RANDOLPH WINSTON CHERRYHRANDOLPH WINSTON CHERRYH
Real Name: Randolph Winston Cherryh
Identity/Class: Human
Occupation: Politician;
former city councilman
Group Membership: None
Affiliations: Arnie, Jeryn Hogarth,
Kingpin (Wilson Fisk)
Enemies: Batwing (Jimmy Santini), Daredevil (Matt Murdock), Iron Fist (Daniel Rand), J. Jonah Jameson, "Foggy" Nelson, Power Man (Luke Cage), Sheldon, Spider-Man (Peter Parker), Ben Urich
Known Relatives: None
Aliases: None
Base of Operations: New York City, New York,
USA
First Appearance: Daredevil I#177 (December,
1981)
Powers/Abilities: Randolph Cherryh is a well-connected politician with strong ties to the criminal underworld, most notably Kingpin.
Height: 5'11" (by approximation)
Weight: 190 lbs. (by approximation)
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Grey
History: (Daredevil
I#177 (fb) – BTS) – Randolph Winston Cherryh
graduated from West Point after serving in the Korean War conflict, for
which
he received three medals. Later, he was a successful city councilman.
Through his political career, he developed relationships with several
crime
organizations, though he kept this hidden from the public. His primary
criminal
contact was the Kingpin.
(Untold Tales of Spider-Man I#2) – Cherryh was out
on a date
when he was attacked from the shadows by Batwing. The scandal soon hit
the
newspapers and Cherryh offered a $25,000 reward for Batwing's
apprehension. Later,
Cherryh was ordering his men to triple his security when Spider-Man
showed up,
offering to help Cherryh set a trap for Batwing, and Cherryh agreed
reluctantly. That night, he hosted a rooftop party and when Batwing
attacked,
he ordered the creature killed but Spider-Man didn't want to hurt the
creature. Spider-Man chased it across
the skyline as Cherryh ordered a helicopter to pursue
them. Cherryh's men soon apprehended Batwing and Cherryh
offered Spider-Man
the full reward if he just left and let them handle Batwing but Spidey
chose
to let Batwing go as he webbed up Cherryh's men. Cherryh vowed to make
Spider-Man's life a living hell but Spidey simply webbed Cherryh's
mouth shut
and tossed him in a garbage can.
(Daredevil I#177 (fb) – BTS) – Cherryh announced a
run for
mayor. As his political ads ran on television, Cherryh read in the Daily Bugle an article in which Ben Urich alleged Cherryh's criminal connections.
Cherryh
immediately filed a lawsuit against the Daily Bugle.
(Daredevil I#177) – Cherryh furiously confronted
the
Kingpin, who grabbed Cherryh and brought him to his knees, reminding
Cherryh
that he was in charge.
(Daredevil I#178 (fb) – BTS) – Cherryh did a media
interview
about his lawsuit against the Bugle and he expressed his outrage. He also
learned that young Sheldon was seeking to blackmail Cherryh, as he had
proof of
Cherryh's alleged corruptions. Cherryh reported to Kingpin.
(Daredevil I#178) – Kingpin commended Cherryh on
his media
interview and told him he had plans to take care of Sheldon (who was
wanting
to raise money for his sister, Tammi
Lu). Kingpin's
thugs went after Sheldon as well as Matt Murdock and
"Foggy" Nelson, the opposing council in Cherryh's court case. In court, Cherryh was represented by Jeryn
Hogarth. When Matt
Murdock went missing, Power Man and Iron Fist questioned Cherryh,
assuming he'd
kidnapped him. Cherryh agreed to pay off Sheldon the next day and Cherryh later handed
off a bag of diamonds during a busy parade in exchange for the checks
from the Kingpin that Sheldon had as proof of Cherryh's connections
but a child grabbed the bag and went running, thinking it was
candy. Sheldon
soon lost the checks after the child swallowed the diamonds.
(Daredevil I#179) – Cherryh set up a meeting with
Ben Urich at a
local gym, where Cherryh had local thugs, including Arnie, assault and
threaten
Urich. Daredevil intervened and easily waylaid the men, including
Cherryh himself, who
furiously called Kingpin to set up a meeting in Little Italy the next
day. Cherryh
showed up for the meeting, unaware that Urich was taking photographs
across the
street.
