The Interloper is a fictional character appearing in

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s published by

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. He is a member of the Eternals.

Publication history

The Interloper first appeared in ''

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'' #147 (September 1985), and was created by Peter B. Gillis and

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. The character subsequently appeared in ''Defenders'' #149 (November 1985), #151-152 (January–February 1986), ''Strange Tales'' Vol. 2 #5-7 (August–October 1987), and ''Doctor Strange: Sorcerer Supreme'' #3-4 (March–May 1989) The Interloper received an entry in the '' Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition'' #6.

Fictional character biography

Little has been revealed. He does know the

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Gilgamesh (aka the Forgotten One), and has been fighting the

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for centuries, both on

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's moon

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and on

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. Their last battle was during the 6th Century AD. He lived as a hermit for the following hundreds of years. He was discovered by

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, and, impressed, the Interloper trained Manslaughter. Later, when the Dragon of the Moon enslaved

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, the Interloper confronted and then joined Moondragon's team, the Defenders, in battling Moondragon and the Dragon of the Moon. In the battle, the Interloper tried to hurl his life force against the Dragon; he was transformed into a statue that crumbled into dust. Due to the intervention of the Vishanti, Interloper's life-force has been merged with the body of Will Fanshawe, a Welsh truck driver; they share possession of this body, which can now transform into an exact duplicate of Interloper's old body, including all of his Eternal powers. No more than 2 years later, he then defeated Moondragron by using his new schema to his advantage.

Reception

* In 2021, ''

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'' ranked Interloper 10th in their "15 Most Powerful Eternals" list. * In 2021, ''

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'' ranked Interloper 10th in their "10 Most Powerful Members Of The Eternals" list

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