Known Relatives: None

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: Various Shadow Rider bases across the planet

First Appearance: Shadow Riders#1 (June, 1993)

Powers: Boot is a cyborg, possessing enhanced physical abilities, such as strength, speed, durability, etc. The limits of these are undefined. In addition, he is skilled at hand-to-hand combat, as well as conventional and unconventional ballistic weaponry. He is a skilled motorcycle rider.

Boot is known to make jokes during attacks, possibly in an effort to diffuse the tension of himself and his teammates.

History: Boot was formerly a mercenary employed by Mys-Tech in their Warheads division, where he and other members would travel through wormholes in time and space in order to acquire powerful weapons and technology. Boot served in Malkuth troop, under the command of the man known as Che. During one mission, his troop encountered another time travel known as Cable. In battle with Cable, Boot as shot, mortally wounded, and knocked back through the wormhole. Boot was recovered by the extra-terrestrial sorceror known as Vorin, who revived, mutated, and convinced him to abandon the evil of Mys-Tech. Boot joined Vorin's group of Shadow Riders, each having joined under similar circumstances.

Boot was essential in recovering another agent of Mys-Tech who died in battle, and then became the Shadow Rider known as Grunt. Boot, Grunt, and the others survived a trap by one of the Mys-Tech leaders, Porlock.

Comments: Created by John Freeman, Brian Williamson, and Ross Dearsley.

Boot and the rest of the Shadow Riders were created as part of Marvel UK, which hasn't shown any activity in the last several years. It is unclear whether any of those characters will appear again.

Boot's real name was revealed in Marvel Atlas#1.

Appearances:
Shadow Riders#1-4 (June-September, 1993) - John Freeman & Brian Williamson (writers), Ross Dearsley (artist), Stuart Bartlett (editor)

Last updated: 05/01/05

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