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80-545: Doctor Bong first appeared in Howard the Duck #15 (August 1977), and was created by Steve Gerber and Marie Severin . The character's personality was loosely based on journalist Bob Greene . The character subsequently appears in Howard the Duck #16–20 (Sept. 1977–Jan. 1978), #24–25 (May–June 1978), #27 (Sept. 1978), #30–31 (March, May 1979), The Sensational She-Hulk #5 (Sept. 1989), Deadpool #26–27 (March–April 1999), Howard

160-542: A swamp-monster empath, beginning in Adventure into Fear #11 (Dec. 1972). On page 11 of that issue, he created the series' narrative tagline, used in captions: "Whatever knows fear burns at the Man-Thing's touch!" After issue #19 (Dec. 1973), Man-Thing received a solo title, which ran 22 issues (Jan. 1974 – Oct. 1975), of which issue #1 was originally intended for Adventure into Fear #20. Gerber and Mayerik introduced

240-742: A Jewish family in St. Louis , Missouri , the son of Bernice Gerber, and one of four children, with siblings Jon, Michael, and Lisa. A letter from Steve Gerber of "7014 Roberts Court, University City 30, Mo. " was published in Fantastic Four #19 (Oct. 1963). Other letters from Steve Gerber appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man #26 (April 1965) and Captain America #118 (October 1969). After corresponding with fellow youthful comics fans Roy Thomas and Jerry Bails , and starting one of

320-492: A change, let's give it a try'. He was brought in to be an assistant editor on staff. That didn't work out so well, because for whatever reason...he had trouble staying awake. At the time, he wasn't a staff kind of person, at least in terms of what Marvel needed, but he was a real good writer and did some interesting things... Gerber's comics writing career at Marvel began with three comic books cover-dated December 1972: Adventure into Fear #11, The Incredible Hulk #158, and

400-548: A character he had created in " The Evolutionary War " crossover . He scripted a A Nightmare on Elm Street black and white magazine format comic book which detailed the backstory of the character of Freddy Krueger . In collaboration with Beth Woods (later Slick), Gerber wrote the "Contagion" episode of the syndicated television series Star Trek: The Next Generation . Gerber's work in television animation included story editor duties on The Transformers , G.I. Joe and Dungeons & Dragons ; creating Thundarr

480-760: A collaboration with writer Carole Seuling on Shanna the She-Devil . Gerber initially penned superhero stories for titles such as Daredevil (20 issues), Iron Man (three issues) and Sub-Mariner (11 issues). Gerber penned anthological horror - fantasy stories for Creatures on the Loose (adaptations of Lin Carter 's Thongor ), Monsters Unleashed , Chamber of Chills and Journey into Mystery and humor pieces for Crazy Magazine , becoming editor of that satirical magazine for issues #11–14. Gerber scripted one of his signature series, Man-Thing , about

560-789: A common horror trope, when looking in a mirror the Basilisk sees his ordinary human form. The Basilisk is a mutant who first appears in New X-Men #135 (December 2002). Mike Columbus is a mutant and a student at the Xavier Institute . (Basilisk is also the codename used by an alternate reality version of the X-Man Cyclops in the Age of X crossover.) Possessing limited intelligence and persecuted in his youth due to his abnormal appearance (bald, abnormally large and with one eye),

640-489: A farmer discovered him in his field. Eliphas killed the farmer with a swift bite to the jugular. He spent the next several hundred years searching for Selene. He ran into the ancestral Apache tribe of Warpath . They recognized him as a vampire but could not stop him from wiping out almost the entire tribe. Eliphas, having at some point in time changed his name to "Eli Bard," finally located Selene in Nova Roma , where she

720-593: A member of Genetix . Basilisk is the name of three fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The Basilisk is a supervillain who debuts in Marvel Team-Up #16 (December 1973). Basil Elks, a petty thief, breaks into a museum to steal what he believes is an ordinary emerald —but is, in fact, an alien Kree artifact called the Alpha Stone. Elks miscalculates

