Who Is Maleficent? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Maleficent is a Disney comic book character, with over 85 comic issue appearances. Maleficent is an evil fairy with powerful dark magic, and one of the most infamous Disney villains of all time. She can shape shift into a dragon. She has a legion of servants and only has affection for one creature: her sly and crafty raven Diablo.

Who is Maleficent?

Major Story Arcs Sleeping Beauty (Disney) In the Disney interpretation of the tale of Sleeping Beauty from 1959, Maleficent makes her first appearance. The evil fairy shows up uninvited during the infant Princess Aurora 's christening, then punishes the court for excluding her by placing a curse on the infant, declaring that on her sixteenth birthday Aurora will prick her finger on a spinning wheel and die. After she leaves, her curse is modified by the youngest of the Three Good Fairies so that Princess Aurora will fall instead into a deep sleep rather than die, a sleep that can be broken only by true love's kiss. The Three Good Fairies take Aurora into hiding to protect her from further harm by Maleficent; for the next 15 years, Maleficent searches for Princess Aurora but is unable to find her. Finally, Maleficent's raven happens upon Aurora, and Maleficent learns that the Princess has already met the true love whose kiss will instantly neutralize Maleficient's curse. Maleficent comes up with one of the nastier schemes: she kidnaps the Prince , intending to keep him captive and alive until he is withered with age and then, only then, allowing him to kiss the sleeping Princess Aur.

Key facts

Maleficent is of god/eternal origin and first appeared in "Sleeping Beauty". The character is published by Disney. With 85 recorded issue appearances, Maleficent ranks among the most featured characters in comics.