FIGHT-BRIGADE
Membership: Elongated Armstrong, Fight-Man, Human Wreck, Riot Grrl, Super-Mummy
Purpose: To defend Delta City from evildoers (and probably also Fight-Man)
Affiliations: Unrevealed
Enemies: Fight-Man
Base of Operations: Delta City
First Appearance: Fight Man#1 (June, 1993)
History: (Fight Man#1 (fb)/All-New Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: Fight-Man) - The Fight-Brigade was a team of heroes assembled (via classified ad) to assist Fight-Man in his crusade against evil. Due to Fight-Man's carelessness and stupidity, their infighting threatened to destroy Delta City several times; thus, after six months of action, they broke up and drifted apart.
(Fight Man#1) - With a contract out on his life placed by the Hooded Eye, Fight-Man contacted his old comrades from the Fight-Brigade for assistance. None of them would help.
Comments: Created by Evan Dorkin & Pam Eklund.
Elongated Armstrong is presumably a play on stretchable '70s action figure Stretch Armstrong.
"Riot grrl" was a '90s feminist...punk...movement...thing. Check Wikipedia, kids.
Thanks to Cristian Catalan for pointing out Super-Mummy's appearance in Bill & Ted's Excellent Comic Book#10. Though it is not confirmed that the Super-Mummy from this issue is the same as the one seen in Fight Man#1, it is very likely that he was meant to be because Evan Dorkin was the writer and creative mind behind both stories. This would make Super-Mummy an extraterrestrial and maybe even a being from an alternate reality because there is no indication were Hyperworld is. Maybe Bill & Ted crossed over to reality-616 in this issue.
--Markus Raymond
Riot Grrl's real name was revealed in Civil War: Battle Damage Report, via background information provided by Evan Dorkin. The real names and backgrounds of the rest of the Fight-Brigade were revealed in volume 4 of the All-New Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe hardcovers.
All the original info by Evan Dorkin provided by Ronald Byrd.
Original info by Evan Dorkin: Formed after three emerging Delta City adventurers answered Fight-Man's classified ad. Fight-Man thought a team would help him in his fight to clean up the city, he also hoped to meet some girls. The team lasted about six months, and broke up pretty much once everyone got to know Fight-man and get sick of him. Their in-fighting was legendary and occasionally threatened to destroy the city they were sworn to protect.
Profile by Minor Irritant.
CLARIFICATIONS:
The Fight-Brigade has no known connections to
Elongated Armstrong has no known connections to
The Human Wreck has no known connections to
Riot Grrl has no known connections to
Super-Mummy has no known connections to
(Joseph Armstrong)
(All-New Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: Fight-Man) - Scientist Joseph Armstrong was recruited into the Fight-Brigade via classified ad. After it broke up, he became an alcoholic.
(Fight Man#1) - Elongated Armstrong was contacted by Fight-Man for assistance against the minions of the Hooded Eye. Armstrong refused, claiming that he'd lost his powers the week before. He hadn't.
Elongated Armstrong possesses the ability to stretch his body.
--Fight Man#1
Original info by Evan Dorkin: Part-time hero/adventurer/drunk
Plastics engineer on drinking binge accidentally drank some experimental chemical compounds which gave him stretching and pliability powers. He’s still a drunk and often ends up twisting himself into pretzels.
Stretching/pliant abilities
(Ronald Pulaski)
(All-New Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: Fight-Man) - Slob Ronald Pulaski was recruited into the Fight-Brigade via classified ad. After it broke up, he became a mercenary.
(Fight Man#1) - The Human Wreck was contacted by Fight-Man for assistance against the minions of the Hooded Eye. The Wreck refused, and stated that he was among the people looking to collect the reward. He promised to give some of the reward money to Fight-Man's parents.
The Human Wreck wears a super-powered "stunt-suit" and possesses sharp teeth.
--Fight Man#1
Original info by Evan Dorkin: Adventurer/slob
Former stuntman willing to do anything for a bet, Fred "The Human Wreck" Zarko broke most of his bones after a rather stupid off-hours stunt and was forced into retirement. Bored, he cobbled together a "stunt suit" and became an adventurer/risk-taker for hire.
