Gideon Mace
Gideon Mace | |
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Publication information | |
Publisher | Marvel Comics |
First appearance | Luke Cage, Hero for Hire #3 (1972) |
Created by | Archie Goodwin, George Tuska |
In-story information | |
Species | Human |
Team affiliations | United States Army Maggia |
Notable aliases | A01372712 |
Gideon Mace is a fictional villain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.
Fictional character biography
Colonel Gideon Mace led his men on an unauthorized assault against an enemy village, during which a mine destroyed his right hand. He was dishonorably discharged on the orders of General William Westmoreland for insubordination, mental incompetence, and suspicion of combat activity independent of orders. Mace replaced his lost hand with a spiked mace, and formed a private army by recruiting ex-soldiers loyal to him.[1] Needing financing, he arranged Operation Overpower by enlisting disgruntled veterans, telling them that they would paralyze Manhattan for a day by seizing control of strategic points throughout the city. Mace secretly intended them to be decoys, diverting police away from Wall Street while his elite troops looted it. When one veteran, Owen Ridgely, learned of Mace's true goals, he sought help from Luke Cage, Hero for Hire, but Ridgely was murdered by Mace's men. Luke Cage found and attacked Mace's base, when Mace fled in a helicopter, Cage caused it to crash into the Hudson River.[2] Gideon then established Security City, an isolated planned community where paranoid ultra-conservatives could live away from the rest of America. Mace trained the residents to follow him unconditionally and ultimately to become his personal army. Luke Cage and his friend "DW" Griffith arrived and defeated him when DW covertly rewired a sound system, allowing the townspeople to hear Mace's plans.[3]
Mace later learned the
Gideon Mace was killed by a mysterious creature, which tore out his heart.[6] The creature began growing a new body for Mace using his heart.[7]
Powers and abilities
Gideon Mace is a trained soldier and a skilled strategist. He is an excellent shot with his left hand and an adept unarmed fighter. His right hand has been replaced by a foot-diameter titanium steel, spiked mace, which has also been adapted to spray chemical mace or to fire like a cannonball from his wrist.
Other media
Gideon Mace appears in
References
- ^ Luke Cage: Power Man #44 (1977)
- ^ Luke Cage: Hero for Hire #3 (1972)
- ^ Luke Cage: Power Man #23 (1975)
- ^ Luke Cage: Power Man #43-45 (1977)
- Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man#50-52 (1980-1981)
- ^ Captain America and the Mighty Avengers #3
- ^ Captain America and the Mighty Avengers #4
External links
- Gideon Mace at The Appendix to the Handbook of the Marvel Universe