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| “ | My years of devotion to the dark arts have made me strong. Stronger than you. | „ |
| ~ Baron Mordo to Doctor Strange. |
| “ | Yes, Master Dormammu. I am yours to command. | „ |
| ~ Baron Mordo obeying Dormammu. |
| “ | This is for meddling in my affairs. | „ |
| ~ Baron Mordo before fighting Spider-Man, Iron Man, and Eddie Brock. |
Baron Mordo is a minor antagonist in Season 2 and a supporting antagonist in Season 3 of the 1994-98 animated superhero television series Spider-Man.
He is a sorcerer who specializes in dark magic, and would use his powers to try to release the demonic entity known as Dormammu from the Dark Dimension.
He was voiced by the late Tony Jay, who also voiced Galactus in the Marvel Animated Universe, Shere Khan in The Jungle Book 2 and Talespin, Monsieur D'Arque in Beauty and the Beast, Judge Claude Frollo in The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and Lord Dregg in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles the 1987 TV Series.
Biography[]
A former student of the Ancient One, he attempted to overthrow him. However, Stephen Strange discovered his plan and attempted to warn the Ancient One, but Mordo used a spell to silence him. Fortunately, the Ancient One already knew of Mordo's plan and effortlessly stopped it, banishing Mordo from his tutelage and taking Strange on as his apprentice. Mordo went onto become high priest of the Dread Dormammu whom he seeks to release from the Dark Dimension. He controls a cult of worshipers, whom he keeps under his control by casting illusions that delude them into believing that they are being reunited with loved ones-holding them at his lair, referred to as the Center for Reunification.
Mordo pursues the powerful Wand of Watoomb, brainwashing Mary-Jane Watson into becoming a member of his cult, and showing her visions of her father. When Peter Parker comes to rescue her, Mordo brainwashes him by showing him visions of his deceased parents. He then sends his puppets, including Peter to raid Strange's temple and bring him the Wand of Watoomb. Using his spider powers, Spider-Man overwhelms Dr. Strange and his assistant Woo with the help of the other cultists. Mary-Jane makes off with the Wand but Strange captures Spider-Man and releases him from Mordo's mind-control.
They then go to Mordo's temple where he is using the Wand in a ritual to open a portal to the Dark Dimension. Spider-Man gets the Wand off Mordo whilst Woo fights off the cultists. Mordo attacks Strange but proves no match for him. He pleads with Dormammu for help and Dormammu possesses his servant from beyond the portal to use his powers against Strange. Spider-Man jumps through the portal to fight Dormammu and is joined by Strange. They retrieve the Wand from Dormammu and escape, by which time Mordo has fled.
However, Mordo would not give up in bringing his master into Earth. Under Dormammu’s orders, Mordo started a technology company under the name of Ardon Broom (an anagram for Baron Mordo) which would supply Stark Industries with a device called the Inter-Dimensional Probe. This technology could open portals to other dimensions, which could in turn bring Dormammu to Earth. He then broke into Stark Industries and used a computer to bring the John Jameson Probe back to Earth. His reason for doing was because the probe had the Venom symbiote attached to it, back when Spider-Man trapped it there before it went into space. Mordo’s plan was to bring the symbiote back to Eddie Brock so he could bond with it, and retrieve the Inter-Dimensional Probe from Stark Industries.
The plan is a success and the probe lands in a park, where the Venom symbiote (as well as its offspring, the Carnage symbiote) attacks a young couple who witness its landing. Mordo uses his power of astral projection to speak with Eddie Brock at the Ravencroft Institute for the Criminally Insane, where he informs Brock that he can have the chance to bond with the symbiote again, in exchange for vowing permanent service to Dormammu. Brock agrees.
Mordo uses his powers to hypnotize the young woman who witnessed the probe’s landing to bond with the Venom symbiote, and visit Eddie at the Asylum. The symbiote then bonds with Eddie and he is now Venom again. He escapes the Asylum and speaks with Dormammu in Mordo's lair. The demon tells Eddie how they were able to get the symbiote back, and orders him to get the Inter-Dimensional Probe.
Once Mordo arrives at Stark Industries, he witnesses Venom’s struggle to get the probe back as he is fighting Spider-Man and War Machine. Worried about Venom possibly failing, Dormammu informs him about Venom’s spawn, Carnage, much to Mordo’s surprise. Realizing that the symbiote must bond with someone as “fanatical” as Brock, Mordor remembers his conversation with Eddie in his cell, in which Cletus Kasady (who was in the cell next to Eddie) begged Mordo for the symbiote instead.
Mordo once again uses powers to hypnotize the young woman’s boyfriend into bonding with the Carnage symbiote. The man breaks into the Institute and arrives at Kasady’s cell. Mordo uses his astral form to make the same deal with Kasady that he had Brock, in which he would have to serve Doromammu forever in exchange for the symbiote. Kasady agrees and bonds with Carnage. He then escapes from his cell and arrives at Stark Industries to retrieve the Probe.
Once Carnage arrives to help Venom go against Spider-Man and War Machine, the two engage in a fight over who kills Spider-Man, and Mordo has to break them up. They take the Probe and bring it to Mordo’s lair. Venom and Carnage attempt to kill each other once last time, but are interrupted by Dormammu, who tells them that he needs an equal amount of life force to replace himself once he leaves his dimension. Venom departs due to feeling he has repaid his debt. Carnage tries to drag Venom back, but is stopped by Dormammu who tells him he no longer needs Venom now that he has him. Dormmanu then gives Carnage the power to drain souls from others, so he may put those souls into a urn that will be used to replace him in his dimension.
