Crossbones (comics)

Crossbones (comics)
Crossbones
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Cover art for Captain America (vol. 5) #16.
Crossbones is at the top.
Art by Steve Epting.
Publication information
Publisher Marvel Comics
First appearance Captain America #359-360 (1989)
Created by Mark Gruenwald
Kieron Dwyer
In-story information
Alter ego Brock Rumlow
Team affiliations Skeleton Crew
Thunderbolts
Notable aliases Bingo, Frag, Mr. Bones
Abilities Master hand-to-hand combatant
Expert marksman and pilot

Crossbones (Brock Rumlow) is a fictional character, a supervillain in the Marvel Comics universe. He was created by writer Mark Gruenwald and artist Kieron Dwyer in Captain America #359-360 (1989). Crossbones usually appears as a henchman of the Red Skull. He carried out the assassination of Captain America, although Sharon Carter, who was under hypnosis at the time, is believed to have fired the fatal shots.

Contents

Publication history

Crossbones first appeared during the "Bloodstone Hunt" storyline in the issues of Captain America. Technically, he first appears in issue #359, in one panel as a figure watching from the shadows. In the next issue, he is shown in costume, but again he simply observes the Captain and his allies from afar. He later reveals his name to Diamondback before knocking her unconscious.[1]

Fictional character biography

Origins

Young Brock Rumlow led the Savage Crims gang on New York's lower east side. After he brutalized fifteen year old Rachel Leighton, two of her brothers assaulted Brock, and the elder brother was killed. Rumlow fled, entering Taskmaster's school for criminals. Within three years, he became an instructor there under the name Bingo Brock.

Mercenary

As a mercenary, Rumlow enlisted with Albert Malik, the communist Red Skull, in Algeria, serving him under the name Frag until he was sent to invade Arnim Zola's Switzerland chateau. Ultimately the only team member to survive the assault, Rumlow there met and impressed the original Nazi Red Skull, Johann Schmidt; this Skull accepted Brock’s services, code-naming him “Crossbones.”

Red Skull sent Crossbones to observe Baron Zemo's progress acquiring the Bloodstone fragments and to obtain them.[2] He stole aboard Captain America's flagship, and entered Zemo's ship to steal the Bloodstone fragments. He overpowers Diamondback, and shoots a crossbow bolt that couples with Captain America's shield. Crossbones is forced to shatter the Bloodstone fragments when the alien entity known as the Hellfire Helix uses it to take control of the body of Heinrich Zemo; the destruction of the Bloodstone discorporates the Hellfire Helix.[3] Knowing that his master would be infuriated by the loss of the Bloodstone, Crossbones kidnaps Diamondback, taking her to Madripoor as bait for Captain America. He challenges Captain America to retrieve her, but the Captain defeats him, Diamondback escapes, and the Red Skull orders Crossbones to desist and return to headquarters.[4] The Red Skull then orders him to retrieve the Controller after the Controller's breakout from the Vault.[5] With the Machinesmith, Crossbones investigates the disappearance of the Red Skull.[6]

Crossbones assembles the Skeleton Crew from the Skull's henchmen and becomes their leader, searching for the missing Red Skull with them. They battle the Black Queen and her Hellfire Club mercenaries.[7] Crossbones enlists the aid of psychic Tristam Micawber to locate the Skull. Upon finding him, Crossbones takes the Skull to Skullhouse for convalescence.[8] Crossbones always remains loyal to the Red Skull, even tracking him down when he is imprisoned and is left to die by Magneto.

He next attends AIM's weapons exposition.[9] He battles Daredevil during a failed assassination attempt against the Kingpin.[10] He battles Bullseye during Bullseye's failed assassination attempt against the Red Skull.[11] He battles Captain America again and is bested in combat.[12] He later recounts how he met the Red Skull.[13] The Red Skull assigns him to discover who killed the Skull's spare clone bodies.[14] Alongside the Skeleton Crew, he battles the Schutzheilligruppe in an attempt to rescue the Red Skull and is captured.[15] He is rescued from the Schutzheilligruppe's custody by Arnim Zola's ersatz Avengers.[16] Crossbones is eventually fired for questioning the Red Skull's decision to ally himself with the Viper.[17]