The stunt suit augments his above-avg strength, protects him from incurring horrific damage. Main powers are stubbornness and thick-headedness and ability to recover from massive injuries without succumbing to shock or pain or hindsight.
(Erika Graham)
(All-New Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: Fight-Man) - Activist/musician Erika Graham was recruited into the Fight-Brigade via classified ad. After it broke up, she divided her time between superheroics and public speaking.
(Fight Man#1) - Riot Grrl was contacted by Fight-Man for assistance against the minions of the Hooded Eye. Riot Grrl refused, hoping that his enemies would succeed in killing him.
(Civil War: Battle Damage Report) - Tony Stark considered Riot Grrl as a potential Initiative recruit.
Riot Grrl's possesses sonic powers and superhuman speed.
--Fight Man#1
Original info by Evan Dorkin: Adventurer/activist/public speaker
Mutant. Former scenester and zinester whose stridency and anger against "the system" one day manifested into superhuman powers while her band, "The Boy Eaters", was playing a benefit. Used powers to fight injustice, etc. Her desire to fight crime and injustice lessened as she got paid speaking engagements.
Enhanced strength, super-speed, she also has a super-screech sonic attack she employs by screaming.
(Bill & Ted's Excellent Comic Book#10 - BTS) - Super-Mummy was one of the billions of super-powered beings on Hyperworld where he worked as a super hero and joined the Upstanding Guys team.
(Bill & Ted's Excellent Comic Book#10) - The Upstanding Guys (Admiral Behavior, Cranium, Super-Mummy, Supermarket Chekout Boy) and Major Headache aided Earth-based rockband the Wyld Stallyns to retrieve their time and space travel machine, which had been stolen by Monstersaurus and handed over to Doctor Braino. Super-Mummy blasted the Wyld Stallyns with an F-Ray to convince their brains they could fly before the heroes and the band headed for Doctor Braino's base. While Braino ranted to his minions Monstersaurus, Hirsute Man and Gratuitous Girl about his trap for the Upstanding Guys, the heroes easily defeated Braino's over thousand guards and broke into his base, though Major Headache was killed by Braino's defense systems on the way. Braino's team easily defeated the Upstanding Guys, but Bill and Ted convinced Braino to hand over the machine and become peaceful. Shortly after the Wyld Stallyns had left the planet though the war between super heroes and super villains reignited. (see comments)
(All-New Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: Fight-Man) - The enigmatic Super-Mummy was recruited into the Fight-Brigade via classified ad. After it broke up, he gave up superheroics to spend more time with his wife and child, who are also mummies.
(Fight Man#1) - Super-Mummy was contacted by Fight-Man for assistance against the minions of the Hooded Eye. Super-Mummy refused, as his kid had Little League.
Super-Mummy is a powerful animate mummy.
--Bill & Ted's Excellent Comic Book#10 ([(Bill & Ted's Excellent Comic Book#10], 10, All-New Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: Fight-Man, Fight Man#1
Original info by Evan Dorkin: Not a damned thing is known about Super-Mummy other than he's pretty blasé about fighting crime. It depends on his mood whether he goes into action. Usually he'd prefer to stay home. No one even knows if he changes his wraps. He has a wife and a child, but they also wear mummy wraps and they aren't talking.
Has super strength, can fly, fires energy beams from his eyes, near invulnerability.
images: (without ads)
Fight Man#1, p32, pan 1 (Elongated Armstrong)
Fight Man#1, p32, pan 4 (Human Wreck)
Fight Man#1, p32, pan 5 (Riot Grrl)
Fight Man#1, p32, pan2 (Super-Mummy)
Bill & Ted's Excellent Comic Book#10, p17, pan1 (Super-Mummy full body)
Appearances:
Bill & Ted's Excellent Comic Book#10 (September, 1992) - Evan Dorkin (writer/pencils), Marie Severin (inker), Fabian Nicieza (editor)
Fight Man#1 (June, 1993) - Evan Dorkin (writer/penciler), Pam Eklund (inker), Fabian Nicieza (editor)
Civil War: Battle Damage Report (2007) - Anthony Flamini (head writer), Jeff Youngquist (editor)
First Posted: 07/09/2008
Last updated: 05/01/2025
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