Macbeth, King of Scotland Gille Coemgáin. He subsequently married Gille Coemgáin's widow, Gruoch, although they had no children together. In 1040, Duncan I launched an attack into Moray and was killed in action by Macbeth's troops. Macbeth succeeded him as King of Alba, apparently with little opposition. His 17-year reign was mostly peaceful, although in 1054 he was faced with an English invasion, led by Siward, Earl of Northumbria, on behalf of Edward the Confessor. Macbeth was killed at the Battle of Lumphanan in 1057 by forces loyal to the future Malcolm III. He was buried on Iona, the traditional resting place of Scottish
Confessor (comics) there is a large, shining cross, which causes him sufficient pain to prevent him giving into his temptation to drink blood and remind him of the mission which drives him onward, his mission to defend justice. Towards the climax of his career he began mentoring a sidekick, Altar Boy, who discovered his vampiric nature. The Confessor sacrificed his identity and life to expose masquerading alien invaders, but posthumously was nonetheless falsely blamed for a string of unrelated murders in the Shadow Hill district of Astro City. The mantle of The Confessor was then taken up by Altar Boy. Although the