Merlin in comics

[1] He was also one of the earliest recurring characters in a DC Comics title, appearing after Doctor Occult and before Slam Bradley and Superman.

[7][8][9] In the Vertigo Comics miniseries The Names of Magic, Timothy Hunter encounters an aspect of Merlin trapped in a cave in Cornwall.

Merlin's spirit manifests in Tim's owl Yoyo and tutors him before being killed by the Brotherhood of the Cold Flame.

Merlin was responsible for teaching magic to Morgan le Fay, though she turned against him and became one of King Arthur's greatest foes.

Knowing that Britain would need a champion to face the likes of Morgan and Mordred, he sought a boy to become the first Black Knight.

[a] His spirit continued to appear in astral form and advise the original Black Knight, but he was no longer seen in his physical body.

Merlin, who was imprisoned in a dimension used by the Otherworld fairy king Oberon to keep evil at bay, was freed by Pete Wisdom during the Skrull invasion of Earth.

[24] He becomes a major antagonist in the book's final story arc when it's revealed that he's working with pre-established villains Morgana le Fey and Coven Akkaba, and shares their hatred for "Witchbreed" (mutants).

[26] Merlyn then becomes the main antagonist of the book's sequel series Knights of X, ruling Otherworld with an iron fist within the Lunatic Citadel.

[volume & issue needed] Peter Hunter, the British costumed champion known as Albion, a member of the Knights of Pendragon, is alleged to be the current reincarnation of Merlin.

[32] This Merlin was one of the High Evolutionaries of the Cosmos, a group that also includes Rassilon, the founder of the Time Lords, which guarded the timestream.