(New Warriors II#10) - In Olympus, Athena held her own Pallas on her
arm as she interacted with Zeus, Hercules, and members of the New
Warriors. (see comments)
PALLAS
Real Name: Pallas
Identity/Class: Terrestrial animal (snowy owl, see comments)
Occupation: Pet
Group Membership: None
Affiliations: Athena, Amadeus Cho, Hercules, New Warriors (Aegis/Trey Rollins, Bolt/Chris Bradley, Namorita/Namorita Prentiss, Turbo/Michiko Musashi), Zeus
Enemies: None
Known Relatives: None
Aliases: None
Base of Operations: Olympus
First Appearance: (Possibly seen) New Warriors II#10 (July, 2000); (actually seen) Incredible Hercules#115 (April, 2008); (identified) Incredible Hercules#120 (October, 2008)
Powers/Abilities: None known.
Height: Unrevealed (60 cm, by approximation)
Weight: Unrevealed (4 lbs., by approximation)
Eyes: Black
Hair: None
History:
(New Warriors II#10) - In Olympus, Athena held her own Pallas on her
arm as she interacted with Zeus, Hercules, and members of the New
Warriors. (see comments)
(Incredible Hercules I#115) - In Vermont, Pallas sat on Athena's arm as she interacted with Hercules and Amadeus Cho.
(Incredible Hercules I#120) - Pallas sat on Athena's shoulder as she watched Hercules and Cho through a scrying portal.
(Incredible Hercules I#121) - Pallas rode in a car while Athena drove.
(Incredible Hercules I#123) - Pallas remained in Vermont with Athena.
Comments: Created by Greg Pak, Fred Van Lente, Khoi Pham, Paul Neary, and Danny Miki.
In X-Force VI#4 (February, 2020), an image of Hercules and Athena with Pallas at her side is shown.
In ancient mythology, Athena has an owl with her. Pallas is also traditionally an alias for Athena. Pallas looks more like a snowy owl in one image, and more like a barn owl in another. It is possibly a different owl as well.
Why use the name Pallas for her owl? I assume she
named her owl after a childhood friend (not seen at Marvel up to this
point). Pallas was the daughter of Triton, who raised Athena alongside
his own daughter. Athena slew Pallas accidentally in combat and even
used her name as an epithet in honor of her. But there are other
possibilities as well. The giant Pallas, who was flayed by Athena (less
likeley in my opinion). Pallas, the son of Lycaon, a teacher of Athena
(possible, but less interesting IMHO).
--Markus Raymond
The brown version in New Warriors actually looks
like a screech owl. I can see the ones from Incredible Hercules to be
the same, but the one from New Warriors seems to be a different owl. In
the Marvel Pets handbook the first appearance of Pallas was listed as
Incredible Hercules#115, which IMHO confirms the owl in New Warriors
not to be the same. Though there is the possibility that Pallas is not
an actual owl, but some kind of immortal, shapeshifting animal from
Olympus.
--Markus Raymond
There is also an animal in the wild called Pallas' Cat, named after an old zoologist named Peter Pallas.
This profile was completed 5/03/2021, but its publication was delayed as it was intended for the Appendix 20th anniversary 's celebratory event.
Profile by Chadman.
CLARIFICATIONS:
Pallas has no known connections to:
images: (without ads)
Incredible Hercules I#123, p14, pan1 (snowy)
Incredible Hercules I#115, p22, pan1 (barn)
New Warriors II#10, p8, pan4 (brown owl)
Appearances:
New Warriors II#10 (July, 2000) - Jay Faerber (writer), Jamal Igle (penciler), Walden Wong (inker), Bobbie Chase (ediotr)
Incredible
Hercules I#115 (April, 2008) - Greg Pak, Fred Van Lente (writers), Khoi
Pham (penciler), Paul Neary, Danny Miki (inkers), Mark Paniccia (editor)
Incredible Hercules I#120 (October, 2008) - Greg Pak, Fred Van Lente
(writers), Rafa Sandoval (penciler), Roger Bonet, Greg Adams (inkers),
Mark Paniccia (editor)
Incredible Hercules I#121 (November, 2008) - Greg Pak, Fred Van Lente (writers), Clayton Henry (artist), Mark Paniccia (editor)
Incredible Hercules I#123 (January, 2009) - Greg Pak, Fred Van Lente
(writers), Clayton Henry, Salva Espin (artists), Mark Paniccia (editor)
First Posted: 09/08/2021
Last updated: 09/06/2021
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