Night Thrasher (Marvel Comics) Character Review
Night Thrasher is a fictional Character, a superhero published by Marvel Comics. He first appeared in Thor (December 1989), and was created by Tom DeFalco and Ron Frenz. More about Night Thrasher (Marvel Comics) Character Review - keep on reading !!
Fictional Character Biography
Early Life - Dwayne Michael Taylor led a hard life. As a child in New York City,
he saw his wealthy parents slain before his very eyes. This event drove
him to hone himself into a human fighting machine in the pursuit of
vengeance. Over time, this desire for revenge later evolved into an
obsessive desire to punish all wrongdoers.
He was unable to fully remember the exact circumstances of his
parents' deaths, and was unable to remember the face of their killer, he
assumed that this was due to his mind trying to block the memory. Later
in life he discovered that the entire circumstances of his parents'
death and his own rearing by his guardian Chord and an elderly Asian woman named Tai, had in fact all been orchestrated by Tai herself.
The driven, and conflicted young man lived a dual existence, during
the day he ran the Taylor Foundation, and at night he relentlessly
trained himself to human perfection, and studied with the best private
tutors money could buy. He then began patrolling the streets of New York
City as a crime-fighter, to provide a test-bed for his skills.
Early Adventures - Silhouette and Midnight's Fire were operating as independent vigilantes in the streets of New York City
when they met Dwayne who was also doing the same thing but as a solo
operative, a short while before he became Night Thrasher. The trio began
an organized effort to lessen the influence of New York City street gangs. Silhouette and Midnight's Fire were the children of Andrew Chord who was serving at the time as Dwayne's guardian.
Their partnership ended when Silhouette was shot and paralyzed from the legs down in a sting gone badly. Midnight's Fire blamed Dwayne and became a cop killer and a druglord
in order to lure Dwayne into a physical confrontation he could not
possibly win. Later the partially paralyzed Silhouette reunited with
Dwayne, distancing herself from her brother's evil actions.
Dwayne created a suit of special body armor, partially as a response
to the threat of Midnight's Fire who was determined to kill him, and
also because he felt it was the most effective way to carry out his
mission.
Powers and Abilities
According to the villain Genecide, Dwayne has some unspecified "advanced DNA". And in issue #10 Emma Frost
states he was somehow naturally immune to telepathic probes; this was
later revealed to have been caused by Tai, either due to her tampering
with his memory or a deliberate effort on Tai's part to ensure that no
one else could manipulate Dwayne and interfere with her plans for him.
Night Thrasher possesses excellent hand-to-hand fighting ability and
is trained in various martial arts; he has been able to hold his own
against the Punisher (Thrasher would have won, had the Punisher not managed to discharge a submachine gun
against him at point-blank range). He is also an excellent acrobat, a
talented designer of battle-suits and small armament, and a good
computer "hacker." His strength was further enhanced, though not to a
truly super-human degree, by his Mark II combat armor.
Equipment - Night Thrasher wore a special suit of light articulated combat armor
composed of Kevlar/boro and silicate-oriented fiber in ceramic matrix, 2
layers, 8 mm/16 mm thick, and the cloth composed of micro-mail titanium
nitride; he originally designed the battle-suit to survive physical
combat with Silhouette's brother Midnight's Fire.
The costume cannot be penetrated by bullets from conventional firearms
or by knives and is fireproof. The suit is also composed of a wafer-thin
L.E.D. casing that allows the suit to camouflage itself within its
surroundings. The helmet contained goggles (integral) with infrared
sighting, telescopic lens, magnetic resonance scanning, and camera
attachment. The helmet also includes a breathing apparatus, voice
scrambler, two-way radio communications device, parabolic sound
enhancer, and cybernetic link to armor systems.
He also carried a pair of truncheons, Escrima sticks which he called his "Battle Staves" which attached to special slots in the back of the Mark I
armor, and an armored high tech fiberglass skateboard with a
retractable razor-sharp blade; the board also hooked onto the back of
his armor. The armor was equipped with a titanium spring-lock blade in
the right forearm. The left wrist of his armor contained a thin adamantium-alloy garrote
wire. Micro surface-to-surface (STS) missiles were also mounted on the
forearms. The Mark I armor also had a hidden compartment in which he had
a Micro Uzi
submachine pistol stored for emergencies. His skateboard could also be
used as a shield or as a weapon, with a wide concealed blade; it could
also be modified for use as a snowboard.
