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Union Jack

Union Jack

l'he original Union Jack, Lord James Falsworth, fought for the British during World War I as a member of the heroic team Freedoms Five.After an injnry. hc was succeeded as Union Jack by his son, Brian (formcrly known as the Destroyer). while his daughter Jacqucłine went on to become SpnrFiRH. Both heroes joined the World War II-era Invadeks, where they fought alongside Captain Amekic a and Namok the Sub-Marincr; Brian also founded the heroic post-\varV-Battalion.

The third Union Jack isjoey Chapman, who took up the mantle when Spitfires son. Kenneth Crichton. refused to follow m his uncle s footsteps. Chapman joined the Knights of Fendragon and received superhuman abilitics through possession of the Fendragon spirit.As Union Jack.

Chapman has served with the most recent Invadcrs team. DW

Union Jack is a member of the New kwadors. The toams proactive role in ondng world threals puls Ihem ai odds w*h tracftonel heroes. indudhg Car tan America^ Avengers.

FIRST APPEARANCE Captain Amenca #323 <November 1986) REAL NAME John F Walker OCCUPATION actventurer; government agent BASE Washington, DC HEIGHT 6 ft 4 in WEIGHT 270 Ibs EYES Blue HAIR Blond SPECIAL POWERS/ABILITIES SuportKiman strongth and slamina. carries a shiełd madę of Vibranium. wheh can absorb the vibrat>ons from concussive forces directed against H.

U PSTARTS

FIRST APPEARANCE Uncanny X-Men Vol. 1 #281 (October 1991) FORMER MEMBERS AND POWERS

Gamosmastcr Totepath wtw reads Wlions of mmds simultaneousły |1J. Siena Blaze Controued the Eanh's electromagnetic field [2].

Shinobi Shaw Can change his body from rock-solid to mtang*ble [3]. Fabian Cortez Could overioad the abiKios of other mutants [4].

Graydon Creed Wore streogth-boosting battle armor (fi

Trevor Fitzroy Dramed victims life energy to contro! time [5]. And ren and Andreas von Struć ker (Fenns TWins) Could project energy blasts when in contact with one anolher [6] and [7],

Joseph Chapman OCCUPATION

Adventurer

WEIGHT 195 Ibs EYES Brown HAIR Light brown

FIRST APPEARANCE

Captain America Vot. 1 #.253 (January 1980)

Enhanced strength arxi speed; wears a bułletproot oostume. carries a vortoty ot guns. and a stfwor daggor.

UNUS THE UNTOUCHABLE

FIRST APPEARANCE X-Men »8 (November 1964)

REAL NAME Angelo Unusciono

OCCUPATION Professional cnmmal BASE Mobiło

HEIGHT 6 f» 1 łn WEIGHT 220 Ibs EYES Blue HAIR Black

SPECIAL POWERS/ABILITIES Generatos an .mpeoetrable lorce-

field around body. redoubtable hand-io-hand combatant.

Unus was invited to join the Brotherfiood oi Evil Muiants if he could defe.it an X-Man. Fighting Beasi, Unus was beaten when his opponent employed a device to magnify Unus* force-field out ofhis control. As a criminal in partnership with the Bloh, Unus again lost control ofhis force-fields.

U nabić to breathe, he collapsed and was thought to have diod until Quicksilver discovcred him in the ruins of the decimated island of Genosha (sec Gfnoshans). ad

Looking for a ncw challenge, the

GameSMASTKR gathered a group of young humans and mutants to compete in a murderous gamę.The contcstants, who called themsclves the Upstarts, carned poims if they killed powerful targets such as members of the X-Mf.n, the New Mutants. or the Hf.i i tire Gi UB.The Upstarts launched a number of high-profilc hits during their short career. and often fought each other. Eventually many members died, and the survivors. bored with the sport, disbanded. dw

Urich, Ben

FIRST APPEARANCE Daredevil #153 (July 1978)

REAL NAME Benjamin Unch OCCUPATION Reporter for the Daily Bugle BASE New York City

HEIGHT 5 ft 9 in WEIGHT 140lbs EYES Brown HAIR Gray SPECIAL POWERS/ABILITIES Nonę; a skiltod and responsible investigative joumaftst

Ben Urich started his journalism career as a copy boy at the Daily Huęle.

He worked his way up to become a reporter. Urich began gathering information about 1)arf.i>evil, and soon learned the hero s true identity and personal history. He thought about publishing an article rcvealing all of this to the public, but then realized that such an article would destroy Daredevil. So he burned al! his notes and files and told I )aredcvil what he knew.Thc two became friends, and Daredevils secret rcmained safe. MT

U.S. Agent

Walker s older brother was a soldier who died in the

Vietnam War. and Walker joined the military to honor his memory. Aftcr complcting his service. hc hcard that the Fowek Broker had devcloped a proccss to give normal pcoplc superhuman strength. Walker duły became the Super- Fatriot.

When the Commission on Superhuman Activi iios foreed Stew Rogcrs to give up being Captain America, it assigned Walker to replace him. Rogers later reelaimed his mantle, and Walker became tłic U.S. Agent. Hc was assigned to the West Coast Avf.ncers and stayed on the team until it renamed itself Forck Works. He also led a team called the Jury against the Tiiunderbolts and was later drafted to lead the government s new Invai>ers team. TD

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