Elf with a Gun
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| Publisher | Marvel Comics DC Comics |
| First appearance | Defenders #25 (July 1975) |
| Created by | Steve Gerber (writer) Sal Buscema (artist) |
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| Alter ego | Elf with a Gun |
| Abilities | Gun that can kill anything. |
Elf with a Gun is a fictional character in the Marvel Universe and in the DC Universe. The character first appeared in Defenders #25 (July 1975), and was created by Steve Gerber and Sal Buscema.
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[edit] Fictional character biography
The Elf with a Gun is a midget humanoid who commits murders for no apparent reason. The elf first appears in Defenders Vol 1" #25 (July 1975), killing Tom and Linda Pritchett. Over a series of issues, he kills Charlest Lester and his spouse in Las Vegas, Stu and his girlfriend at the Grand Canyon, and a woman hiding from the Hulk in the bathroom.
He seemingly meets his end outside a house (owned by Nighthawk) in upstate New York. Preparing to kill a newspaper delivery boy named Greg, and his dog, Elf with a Gun is run over and killed by a Mac Ray moving truck. Greg notices nothing.
An Elf was also the one to reveal to the original Defenders – the Hulk, the Silver Surfer, Doctor Strange, and Namor – that they would be the cause of the Earth's destruction if they continued to work together. Thus, the four agreed to never work together again as the Defenders and quit the original team. Still, it was revealed much later that the Elf's revelation was probably a hoax, and the four heroes have indeed worked together as Defenders in one form or another since then.
[edit] Destroyer Duck
Elf with a Gun would later appear as a foe of Destroyer Duck.
[edit] Countdown to Mystery
- See also: Countdown to Final Crisis
His most recent appearance was in Countdown to Mystery #8 (June 2008).
