High Lord Papal

High Lord Papal is one of the main antagonists of the comic book series Dreadstar by Jim Starlin and published by Marvel's Epic Comics imprint.

He is the temporal leader of the Church of Instrumentality, which rules half of the Empirical Galaxy and its locked in a centuries long war against the Monarchy.

The Monarchy is aided by a Group of adventurers led by Vanth Dreadstar, the last survivor of the Milky Way Galaxy and bitter enemy of Lord Papal.

Thanks to the help of the mysterious individual known as Z, Papal managed to conquer the homeworld of the Monarchy and end the war, forcing Dreadstar's team to become fugitives and to go great lenghts to defeat the Church of Instrumentality.

In their final duel, Lord Papal manages to destroy Dreadstar's energy sword before being defeated for good by Dreadstar.