Religion: demon (born human)
Name: Darkoth
Alter Ego: Desmond Pitt
Other Names: The Death Demon; Darkoth the Death Demon
Classification:
supporting character
villain
First Appearance: Fantastic Four (vol. 1) #142 (Jan. 1974): "No Friend Beside Him!"
Creators: Gerry Conway, Rich Buckler, Joe Sinnott
Number of appearances: 13
Teams/Affiliations: U.S. Air Force; NASA
Foe of: Doctor Doom, The Fantastic Four
Allies: Fantastic Four, Diablo
Occupation: pilot, military officer
Worked for: Doctor Doom
Nation: USA
Birth place: St. Louis, Montana
Gender: male
Note: test pilot
former friend of Ben Grimm; mutated by Dr. Doom to look like traditional Latvian mountain demon and caused to believe himself a real demon; given additional powers by Diablo; soul held prisoner by Mephisto, freed by Thor; relocated to Otherplace dimension. Took soulsword from S'ym, taking control of Otherplace and becoming embodiment of it.
This character is in the following 2 stories which have been indexed by this website:
Fantastic Four
Suggested links for further research about this character:
- http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix3/darkoth.htm
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darkoth
- http://marvel.wikia.com/wiki/Desmond_Pitt_(Earth-616)
- http://www.immortalthor.net/bio-darkoth.html
- http://www.rapsheet.co.uk/RapSheetMain/Character2.asp?UniqueId=659
- http://www.comicvine.com/darkoth/29-14514/
- http://www.marvunapp.com/master/darkndarz.htm
- http://www.comics.org/issue/27092/
- http://www.comicbookdb.com/issue.php?ID=28488
- http://www.comicboards.com/marvelguide/d.htm