THE RAT PACK
Membership: Number One (leader), Number Fourteen, others unnamed/unnumbered
Purpose: Elite paramilitary cadre of scavengers, thieves and looters-for-hire
Affiliations: Arnim Zola
Enemies: Thunderbolts
Base of Operations: New York City
First Appearance: Thunderbolts#1 (April, 1997)
History: (Thunderbolts#4 (fb), 33(fb))- Following the Onslaught disaster, during which armies of Sentinels laid waste to New York City, the mad geneticist Arnim Zola hired the Rat Pack to scour the ruins of New York to find people he could use in his experiments. Helen "Hallie" Takahama helped defend other survivors of the carnage, but they found themselves being hunted by the Rat Pack.
(Thunderbolts#1)- One of the Rat Pack members located Hallie as she considered revealing herself to a news crew. He knocked her out with chrloroform, and brought her back to the others, to be transported back to Zola.
The Rat Pack members tried to gun the heroes down with their guns and rocket launchers, but failed, and most were taken down by the heroes. Number One himself tried to escape, but was stopped by Citizen V. Suddenly he cried out "Rat Pack -- Mousehole", and jumped down in a hole. The rest of the Rat Pack members also ran for the tunnels, and before the Thunderbolts could follow them, the tunnels exploded, making the entrance collapse, and thus it was impossible for the Thunderbotls to follow them.
Later when the Thunderbolts held their first press-conference, one of the reporters present told them that the Rat Pack had been sighted several blocks away from where they last fought them, and the Thunderbolts decided to set after them. When the Thunderbolts arrived at the place where the Rat Pack had been seen, they found the Rat Pack garbed in rocket packs, and they immediately jetted away, to lead the Thunderbolts out to the Statue of Liberty, where the Wrecking Crew were waiting to defeat the Thunderbolts for Zola. Although the Rat Pack succeeded in baiting the Thunderbolts and escaping themselves, the Wrecking Crew were defeated.
Comments: Created by Kurt Busiek, Mark Bagley and Vince Russell.
Although the Thunderbolts eventually brought Zola to justice in Thunderbolts#4, the Rat Pack apparently skipped town.
Number One
Number One is the leader of the Rat Pack. Number One was hired by Arnim Zola to retrieve survivors from the ruins of New York City after the Sentinels attack for Zola to use in his experiments. Number One demonstrated sound leadership skills and combat strategy, and saw to it that none of his men were apprehended by the Thunderbolts.
--Thunderbolts#1 Number Fourteen
Number Fourteen was one of the Rat Pack members used in the hunt for survivors in New York City. He went out looking for valuables for the Rat Pack themselves while the rest of his teammates hunted for survivors. He came back with a load of furs, jewelry, and rare coins. He also noticed a man with gold teeth in his mouth and suggested going back for them, an idea Number One supported.
--Thunderbolts#1 by
CLARIFICATIONS: Number One has no known connection to:
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The Rat Pack has no known connection to:
Group: Thunderbolts#1, page 9, panel 3
Number One: Thunderbolts#1, page 18, panel 1
Number Fourteen: Thunderbolts#1, page 8, panel 2
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