Ibistick

Official Name

Ibistick

Universe

Lead Designer

Place of Creation

Origin

Four thousand years ago, an Egyptian craftsman created a mystical wand and gave it to his nephew, Prince Amentep. Dubbing the wand his Ibis-stick, Amentep used it to save the life of his beloved Princess Taia, who had been felled by a poisoned arrow, fired by a dark sorcerer known as the Black Pharaoh. Amentep knew that Taia required time to properly heal from her wounds, so he used the stick to place her into a state of suspended animation, and then cast the same spell upon himself. In 1940, the wizard Shazam used his own power to awaken Amentep. He adopted the name Ibis the Invincible, and used the Ibistick to track down the sleeping Taia. He found her wrapped as a mummy in a museum several miles away. Ibis used the magic wand to awaken his love, and together they engaged in a series of occult related adventures throughout the United States of the 1940s.

Dimensions

The length of the Ibistick appears to change from era to era. In its original Golden Age inception, the stick appeared to be approximately 8-12 inches long. Variations of the Ibistick however, as illustrated in the Silver Age continuity of Earth-S, visually show the wand to be more than 2'0" in overall length.

Current Owner

Previous Owners

Ibis (Amentep); Taia; Tannarak

First appearance