KICKBACKKICKBACK
Real Name: Richard Yurocko
Identity/Class: Human mutate
Occupation: Mercenary, Assassin
Group Membership: Corporation, Assassin Nation (Contract, Manslaughter, Troubleshooter), Untouchables (Nitro, Tombstone)
Affiliations: Laura (possible girlfriend); formerly employed by Hardcore
Enemies: Cage, Hardcore, Dakota North, Punisher
Known Relatives: None
Aliases: None
Base of Operations: Chicago, Illinois
First Appearance: Cage I#2 (May, 1992)
Powers/Abilities: Kickback has
superhuman leg strength. He also has a time-shifting ability,
which is also apparently connected to his legs. By stamping the
ground, he can shift a maximum of three minutes forward or
backward in time. His shifting likely creates divergent
realities, as he can alter the course of time by his traveling
(he is able to alter/prevent events that have otherwise already
happened). In addition to traveling through time, he can also
shift small distances (perhaps 10-20 yards) in space, as well.
Kickback is less blood-thirsty than most other successful
mercenaries and assassins.
History:
Kickback has some unknown history with a woman named Laura, that
makes him protective of helpless women. She may have been his
lover, but he left her behind when he gained his super-powers and
became a mercenary.
The origins of Kickback's powers are unrevealed. His abilities may be natural, they may have been generated by the experimentation of Karl Malus, or by another means entirely.
Kickback became a part of the Corporation's Assassin Nation.
BTS - Kickback was apparently hired out to Hardcore and his agents in a plot against Cage.
(Cage I#2) - Kickback joined together with Nitro
and Tombstone as part of the Untouchables. With them, he traveled
to the Chicago Spectator Building in order to capture Dakota
North. When they learned she wasn't there, Kickback escaped with
Tombstone as Nitro blew the lobby as a message to North.
(Cage I#3) - When Hardcore criticized the Untouchables for their
failure to bring in Dakota, a fight broke out between Nitro and
Tombstone. Kickback shifted himself and Hardcore forward in time
to escape the imminent explosion. When they next went after
North, Kickback captured her by shifting forward in time while
his teammates engaged Cage, and the Punisher, who arrived
mid-battle.
(Cage I#4) - After both Nitro and the Punisher were killed in
battle, Kickback shifted back in time to prevent these events. He
successfully prevented both deaths, trapped Cage and the
Punisher, and escaped with his teammates and Dakota. As Cage
pursued them, Kickback booted Nitro out of the back of their van,
both as a distraction for Cage, and because he felt Nitro's
insanity made him unreliable. However, when they brought Dakota
to Hardcore, Kickback's guilt kicked in, and he found himself
unable to turn the innocent, helpless woman over to the hardened
criminal. He teleported her back in time three minutes and tried
to escape with her, but he still fell victim to the defenses of
Hardcore, who had anticipated his betrayal. Kickback was struck
by tranquilizer darts which both immobilized him and neutralized
his powers.
Hardcore revealed to Kickback that he had included him in the
group because he knew he would protect Dakota and bring her to
him unharmed. He made a deal with Kickback to allow her to take
her away after he had obtained the information he sought form
her. Kickback tried to keep Cage and the Punisher from
interfering, but when he heard a shot fired, he assumed Hardcore
had killed Dakota. He shifted back in time to stop that, but Cage
jumped into his teleportal with him. However, upon arriving, he
found Hardcore already gone, and Dakota alone. Not realizing that
Kickback was there to save her, Dakota shot at him. Heartbroken,
Kickback ran from the room, and right into the gunfire of the
Punisher, who was coming up the stairs.
(Cage I#13 - BTS) - Karl Malus identified Kickback as having died.
Comments: Created by Marcus McLauren and Dwayne Turner.
Images on Kickback are pretty slim pickins'. You may not be able to tell that his legs are somewhat out of proportion with the rest of his body.
His last name was revealed in the Corporation's profile in OHotMU A-Z HC#2.
CLARIFICATIONS:
No known connection to:
Appearances:
Cage I#2-4 (May-July, 1992) - Marc McLaurin (writer), Dwayne Turner (pencils), Chris Ivy (inks), Kelly Corvese (editor)
Cage I#13 (April, 1993) - Marc McLaurin (writer), Scott Benefiel (pencils), Frank Turner (inks), Chris Cooper (editor)
First Posted: 11/02/2002
Last updated: 11/14/2002
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