{"id":4137,"date":"2023-02-20T12:23:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-20T16:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theskeletoncurse.com\/?p=4137"},"modified":"2026-09-27T18:25:55","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T21:25:55","slug":"minor-super-villain-246-karvac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theskeletoncurse.com\/?p=4137","title":{"rendered":"MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 246: KARVAC"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Karvac himself is strictly ho hum territory: a would-be world conqueror who leads his army of heat ray-toting goons on a path of destruction before being beaten up by Hawkman. Snoresville, man.<\/p>\n

BUT: the method by which Karvac managed to acquire his army of heat ray-toting goons, now that’s the kind of comic book nonsense that we love around here.<\/p>\n

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Karvac, you see, unearthed rites and rituals connected to Scorio, Alligator God of the Phoenicians, and established both a temple and cult of worshippers to Scorio in the Eastern US, in order to cast ancient ritual magics and bring Scorio to him.<\/p>\n

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AND IT WORKS! Korvac summons a god! And that god promptly tells him how to make heat rays for his army of goons to tote! (it’s not exactly clear in the text whether the army of goons are also the Scorio cultists that Hawkman sees performing rituals at the temple earlier in the story, but it’s narratively satisfying to think so)<\/p>\n

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Scorio eventually gets banished back to the otherworldly swamp that he usually hangs out in, and as far as I know has never made a return appearance. But he should! Korvac might’ve been a dud, but an ancient and vengeful alligator god who can hand out secret knowledge to evil men is a really neat foe for a guy like Hawkman, particularly once his reincarnation bullshit really gets going – Katar Hol might not know Scorio from a hole in the ground but Scorio knows a soul no matter how many times it’s been reborn. BRING BACK<\/b> Scorio!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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