800-540: A new Howard the Duck miniseries for Marvel's MAX line. For DC, he created Nevada for the Vertigo imprint in 1998 with artist Phil Winslade and Hard Time with long-time collaborator Mary Skrenes, which outlasted the short-lived imprint DC Focus , but slow sales led Hard Time: Season Two to be cancelled after only seven issues. Later, Gerber wrote the Helmet of Fate: Zauriel one-shot and continued writing

880-639: A poet until he met Aurelia, one of the most powerful women in Rome. He soon married her and achieved a position in the Senate. As a well-respected senator, he was known as a great orator and a friend to the army. His wife left him for a general named Mascius and conspired to give Mascius his seat in the Senate. Left with nothing, Eliphas was approached by Selene , who offered him immortality in exchange for helping her kill and absorb every soul in Rome. Eliphas drew pentagrams and performed rituals at several locations in

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960-563: A police officer like him, but Elaine supported her daughter's ambitions to become a professional dancer growing up instead. Since Morris was the Sheriff of the Los Angeles County Sheriff Department, he came across many enemies, the biggest one being the mobster Nicholas Trask. Trask planned to murder Morris by making his death look like a drunk driving incident, but his plan backfired when Elaine had been

1040-529: A revived Kyknos attacks Hercules, the Basilisk and the Man-Bull flee. Hercules and the Griffin manage to find where the Basilisk and the Man-Bull are hiding and recruit their help. The villains approach Hecate and Kyknos using a ruse involving Hercules being turned to stone. Hercules quickly revives and saves the villains by killing Kyknos, while Hecate escapes. The Basilisk was later hired by HYDRA where he

1120-406: A satirical comic created to raise funds for his court case against Marvel. The lawsuit was settled on September 24, 1982. Gerber acknowledged that his work on the character had been done as work-for-hire and that Marvel parent Cadence Industries owned "all right, title and interest" to Howard the Duck and related material. On November 5, 1982, Judge David Kenyon approved the motion and dismissed

1200-510: A similar creature before Morbius and Simon Stroud inject her with the cure. After being killed by David Langford , she is resurrected but gets possessed by the Lilin Parasite of Lilith 's group before being saved by Morbius. Bancroft's original personality returns albeit with a vampire-esque form, and even has a friendship with Jack Russell / Werewolf . She ultimately acts spiteful towards her ex-fiancé. After turning herself into

1280-487: A true vampire , Bancroft is killed by Morbius while saving Peter Parker / Spider-Man . Martine possessed the typical powers associated with vampires. Martine Bancroft appears in Morbius (2022), portrayed by Adria Arjona . This version is a scientific colleague of Michael Morbius . She personally assists in the experiment that creates his vampiric form and is later killed by Morbius' adoptive brother Milo . Bancroft

1360-399: A woman. Beforehand, Bakuto killed his master, Izanagi, to showcase "[his] strength of will", even going so far as to not allowing him seppuku . In the present, while having dinner, Bakuto's food is spiked causing him to hallucinate demons. Matt goes to check on him as Daredevil and are both immediately attacked by ninjas that were secretly sent by the other Daimyos. After defeating them, Matt

1440-441: A writer's test – six pages of a Daredevil car-chase scene drawn by Gene Colan – which Gerber passed. He accepted a position as an associate editor and writer at Marvel Comics. Thomas said in 2007, Steve and I had been in touch, off and on....I [eventually] got a letter from Steve saying, in essence, 'Help! I'm going crazy in this advertising job'....So I thought, 'Gee, he'd be a good person to get up here, so if he wants to make

1520-554: A writer. Originally a journalism student whose yellow journalism got his professor fired, his hand is severed by a miniature guillotine when performing with the punk band Mildred Horowitz. This is a large factor in his becoming the villain Doctor Bong. How he developed his paraphernalia was never explained. It is revealed that he was also a skilled scientist, using his knowledge of chemistry and physics to create several devices and creatures to do his bidding, particularly Fifi

1600-528: Is Deadpool , who came to him for treatment after the events of Dead Reckoning . He was, however, back to supervillainy by the Max Howard the Duck series. Bong later appears as one of the many villains in a bar that Colleen Wing and Misty Knight enter in search for information. They defeat all the villains, with Bong accidentally taking out the Jester . After being held at sword point, Bong reveals all

