others)
Affiliations: The Avengers (Captain
America/Sam Wilson, Hercules/Heracles, Spider-Man/Peter Parker,
Thor/Jane Foster, Vision/"Victor Shade," Wasp/Nadia), Luke Cage, Demon Rider
(Kushala), Dr. Strange (Stephen Strange), Howard the Duck, Mindful One, Night Nurse, Nina the Conjuror, Wiccan
(Billy Kaplan of Earth-13729), Yao;
formerly the Author of the Word of God, the Forgotten
(VI, VIII/Bohra, X, XII, XIII, numerous others)
Enemies: The Author of the Word of God, Mindless Ones, Sir Isaac Newton
Known Relatives: Nina (sister)
Aliases: None
Base of Operations: Brazil;
formerly the Hollow Out of Time
First Appearance: Doctor Strange & the
Sorcerers Supreme I#4 (March, 2017)
Powers/Abilities: Joao was a minor sorcerer, able to do small magic tricks.
Following his reading of the Word of God tome, he could cast highly advanced spells from the book, sufficient enough to cast a spell able to completely destroy a prison door and possibly even travel into the past. It was not clear if he still possessed that level of power following the burning of the Word of God.
While partially merged with/possessed by the
Forgotten, Joao could levitate and manifested extra arms and heads. He
could also generate smoke-based illusions of certain events but he was
bound by blood to his sister Nina and could not directly act against
her orders.
Height: 5'5" (by approximation)
Weight: 135 lbs. (by approximation)
Eyes: Green
Hair: Dark brown
History: (Doctor Strange & the Sorcerers
Supreme I#4 (fb) - BTS) - Joao first introduced his sister Nina to
magic by showing her a magic trick. Years later, after Joao had escaped
from prison, he disappeared for days, prompting Nina, who had become a
sorceress in her own right, to mount a search for him. Having become
corrupted by the mystic Forgotten, Joao was drawn back to the Age of
Camelot, to a book called the Word of God, which the Forgotten could
not grasp. After arriving in the Camelot era, the corrupted Joao was
captured by sorcerer Merlin and locked away with the other corrupted
mystics in a cell outside of time called the Hollow.
(Doctor Strange & the Sorcerers Supreme I#4 (fb)) - Inside, Merlin's magic sigils became corrosive to Joao and the other Forgotten mystics and they merged into a single, collective entity.
(Doctor Strange & the Sorcerers Supreme I#4) - During a battle between the gestalt Forgotten being and several time-displaced Sorcerers Supreme including Joao's sister Nina, Sir Isaac Newton cast a spell that separated Joao and the other mystics into individual beings once more and Nina quickly ran to her corrupted brother, reminding the weakened Joao that she would always find him. Unfortunately, Newton attempted to claim the Forgotten's Word of God book for himself and became a god, sealing Nina and the Sorcerers Supreme back within the Hollow prison.
(Doctor Strange & the Sorcerers Supreme I#5) - As
the others who made up the Forgotten departed, Nina pleaded with Joao
to free the Sorcerers Supreme from their prison. Unsure who to trust,
Joao asked if Nina and the Sorcerers Supreme had been planning to lock
away the Forgotten again and Nina apologized. Accepting her apology,
Joao exclaimed that he had no key for the prison, only a spell from the
Word of God book, which he cast, destroying the prison and freeing the
Sorcerers, only to watch as the Sorcerers fell into a dimensional exile trap set by Newton.
(Doctor Strange & the Sorcerers Supreme I#6) - The severely weakened Joao leaned against the wall of the Forgotten's prison and remained there while Dr. Strange rescued the other Sorcerers Supreme from Newton's dimensional trap. When the Sorcerers returned, Nina saw the weakened Joao and rushed to comfort him as Demon Rider cast a spell that located Newton in present-day New York. Traveling there with Joao in tow, the Sorcerers Supreme arrived to find Sir Isaac Newton battling the Avengers.
(Doctor Strange & the Sorcerers Supreme I#7) -
Nina held up the rapidly deteriorating Joao as his skin turned pale.
When Joao began mumbling about stopping Newton and how the more Newton
spoke from the Word of God, the closer he came to waking something up,
Nina informed Dr. Strange that Joao was getting worse and Strange had
Earth-13729's Wiccan teleport Nina, Joao and the injured Yao to the
hospital where Night Nurse worked. Barely able to stand upon arrival at
the hospital, Joao collapsed, still mumbling that Newton must be
stopped. Night Nurse quickly got Joao into a bed and started an IV of
fluids to combat Joao's dehydration. Joao's rest was interrupted,
however, when he jumped up in bed and announced that it was too late
and the Author of the Word of God was coming. Crying, Joao soon began
rambling about the Author coming and began glowing green and levitating
above his bed before expelling energy that knocked all present over.
