But he was literally a throwback, a caveman sustained and evolved by the Bloodgem. Ulysses Bloodstone may have presented to the world as a handsome alpha-male with flowing blond locks and pecs that could not be contained by any button-down shirt. Also, Cavemanĭaddy issues are nothing new to superheroes, but few people can join Elsa in calling their dad a Neanderthal. In short, if you need to fight a monster, then the Bloodgem can help. Some stories have suggested that the Bloodgem corrupts the wearer (which certainly tracks for Ulysses, as you’ll see), but that tends to be less consistent. The Bloodgem choker worn by Elsa gives her the ability to shoot energy blasts and the ring worn by her brother Cullen gives him ESP. When Ulysses Bloodstone wears the Bloodgem, he gains super strength and durability, as well as near-immortality and a healing factor. Which is also a lot, but doesn’t require quite so many words. More important is what the Bloodgem does. But the easiest description of the Bloodgem’s history would be this: Lovecraftian Elder Gods hurled a meteor at Earth. You can read about the Bloodgem and its relationship to the Hellfire Helix and the cosmic evil known as Ulluxy’l Kwan Tae Syn in 1977’s Rampaging Hulk #4. Honestly, the whole history of the Bloodgem is A LOT, a wonderful bit of gonzo lore from 1970s Marvel Comics, when both pretensions to literary glory and illicit substances flowed freely through the bullpen. The story of the Bloodstone family begins with the Bloodgem, a fragment of an interdimensional meteor that crashed onto the Earth eons ago. If the special piqued your interest, here’s a quick look at the history of Elsa Bloodstone, her father Ulysses, and the Bloodgem. But those comics only scratch the surface of the character’s depth, aspects that are fully brought to the fore in Outlander actor Laura Donnelly’s performance as Elsa Bloodstone in Werewolf by Night. The scion of the Bloodstone monster hunters, Elsa has made a name for herself in cult comics such as Nextwave: Agents of HATE and Monsters Unleashed. The same cannot be said for the character who provides the emotional spine for the Werewolf by Night special, Elsa Bloodstone. But while Russell is certainly a C-list Marvel hero, at least he headlined his own comic for a while in the 1970s. The upcoming Halloween special Werewolf by Night seems like a continuation of that approach, pushing lesser-known wolfman character Jack Russell to the forefront. If you’ve been watching She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, you know that the MCU likes to dig deep into the decades-long backlog of Marvel Comics to find weird and obscure characters, including Mr. This post contains light spoilers for Werewolf by Night.
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