1680-643: Is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics . Created by Christopher Yost , Clayton Crain and Craig Kyle , Bard is a member of the Purifiers and an enemy of the X-Men . Eli Bard was born "Eliphas" at the height of the Roman Empire . He was recognized as an outstanding soldier until a spear injury ended his military career. For a while he worked unsuccessfully as

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1760-489: Is a dysfunctional man, turns to demon-worshipping to create an alternate persona, the Basilisk. Possessing a paralyzing stare, the Basilisk battles the anti-hero Morbius the Living Vampire . Wayne Gifford was a normal human until becoming the Basilisk, a large humanoid reptile. The creature possesses superhuman strength and agility, and a paralyzing stare. The Basilisk's one weakness is sunlight. In an inversion of

1840-791: Is a student at Coles Academic High School and Kamala Khan's close friend. Bakuto is a fictional ninja in Marvel Comics . The character, created by Andy Diggle , Antony Johnston and Marco Checchetto, first appeared in Daredevil #505 (April 2010). Bakuto, the head Daimyo of South America, meets with the other four Daimyos in Jigoku-Chu Castle in Japan. He shows some doubt in Matt Murdock leading The Hand and especially scoffs at White Tiger 's involvement due to her being

1920-698: Is an Inhuman with energy cannons for arms. He is among the Inhumans that sided with Apocalypse and joined the Dark Riders . Base ( Hiro Sokuto ) is a mutant who was born in Hiroshima , Japan , and his powers surfaced at an early age. His father sold him and his brother to the Yakuza to act as drug runners, but they were eventually captured by the Mutagenic Search Squad, and became

2000-403: Is his bell-shaped helmet which creates a number of effects when struck, including generating concussive blasts and teleporting him. Steve Gerber Stephen Ross Gerber ( / ˈ ɡ ɜːr b ər / ; September 20, 1947 – February 10, 2008) was an American comic book writer and creator of the satiric Marvel Comics character Howard the Duck . Other works include Man-Thing , Omega

2080-627: Is later revived as a similar vampiric creature after unintentionally ingesting some of Morbius' blood. Elaine Banner or Elaine Walters is a fictional and supporting character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics . The character appeared later in multiple spin-offs and dramatizations of the Hulk and She-Hulk comic book titles. She was created by writer David Kraft and artist Mike Vosburg . She first appeared in The Savage She-Hulk #15 of April, in 1981 and

2160-492: Is led to believe that someone is attempting to take Bakuto's life and ups the security. Despite this Bakuto believes that Matt was the one who sent the ninjas and begins plotting to kill him. He is later confronted by a possessed White Tiger and killed in sword combat. Bakuto appears in the Marvel Cinematic Universe series Iron Fist and The Defenders , portrayed by Ramón Rodríguez . This version

2240-491: Is one of the leaders of The Hand and Colleen Wing 's former sensei. Balthazar or Belathauzer in his first appearance, is a demon who has clashed with the Defenders and Devil-Slayer . Martine Bancroft is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics . Created by Roy Thomas and Gil Kane , she first appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man #102 (November 1971). She

2320-402: Is the fiancée of Morbius, the Living Vampire . Bancroft works as an assistant to Michael Morbius and Emil Nikos , whose experiments aim to cure his blood disease. They backfire and turn him into a vampire-esque individual. After being manipulated by a cult , Bancroft personally assists in finding resources to cure Morbius's "pseudo-vampirism". She is interrupted and ultimately turned into

2400-443: Is the sister of Susan Banner and Brian Banner . During their childhood, all three of them including their Mother were physically and mentally abused by their alcoholic father, Bruce Banner. For years they suffered but eventually they pulled through until he died. Even though Elaine and Susan learned to put it behind them' their brother Brian was not so fortunate. Susan, Elaine and Brian all wanted to move on with their lives but Brian

2480-682: The Headmen (consisting of Angar the Screamer , Shrunken Bones , Gorilla-Man , Ruby Thursday , and Chondu the Mystic ) as backup, Doctor Bong breaks into the Beyond Corporation© to gain godlike power by combining its anechoic chamber and his "Cosmic Bong". Bong and his allies are defeated and handed over to S.H.I.E.L.D. by Spider-Man . Doctor Bong is a genius scientist with advanced knowledge of genetic engineering. His main weapon

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2560-735: The Headmen . He reintroduced the 1969 one-time feature Guardians of the Galaxy , first as guest stars in Marvel Two-in-One and The Defenders , then as a feature in Marvel Presents . Toward the end of his work at Marvel, he wrote Hanna-Barbera stories for Mark Evanier under the anagrammatic pseudonym Reg Everbest . Only two of these, featuring Magilla Gorilla and the Clue Club , were published in English. In

2640-755: The Thing and defeated him until Spider-Man arrived. After hearing the Basilisk's origin, Spider-Man manages to help the Thing regain consciousness and they fight the Basilisk. During the fight, the Basilisk disappeared during a cave-in. The Sphinx pulled the Basilisk from his timeline and paired him up with Moonstone , Ulysses Bloodstone , the Man-Wolf and Gyre to compete against the Sphinx's elder self and his team consisting of Black Bolt , Darkhawk , Mister Fantastic, Namorita , and Nova . The Basilisk reappeared in

2720-427: The anagrammatic Reg Everbest pseudonym for Marvel-published Hanna-Barbera stories after he was banned from Marvel by Jim Shooter. Roger Stern named the original, deceased Foolkiller "Ross G. Everbest" in The Amazing Spider-Man #225, in homage to Gerber, using Gerber's middle name as the character's first name, the middle initial restoring the anagram save for a silent e . The character's real name never appeared in

2800-595: The crossover storyline involving the Scourge of the Underworld , a vigilante who assassinated numerous minor supervillains. Seeking retaliation against the Thing, the character tunneled his way to the headquarters of the Fantastic Four which was undergoing construction, but was murdered by the Scourge of the Underworld disguised as a construction worker . Dead Ringer later acquired a tissue sample from

2880-591: The "Top 10 1970s Marvels", while Omega the Unknown was 10th on the same list. Gerber's posthumous Man-Thing story "The Screenplay of the Living Dead Man", with art by Kevin Nowlan , originally planned as a 1980s graphic novel before being left uncompleted by the artist, was revived in the 2010s and appeared as a three-issue miniseries cover-titled The Infernal Man-Thing (early Sept.-Oct. 2012). The story

2960-623: The 1991 Suburban Jersey Ninja She-Devils one-shot issue. For DC, his works include A. Bizarro . At Marvel, Gerber scripted a 12-issue run on The Sensational She-Hulk (which featured Howard the Duck). He also scripted three issues of Cloak and Dagger , a Hawkeye story in Avengers Spotlight , and two issues of Toxic Crusaders . During this time he did a serial in Marvel Comics Presents featuring Poison ,

3040-696: The Barbarian ; and sharing a 1998 Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Class – Animated Program, for the WB program The New Batman/Superman Adventures . He was one of the founders of the Malibu Comics superhero setting the Ultraverse and co-created Sludge and Exiles . For Image Comics , he co-created The Cybernary with Nick Manabat and disbanded Codename: Strykeforce , in addition to guest-writing Pitt . In 2002, he created

3120-672: The Basilisk is among the villains that escape from the Raft after the Juggernaut takes the form of Kuurth: Breaker of Stone and damages the facility heavily. He assists the Man-Bull , the Griffin , and another escaped inmate in a bank robbery. When Hercules arrives, he recognizes that the fourth person with them is actually Hecate . The Basilisk joined the Man-Bull and the Griffin in fighting Hercules until Hecate regained her memories. When

3200-629: The Basilisk's body and assumed his form. During the " Dark Reign " storyline, the Basilisk was resurrected—along with 16 other criminals murdered by the Scourge—by master criminal the Hood using the power of the entity Dormammu . The revived characters form a squad to attempt to eliminate the Punisher ; the Basilisk completed the mission by capturing the Punisher. During the " Fear Itself " storyline,

3280-611: The Basilisk. He faced off against Spider-Man , Mister Fantastic , Captain Marvel and the Mole Man which ended with him being imprisoned in another Kree artifact called the Omega Stone that ended up in lava. The Omega Stone he was imprisoned in was found in a lava river by some Moloids who worshipped it. After absorbing the Omega Stone into himself (thus increasing his power to its fullest potential) and breaking free, he fought

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3360-575: The Doctor Fate serial in the Countdown to Mystery limited series for DC Comics up to the time of his death, working on stories in the hospital. Gerber died before being able to write the concluding chapter of the serial; in his honor, four separate writers ( Adam Beechen , Mark Evanier , Gail Simone , and Mark Waid ) provided their own conclusions to the story. In 2010, Comics Bulletin ranked Gerber's run on The Defenders first on its list of

3440-620: The Duck #1–3 (March–May 2002), Daughters of the Dragon #3 (May 2006), and The Amazing Spider-Man #552 (April 2008). Doctor Bong received an entry in the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Update '89 #2. As a child, Lester Verde was severely bullied. When complaining about it to his mother, she noted his creative use of insults against his tormentors and sparked his desire to use his creativity to become

3520-476: The Duck, who was the closest thing Bong had to a henchwoman. He lives in a castle on a remote island, and can stun or kill by ringing his bell-shaped head. He had a longtime crush on Beverly Switzler , whom he eventually married. Before he was removed from the book, Steve Gerber had intended their marriage to last and for her to no longer be a main character in the Howard the Duck series. After Gerber left, Bill Mantlo brought Beverly, now single again, back to

3600-514: The Man-Frog and Bessie the Hellcow, before acquiring his own comic-book title with Howard the Duck #1 (Jan. 1976). Gerber wrote 27 issues of the series, penciled initially by Frank Brunner and shortly afterward by Gene Colan . The series gradually developed a substantial cult following , which Marvel helped to promote by Howard's satiric entry into the 1976 U.S. presidential campaign under

3680-600: The Unknown with Skrenes and artist Jim Mooney , which explored the strange link between a cosmic superhero and a boy, and wrote the first issue of Marvel Comics Super Special featuring the rock band KISS . He created the characters of Starhawk , Aleta Ogord , and (with Skrenes) Nikki . He scripted the adventures of Daimon Hellstrom (a.k.a. the Son of Satan) , Morbius the Living Vampire , and Dracula 's daughter Lilith . Gerber often revived forgotten characters. In The Defenders, he revived three pre-superhero characters,

3760-532: The Unknown , Marvel Spotlight : " Son of Satan ", The Defenders , Marvel Presents : " Guardians of the Galaxy ", Daredevil and Foolkiller . Gerber often included lengthy text pages in the midst of comic book stories, such as in his graphic novel , Stewart the Rat . Gerber was posthumously inducted into the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame in 2010. Steve Gerber was born to

3840-507: The auspices of the All-Night Party. Marvel attempted a spin-off with a short-lived Howard the Duck syndicated comic strip from 1977 to 1978, initially scripted by Gerber and drawn by Colan then Mayerik and finally Alan Kupperberg . Gerber was replaced on the strip in mid-1978, by another comic book writer, Marv Wolfman , creating acrimony. Marvel's then editor-in-chief, Jim Shooter , blamed Gerber's chronic tardiness, saying

3920-435: The book. John Byrne later pitted Bong against She-Hulk , trying to uncensor sanitized violent television so that his genetically-engineered quintuplets would be raised not finding violence at all attractive. She-Hulk, using her abilities to break the fourth wall , manages to defeat him. It is later revealed in his initial appearance that he had given up supervillainy to obtain a PhD in psychology . His first patient

4000-402: The case. In the early 1980s, Gerber and Frank Miller made a joint proposal to revamp DC's three biggest characters, namely Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman ;. The proposal was not accepted. After Marvel had cancelled his contract in May 1978, he returned to Marvel in 1983 with the short-lived Void Indigo . Gerber was slated to write a new Spectre series in 1986, but he missed