(Doctor Strange & the Sorcerers Supreme I#8) -
Still glowing green and beginning to take on more of the gestalt
Forgotten features, a levitating Joao hovered over the unconscious
forms of Nina, Night Nurse and Yao and announced that his master had
returned. Having heard the noise, Howard the Duck investigated and Joao
ordered Howard to take him to his master or die. Luke Cage arrived
shortly after and Nina soon regained consciousness and began creating a
mystic sigil with her blood. Noticing, the possessed Joao claimed a
mere binding spell would not do anything but when Nina cast the spell,
Joao was indeed bound to her by blood and Nina quickly demanded to know
what had happened to the real Joao. Joao responded by giving some
background on his master, the Author of the Word of God, but Nina
interrupted, demanding her brother back. The possessed Joao claimed
that the real Joao was misguided and had fallen in with the Forgotten
after speaking from the Word of God, and that Joao was now bound to his
master. When Nina asked who Joao's master was and how she could kill
him, Joao explained the Author of the Word of God's origins and was
soon forced to accompany Nina, Yao, Luke Cage and Howard the Duck to
the site where the other Sorcerers Supreme and the Avengers were
battling the Author. During the battle, Sir Isaac Newton became one of
the Forgotten and turned the Word of God tome over to the Author but
before the Author could utilize its power, Earth-13729's Wiccan used
his Mark of Sorrow to teleport everyone with magical properties,
including the possessed Joao, to the Author's home dimension. Once
there, the possessed Joao took a place next to the Author.
(Doctor Strange & the Sorcerers Supreme I#9) -
The possessed Joao remained by the Author's side as the Author prepared
to kill Yao and witnessed the Sorcerers Supreme trick the Author into
burning the Word of God tome. Watching as the Sorcerers managed to
destroy the Author of the Word of God, Joao was restored to his proper
mind and body state before Sir Isaac Newton, who was equally restored,
transported Joao, the Sorcerers Supreme and their allies back to Earth
using the last remnants of the Word of God tome. Back on Earth, Nina
checked on Joao, who admitted he felt tired and ashamed following his
ordeal. Nina then informed Dr. Strange that she needed to get Joao and
herself back home to their proper time period and Earth-13729's Wiccan
subsequently teleported Joao and Nina back home.
Comments: Created by Robbie Thompson, Javier Rodriguez and Alvaro Lopez.
One could argue that Joao was behind-the-scenes in
every appearance of the gestalt Forgotten but he was not seen or
identified in any way (nor do he do any action that we are aware of)
prior to his appearance in Doctor Strange & the Sorcerers Supreme
I#4. Plus, this profile only covers Joao himself and not the Forgotten,
who have their own entry (which is linked to above).
Profile by Proto-Man.
CLARIFICATIONS:
Joao has no known connections to:
images: (without ads)
Doctor Strange & the Sorcerers Supreme I#9, p18, pan1 (Joao, main image)
Doctor Strange & the Sorcerers Supreme I#5, p19, pan2 (Joao, headshot)
Doctor Strange & the Sorcerers Supreme I#5, p19, pan7 (Joao casting a spell from the Word of God)
Doctor Strange & the Sorcerers Supreme I#7, p7, pan2 (dying Joao being held up by Nina)
Doctor Strange & the Sorcerers Supreme I#7, p17, pan2 (Joao, glowing green & levitating)
Doctor Strange & the Sorcerers Supreme I#8, p1, pan5 (Joao, partially merged back into the Forgotten)
Appearances:
Doctor Strange & the Sorcerers Supreme I#4 (March, 2017) - Robbie
Thompson (writer), Javier Rodriguez (pencils), Alvaro Lopez (inks),
Nick Lowe (editor)
Doctor Strange & the Sorcerers Supreme I#5 (April, 2017) - Robbie
Thompson (writer), Nathan Stockman (art), Nick Lowe (editor)
Doctor Strange & the Sorcerers Supreme I#6 (May, 2017) - Robbie
Thompson (writer), Javier Rodriguez (pencils), Alvaro Lopez (inks),
Nick Lowe (editor)
Doctor Strange & the Sorcerers Supreme I#7 (June, 2017) - Robbie
Thompson (writer), Javier Rodriguez (pencils), Alvaro Lopez, Guillermo
Ortego (inks), Darren Shan (editor)
Doctor Strange & the Sorcerers Supreme I#8 (July, 2017) - Robbie
Thompson (writer), Javier Rodriguez (pencils), Alvaro Lopez (inks),
Darren Shan (editor)
Doctor Strange & the Sorcerers Supreme I#9 (August, 2017) - Robbie
Thompson (writer), Javier Rodriguez (pencils), Alvaro Lopez (inks),
Darren Shan (editor)
First Posted: 08/28/2018
Last updated: 08/28/2018
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