The wrist gauntlets on his armor could fire pepper spray, sleeping gas or explosively launch his "Battle Staves" which were holstered alongside his forearms in the Mark II
armor. His gauntlets could also deploy pneumatically-fired grapnel
lines for traversing rooftops, and contained retractable blades, as well
as an extendable computer tap. He also had a utility pack with various
shaped explosives, plastique, napalm gel, and cordite packs, magnesium
flares, smoke capsules, incendiary packs, caltrops/spur jacks, and ball
bearings. The back pack also contained a glider chute. The Mark II armor also had an advanced active camouflage system.
The Night Thrasher armor Dwayne was wearing in Civil War was also revealed to be made from a vibranium mesh.
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Darkhawk (Marvel Comics) Character Review
Darkhawk (Christopher Powell) is a fictional Comic book superhero who first appeared in his own self-titled series, Darkhawk #1 (March 1991). He was created by writer and then Marvel editor-in-chief Tom DeFalco, and artist Mike Manley. More about Darkhawk (Marvel Comics) Character Review - keep on reading !!
Fictional Character Biography
Christopher Powell was born in Queens, New York.
While witnessing his policeman father accept a bribe from a crime boss
at an abandoned amusement park, teenager Chris Powell discovered a
mysterious amulet. This amulet allowed him to switch places with a powerful android that his mind controlled. Powell vowed to use the amulet as "an edge against crime." In this role, he worked with other superheroes and battled a number of costumed villains.
Darkhawk soon encountered his first supervillain, the Hobgoblin, and battled him alongside Spider-Man. He next fought Savage Steel, and then Portal. He next battled the U-Foes alongside Captain America. He battled the villain Lodestone, who attempted to remove his amulet. He battled Savage Steel again, this time alongside the Punisher. Darkhawk battled the cyborg Midnight, Thunderball, and the Secret Empire alongside Spider-Man, the Punisher, Night Thrasher, Nova, and Moon Knight. Darkhawk then battled assassins from the Foreigner's 1400 Club. He battled Tombstone, who successfully removed his amulet from his chest.
Darkhawk occasionally worked with the New Warriors and was a provisional member of the West Coast Avengers. Darkhawk also battled a number of costumed villains, including the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants.
Powell discovered that the armor was stored and repaired aboard a
starship in a dimension called Null Space. When he used the amulet to
access the armor, his human body switched places with the armor. The
Darkhawk amulet and armor were one of several commissioned by an alien
crime lord named Dargin Bokk (Evilhawk).
The scientists who created the technology eventually used it to assault
Bokk. After Bokk's defeat, the Darkhawk amulet was sent to Earth for
safekeeping.
However, the events of the recent War of Kings: Ascension storyline
cast doubts on how much of this—even the existence of Bokk himself—was
real.
Later, Powell and Darkhawk were split into two separate beings, each
with Powell's memories. The Darkhawk body was then transformed into a
new shape when it accidentally downloaded data from the ship, later
re-merging so that Powell could change back and forth between the two
without teleporting to Null Space.
Loners - Powell later joined a group of former teenage superheroes who were struggling with their current lot in life called the Loners (formerly known as Excelsior). Members of this group included Phil Urich (a former Green Goblin), Turbo from the New Warriors, Lightspeed from Power Pack, and Ricochet from the Slingers. The group was hired by a mysterious benefactor - later revealed to be former Avengers sidekick and Captain Marvel and Hulk partner Rick Jones - to track down the Runaways in Los Angeles.
Powell displayed trouble controlling his anger in his Darkhawk
persona, leading to a short skirmish with Turbo. Dismayed with himself,
Powell admits to his teammates that he suffered a nervous breakdown. Powell decided to never turn into Darkhawk again, but this decision did
not last long, as shortly thereafter the group battled the notorious Avengers villain, Ultron.
Darkhawk delivered the final blow, using a darkforce blast at point
blank range to blow Ultron to pieces. Following the battle and the
revelation of Jones' involvement, Excelsior opted to remain together and
act as a more traditional superhero team.
Excelsior eventually change their minds about being superheroes and
instead become a 'superhero support group' due to the events of the
superhuman Civil War
rendering moot their original purpose to dissuade and/or help young
superheroes cope with their powers/superhuman identities, as this role
was now being officially fulfilled by the U.S. government (though Excelsior's new group mission was also fulfilled by the U.S. government). However, a new addition to the group, Mattie Franklin (Spider-Woman) convinces Powell to use his powers in order to help her take down the MGH
dealers that moved to Los Angeles. Powell inconsistently displays his
rage issues during this time, mostly acting as a peacemaker between
Mattie and Ricochet (an alternate identity used by the fictional superhero Spider-Man) after the three team up to battle crime.
Secret Invasion - Deciding to register with the government, Darkhawk is assigned to the position of Security Chief at Project P.E.G.A.S.U.S.. During the Skrull invasion, he teams up with his old team-mate Nova for two issues of that character's own title, but is also seen in the background of several issues thereafter.
