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Religion: Norse/Teutonic paganism; Viking
Name: Hagbard
Classification: supporting character
First Appearance: New Comics #1 (Dec. 1935): "Vikings: Episode One"
Creators: Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson, R. H. Livingstone
Number of Appearances: 1
Family/Relative: Ivar (grandson)
Birth Place: Norway
Race: white
Gender: male
Note: sent his grandson Ivar to be abandoned in wilderness
King Harald, a viking king, came to Hagbard's village. The king wooed Hagbard's daughter Sigrid and left her pregnant with child. Many months after the viking king had sailed away. Sigrid gave birth to a son, Ivar. Hagbard ordered that his illegitimate grandson be abandoned in the wild.
The gods had other plans for Ivar, however. Odin himself protected the boy, who was rescued by Kol the Wise.
Suggested links for further research about this character and the character's religious affiliation:
- http://www.comicvine.com/hagbard/4005-62990/
- http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/New_Comics_Vol_1_1
- https://www.comics.org/issue/94/
- http://www.comicvine.com/new-comics-1/4000-109779/