Desperate to regain his position as leader of the Skeleton Crew, Crossbones kidnaps Diamondback, imprisoning her in an abandoned subway station and forcing her into a brutal regime of combat training. Crossbones believes that he has brainwashed her into betraying Captain America, but Diamondback is actually laying a trap for Crossbones. She steals samples of Captain America's blood from the Avengers' mansion, then accompanies Crossbones to the Red Skull's mountain fortress. The two are captured and imprisoned, and Crossbones is rehired by the Red Skull on a temporary basis. He is later attacked by Cutthroat, new leader of the Skeleton Crew, who fears that Crossbones will try to take back his position as the Red Skull's right-hand man. Crossbones kills him, never realizing that Cutthroat is actually Diamondback's older brother, Danny. Crossbones later stabs Diamondback during her escape attempt, only to later save her with a blood transfusion in order to use her as bait. Ironically, he is critically wounded by flying shrapnel during an assault on the fortress by Captain America and Falcon, and imprisoned.

He is imprisoned in the Raft, when Electro breaks the inmates out. He is seen fighting Spider-Man and Captain America and gets kicked in the face by Spider-Man and gets knocked out.[18]

After he escapes from prison, Crossbones hires himself out as a mercenary and assassin to a number of villainous organizations, until he is rehired by the Red Skull, who is later apparently assassinated by the Winter Soldier. Since then, Crossbones and his new lover, Synthia Schmidt (the Red Skull's daughter), have been hunting the Soldier's commander, Aleksander Lukin. They plot to crash a stolen World War II era plane into the new Kronas Headquarters in London, only to have their plane destroyed by Red Skull's Sleeper robot. While they escape the destruction of the plane, they find Agent 13, and are about to kill her, only to be stopped by the appearance of the Red Skull. They are currently working with Red Skull/Lukin, whose minds both share Lukin's body.

Civil War

During Marvel's Civil War event, Captain America and his Anti-Registration heroes surrender to Iron Man and his Pro-Registration heroes. While being led from Federal Courthouse, Captain America is shot in the shoulder by Crossbones, who is taking orders from Red Skull. Crossbones tries to escape in a helicopter but is tracked by Falcon and the Winter Soldier. Winter Soldier then beats Crossbones into unconsciousness, while Crossbones simply laughs in his face. Falcon then turns Crossbones over to SHIELD custody.

The Death of Captain America

In Fallen Son: The Death of Captain America, Wolverine along with Daredevil and the help of Doctor Strange, broke into S.H.I.E.L.D to interrogate Crossbones and threatened to kill him. Crossbones revealed no knowledge of his hiring by the Red Skull. Wolverine leaves him a bloody mess on the floor after being convinced by Daredevil to spare his life.[19]

S.H.I.E.L.D Director Tony Stark arranged for Professor X to scan Crossbones' mind for information, but Professor X found that someone (implied to be Doctor Faustus) had erased several parts of his memory in order to prevent such a scan.[volume & issue needed] Sin and a new incarnation of the Serpent Squad have broken Crossbones free of S.H.I.E.L.D custody.[volume & issue needed] They then capture Winter Soldier when he confronts Lukin to find out his relationship with the Red Skull.[volume & issue needed]

When Sin and the Serpent Squad attack the Senate Building, Bucky Barnes (formerly Winter Soldier), arrives as the new Captain America. After battling and injuring many of the Squad, Crossbones attacks Barnes. After a brutal fight in which Crossbones launches Barnes out of the building. Bucky is saved by the intervention of Natalia Romanova, and he shoots Crossbones several times in the chest. The gravely wounded Crossbones is then taken into S.H.I.E.L.D. custody once again.[volume & issue needed]

Thunderbolts

Crossbones has become a member of the new Thunderbolts team formed in the aftermath of Siege.[20] Government agents, working with Luke Cage, add Crossbones to the team knowing that he cannot be reformed, hoping that his extreme methods will alienate the other Thunderbolt members and push them towards rehabilitation.[21] During the team's first mission, Crossbones is exposed to corrupted Terrigen Mists;[22] during the events of Shadowland, Crossbones manifests the ability to fire a powerful, piercing beam of energy from his face, theorizing that this ability originates from his exposure to the Terrigen mists.[23] Fearing that the Thunderbolts are close to being disbanded following Cage's decision to leave, Crossbones attempts to escape alongside Ghost and Juggernaut.[24] During the attempt, Crossbones uses his new ability to fight an unsuspecting Steve Rogers. Crossbones was defeated and discharged from the Thunderbolts,[25] after Ghost reveals his role in the murder of a police officer in Shadowland.[26]