Realm of Kings - The Shi'ar Imperium declares Darkhawk the "Galaxy's Most Wanted,"
making Powell an intergalactic fugitive. His old friend Nova, not
willing to believe Powell could be a murderer, tracks him to the planet
Shard, which is in danger of falling into a rift in space known as the
Fault. Nova offers to help Powell clear his name, but they are
interrupted by an attacking biomass from the Fault, and by the awakening
of another Raptor, named Gyre. All three are trapped on the planet as
it is disintegrated by the Fault.
Darkhawk finds himself saved, alongside Nova, by Nova's old enemy the
Sphinx, who seems unaware of Darkhawk's presence. Together, the two
heroes join past versions of Reed Richards, Black Bolt, and Namorita in
helping the Sphinx combat his younger self. The young Sphinx draws his
own warriors, including Gyre, into the battle, and Darkhawk faces and
defeats Gyre in single combat, exorcising him from the Kree
archaeologist he had possessed. During the fight, Gyre reveals that many
more Raptors are re-awakening. Ultimately, the elder Sphinx defeats his
counterpart, and mentally controls Darkhawk into giving him his younger
self's Ka Stone. Nevertheless, the heroes are able to defeat the
double-powered Sphinx and return to their proper places in time (except
Namorita, who is pulled into Darkhawk and Nova's time).
Darkhawk returns to Earth and Project Pegasus to help Nova fight the
evil Quasar from the Cancerverse on the other side of the Fault. The
evil Quasar damages Darkhawk so badly that his suit shuts down, leaving
him alive but unable to accompany Nova as he goes to warn the universe
about the threat posed by the Fault. Nova leaves Darkhawk in the care of
Pegasus' medical team
Avengers Arena - Darkhawk next appears in Avengers Arena as part of the Marvel NOW!
event. He is among the young superheroes that are abducted by Arcade
and sent to Murderworld despite not being a teenager himself. Arcade
expects his captives to fight to the death. Darkhawk is later attacked by an unidentified cybernetic creature, which tears his transformation amulet from his chest. The amulet is found by Chase Stein, who transforms into the new Darkhawk. The attacker was later revealed to be Deathlocket (who was in turn controlled by Apex). When Deathlocket stumbled into an underground facility, she comes
across a room where Christopher Powell's body is alongside the others
who have died in battle
Powers and Abilities
The Darkhawk body has enhanced physical abilities, including
strength, agility and reflexes, powered by the extraterrestrial amulet
he wears. The retractable glider wings under his arms allow him to glide
on air currents, and he can also fly at speeds that let him fly from
New York to California in only a matter of hours. Even major injuries to
his Darkhawk body can be repaired by switching back to his human form;
his Darkhawk body teleports back to its holding space on the Darkhawk
ship in Null Space, where it can be repaired almost instantly. As the
Darkhawk body is no longer separate from Chris and does not teleport to
Null Space when not in use, it is questionable whether it can be
repaired as quickly as it once was.
Darkhawk can project energy from the amulet in his chest as a focal
point, either as concussive force blasts, or as a circular energy
shield; (Chris referred to his force blasts as "darkforce blasts," until
he encountered the actual Darkforce Dimension in New Warriors). Darkhawk also has telescopic and infra-red vision, and a grappling hook claw-cable on his right arm shaped like a claw.
In his human form, Chris Powell has no superhuman abilities, though he has taken some karate and kendo classes.
For a time, Darkhawk was upgraded to a new body design, which gave
him greatly enhanced powers. His amulet could project force bubbles in
various shapes and he could combine his force fields and force blasts
into a giant, hawk-shaped construct around his body. He could fire heat
beams from his eyes, be healed by generating an energy pod around his
body, and had a single extendable claw on each wrist. He could also
mentally communicate with the Darkhawk ship, and could teleport weapons
from the ship when he was on Earth. At one point, he was outfitted with
additional body armor on top of his android body.
In this body, he was separated from Chris Powell, and also retained
Chris' memories. The two were later merged into one being in the final
issue of the Darkhawk series, so that Chris could turn into Darkhawk on
command. The Darkhawk android body no longer existed and the two
separate entities became one.
At some point after the cancellation of his own series, Darkhawk
reverted to his original form under unrevealed circumstances, although
he can still summon his second armored form.
His appearance in War of Kings is somewhat more reminiscent of his
second costume, and he demonstrates a heretofore unrealized ability to
reconfigure the armor into a multitude of forms with abilities that can
cope with the current situation
In Other Media (Television)
Darkhawk made two brief cameos in the Fantastic Four
cartoon. In the episode, "To Battle the Living Planet" he is seen with
other New Warriors helping civilians. In "Doomsday" he is shown flying
with Justice.
