Ibis the Invincible

Ibis the Invincible was a Fawcett Comics character who first appeared in WHIZ COMICS #2 (which also contained the debut of Captain Marvel among others). He and the other Fawcett heroes were acquired by DC in the 1970s.

Ibis was originally Prince Amentep of ancient Egypt. He was chosen by Thoth (the God of Wisdom) to bear the Ibisstick, a magic wand which could grant its owner's every wish. Amentep and his lover Taia had everything their hearts desired but soon grew bored. They were also oppressed by Amentep's cruel relative (his uncle, I believe), the Black Pharoah. Using the Ibisstick, they placed themselves under a spell of sleep and vowed to awaken in "more interesting times."

Believed to be dead, their mummified bodies were later found by archaeologists and placed in seperate museums. Amentep ended up in Fawcett City. In the 1940s, he was awakened by the wizard Shazam who knew of the prince from his years in Egypt. (An unnamed man looking at the sarcophagus in the original Fawcett story was revealed as Shazam in DC's THE POWER OF SHAZAM.) Ibis (as the museum employees had nicknamed him) set out to find his lost love, Taia. Once they were reunited, Ibis began operating as a mystery man and joined the loose affiliation of heroes who worked for Shazam in Fawcett City, among them Spy Smasher, Minute Man, Bulletman, Bulletgirl, Mr. Scarlet, and Pinky. (Pre-Crisis, they were known as the Squadron of Justice and were the heroes of Earth-S. They were featured in a crossover with the JLA and JSA in the 70s.)

I know little of Ibis' Golden Age stories other than the fact that the Black Pharaoh resurfaced, kept alive by dark sorcery. After the war, Ibis returned to his mystical sleep and was awakened in modern day by Mary Marvel in an issue of THE POWER OF SHAZAM.