Nefarius
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Nefarius (real name Lloyd Bloch), previously known as Moonstone, is a fictional character, a supervillain in the Marvel Comics universe.
He was a Captain America villain affiliated with the Secret Empire. He was empowered by a stone found in the Moon's surface, hence his codename. After the Secret Empire's defeat he was arrested, and eventually had his alien gem stolen from him by his psychiatrist, Karla Sofen, who became the second Moonstone.
Bloch later resurfaced with ionic powers similar to those of Wonder Man, bearing the new codename "Nefarius" and claiming to be the son of Count Nefaria. He planned to take revenge on Sofen, but was apparently killed by Nefaria, when he drained the ionic energy from him.
During the Thunderbolts' sojourn on Counter-Earth, Sofen encountered Bloch's counterpart who went by the codename Phantom Eagle. The alternate Bloch became obsessed with Moonstone and began experiencing psychotic episodes and was exposed as a serial killer. Sofen proceeded to steal his equivalent stone too.
[edit] Alternate definition
Wiktionary: Nefarious ... (with letter "o") as opposed to Nefarius (without the letter "o") is defined as follows: