Flag-Smasher
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| Flag-Smasher | |
 Flag-Smasher explains his politics. |
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| Publication information | |
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| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | Captain America #312 (December 1985) |
| Created by | Mark Gruenwald Paul Neary |
| In story information | |
| Species | Human |
| Team affiliations | ULTIMATUM |
| Abilities | None |
Flag-Smasher is the name used by two fictional supervillains appearing in the Marvel Comics universe. The original was most often a foe of Captain America while other adversaries of the Flag-Smasher include The Punisher, Moon Knight, Ghost Rider, The Runaways, and The Liberteens.
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[edit] Flag-Smasher (ULTIMATUM)
[edit] Fictional character biography
Flag-Smasher was born in Bern, Switzerland, the son of a wealthy Swiss banker-turned-diplomat. He wanted to follow in his father's footsteps and become a diplomat until his father was trampled to death in a riot at a Latverian embassy. He came to believe that humanity needed to do away with the concept of countries and nationalism that made people feel superior to those of different nationalities.
Today, Flag-Smasher uses terrorism to spread anti-nationalist sentiment. He conducted a one-man terrorist campaign in New York City against nationalist symbols, and held hundreds as hostages until he was eventually captured by Captain America.[1]
He founded ULTIMATUM, the Underground Liberated Totally Integrated Mobile Army To Unite Mankind. He served as the Supreme Commander of the anti-nationalistic terrorist organization. With ULTIMATUM, he hijacked an American airliner and held its passengers hostage. He demanded the surrender of Captain America for execution in return for the hostages' freedom. His plot was thwarted by Captain America and S.H.I.E.L.D.[2]
The Flag-Smasher later learned that the Red Skull was funding ULTIMATUM. He survived assassination attempts by ULTIMATUM, and captured the current Captain America, John Walker. Flag-Smasher teamed with Captain America, Battle Star, and Demolition-Man in thwarting an ULTIMATUM plot to set off a worldwide electromagnetic pulse that would render all electrically operated machinery useless.[3]
Flag-Smasher again became head of ULTIMATUM, and attempted to supply American subversives with arms, but was thwarted by Moon Knight and the Punisher.[4] He made a new attempt to create anarchy in the United States through distribution of arms to malcontents, but was thwarted this time by the Punisher and Ghost Rider.[5]
Flag-Smasher later captured an amnesiac Demolition-Man, but during a battle with USAgent he fell into the Arctic Ocean.[6]
Roxxon Oil turned him into a berserker with super-strength, but he later lost these powers.
Flag-Smasher was installed as the ruler of Rumekistan by the V-Battalion as a compromise between powers[7]. It is later revealed that Flag-Smasher was allegedly assassinated by Domino as part of a series of events which installed Cable as leader of that nation[8].[1]
[edit] Powers and abilities
The Flag-Smasher is an athletic man who is a gifted hand-to-hand combatant with great proficiency in the martial art of shotokan karate-do. He is also a brilliant terrorist strategist, and has fluency in English, French, German, Russian, Italian, Japanese, and Esperanto.
ULTIMATUM personnel have supplied him with a number of weapons and other devices, including a flame-throwing pistol, a tear-gas gun, a spiked mace, jet-propelled skis used for flight, teleportation devices, submarines, and rocket-propelled hovercrafts.
[edit] Flag-Smasher (Civil War)
A new Flag-Smasher appears[9], though it is later confirmed that this is not the original but an impostor[10]. He attacks the Santa Monica Farmers' Market to show his opposition to the Super-Human Registration Act, but is defeated by The Runaways.
Later, a fight is described between Flag-Smasher and Araña[11]. He is next seen being described as the new Flag-Smasher[12].
After this he was seen fighting against Liberteens, but was defeated and imprisoned.
[edit] Bibliography
- Avengers: The Initiative Annual #1
- Cable & Deadpool #27-28 ("death")
- Captain America vol. 1 #312, 321-322, 400, 438
- Captain America 1999
- Citizen V and the V Battalion: Everlasting #1-4
- Civil War: Young Avengers/Runaways #1 (imposter)
- Ghost Rider vol. 3 #5-6
- Marvel Team-Up vol. 2 #3
- Moon Knight vol. 3 #8-9
- Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A-Z #4
- X-Man #35
- X-Men Unlimited vol. 1 #22
[edit] References
- ^ Captain America #312
- ^ Captain America #321-322
- ^ Captain America #348-349
- ^ Marc Spector, Moon Knight #8-9
- ^ Ghost Rider Vol. 2 #5-6
- ^ Captain America #400
- ^ Citizen V & The V-Battalion: The Everlasting
- ^ Cable & Deadpool
- ^ Civil War: Young Avengers/Runaways #1
- ^ Civil War Files one-shot
- ^ Dr. Strange: The Oath
- ^ Avengers: The Initiative Annual #1
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