4080-412: The character is extremely aggressive. Once the Basilisk's mutant power manifests, he suffers from brain seizures until given a device to help regulate the ability. The Basilisk joins the Brotherhood of Mutants . They take over New York City . While watching human prisoners march by, he makes a joke about a perceived bad smell. The Brotherhood's leader Magneto attempts to deliver a punishment, but kills

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4160-407: The character. During the mid-1970s and early 1980s, Gerber worked for DC Comics , including an issue of Metal Men , the last three issues of Mister Miracle , The Phantom Zone limited series , and a run of " Doctor Fate " backup stories in The Flash co-written with Martin Pasko . Gerber had planned to write for DC's Time Warp science fiction anthology series, but objected to

4240-411: The city, but warned a small girl to get her family out. The girl's father alerted the authorities and Eliphas and Selene were captured before the spell could be carried out. Just before they were burned at the stake , Selene killed the guards. She cursed Eliphas for his perceived betrayal with an eternal life of torture, turning him into a vampire-like creature. Eliphas was buried alive for 700 years until

4320-497: The creative team was "producing strips within six days of their publication dates," which he said caused several newspapers to drop the strip. Shooter added that while the syndicate threatened to drop the strip if a new writer were not brought in, "Steve can tell you a good number of horror stories – and they're all true – about the trouble we had getting artists." Gerber often collaborated with writer Mary Skrenes during this period. Among other Marvel projects, Gerber created Omega

4400-454: The current state of the media. (Series head writer denoted in bold) Boomerang (comics) Bagheera is a black panther , based upon The Jungle Book character of the same name. Nakia Bahadir is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics . She is a Turkish girl and friend of Kamala Khan . Nakia Bahadir appears in Ms. Marvel (2022), portrayed by Yasmeen Fletcher . This version

4480-456: The deadline for the first issue so that he could watch the last day of shooting on the Howard the Duck film and DC assigned another writer to the series in response. Gerber scripted assorted projects for Marvel, including the controversial creator-owned book Void Indigo (1984) for Epic Comics , a serialized, eight-page Man-Thing feature in the anthology series Marvel Comics Presents (Sept. 1988–Feb. 1989), The Legion of Night and

4560-603: The first comics fanzines , Headline , at age 13 or 14, Gerber attended college at the University of Missouri–St. Louis , the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri , and St. Louis University, where he finished his communications degree. Gerber began work as a copywriter for a St. Louis advertising agency . During this time he wrote short stories, some of which, such as "And the Birds Hummed Dirges," later appeared in Crazy Magazine during his stint as editor. In early 1972, Gerber asked Thomas, by this time Marvel editor-in-chief, about writing comics; Thomas sent him

4640-402: The first half of 1978, Gerber was fired from first the newspaper strip and then the comic book series for failure to meet deadlines. On August 29, 1980, after learning of Marvel's efforts to license Howard for use in film and broadcast media, Gerber filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Marvel corporate parent Cadence Industries and other parties, alleging that he was the sole owner of

4720-424: The ground for limited flight) or energy that manipulated temperature (to boiling or freezing extremes) or molecules. Upon absorbing the Omega Stone, Basilisk's powers increased to their full extent, allowing him to generate volcanoes worldwide, including in the Savage Land and New York City. The Basilisk is a lizard-like villain who first appears in Morbius, the Living Vampire #5 (Jan. 1993). Wayne Gifford

4800-426: The heart with the blade, reducing him to bones. Baron Samedi is the name of two fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The A.I.M. agent version, created by Len Wein and Gene Colan , first appeared in Strange Tales #171 (December 1973). Within the context of the stories, Baron Rolando Samedi is a Haitian agent of A.I.M. who creates pseudo-zombies while posing as

4880-533: The information he knows about current power struggles. Doctor Bong appears in Brand New Day as one of the villains in the Bar with No Name. Doctor Bong is one of the many villains kidnapped into a roller derby staged by the cosmic game-obsessed entity called the Grandmaster . The bullet proof nature of Bong's helmet is a vital part of the hero's winning plan. Doctor Bong created imperfect clones of Steve Rogers , Moon Knight , and Black Widow and lured Deadpool into teaming up with them. While at their main base