(Daredevil I#180 (fb) – BTS) – Cherryh heard that
Urich
dropped his expose and the Daily Bugle publicly admitted he didn't have
proof
to back its claims. The election took place and Cherryh got word that
he was
winning the election.
(Daredevil I#180) – Cherryh was predicted to win
by a
landslide but the sitting mayor refused to concede just yet. Later,
Cherryh
won by the greatest landslide the city had ever seen in an election.
(Daredevil I#192 - BTS) - When Ben Urich
confronted his mentor Jimmy Hughes about taking payments to drop news
stories, Hughes demanded to know who Urich was for judging him,
reminding Urich of stories he had heard of Urich dropping a story on
Randolph Cherryh to save his own life. Urich later brought up his
Cherryh story when discussing his scruples with his wife Doris, who
reminded Urich that there was difference between saving his own life
and letting a criminal take over his life, as Hughes had done.
Comments: Created by Frank Miller and Klaus Janson.
His surname is almost certainly a nod to SF author C.J. Cherryh, especially since, AFAIK, that surname isn't one that exists in real life outside of C.J. herself. Her real surname is Cherry, but when she started writing her editor told her that if she published as Carolyn Janice Cherry (her actual name) then people would assume she was a romance novelist. Hence using her initials and adding a silent H to the end of her surname. As she wryly noted, when her younger brother David Cherry also got some SF stories published (he's more commonly an artist) no one felt the need to suggest his surname sounded like a romance writer.
--Loki
Profile by Chadman.
CLARIFICATIONS:
Randolph Winston Cherryh has no known connections to:
(Daredevil I#179) – Mayoral candidate Winston Randolph Cherryh had thugs, including Arnie, threaten reporter Ben Urich at the gym. Arnie tried choking Urich with a dumbbell but Daredevil intervened, easily defeating the men.
--Daredevil I#179
(Daredevil I#178 (fb) – BTS) – Sheldon was sad
when his
sister Tammi Lu, a dancer, developed a problem with her legs and lost
her job.
He wanted to help her get an operation.
(Daredevil I#178) – Sheldon met with J. Jonah
Jameson of the
Daily Bugle and his attorneys, Matt Murdock and "Foggy" Nelson. He told
them
about the checks just as armed men stormed in past Becky Blake, saying
they
were there for Sheldon. Sheldon ran for it and made it all the way
outside.
When Daredevil grabbed him, the men ran away, but Sheldon bit
Daredevil's arm
and fled. Sheldon called Cherryh, who agreed to pay him off the next
day. Cherryh
handed off a bag of diamonds during a busy parade in exchange for
Sheldon's
checks but a child grabbed the bag and went running, thinking it was
candy. Sheldon
chased the kid, who swallowed the jewels. Sheldon then tripped while running and fell from a height, having to be caught by Power Man and Iron Fist. Having lost the
checks, Sheldon
cried about how he could never help Tammi Lu now.
--Daredevil I#178
(Daredevil I#178 (fb) – BTS) – Tammi Lu loved dancing but when she developed a condition with her legs, her boss fired her. She couldn't get her job back without an operation and her brother Sheldon wanted to help her.
--Daredevil I#178 (178 (fb) – BTS
images: (without ads)
Untold Tales of Spider-Man I#2, p18, pan1 (Randolph Cherryh, main)
Daredevil I#178, p4, pan5-6 (Randolph Cherryh, face)
Daredevil I#179, p18, pan6 (Arnie)
Daredevil I#178, p17, pan4 (Sheldon)
Daredevil I#178, p18, pan2 (Tammi Lu)
Appearances:
Daredevil I#177 (December, 1981) - Frank Miller (writer/penciler), Klaus Janson (inker), Denny O'Neil (editor)
Daredevil I#178-180 (January-March, 1982) – Frank Miller
(writer/penciler), Klaus Janson (inker), Denny O'Neil (editor)
Daredevil I#192 (March, 1983) - Alan Brennert (writer), Klaus Janson (penciler/inker), Denny O'Neil (editor)
Untold Tales of Spider-Man I#2 (October, 1995) – Kurt Busiek
(writer), Pat Olliffe (penciler), Al Vey, Pam Eklund (inkers), Tom
Brevoort
(editor)
First Posted: 01/29/2019
Last updated: 02/06/2019
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