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Gorgon (Marvel Comics) Character Review
The Gorgon (real name Tomi Shishido) is the name of a Comic book Character associated with the X-Men member Wolverine. He is unrelated to the Marvel character Gorgon of the Inhumans. More about Gorgon (Marvel Comics) Character Review - keep on reading !!
Fictional Character Biography
The Gorgon's real name is Tomi Shishido. He is a member of the Hand and HYDRA and a powerful mutant,
leading the extremist mutant society Dawn of the White Light. As a
child, he possessed near superhuman levels of intelligence. He said his
first words at two weeks of age, could walk at three months, and was
able to read and write by his first birthday. He became an accomplished
painter by age four, among the top artists in all of Japan; and composed an opera at age six. This is also the age when he attempted a second suicide.
At age 13, he formulated a mathematical formula that proves the existence of One-Above-All
and manifested the mutant ability to turn people to stone just by
looking at them. The media dubbed him "The Gorgon", after the Gorgon of Greek mythology.
Shortly after, he became the leader of a mutant death-cult called the
Dawn of the White Light, which committed terrorist attacks throughout Japan.
By age 18, he sought out the Hand. Before leaving his home, he killed
his entire family and his only friend to prove that he was ruthless
enough to join the terrorist organization.
After finding the Hand sanctuary and slaying all of its guards while
blindfolded, the Gorgon went inside and pledged his allegiance to the
Hand's Jonin. When the master questioned his dedication, the Gorgon
impaled himself with his own sword, fatally injuring himself, and told
the master to resurrect him. The Jonin were impressed and brought him
into the fold.
Later, the Gorgon became connected to HYDRA and formed a relationship with Elsbeth Von Strucker, the wife of HYDRA leader Baron Strucker (Baron Wolfgang von Strucker). He was responsible for the capture and brain washing of Wolverine. Although Wolverine was eventually freed from their control, he managed to infiltrate the Baxter Building and steal technological blueprints from Reed Richards that were very useful to HYDRA. Wolverine, under the brain washing, committed a number of terrorist
attacks resulting in the deaths of numerous costumed heroes and hundreds
of S.H.I.E.L.D. agents before he was finally caught during an assault on the X-Mansion and subsequently deprogrammed.
Eventually, the Gorgon attempted to assassinate Nick Fury
after S.H.I.E.L.D. launched an attack which destroyed his safe-house
and killed Elsbeth Von Strucker in the process. He was intercepted by
Wolverine before he could complete the objective. The two engaged in a
brutal battle, inflicting devastating injuries upon one another. The
Gorgon managed to gain the upper hand and attempted to use his mutant
ability to transform Wolverine into stone; Wolverine extruded his claws
at the last moment, forcing the Gorgon to see his own reflection in
them. As a result, the Gorgon's power was reflected back upon him. Once
the Gorgon had been turned into stone, Wolverine shattered his body.
During the Dark Reign storyline, HYDRA forced The Hand to resurrect the Gorgon using the rock fragments of his body. He is also given the sword Godkiller.
The Godkiller is destroyed in a battle against Phobos, who wields
Grasscutter. Gorgon uses the broken blade to slay Phobos with a mortal
chest stab and takes Grasscutter as his own, citing "a red sword for a
red lord".
Following the Fear Itself storyline, Gorgon joins up with H.A.M.M.E.R. after Norman Osborn reclaims leadership upon escaping from the Raft. Gorgon ends up becoming a member of the second incarnation of the Dark Avengers as the new Dark Wolverine. He and Madame Hydra
secretly plan that once Norman Osborn proves to be too dangerous to
lead the Dark Avengers, they will kill him and use the Dark Avengers to
cause discord by serving as a voice of the "disenfranchised" unsatisfied
with the status quo. Although he is generally a suitable "Dark
Wolverine" due to his skills and healing powers, Gorgon lacks the real
Wolverine's claws instead relying on fake claws that are a part of his
costume. Gorgon and the other members of the Dark Avengers are defeated when their teammate Skaar reveals himself as the Avengers' double-agent and summons both Avengers teams to defeat the Dark Avengers.
Powers and Abilities
The Gorgon possesses a variety of superhuman abilities as a result of
genetic mutation and mystical enhancement from the Hand and HYDRA.
The Gorgon's primary mutant ability is the ability to transform an
individual to stone by making eye contact with them. Gorgon's eyes have
no visible pupils and glow with a bright green energy. The Gorgon always
wears a pair of dark sunglasses
in order to see without affecting those around him. Whether the
sunglasses possess any sort of special properties or are composed of
some special material designed to block his power has not been revealed.
He was also born with, or soon achieved, extraordinary level of
intelligence, possibly at a superhuman level, and psionic abilities.
