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Baal

Baal was the leader of the Sandstormers, who found Apocalypse as a baby and raised him. The character, created by Terry Kavanagh and Adam Pollina first appeared in The Rise of Apocalypse #1 (October 1996).

Baal is the leader of the Sandstormers, raiders and scavengers in ancient Egypt who lived by the dogma of survival of the fittest. When Kang the Conqueror went back in time, in his spaceship, the Sphinx and crash landed, he was found by the Sandstormers. Inside, Baal and his people found a wounded Kang, and nursed him back to health. When Kang recovered, he ran away and became pharaoh of Egypt as Rama Tut. He returned with soldiers to reclaim his jewel, which the Sandstormers had stolen. The Sandstormers did not reveal where it was and many of Baal's men were massacred.

The jewel, "The Eye of the Ages" gives its holders glimpses into the future and Baal saw in it a man who would defeat him, this man was En Sabah Nur. The Sandstormers raided village after village in search for Nur and finally found him left to die on an altar of stones. Many of the Sandstormers wished to slay the baby, thinking it a demon. From the moment Baal had found Nur, he was attached to him and even slew his own men to defend him.

Battering ram

A battering ram is a siege engine that originated in ancient times and designed to break open the masonry walls of fortifications or splinter their wooden gates.

In its simplest form, a battering ram is just a large, heavy log carried by several people and propelled with force against an obstacle; the ram would be sufficient to damage the target if the log were massive enough and/or it were moved quickly enough (that is, if it had enough momentum). Later rams encased the log in an arrow-proof, fire-resistant canopy mounted on wheels. Inside the canopy, the log was swung from suspensory chains or ropes.

Rams proved effective weapons of war because old fashioned wall-building materials such as stone and brick were weak in tension, and therefore prone to cracking when impacted with force. With repeated blows, the cracks would grow steadily until a hole was created. Eventually, a breach would appear in the fabric of the wall—enabling armed attackers to force their way through the gap and engage the inhabitants of the citadel.

Battering Ram (disambiguation)

A battering ram is a siege engine originating in ancient times.

Battering Ram may also refer to:

Battering Ram (Saxon album)

Battering Ram is the twenty-first studio album by British heavy metal band Saxon, which was released on 16 October 2015.

Background

Saxon frontman Biff Byford stated that the band worked on a new album in January, February and March 2015. On 1 August, the band announced 16 October as the release date of Battering Ram and also premiered the official video of the title track worldwide.

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Ram (comics)

Ram is a fictional Japanese superhero published by DC Comics. He first appeared in Millennium #2 (January 1988), and was created by Steve Engelhart and Joe Staton.

Fictional character biography

Takeo Yakata is chosen by the Guardians of the Universe to be evolutionarily advanced, and becomes the cybernetically enhanced Ram. This places him square in the sights of the Manhunters, a race of ancient robots who hate the Guardians. They try and kill him and the others chosen to be advanced. The survivors form a new team and operate independently for some time. For a while, Ram lived on an isolated island with his friends, while they tried to work towards their mission of peace. When Guy Gardner tries to take control of the team, they attempt to resist peacefully and ultimately fail.

Ram and many of the Guardians are featured in Green Lantern v.3 #32-35. Having been absorbed by the entity called 'Entropy', they telepathically assist Hal Jordan in its defeat.

In JSA #28 (November 2001), Ram's picture is shown along with pictures of other superheroes that were kidnapped and killed in Roulette's casino.