WATCHDOG PRIME

Real Name: Unrevealed

Identity/Class: Human

Occupation: Paramilitary leader

Group Membership: The Watchdogs

Affiliations: Hydra (Baron Strucker), Minister Blood, the Power Broker, the Red Skull (Johann Shmidt), the Resistants (Crucible), Scourge, the Secret Empire (Number Seven), Sin (Sinthea Shmidt), the Taskmaster (Tony Masters), Arnim Zola

Enemies: Captain America (Steve Rogers), Mike Farrel, FBI, Bernie Rosenthal

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: Watchdog One, Top Dog

Base of Operations: The Watchdogs' metropolian area headquarters in New York, USA; has also been active at the Red Skull's headquarters in the Colorado rocky mountains and at Watchdog bases in Houston, Texas; Reno, Nevada and Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

First Appearance: (referenced) Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Update '89 I#8 (Mid-December, 1989);
(full, as Top Dog) Captain America I#386 (June, 1991)

Powers/Abilities: Watchdog Prime wears a costume with light body armor, including a kevlar vest and a hard plastic helmet. He has access to various conventional weapons, such as rifles and pistols.

Height: Unrevealed (approximately 6'1")
Weight: Unrevealed (approximately 180 lbs.)
Eyes: Unrevealed
Hair: Unrevealed

History:

(Official Handbook of the Marvel Univese: Update '89 I#8: Watchdogs) - Watchdog Prime (also called Watchdog One or Top Dog) is the head of the Watchdogs organization, a paramilitary group of armed zealots who organized book burnings, lynchings and other disruptions in the lives of people they disapproved of, such as adult bookstores and abortion clinics. Each state in the USA where the Watchdogs operate has a Head Dog who reports to Watchdog Prime; each local unit is led by a Pack Leader, who reports to their Head Dog; the rank-and-file members are called Dog Brothers.

(Captain America I#394 (fb) - BTS) - Watchdog Prime reported to the Red Skull, who was responsible for financing and equipping the organization, but the other Watchdogs were not aware of the Red Skull's involvement in their organization. When one of the Watchdogs' Pack Leaders began to investigate who was funding the organization, Watchdog Prime had him killed.

(Captain America I#386) - In his role as Top Dog, Watchdog Prime was at the New York metropolitan headquarters of the Watchdogs when two Dog Brothers brought him the blindfolded captive Bernie Rosenthal, whom they'd detained after a fight with Captain America. Watchdog Prime was hesitant to take Bernie as a prisoner because their purpose was to "fortify the morals of American society, not to kidnap innocents." However, as the rogue Watchdog Mike Farrel was still being sought by the Watchdogs and was friends with Bernie, the Dog Brothers convinced Top Dog to send Bernie to their base called the Lodge in Vermont to use as bait to lure Farrel into the open.

(Captain America I#394 (fb) - BTS) - Watchdog Prime attended a board meeting of all Watchdog regional leaders (Head Dogs). The board requested the organization purchase exotic weaponry.