After his resurrection, the Gorgon's strength, speed,
reflexes/reactions, agility, dexterity, coordination, balance, endurance
are all heightened to superhuman levels, the exact limits of which are
unrevealed. The Gorgon also possesses an accelerated healing factor
that enables him to repair damaged or destroyed tissue with
extraordinary speed and efficiency. He is capable of healing from
massive trauma inflicted by Wolverine's adamantium claws, bludgeoning, and falling from great heights while continuing to fight.
Aside from his physical advantages, the Gorgon possesses some level
of telepathy/empathy allowing him to hear the thoughts and feel the
emotions of others. Much like his physical capabilities, the exact
limits of the Gorgon's psionic powers remain unknown.
The Gorgon is an extraordinary hand to hand combatant, even before
his resurrection, trained in multiple forms of martial arts. He is an
expert swordsman and typically prefers to use a katana
during combat. Also, he typically uses his psionic abilities to read
the minds of his opponents during combat situations (even highly trained
minds like Wolverine's and Elektra's), enabling him to predict and
counter their every move. He has used swords and a personal
teleportation device. He currently wields Godkiller, a sword that has
killed many kings, emperors, and also made a god bleed.
The Gorgon is extraordinarily intelligent and possesses advanced
knowledge in multiple academic and artistic fields. This intellect makes
him extremely arrogant when dealing with non-mutants, to the point that
Gorgon dismisses Mister Fantastic as simply the equivalent of a parrot that can mimic a human voice after HYDRA raided the Baxter Building
to steal some of his plans, despite the fact that Gorgon was actually
impressed by Richards' ideas on the plans, simply because Richards isn't
a mutant.
In Other Media (Television)
Gorgon is referenced in The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes
episode "Widow's Sting". He was mentioned to be the head of the Yashida
Clan. Madame Hydra mentions to Baron Strucker that Gorgon and the
Yashida Clan have pledged their allegiance to HYDRA.
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Jigsaw (Marvel Comics) Character Review
Jigsaw (Billy "The Beaut" Russo) is a fictional Character, a supervillain in the Marvel Comics Universe. Throughout his many appearances, he has served as one of the Punisher's few recurring villains. More about Jigsaw (Marvel Comics) Character Review - keep on reading !!
Fictional Character Biography
Billy Russo was a professional criminal and brutal assassin for the Maggia
crime family, nicknamed "the Beaut" because of his good looks. He was
also a favorite assassin for the Costa crime family. After the execution-style
killings that inadvertently led to the deaths of Frank Castle's family,
Russo was hired by Bruno Costa to assassinate another assassin who had
failed to kill Frank Castle as well. Russo kills all of his targets but
Castle, who narrowly avoids death in an explosion. Hours later, Castle
returns and tracks down Russo to one of the Maggia's nightclubs. Several criminals were killed, and Russo was thrown through a glass pane head-first. He survives with his face torn to shreds; because of the extent of the facial damage, surgeons stitch it back together like a jigsaw puzzle.
Taking advantage of his now hideous visage, the formerly handsome
gangster took on the identity of Jigsaw, and initially attempts to frame
the Punisher for murder. However, the plan failed due to the
intervention of Spider-Man and Nightcrawler; Spider-Man witnesses one of Jigsaw's murders and one of his victims was an old friend of Nightcrawler. Jigsaw later battled Spider-Man again.
It is revealed in the first Punisher miniseries that Jigsaw
was behind a plan to drug the Punisher, causing his enemy to behave
erratically and attack any criminals, even for things as minor as
littering. Jigsaw also attempts to kill the Punisher in prison. The Punisher confronts and defeats him, and later stops Jigsaw from
escaping in a prison riot. Later on in the series, Jigsaw is brainwashed
by the Trust into serving as a member of a Punisher-style assassination
squad. He manages to remember who he is after encountering Castle once
again, and attacks the Punisher. He is defeated once more.
Jigsaw becomes involved with a demon worshipper, Reverend Samuel Smith, whom Jigsaw refers to as "the Rev". Based on healing demonstrations, the Rev convinces Jigsaw to work for him in exchange for healing his face. Jigsaw follows the man on a home invasion/murder spree, and then kills
several cops on the way out; Jigsaw would continue to work for the Rev
for some time. When the Rev finally did heal Jigsaw's face, Jigsaw was
killed at the hands of the Punisher. He was subsequently resurrected by the Rev and his master, Lucifer (actually Belasco). He battled the Punisher and his face was ruined again when the Punisher pushes him face down into an aloe plant.
