AGATHA HARKNESS

 

AGATHA HARKNESS

Real Name: Agatha Harkness

First Appearance: Fantastic Four (Vol. 1) #94, January 1970

Powers: Agatha Harkness is a witch of unrevealed age and claims to be many centuries old. One of Earth's dozen or so most powerful witches, she has tapped into this universe's infinite store of ambient magical energy and learned to manipulate it to a variety of effects.

Her most potent spells seem to be precognitive, communicative, analytical, or manipulative of living beings' minds, though she has cast powerful transportation spells and lent tremendous power to others. She generally does not engage in direct magical combat due to the physical limitations of her advanced age. The sources of her magic include natural forces, extra-dimensional beings, and her own innate energies. Her spells frequently require a variety of mystical components, including but not limited to charmed circles, arcane chants, and the use of enchanted items. Her aging has been dramatically slowed, presumably through magical means.

Agatha has a familiar, Ebony, a possibly demonic cat which can regenerate from virtually complete destruction, transform into a panther or a giant humanoid feline, and through which Agatha can see, hear, and occasionally cast spells. Agatha's home, Whisper Hill, has been destroyed or vanished on multiple occasions, but it has always been just as quickly restored through magic.