Fear Itself

Crossbones was constantly harassed while he was behind bars, because he was both a former Thunderbolt member and a neo-nazi. Shortly after when he was being beaten up by more thugs, the Juggernaught unintentionally causes a break out in the raft. Man Mountain Mario (the cousin of Man Mountin Marko) helps defend Crossbones from the thugs. While the two of them were trying to escape, Mario told Crossbone about his grandma who helps criminals leave the border. Crossbones manages to escape from the Raft and returned the favor for Mario helping him by killing him to help with his escape.[27]

In Fear Itself: Youth in Revolt #2 he confronts some of the former Avengers Initiative members in New Jersey after he escapes the Raft. He fights Gravity, Frog-Man, Geiger, Scarlet Spider, and Firestar; when he's surrounded he tosses a grenade at Gravity but Geiger catches it and is seriously injured, creating an easy distraction for him to escape.[28]

Powers and abilities

Although Crossbones does not have any superhuman powers, he is still a very dangerous combatant; he kills lesser superheroes and villains with ease and has gone toe-to-toe with Captain America on a number of occasions. Crossbones is one of the world's best hand-to-hand combatants, with extensive training in street-fighting, military combatives, various forms of martial arts, and is a student of the Taskmaster. Physically, Crossbones is tall and very heavily muscled, but moves with an athletic grace uncommon for a man of his bulk. He is a skilled pilot and driver. In addition, he's an expert marksman with guns, bows, and throwing knives. Crossbones usually arms himself with a fighting knife and a small collapsible crossbow, and various throwing daggers, and spring-loaded stiletto blades in his gauntlets. He also has some experience with torture and brainwashing, having effectively "reprogrammed" Sin,[volume & issue needed] and nearly so with Diamondback.[volume & issue needed]

As a member of the Thunderbolts, Crossbones was exposed to corrupted Terrigen Mists during a mission,[29] and shortly after manifested the ability to generate a circle of energy in front of his face which could fire energy beams capable of piercing and burning his targets.[30] The ability developed to the point where flames engulfed the entirety of his head while still allowing him to fire focused energy beams,[31] though these flames could seemingly be doused in water. While his power is active, Crossbones does not appear to be entirely impervious to the flames he generates; after the flames died following his first usage, his mask appeared to have been burnt away and his face was heavily scarred.[32]

Other versions

House of M: Masters of Evil

Crossbones appears as a member of Hood's Masters of Evil.[33] Before the Red Guard attacks Santo Rico, Crossbones leaves the team alongside, Cobra, Mister Hyde, and Thunderball.[34]

In other media

Video games

References

  1. ^ Captain America #362
  2. ^ Captain America #359-360
  3. ^ Captain America #361-362
  4. ^ Captain America #363-364
  5. ^ Captain America #365
  6. ^ Captain America #368
  7. ^ Captain America #369
  8. ^ Captain America #370
  9. ^ Quasar #9
  10. ^ Captain America #375-376
  11. ^ Captain America #377
  12. ^ Captain America #378
  13. ^ Captain America #383
  14. ^ Captain America #387
  15. ^ Captain America #390-392
  16. ^ Captain America #393
  17. ^ Captain America #394
  18. ^ New Avengers vol. 1 #01-02
  19. ^ Fallen Son: The Death of Captain America
  20. ^ "Luke Cage Powers into THUNDERBOLTS as Heroic Age Leader". Newsarama.com. http://www.newsarama.com/comics/Thunderbolts-Luke-Cage-100209.html. Retrieved 2011-01-11. 
  21. ^ Thunderbolts #144
  22. ^ Thunderbolts #147
  23. ^ Thunderbolts #149
  24. ^ Thunderbolts #150
  25. ^ Thunderbolts #150
  26. ^ Thunderbolts #149
  27. ^ Thunderbolts #159
  28. ^ Fear Itself: Youth in Revolt #2
  29. ^ Thunderbolts #147
  30. ^ Thunderbolts #149
  31. ^ Thunderbolts #150
  32. ^ Thunderbolts #150
  33. ^ House of M: Masters of Evil #1
  34. ^ House of M: Masters of Evil #4

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