Jigsaw has been a persistent foe of the Punisher's for years. While he still works as an assassin for criminal organizations,
his pursuit of the Punisher is relentless, as Jigsaw sees Castle's
assassination as an unfinished job. The deranged gangster's vendetta
once took a bizarre turn when the Punisher faked his death by appearing
to be executed in prison. Furious with rage, Jigsaw briefly became a new
Punisher, getting revenge on Castle's apparent killers for denying him
the kill he believes to be rightfully his.
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After his arrest for attacking Matt Murdock's home, Jigsaw was one of many villains to break out of the Raft, a floating prison for supervillains and other high-risk criminals. He breaks Spider-Man's arm in the escape. He was later seen fighting Luke Cage. Once freed, Jigsaw fought and was defeated by Tigra. This humiliating defeat led to his forming an alliance with the self-proclaimed "super-villain Kingpin" the Hood; together the two joined forces to brutally torture the super-heroine Tigra, which Jigsaw recorded with a video camera. He also takes part in the attack on the Sanctum Sanctorum, attempting to murder Jessica Jones. He was foiled by Spider-Man.
Jigsaw has resumed his vendetta against the Punisher, in the pages of Punisher: War Journal.
Now wearing a color-inverted mockup of the Punisher costume, Jigsaw
arranged for the brainwashing of a young auxiliary police officer in the
NYPD. Exploiting the naive cop's pathological "hero-worship" complex,
Jigsaw and his new psychiatrist girlfriend turn the young man into a new
version of the Punisher.
After a battle on the Brooklyn Bridge where the Punisher once again spares Jigsaw's life, Jigsaw is taken into S.H.I.E.L.D.
custody. While imprisoned he is seemingly shot dead by the man that he
and his girlfriend (who was actually undercover S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Lynn Michaels) had brainwashed.
In "Secret Invasion", he is among the many supervillains who rejoined the Hood's crime syndicate and attacked an invading Skrull force.
He joins with the Hood's gang in an attack on the New Avengers, who were expecting the Dark Avengers instead. His tech-savvy son, Henry Russo, aids Punisher in his war on H.A.M.M.E.R. director Norman Osborn
Powers and Abilities
Jigsaw is an athletic man with no superhuman powers. During his time
in prison he was able to hone his physical strength to a level
comparable to the Punisher. He has extensive experience with
street-fighting techniques, and familiarity with a variety of weapons
and criminal techniques. He carries various handguns as needed. He has
been known to wear a special exo-skeleton in his outfits.
Though lacking any formal military training, Jigsaw is an exceptional
strategist and tactician. His unorthodox pattern of operation makes him
more difficult for the Punisher to anticipate than the majority of
Punisher's enemies. Before Jigsaw was disfigured he was a highly
charismatic leader and criminal organizer; after the accident only the
latter trait remained.
In Other Media (Film/Movie)
Dominic West portrays Jigsaw in the film Punisher: War Zone, though the character's real name has been changed slightly to Billy "The Beaut" Russoti. In this film, while attending a meeting, the Punisher attacks and kills
a mob family. Billy escapes and is pursued by the Punisher. Later,
Billy accidentally falls into a glass crusher, and the Punisher turns
the machine on which grinds him around multiple times against broken
glass bottles. Although Russoti does not die, his face is horrifically
mutilated, leaving him permanently disfigured.
However, his plastic
surgeon is unable to restore his face, stating that Billy's facial
muscles, tendons and skin were damaged beyond repair, leavig him with
his trademark disfigurement. After killing the surgeon, he chooses to
remain focused on killing the Punisher, going under the name "Jigsaw".
He then breaks his mentally unstable brother, James "LBJ/Looney Bin Jim"
Russoti, out of a mental hospital and they plan their revenge on the
Punisher. He is eventually impaled on a sharp metal pole by the Punisher
before he is thrown into a fire, killing him in the final battle at the
Brad Street Hotel.
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Aurora (Marvel Comics) Character Review
Aurora (Jeanne-Marie Beaubier) is a fictional Character, a Canadian superheroine in the Marvel Comics universe. She is the twin sister of Northstar and the former lover of Sasquatch. She has also been in a relationship with Wild Child. More about Aurora (Marvel Comics) Character Review - keep on reading ok !!
Fictional Character Biography
Jeanne-Marie Beaubier was born in Montréal, Québec, Canada.
She and her twin brother Jean-Paul were separated in infancy after
their parents died. Jean-Paul was adopted by Mr. and Mrs. Louis Martin,
who were cousins of his mother. The Martins could not afford to adopt
Jeanne-Marie as well and arranged for Jeanne-Marie to be raised at
Madame DuPont's School for Girls in LaVelle, Quebec, a reactionary
religious school. Soon afterward, the Martins moved to Northern Quebec.
The Martins were killed in an accident several years later and Jean-Paul
was placed in a foster home, unaware that he had a sister.
