Gilad Anni-Padda

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Gilad Anni-Padda aka the Eternal Warrior is the title character of a 50-issue comic book series by Valiant Comics that ran from 1992-1996. Eternal Warrior was relaunched with the other Valiant characters under the banner of Acclaim Comics in 1996 (video game company Acclaim Entertainment purchased Valiant Comics for $65 million in June 1994). A group known as Kothari, Kothari, and Shamdasani are the current owners of the Valiant catalog (including Eternal Warrior).

Character history

One of three natural human immortals. Gilad is the brother of Ivar the Timewalker and Aram the other aka Armstrong as well as the fist of the Geomancers and has served them for a millennia. In addition to his super human strength (though not as great as Aram's) and stamina, Gilad posses a healing ability which allows him to regenerate virtually any would. His people once said that he carried within him the "Leopard Spirit".

Gilad was born before recorded histroy. Like his brothers he is immortal and virtually indestructable. His skill at battlecraft and the arts of stealth are great, as he has honed them throughout the ages. In his youth he and Aram battled the superior weaponry of Mesopotamia and lost. Later the warriors of Mesopotamia attacked Gilad's village in retribution. All were killed with the exception of Gilad, Aram and Gilad's son Kalam. The brothers split up, Gilad traveling with the Geomancer of the day and Aram seeking a new family and a less violent life. Centuries passed and the brothers saw each other on occasion but have largely led separate lives.

With an ultra-dense cellular structure that gives him great strength and the ability to heal from the most grievous of wounds, Gilad Anni-Padda is even immune to the ravages of time. The greatest fighter from an age when the sword was the law, he was ancient before the rise of the Pharaohs, and shall survive the fall of nations yet to come. He is the Fist and Steel of those who guard the Earth - the Geomancers, and his battle is never-ending...

Bravest of a warrior tribe, Gilad Anni-Padda was born before recorded history. He and his brothers, Aram and Ivar, are the only known naturally immortal humans. When their tribe is decimated by the Sumerians, Gilad and his brothers go their separate ways. Establishing a relationship with the Geomancers, Gilad pledges to enforce their will for generations to come. Centuries later in China, Gilad first battles the Immortal Enemy, General Cheng. It is Cheng's hatred of Gilad that makes him reincarnate through the ages, always seeking Gilad's destruction. In World War II, Gilad meets Neville Alcott, who would later serve to aid the Eternal Warrior's causes.

Now known as Gilad Abrams, the Warrior fights the Immortal Enemy's latest incarnation: Colombian drug lord Juan Javier Caldone. Gilad has also incurred the enmity of Master Darque - necromancer supreme. But Gilad is no stranger to strife. For if a warrior's worth is measured by his enemies, then Gilad continues to be the greatest warrior of all time.

During the Unity crisis we see that Gilad will still be active in 4000 A.D., battling alongside Magnus, Robot Righter.

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