BRUNO MURPHY

Real Name: Bruno Murphy

Identity/Class: Human

Occupation: Burglar

Group Membership: None

Affiliations: None

Enemies: The Police

Known Relatives: His Mother (unseen)

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: Bronx, New York, NY, USA

First Appearance: Power Man#27 (October, 1975)
    {Per i lettori Italiani: Capitan America Editoriale Corno#105/2 (20 aprile 1977)}

Powers/Abilities: Bruno was a normal human. He used a gun.

History: (Power Man#27 - BTS) - Bruno Murphy was robbing the flat of the old Dr. Klemph. Dr. Klemph strenuously defended a cylinder that contained a special fluid. That fluid was a serum based on the theories of Dr. Klemph about the formula created by Dr. Reinstein, the Super-Soldier Formula; Dr. Klemph hadn't written the formula down, keeping it saved only in his mind. Bruno Murphy killed him, thinking that the cylinder was precious. 

(Power Man#27) - Bruno Murphy run away from Klemph's flat and hid the cylinder in the Willie Dance's wardrobe in a wrestling-school. Murphy fled, but met two policemen who were checking a stolen car. Murphy extracted his gun and the policemen had to shoot, killing him.

The serum was found by Willie Dance who drank it and became X the Marvel for a while.

Comments: Created by Bill Mantlo, George Pérez and A. McWilliams.

For further discussion on the Super-Solder serum, etc., see Nuke.

Profile by Spidermay

Clarifications:

Bruno Murphy has no known connections to

• Jaboa Murphy, Michael Korvan ancestor @ Fantastic Four Annual#24
• Malcom Murphy, Man-Eater of the Intruders @ Silver Sable#8
• Sean Murphy, a Spider-Man character @ Spider-Man Unlimited#11
• the Murphy brothers, twins, one of them was hired by Kingpin to kill Lenny Cebulsky but he killed Larry Cebulsky @ Daredevil II#9,13,15
• or to anyone else with a similar name.

Images:
Bruno Murphy, Power Man#27, page 4, panel 3
Bruno Murphy -  head shot, Power Man#27, page 4, panel 9
Willie Dance and the cylinder, Power Man#27, page 5, panel 10

Other appearances: None

First Posted: 03/14/2005
Last updated: 03/14/2005

Any Additions/Corrections? please let me know.

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