Extremely nervous and introverted, Jeanne-Marie Beaubier was
miserable at Madame DuPont's School and at the age of thirteen, she
attempted suicide
by throwing herself from the roof of one of the school's buildings.
Instead of falling to her death, Beaubier discovered that she could fly
at great speed. Unaware that she was a mutant,
the deeply religious Beaubier believed that her flight was the result
of a divine miracle. The next morning, she explained to the school's
headmistress what she believed had happened. Believing the young girl to
be guilty of blasphemy, the headmistress had Beaubier severely disciplined. This incident (and possibly other abuse) triggered a dissociative identity disorder
in Jeanne-Marie; a second personality, extroverted and far more
uninhibited, emerged. Under the influence of this second personality,
Beaubier secretly left the school that same night. Returning three days
later, she had no memory of where she had been or what she had done and
she was again physically punished. The resulting trauma was so great
that Beaubier repressed her second personality.
Powers and Abilities (Aurora)
Aurora has the powers of flight and superhuman speed and reflexes
(theoretically able to approach light-speed. This has never been
attempted since if any being or amount of matter were to approach the
speed of light in our solar system, it would wreak devastating havoc on
the gravitational forces holding our system together). The greater her
increase in speed, the more durable her body becomes, but this ability
has not been measured.
She also has super-human levels of endurance and stamina that allows her to maintain her super-speed. In an early issue of Alpha Flight,
Northstar reveals to readers that Aurora has greater endurance and can
fly longer, while he can fly faster in the same period of time. Her strength and reaction time are above-average for a woman of her age
and exercise level, however, Aurora usually doesn't rely on her
physical strength while battling opponents and, instead, uses
super-speed tricks, like flying with someone at great speed until they
pass out from lack of oxygen or pummeling them with hundreds of punches a
second until they succumb. Aurora also uses her super speed to perform
stunts such as creating a cyclone by running in circles, running up
walls and across water, and she could breathe while traveling at
subsonic speeds.
Originally, while in physical contact with her brother, usually while
holding hands, the pair could emit bursts of brilliant white light with
an average flash equal in intensity of one million candela
(one candela being equal to the amount of light created by one candle).
It was generally used to blind their opponents, but with the minor
drawback that they were not able to control its intensity. Yet after a
serious falling-out with her brother, she had her powers altered by
Walter Langkowski (Sasquatch), her lover at the time, to enable her to
produce light independently, although, while still being blinding, with
much less intensity. It also significantly limited her speed to that of one to two times the speed of sound.
It was later revealed that due to a side effect of the treatment, if
she and her brother had even the briefest physical contact that it would
"cancel out" both of their abilities for a brief period and sometimes
created a physical, incapacitating shock. The treatment had the added bonus of "cloaking" her from mutant-detection devices, such as the Sentinels,
allowing her more of a chance of living a normal life, free from
persecution. After the events in Asgard, her post-treatment bursts of
light now had the added ability to temporarily bestow inner peace to all
who saw it, but it is not known if she has retained this new power.
It appears the treatment was undone in recent years, returning her abilities to their original state. Due to the machinations of Serafina, it appears that Aurora and
Northstar can now generate explosive thermal energy on contact with each
other as well.
Aurora is moderately skilled in hand-to-hand combat using a style utilizing her superhuman speed, and received coaching from Puck and Wolverine.
Aurora's powers alter in various ways when her different personalities are dominant.
In Other Media (Television)
- Aurora appeared in the X-Men animated series episodes "Slave Island" and "Repo Man" voiced by Jennifer Dale.
In the cartoon, Aurora possessed the ability to fly and generate a
blinding light when she slapped hands with her brother Northstar.
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Ra's al Ghul (DC Comics) Character Review
Ra's al Ghul (Arabic: رأس الغول Raʾs al-Ġūl; "Demon's Head") is a fictional Character, a supervillain who appears in comic books published by DC Comics. He is considered to be one of Batman's greatest enemies. His name in Arabic has been translated in the comics as "The Demon's Head". Created by writer Dennis O'Neil and artist Neal Adams, he was introduced in Batman #232's "Daughter of the Demon" (June 1971). Given his high status as a supervillain, he has also come into conflict with Superman and other superheroes in the DC Universe. Ra's al Ghul has been featured in various media adaptions, most notably the Christopher Nolan films Batman Begins and The Dark Knight Rises where he was portrayed by actor Liam Neeson. IGN's list of the Top 100 Comic Book Villains of All Time List ranked Ra's as #7. More about Ra's al Ghul (DC Comics) Character Review - keep on reading !!