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4960-491: The mutants Caliban and Thunderbird . He presented Caliban to Selene and stated that he intended to use Caliban's mutant tracking abilities to track down deceased mutants and reanimate them to form an army for Selene, an offer which she accepted. He uses the virus to resurrect a variety of mutants, including Cypher , Banshee , the original Hellions , Risque , Pyro , and Destiny . When Bard returned to Proudstar's tribe's burial grounds to resurrect Caliban and Thunderbird,

5040-416: The occupants. Deadpool then teams up with the Secret Avengers to stop Doctor Bong. Doctor Bong tries to confuse the Secret Avengers and Deadpool by dressing all his genetic regenerative clones as Deadpool. Then during the fight Deadpool slips away and cons Doctor Bong to think that he is one of his genetic clones and escapes with Doctor Bong. Black Widow makes Doctor Bong crash his escape car and Deadpool brings

5120-550: The one driving to see Jennifer's dance recital with two of her friends. Bantam is a fictional mutant . Created by Jim Lee and John Byrne , the character first appeared in The Uncanny X-Men #282. Bantam is an assistant of Trevor Fitzroy who uses his power as a chronal anchor to keep track of his master's time portals. When Fitzroy takes over a future timeline and renames himself the Chronomancer, Bantam accompanies him. Bantam realizes that Fitzroy had been driven mad by his dreams of power, and eventually betrays his master to

5200-566: The original Foolkiller in issue #3 (March 1974). In the final issue, Gerber appeared as a character in the story, claiming he had not been inventing the Man-Thing's adventures but simply reporting on them and that he had decided to move on. With penciler Val Mayerik , Gerber created Howard the Duck as a secondary character in a Man-Thing story in Adventure into Fear #19 and Man-Thing #1 (Dec. 1973 - Jan. 1974). Howard graduated to his own backup feature in Giant-Size Man-Thing #4-5, confronting such bizarre horror-parody characters as Garko

5280-402: The real Secret Avengers infiltrated the base causing the real Steve Rogers to battle with Deadpool. After pummeling each other, the real Moon Knight steps in and things finally calm down enough that Cap and Deadpool can talk, Doctor Bong realizes that he has officially lost. He sets off an explosion that kills the Marc Spector and Natasha Romanoff clones, apparently collapsing the building on all

5360-458: The real Baron Samedi and confronts Brother Voodoo . Within Haitian Vodou and related religions, Baron Samedi is one of the Loa . The Vodou incarnation of Baron Samedi appears in the second season of Cloak & Dagger , portrayed by Justin Sams. This version resides in the Dark Dimension at Fun Arcade Games , an arcade house. Barrage is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Barrage

5440-469: The rebellion led by Bishop . Bantam assists in the raising of the gate to the Chronomancer's keep, and dies at the hands of Fitzroy's Chronotroopers. Bantam kept track of all of Fitzroy's time portals still in stasis. He was sensitive to the bioenergy emissions of other superhumans, allowing him to locate the site where the energy was released. Bantam appears in the X-Men: The Animated Series two-part episode "One Man's Worth". Eli Bard aka Eliphas

5520-412: The resurrection of Bastion but the android was suspicious of him, as he had no record on him. After seeing Bastion reprogram an offspring of Magus, he changed his plan and instead re-animated the corpses in the burial grounds of the Apache tribe that he had decimated decades earlier using the Technarch transmode virus he had absorbed from an offspring of Magus . Among the bodies reanimated were those of

5600-428: The security guards rounds and is caught and fired upon when he reaches for a weapon. The guard's bullet accidentally hits and shatters the gem, causing an explosion that transforms Elks into a humanoid reptilian—his skin becomes green and scaly and his eyes are now large and red. Elks then flash-freezes the guard in place, and realizing that he now has superhuman abilities, decides to become a supervillain and calls himself

