JUGGERNAUT
Real Name: Hongdo Park
Identity/Class: Human mutate (citizen of
South Korea)
Occupation: Avatar of Cyttorak;
formerly laborer
Group Membership: None
Affiliations: Cyttorak
Enemies: Juggernaut (Cain Marko)
Known Relatives: None
Aliases: None
Base of Operations: Seoul, South Korea
First Appearance: New Excalibur#14
(February, 2007)
Powers/Abilities: Juggernaut had
superhuman strength
and durability, sufficient enough to battle and withstand the
superhumanly
strong punches of Cain Marko, the previous Juggernaut. He also carried
a
samurai sword that he used to slash his enemies.
History:
(New Excalibur#14) –
When Cain Marko traveled to the
Temple of Cyttorak in Korea in an attempt to retrieve the Crimson Gem
of
Cyttorak and restore his weakening powers, Cyttorak reminded Cain that
the Gem
would have to be earned. He then introduced Cain to Cain’s chosen
replacement,
Hongdo Park. Knowing what Cyttorak was implying, Cain refused to kill
Hongdo
Park.
(New Excalibur#15) –
Cyttorak then
informed Cain that his disloyalty had left Cyttorak no other choice
but to
choose Hongdo as Cain’s successor to the mantle of the Juggernaut.
Preparing
for battle with his sword drawn, Hongdo viciously slashed Cain, forcing
Cain to
fight back. Beating Hongdo nearly to death, Cain was confronted by his
teammates in Excalibur, who had tracked him to the Temple. After
hearing from
Cyttorak that Cain had originally slaughtered an entire village when he
originally assumed the mantle of Juggernaut, most of the Excalibur
members left
Cain but Nocturne remained and tried to comfort Cain. Cain rebuffed
Nocturne
and she too left as Cain eyed the Crimson Gem. Cain later returned to
Excalibur,
secretly having brought the Gem with him after having possibly killed
Hongdo to
retrieve it.
Comments: Created by Frank Tieri, Jim
Calafiore
and Mark McKenna.
Hongdo Park’s real name
was
revealed in the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A-Z Update#1
(2010),
in Cyttorak’s profile.
It was never
specifically stated
that Juggernaut had outright killed Hongdo Park to retrieve the Gem,
but
it was
implied since Cain later had the Gem.
Profile by Proto-Man.
CLARIFICATIONS:
Juggernaut has no known connections to
- Juggernaut, immensely strong Japanese agent, battled Destroyer @ Mystic Comics II#1
- any other "Juggernaut" characters not associated with Cyttorak
This Juggernaut should
not be confused with:
- Juggernaut, first avatar of Cyttorak @ New Excalibur#14
- Juggernaut (Jin Taiko), Cyttorak’s avatar for decades, killed by
Cain Marko @ New Excalibur#15
- Juggernaut (Cain Marko), stepbrother of Professor X, Cyttorak’s
modern-day avatar @ X-Men I#12
- Juggernaut (Ed Starkweather), young boy empowered by Cyttorak to punish
Cain Marko @ X-Men Unlimited I#44
- Juggernaut
of Earth-905 (Charles Xavier), became Cyttorak’s avatar & created
tyrannical mutant utopia @ What If? II#13
- Juggernaut Appreciation Day, holiday created when Cain Marko saved
Sirocco Sprawl, New Mexico @ Juggernaut#1
- or any other "Juggernaut" characters
images: (without ads)
New Excalibur#15, p9, pan1 (Juggernaut main image)
New Excalibur#15, p5, pan3 (Juggernaut headshot)
Appearances:
New Excalibur#14 (February, 2007) – Frank Tieri (writer), Jim Calafiore
(pencils), Mark McKenna (inks), Nick Lowe, Mike Marts (editors)
New Excalibur#15 (March, 2007) – Frank Tieri (writer), Jim Calafiore
(pencils),
Mark McKenna (inks), Nick Lowe, Mike Marts (editors)
Last updated:
07/29/13
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