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    Living Monolith

    Character » Living Monolith appears in 233 issues.

    Ahmet Abdol is an Egyptian mutant with the power to absorb cosmic energy, which allows him to increase his size, strength and power to potentially unlimited levels.

    Short summary describing this character.

    Living Monolith last edited by Saren on 05/29/18 04:12PM View full history

    Brief History

    Ahmet Abdol was born in Cairo, Egypt. He was a professor of Egyptology and archeologist who discovered he had the ability to manipulate cosmic energy, mainly by absorbing it and projecting it as energy blasts. Deciding to use his powers for his own personal gain, Abdol created a cult around himself, as messiah the Cult of the Living Pharaoh, became a terrorist and set about his plan to rule the world. Abdol discovered that another mutant, Havok could absorb and project cosmic energy more easily than Abdol could. Abdol kidnapped Havok and used him to increase his power, and battled the X-Men. He then first became the Living Monolith, and battled the X-Men in this form. He was then captured by the Sentinels, but escaped.

    Abdol later stole the ruby scarab and battled the Living Mummy. He later abducted Havok again. As the Living Monolith, he battled Spider-Man and Thor. Later, using the Cheops Crystal, he became the Living Monolith again. He battled Luke Cage, Iron Fist, Cyclops, Storm, and Nightcrawler. Later, Abdol abducted Mister Fantastic, the Invisible Woman, and the Human Torch to absorb cosmic radiation from their bodies. As he grew, he battled the Avengers and Spider-Man. Eventually Abdol grew so large that Thor used his hammer to throw him into outer space, where the Living Monolith eventually became a "Living Planet," similar to Ego. It was later revealed that, although the Monolith is usually the one pulling the strings, another X-Men villain, Apocalypse, wanted to use the Living Monolith to drain the powers of other super-beings. As a result, Abdol went on a rampage, and several superheroes attempted to stop him before he began to grow to planet size. He was expelled into space by Thor, and once he reached the size of a planet he grew dormant and began to orbit a star far away from Earth.

    It later was revealed that Abdol's formerly dormant mutant powers had been activated by a procedure performed on him by Mister Sinister. Sinister spliced certain x-genes from Alex Summers into his genome, thus giving Abdol the ability to absorb cosmic energy. Since his powers were genetically similar to Havok's, this explained why their abilities interfered with one another's. During his time in space, one of the Monolith's main weapons, the Staff of Horus, was acquired by a young woman called Akasha. She was able to use that power to become a female version of the Living Pharaoh. Spider-Man was able to break the staff, leaving Akasha to depart the scene retaining only some fragments of the Pharaoh's power. She hasn't been seen since.

    Abdol was then found by Bishop and Deathbird floating in space. Deathbird revealed she'd been betraying Bishop for some time; it was later on revealed that she was in fact working for Apocalypse. She then knocked out Bishop and Abdol was brought to Apocalypse, who used Abdol's body as an energy container during the "The Twelve" story arc. This led to Apocalypse's merging with Cyclops. The Monolith was seen breaking up because of the excess of power absorbed, and then fled.

    Stint as Juggernaut

    The Living Juggernaut
    The Living Juggernaut

    Many years later, the demon Cyttorak sent out a call to those on Earth that he considered to possess the greatest capacity for destruction. This group included Abdol, Cain Marko, Colossus, Man-Killer, Jinn and Crossbones, all of whom were invited to find the Crimson Gem of Cyttorak and become the new Juggernaut. It was Abdol who excited Cyttorak the most, and when the Living Monolith was the first to lay claim to the gem, he was transformed into a massive, monster-sized new Juggernaut. The X-Men tried to fight him to little effect, but he was too powerful for them to defeat. However, Cyttorak withdrew his power from Abdol when Cain Marko offered to reclaim his position as Juggernaut. Shocked and betrayed, Abdol was then defeated by the X-Men.

    Video Games

    In the game X-Men Legends II, the Living Monolith appears near the end, in a pyramid. In this he absorbs sunlight, which makes him invulnerable.

    In Marvel Avengers Alliance (Facebook) The Living Pharoh is a villain in a special operations mission called "Cry Havok." The X-Man Havok also plays a major role in the spec-op.

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