5680-428: The spirits of the tribe rose to protect those buried there. Bard attacked them with Selene's mystical knife, transforming them into a Demon Bear . After fleeing the battle, Bard leaves the blade behind, unaware it was pivotal in Selene's plans. He is then dispatched to Utopia to retrieve it, taking Warpath hostage in the process. When he returns to Selene with the blade and the hostage, Selene kills him by stabbing him in

5760-474: The submission guidelines for that series. Gerber wrote for independent comic companies. One of Gerber's first major works away from Marvel was the original graphic novel Stewart the Rat for Eclipse Comics , with art by Gene Colan and Tom Palmer . For Eclipse Magazine , Gerber and Mayerik created the anti-censorship horror story, "Role Model/Caring, Sharing, and Helping Others". In 1981 he teamed with Jack Kirby at Eclipse to create Destroyer Duck ,

5840-475: The two Gerber stories, but is seen on a computer screen in the second Foolkiller's van, next to the face of the original user of that identity. The Marvel Universe villain Thundersword (by Jim Shooter , Al Milgrom and Steve Leialoha ) is considered a parody of Gerber and his creation Thundarr the Barbarian . Stewart Cadwall is a TV scriptwriter who acquires superpowers, becomes Thundersword and fights

5920-523: The unconscious Doctor Bong body back to the Secret Avengers, after the Secret Avengers kill all the fake Deadpools. Doctor Bong wakes up and attempts to set off an explosion using his bell hand, but Deadpool slices off his arm, leaving him helpless in the hands of the Secret Avengers. Doctor Bong later attended a support group called Supervillains Anonymous, alongside Boomerang , Grizzly , Hippo , Looter , Mirage , and Porcupine . After hiring

6000-507: Was a sequel to Gerber's "Song-Cry of the Living Dead Man" in Man-Thing #12 (Dec. 1974). In 2007, Gerber was diagnosed with an early stage of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis , and was eventually hospitalized while continuing to work. He had gotten onto the waiting list for a lung transplant at UCLA Medical Center . On February 10, 2008, Gerber died in a Las Vegas hospital from complications stemming from his condition. His final comics work

6080-514: Was created by David Anthony Kraft and Mike Vosburg . She is the sister of Susan and Brian Banner , the wife of Morris Walters , and the aunt of Bruce Banner who would grow up to be the Gamma-Powered superhero known as the Hulk ; while her daughter and Bruce's cousin would become the super-heroine known as The She-Hulk , when Bruce saved her life with a blood transfusion . Elaine Banner

6160-691: Was paired up with the Looter to steal the Ellsworth Sonic Reducer. Both of them are defeated by the Superior Spider-Man ( Doctor Octopus 's mind in Spider-Man's body) and are webbed up for the police. Upon absorbing the Alpha Stone, Basil Elks possessed enhanced physical strength, reflexes, and stamina. The Basilisk's main offensive weapon were his eye beams, which could be concussive force (these could also be directed at

6240-497: Was still suffering from the trauma of their childhood together and would do everything he could to spend as little time with his siblings as possible because he didn't want to relive anymore bad memories, straining the relationship between them. Susan married a man by the name of Drake, and Brian ended up marrying a woman named Rebecca. Elaine married Morris Walters , becoming Elaine Walters, and soon after gave birth to their daughter, Jennifer . Morris hoped that Jennifer would become

6320-528: Was worshiped as a god. Still in love with her despite her curse, Bard realized that he must make an offering to her before approaching her. Bard later joined the Purifiers, an anti-mutant terrorist group. During this time, he worked diligently to further the Purifiers' goals. Secretly, he had hoped to sacrifice thousands of Purifiers' souls using the same ritual from Rome to gain Selene's attention. He assisted in

6400-414: Was writing Countdown to Mystery: Doctor Fate for DC Comics , having briefly worked with a version of the character in 1982. At the time of his death, Gerber was separated from his wife, Margo Macleod. He had a daughter, Samantha Gerber. One of Gerber's working pen-names , Reg Everbest, was the inspiration behind the first Foolkiller 's real name, which was revealed as Ross G. Everbest. Gerber used

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