Who Is Black Bolt? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Black Bolt is a Marvel comic book character, the alter ego of Blackagar Boltagon, with over 1,447 comic issue appearances. The king of the Inhumans, Black Bolt is cursed and blessed with a quasi-sonic voice. He must remain forever silent, for with the slightest whisper he can destroy cities, and with the loudest screams he can level continents.

Who is Black Bolt?

Origin King of Attilan Black Bolt was born as Blackagar Boltagon to two of Attilan 's top geneticists, Agon , head of the ruling Council of Genetics, and Rynda , director of the Prenatal Care Center. Subjected to the mutagenic Terrigen Mists while still an embryo, Bolt was born with strange powers surpassing even the Inhumans' norm. As an infant, he demonstrated certain energy-manipulative abilities which he could not yet control, particularly that of producing quasi-sonic energy of great destructive potential. To protect the community, he was placed inside a sound-proofed chamber and given an energy-harnessing suit. Agon then tutored his son in how to control his powers, until he was permitted to re-enter society as a young man, having promised to never speak of his powers. Black Bolt's younger brother Maximus attacks him upon his release from confinement, in an attempt to prove that Black Bolt cannot control his sonic powers. A month after being awarded his freedom, Black Bolt discovers that his younger brother, Maximus Boltagon, is in the process of making a treacherous pact with emissaries of the alien Kree . Attempting to stop the Kree ship before it escaped, Black Bolt used t.

Key facts

Black Bolt is of other origin and first appeared in "Among Us Hide The Inhumans!". The character is published by Marvel. With 1,447 recorded issue appearances, Black Bolt ranks among the most featured characters in comics.