Hijacker (comics)

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Hijacker is the name of two fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

The two Hijackers were gimmick-laden villains who specialized in stealing technology for later resale in criminal auctions.

Publication history

The first Hijacker first appeared in Tales to Astonish #40 (February 1963), and was created by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber and Jack Kirby. The character subsequently appears in Marvel Two-In-One #24 (Feb. 1976), #96 (Feb. 1983), and Captain America #319 (July 1986), in which he was killed by the Scourge of the Underworld.

Fictional character biography

Howard Mitchell

Hijacker
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Thing.[3] He was good at last-moment "rabbit out of the hat" tricks that no one expected. He returned for vengeance on the Thing after the hero was hospitalized. He used a tank similar in appearance to his last one, but it was not as durable and Iron Man made quick work of it.[4]

Hijacker attended the "Bar With No Name" massacre. Without his gimmicks and protection, he proved easy prey for the Scourge of the Underworld.[5]

During the

Basilisk was holding G.W. Bridge and uses the gases on Basilisk.[8]

In the cleanup following the Spider-Island storyline, he attempted an opportunistic bank heist, but was noticed and pursued by Venom. During the chase, he accidentally ran over a mother and her child causing Flash to lose his temper and bites Hijacker's head off.[9]

Mercenary

The second Hijacker is an unnamed mercenary who took on the mantle when he bought vehicle-upgrading nanites from

Slug hired him through the app in order to steal a Giganto egg from a S.H.I.E.L.D. cargo ship. While taking control of the S.H.I.E.L.D. cargo ship, Hijacker ended up in a fight against Captain America and Ant-Man where Hijacker was knocked out by Captain America.[10] Ant-Man (Scott Lang) would later employ Hijacker's services as part of Ant-Man Security Solutions in an attempt to hack (and later combat) Darren Cross and his Cross Technological Enterprises.[11] Hijacker parted ways with Lang when Ant-Man was arrested and his security company was shut down.[12]

Equipment

The first Hijacker gained his abilities from his heavy body-suit, which provided the power for his weapons. His heavy, brown, reinforced fabric suit provided protection against physical, energy, heat, fire, and cold attacks. When sealed with his odd-looking helmet, Hijacker had his own 4-hour oxygen supply and was immune to gases. Hijacker's main weapon was a multifunction gun called a "Vario-Blaster", attached to the belt of his outfit by a cable. With his weapon, Hijacker could fire: "nuclear flame", knock-out nerve gas, damaging projectiles, ionic blasts, and an "activator beam" which activated any nearby machinery. Hijacker's "Crime-Tank" was a heavily armored fort on spiked treads. This mobile base was an off-road vehicle, and had electromagnets as weapons. This tank was destroyed by Thing and Black Goliath.[13]

The second Hijacker bought special nanites from

Overdrive
.

References

  1. ^ Tales to Astonish #40
  2. ^ Marvel Two-In-One #24
  3. ^ Marvel Two-In-One #96
  4. ^ Mark Gruenwald (w), Paul Neary (p), Dennis Janke (i). "Overkill" Captain America, no. 319 (July 1986). Marvel Comics.
  5. ^ The Punisher vol. 7 #5
  6. ^ "CBR - the World's Top Destination for Comic, Movie & TV news".
  7. ^ The Punisher vol. 7 #9
  8. ^ Venom vol. 2 #9
  9. ^ Astonishing Ant-Man #3
  10. ^ The Astonishing Ant-Man #7-11
  11. ^ The Astonishing Ant-Man #13
  12. ^ Marvel Two-In-One #24

External links

  • Hijacker at Marvel Wiki
  • Hijacker at The Appendix to the Handbook of the Marvel Universe