Necronomicon

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 * Aliases                = The Book of the Dead, Sumerian Book of the Dead (Earth-818793 version)
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 * LeadDesigner           = Abdul Alhazred (Earth-616 version)
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 * First                  = Journey into Mystery Vol 2 #4

On Earth-616, the Necronomicon was derived from a small part of lore from the Shiatra Book of the Damned (The Darkhold). The book was created by Abdul Alhazred, a sorcerer skilled in summoning demons, before the time he was trapped in Pellucidar.
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The book has been banned for centuries. In Providence, Rhode Island, a copy was kept in the church used by the Starry Wisdom cult which remained when they were driven out in the 1880s. Robert Blake recognized it when he explored the church as he had earlier learned about the book from correspondence with a reclusive scholar native to Providence.

When Silver Dagger was denied the papacy, he extensively studied a part of the Vatican Library which housed the most complete collection of books on the dark arts, including the Necronomicon. The Scarlet Witch considered the book an abomination and mistakenly believed all copies long destroyed. What appeared to be Agatha Harkness at the time, however, stated that it would be really useful to helping with Wanda's demon problems.

According to some sources Doctor Strange posessed a copy. It may also have been owned by Ralph Halley.

Earth-818793 / Earth-2149
In Ash's home reality, Earth-818793, the Necronomicon is a sentient book with powers to create portals through time and between realities, as well as to create mystical zombies called Deadites through corruption of souls or demonic possession, similar to the "Raimis" created by Earth-555's Darkhold. Ash referred to it as the Sumerian Book of the Dead. One of Doctor Strange's sentient books, however, said that it was translated from the texts of a Sumerian death cult and written in blood on the flesh of the damned and tortured. Fought over by practitioners of the black arts it disappeared on Earth-2149 for several decades until it recently resurfaced in the collection of Doctor Doom.


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 * Notes                  = * The Necronomicon is the mystical equivalent of Marvel's Darkhold.
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