Abdul Qamar (Earth-616)

The Bedouin prince Abdul Qamar quickly rose to power over his nomadic family, but would often leave to trade goods in the cities. After one such trading run,[citation needed] while seeking shelter in an underground tomb, Qamar discovered a magic scimitar and flying carpet that had belonged to a thirteenth-century ancestor who had been a champion of his nomadic people, and who were gifts of the Desert Gods. Qamar decided to carry on his ancestor's tradition by battling evil as the Arabian Knight. He would have a first chance to do so battling two demons, Gog and Magog who had been sealed in their tomb by his ancestor. While doing so, the Arabian Knight tentatively collaborated and fought the Hulk, discovering his secret identity in the process.

REALITY

Earth 616

POWERS

The Arabian Knight wielded a "magic carpet" that responded solely to his mental commands. The carpet could levitate off the ground and propel itself through the air at any speed that the Knight commanded. The Arabian Knight seldom had it fly beyond the speed at which he could breathe, approximately 90 miles per hour. The carpet could levitate to any height the Knight commanded it, although he hadn't attempted to fly higher than 20,000 feet, the point at which the atmosphere became too thin to breathe. Besides its use as transportation, the carpet could be commanded to perform such feats as wrapping around an object or person, or rolling itself into a cylinder and striking like a whip or battering ram. The carpet, empowered by unknown magical forces, was virtually impervious to harm.

OCCUPATION

Bedouin chieftain, trader, covert operative, adventurer

MARITAL STATUS

Married

AFFILIATION

Formerly Pantheon; undercover (fakely-reluctant) member of Desert Sword,

TRIVIA

The Arabian Knight debuted and obtained his powers and magic gear in Incredible Hulk #257 - but by then he already had a first cameo appearance flying in Incredible Hulk #250, which happened chronologically before #257. When reader Wally Neville wrote to ask how this was possible, the Marvel team responded simply, "Good question."

BASE OF OPERATIONS

Mobile; region of Saudi Arabia and Ahmet, Egypt

BIRTHPLACE

Aqabah, Saudi Arabia

FIRST APPEARANCE

Incredible Hulk #250 (May, 1980)

CITIZENSHIP

Saudi Arabian

HAIR COLOR

Black

CREATED BY

Bill Mantlo, Sal Buscema

CURRENT ALIAS

Arabian Knight

ALIASES

Arabian Night (Pantheon code-name)

EYE COLOR

Brown

PARENTS AND RELATIVES

unidentified ancestor (deceased);
Almira (wife);
Maya (wife);
Rana (wife);
Faisal (son);
Hassim (son);
Unidentified son

HEIGHT

5′10″ (1.78 m)

WEIGHT

170 lbs (77.11 kg)

LIVING STATUS

Deceased

IDENTITY

Secret

ORIGIN

Human

GENDER

Male

DEATH

Thunderbolts #55 (October, 2001)

DURABILITY

ENERGY

FIGHTING SKILLS

INTELLIGENCE

SPEED

STRENGTH

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