List of Marvel Comics Characters: K

List Of Marvel Comics Characters: K

Kaluu is a sorcerer specializing in black magic and contemporary of the Ancient One in the Marvel Comics universe.

The character, created by Denny O'Neill and Bill Everett, first appeared in Strange Tales #147 (August 1966). He has appeared sporadically as an opponent to Doctor Strange.

Within the context of the stories, Kaluu is born in the mystic city of Kamar-Taj over 500 years ago. When he is of age, he becomes a fellow student of the mystic arts of the Ancient One.

During these studies, Kaluu is approached by Varnae, the eldest of the true vampires. Varnae tells him about the tome of black magic known as the Darkhold. After this meeting, Kaluu begins to use his sorcery to influence the minds of the people of Kamar-Taj. This results in them crowning him king after he and the Ancient One eliminated disease, poverty, and suffering from the city through magic. Kaluu moves on to his next goal by organizing the men of Kamar-Taj into an army of conquest and mystically paralyzing the Ancient One.

After the conquest of a neighboring city, Kamar-Taj begins to fall into decadence. The paralyzed Ancient One mentally calls upon mystical forces to defeat Kaluu. Lacking mastery of the mystic arts, the forces he summons created a pestilence that almost wipes out the entire population of Kamar-Taj as well as forcing Kaluu to flee to the dimension of Raggador.

Kaluu emerges from Raggador five centuries latter and attempts to steal the Book of the Vishanti. He is defeated by Doctor Strange and hurled into another dimension in suspended animation.

Kaluu is later freed by the forces unleashed by Doctor Strange's battle with Urthona. Returning from his exile, Kaluu becomes a business man, amassing great wealth. He later forms an alliance with Strange and tutors him in black magic to battle Shuma-Gorath and various other ancient evils. After the battles are won, he casts a spell to remove the physical and astral pollution from Strange caused by the use of black magic.