Created by Bill Mantlo, Yong Montano, and Marv Wolfman, the character first appeared in Marvel Chillers #1 (October 1975).

[3] Modred the Mystic debuted in Marvel Chillers #1 (October 1975), created by Bill Mantlo, Yong Montano, and Marv Wolfman.

[7] He later regained his magical powers, and reduced the Thing and the Puppet Master, who were visiting Transia, to doll-size and attacked them with animated toys.

[volume & issue needed] Doctor Strange bound Modred to the island of Maui during their battle, leaving him unable to protect his teammates from the Darkhold's "Demogorge" spell.

[volume & issue needed] The spell was used by Blade, who was transformed into the Switchblade, a killer of mystical heroes and monsters alike.

Modred agreed, and found that soul in an abbey in Bath in the form of an ancient holy woman who had been blinded by age.

[volume & issue needed] Modred returned to the Darkhold Redeemers and began training Louise Hastings' son Jinx in the magical arts.

[volume & issue needed] Soon afterwards, the demon-goddess Lilith, her consort Zarathos and their Lilin offspring attacked the Redeemers and the other Midnight Sons.

Louise Hastings was killed in the battle by Morbius the Living Vampire, and Modred was falsely accused by his teammates of having set up the attack.

[volume & issue needed] They led the Redeemers to the home of the Truthsayer, who revealed to Modred that Chthon was about to enter the Earthly realm.

Modred took advantage of the confusion to kill the Truthsayer, preventing his allies from learning that his true master was about to be reborn on the Earth via the womb of another Darkhold Redeemer, Victoria Montesi.

[volume & issue needed] Afterwards, Modred sent Wildpride to attack Strange, then followed the sorcerer to his new sanctum in search of Victoria Montesi, who was still pregnant with the incarnation of Chthon.

[volume & issue needed] Doctor Strange later exorcised Chthon's presence from Montesi's unborn child.

[volume & issue needed] Modred eventually manages to gather all the pages of the Darkhold, beating the Knights of Wundagore's emissary, Quicksilver, to them.

While his master ran around the Earth, altering the effects of the cascade to his will, Modred ambushed the Avengers inside Wundagore.

[15] During the Civil War II storyline, Modred tells Warrior Woman that he paid a visit to Ulysses Cain disguised as Crystal who told him that the Myriad can be enhanced if they can get the Atlanteans on their side.

He has the ability to manipulate magical forces for a variety of effects, including levitation, control of the elements, creation of mystic shields and energy projection.