RAZORBLADE

Real Name: Unrevealed

Identity/Class: Human (nationality unrevealed) technology user

Occupation: Criminal, mercenary

Group Membership: Fangs (Bludgeon, Heat-Ray, Slither)

Affiliations: Former agent of Viper;
former ally of the Titanic Three (Crimson Dynamo/Alex Nevsky, Radioactive Man/Chen Lu, Titanium Man/Boris Bullski)

Enemies: Avengers (Hawkeye/Clint Barton, Iron Man/Tony Stark, Mantis, Thor Odison, Vision/"Victor Shade"), Battlestar (Lemar Hoskins), Captain America (Steve Rogers), Iron Monger (Christoph Pfeifer), Red Skull (Johann Shmidt), Silver Sable (Silver Sablinova)

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: Buzzsaw (see comments), Slasher

Base of Operations: Unrevealed;
formerly Saigon

First Appearance: Avengers I#130 (December, 1974)

Powers/Abilities: Razorblade wears a costume covered with razor-sharp blades, which grants him a degree of immunity from physical attacks, as well as increasing the damage from his blows (both from the weight of the suit and from its sharp surfaces).

In his later appearance, he carried a gun which could fire razor sharp flechettes to filet an opponent from a distance. He also had access to jet-skates for short distance flights. He has experience in armed and hand-to-hand combat. It is uncertain what level of protection the costume provides from ballistic attack.

Height: Unrevealed (6'; by approximation)
Weight: Unrevealed
Eyes: Gray
Hair: Black

History:
(Avengers I#130) - The Slasher/Buzzsaw (see comments) robbed the Saigon Diamond Exchange--after he struck a guard, the other employees were more than cooperative, and he got away with a fortune in loot.

   Later, the Slasher was on the rooftop of a building, awaiting a midnight meeting with a "fence," to whom he planned to sell the diamonds. But when he saw the Avengers walking along the street (there on other business), he mistakenly assumed they were after him. Then he saw the expatriate heroes known as the Titanic Three, and got an idea--he convinced them that the Avengers had wrongly accused him of theft, so they were more than happy to assist him in fighting off the Avengers.

   During the ensuing battle between the teams, Slasher got the drop on Mantis (she was distracted by the recent death of Swordsman, and did not expect his armor to carry so much weight). Slasher next charged at the Vision, but his razor-sharp steel proved ineffective against the android, who had willed himself to diamond-hardness; the Vision then blasted Slasher into submission with his eye-beams. As he crashed to the ground, Slasher dropped his bag of diamonds, scattering the gems on the ground. The Titanic Three abandoned him to the Avengers after learning he really was guilty of the theft.

(Captain America I#419 (fb) - BTS) - At some point, the Slasher took the new identity of Razorblade, and he became an agent of the Viper as one of her Fangs.

(Captain America I#419) - The Viper was conducting a plan designed to blind everyone in America watching television; she was doing this with money given to her by the Red Skull, who disapproved of her plans and tried to stop her. The Skull's agent, the Iron Monger, captured her, and began torturing her for information (beginning with shattering one of her shins). However, her agents, the Fangs, arrived and defeated the Iron Monger, then freed her.

   As Viper's plans proceeded, her base was discovered by Battlestar, Captain America, and Silver Sable, so she sent the Fangs to stop them. Razorblade got sandwiched between Cap and Battlestar's shields, and was knocked out--in the process, he flew backward into Bludgeon, lacerating Bludgeon's face and chest, and perhaps mortally wounding him.

Comments:  Created by Steve Engelhart and Sal Buscema.

In Avengers I#130, he was first referred to in a caption as "Buzzsaw"  (see red rectangle).

I believe the Avengers story was meant as a political commentary on how the deceptions of a single person (or small group/nation) could result in a misguided struggle between two super-powers.

New and additional images by Ron Fredricks.

Profile by Snood.

CLARIFICATIONS:
Razorblade / Slasher / Buzzsaw has no known connections to:

images: (without ads)
Avengers I#130, p4, pan6 (main image - Slasher)
Avengers I#130, p4, pan4 (headshot - Slasher)
Captain America I#419, p11, pan2 (Razorblade, with gun and jet-skates)
Captain America I#419, p19, pan2 (Razorblade attacks Captain America)
Avengers I#130, p4, pan3 (caption identifies Slasher as Buzzsaw [see red rectangle], as Slasher strikes diamond exchange guard)

Appearances:
Avengers I#130 (December, 1974) - Steve Engelhart (writer), Sal Buscema (pencils), Joe Staton (inks), Roy Thomas (editor)
Captain America I#419 (September, 1993) - Mark Gruenwald (writer), Rik Levins (pencils), Danny Bulanadi (inks), Mike Rockwitz (editor)

First posted: 10/14/2001
Last updated: 07/31/2025

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