Fictional Character Biography
Ra's al Ghul's real name, early life, and exact age have been described differently by various writers. His Post-Crisis origin story is told in the graphic novel Batman: Birth of the Demon (1992) by Dennis O'Neil and Norm Breyfogle.
As told in Birth of the Demon, Ra's al Ghul was born over 600 years before his first appearance in Batman comics, to a tribe of nomads in a desert somewhere in Arabia, near a city whose inhabitants' ancestors have journeyed to the Arabian Peninsula from China. Ra's is interested in science from an early age, and abandons his tribe to live in the city, where he can conduct his scientific research. He becomes a physician and marries a woman named Sora, the love of his life.
Ra's discovers the secret of the Lazarus Pit, and he saves a dying prince by lowering him into it. The prince, who is sadistic to begin with, is driven completely insane
by the Lazarus Pit. He proceeds to strangle Sora, on whom he has
already had his eye for some time. The sultan, unwilling to admit to
himself his son's culpability, declares Ra's guilty of the crime and
sentences him to a slow, tortured death in a cage with Sora's corpse.
Ra's is set free by the son of a dying elderly woman, whom Ra's had
earlier examined. The son feels that he owes Ra's a debt for easing his
mother's suffering during her last few hours. Ra's and the son head into
the desert to seek the tribe of Ra's' birth. Ra's convinces the head of
his tribe, his uncle, to follow Ra's in his quest for revenge by
promising the downfall of the sultan. By understanding the germ theory of disease
hundreds of years before anyone else, Ra's is able to infect the prince
with a deadly virus by sending him contaminated fabrics. When the
sultan comes to ask Ra's to cure the prince again, Ra's kills both him
and his son. Ra's then leads his tribe to raze the city to the ground
and kill all of its inhabitants. Subsequently, Ra's declares himself
"Ra's al Ghul", the "Demon's Head."
Using the Lazarus Pits to extend his life, Ra's spends the next several centuries journeying the world. He fights in the Napoleonic Wars and the French Revolution and becomes a formidable warrior. As the world entered the modern age and industrialization
began to cover much of the Earth, Ra's grew to despise the Humans who
he believed were destroying the world's natural beauty, thus setting him
on a path of eco-terrorism. Also during this time, Ra's, his uncle, and the boy are all using the Lazarus Pits to prolong their lives until an incident in London.
Ra's catches the boy writing his own memoirs in their original
language, of which Ra's has forbidden all records. During a battle, Ra's
kills the boy and flees to a Lazarus Pit, which he uses. When he
returns to their home in London, his uncle has vanished with the
remnants of their historical records.
Over time, he becomes a master of many forms of combat, notably fencing. He also builds up vast wealth and creates The Demon, a huge international organization. According to Justice League of America
(1st series) #94; "It has been whispered in the darkest places for 500
years that a cartel of criminals has slowly sucked its way into the rich
veins of the Earth. Many are its names spit from the mouths of men, but
most often it is cursed only as ...The Demon. It has a leader ... a
Head." The League of Assassins, one of the many smaller organizations making up The Demon, is thus sometimes called "The Demon's Fang" or "Demonfang."
Powers, abilities and weapons
Due to his expanded life span, Ra’s has accumulated a vast knowledge
of hand-to-hand combat, chemistry, detective artistry, physics, and
martial arts (all of which rival that of Batman).
He has also gained many international contacts and a vast fortune,
gained over centuries. When in combat, he favors more ancient weaponry
(as he has had more time to utilize them than more modern weaponry).
These weapons include scimitars, katanas, bolas, throwing stars, smoke
pellets, and miniaturized explosives. Ra's is also assisted by his
devoted, musclebound servant Ubu.
Ra’s' greatest weapons are his Lazarus Pits,
which will heal him of any injury (even if he is recently dead) while
restoring him back to his prime of life. His constant exposure to the
pits has also granted him slightly enhanced endurance, strength, and
healing but also comes with the price of a gradual onset of insanity if
overused.
In Other Media (Animated Film)
Ra's al Ghul appears in the animated film Batman: Under the Red Hood voiced by Jason Isaacs. In the film, he is responsible for the resurrection of Jason Todd (the second Robin) after he was killed by the Joker.
Halfway through the film, Batman travels to the stronghold of Ra's to
question him to which Ra's reveals that he had been planning to ruin Europe's
economy and had hired the Joker to provide Batman and Robin with a
distraction but he underestimated the Clown Prince of Crime in going
rogue and murdering Robin. Plagued with guilt, Ra's subjects Todd to the
Lazarus Pit to resurrect him, but it drives Todd insane and he returns
to Gotham City as the murderous vigilante Red Hood,
intent on taking revenge on the Joker. Ra's is last seen watching the
news bulletin of the Red Hood's disappearance and the Joker's return to Arkham Asylum.
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