Carnage manages to drain a few people and makes the same attempt on Spider-Man, but to no avail. Mordo uses his astral form to inform Carnage that he must be drained of the souls he consumed in order to drain more. Therefore Carnage throws Spider-Man aside and returns to the lair. After he drains the souls into the urn, Mordo tells him he needs more. Carnage goes back to New York City and follows through with his task, where he drains life from Lieutenant Terri Lee, as well as Venom’s love interest, Dr. Ashley Kafka. He and Mordo take her body, and Mordo teleports them back to his lair.
Once Carnage drains the remaining souls into the urn, Spider-Man, Iron Man, and Venom ambush them and they engage in a fight. Mordo orders Carnage to throw the urn into the portal to Dromammu’s dimension. Once he does so, Dormammu is freed. As they engage further in their battle, Spider-Man is able to send Dormammu back into his portal, thus allowing all souls to return to their bodies, including that of Ashley Kafka's and Lieutenant Lee's. In order to seal the portal completely, they send Carnage due to his connection made between him and Dormammu, but not before the latter tries to drag Ashley with him. Venom frees her and allows Carnage to take him instead. As they are all sucked in, the portal is sealed. However, Mordo (still intent on freeing Dormammu) escapes and is never seen again.
Quotes[]
| “ | Good, child. This institution's purpose is to make you contempt and fulfilled. | „ |
| ~ Baron Mordo to Mary Jane. |
| “ | Now my children go back to your chambers and rest. We will have another visit very soon. | „ |
| ~ Baron Mordo tells Mary Jane and the others to return to their chambers. |
| “ | Mary Jane arrived seeking the truth about her father. She has found it and found him. Why would you deny her such fulfillment? Isn't that what were all longing for? After all isn't there someone with whom you want to be reunited? Ah, yes. Of course there is. | „ |
| ~ Baron Mordo to Peter Parker. |
| “ | My children our time is at hand. We must dispel our enemies. Listen to my words. You are the army of Dormammu. You must recover the Wand of Watoomb. Let nothing not even your own destruction stand in the way. | „ |
| ~ Baron Mordo sends his minions to recover the Wand of Watoomb. |
| “ | All is now prepared master. The wand is ours | „ |
| ~ Baron Mordo to Dormammu. |
| “ | By the power of the wand I release my master, Dormammu into this dimension. | „ |
| ~ Baron Mordo trying to free Dormammu. |
| “ | Now you will know what true power is Strange. I call down the Rain of Raggadorr! | „ |
| ~ Baron Mordo gets help from Dormammu to fight against Doctor Strange. |
| “ | My master, Dormammu, knows everything. You need only swear to serve him and the symbiote will be yours once more. He can make you whole again. | „ |
| ~ Baron Mordo to Eddie Brock. |
| “ | Dormammu: Mordo. Baron Mordo: My Master. Venom is facing formidable foes. There is a chance that the probe will be lost to us. Dormammu: Mordo, I leave nothing to chance. The probe will secured. If not by Venom alone then with someone else. Baron Mordo: Someone else? Dormammu: When I ordered you to retrieve the symbiote from space I did so not only because of it's great strength but also because it was about to reproduce. Baron Mordo: The symbiote can do that? Dormammu: It can, and it has. There is now another. Baron Mordo: But to be effective won't the second symbiote needs as it's host someone as fanatical as Brock? Dormammu: Yes. Perhaps even more so |
„ |
| ~ Dormammu tells Baron Mordo that there is another symbiote. |
| “ | Kasady: What in the name of... Baron Mordo: It is my master, Dormammu who confers this gift upon you Kasady. Kasady: A gift? Baron Mordo: Remember. You wanted the same power that I offered Eddie Brock. Kasady: This is it? Baron Mordo: But to enjoy it you must first swear to serve Dormammu forever. Kasady: No problem man. He sounds like my kind of guy. Let me have the power. What do I do? Baron Mordo: This is a symbiote. A living organism. It must bond with you. Kasady: And then I get to be like Brock? Baron Mordo: Similar but different. As different as you are from Brock. Once you bond it will reflect your hatred for humanity, your lust for destruction. Kasady: I'll take it. Baron Mordo: It must take you. |
„ |
| ~ Baron Mordo offers Cletus Kasady the Carnage symbiote in exchange for his service. |
| “ | Carnage, aye? I like the sound of that. You promised us carnage, deliver it! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!!!! | „ |
| ~ Baron Mordo as Cletus Kasady becomes Carnage. |
| “ | Stop this petty squabble. The master commands you to bring back the inner-dimensional machine. The Dread Dormammu made you both what you are and you agreed to help him. Do you dare go back on your word? | „ |
| ~ Baron Mordo to Venom and Carnage. |
| “ | Carnage. Your body can hold no more life force. Come back so that you can be drained. | „ |
| ~ Baron Mordo to Carnage. |
| “ | Carnage: This is taking forever. I've got people to torment. Baron Mordo: The transfer is almost complete. Carnage: And then we can say hello to hot head. I mean Dormammu. Baron Mordo: The urn is not yet full. We need the energy of a few more lives. Carnage: Only a few? Too bad. |
„ |
| ~ Baron Mordo and Carnage. |
| “ | Yes this is the last life energy we need. I must bring you back immediately. | „ |
| ~ Baron Mordo and Carnage escapes after capturing Ashley Kafka. |
| “ | Carnage, release the contents of the urn. | „ |
| ~ Baron Mordo telling Carnage to free Dorumammu. |
| “ | All is lost, for now. | „ |
| ~ Baron Mordo's last words before escaping. |
External Links[]
- Baron Mordo on the Pure Evil Wiki
