HELLFANG
Real Name: Unrevealed
Identity/Class: Human, conventional weapons-user
Occupation: Amateur would-be super hero;
presumably he had some other occupation prior to
(and perhaps after if he survived) this presumably brief career
Group Membership: "Who Wants to be a Thunderbolt?" contestants and semi-finalists, at least.
Affiliations: Stan Lee announced/introduced him
Enemies: Doomstomp, Stabbity Jones, others unindentified
Known Relatives: None
Aliases: None
Base of Operations: Unrevealed;
at least briefly "Insurgency Town," an apparently fake town on the "Who Wants to be a Thunderbolt?" set, presumably in the USA
First Appearance: Thunderbolts II#112 (May, 2007)
Powers/Abilities: Hellfang wears a flame-thrower mask. He also carried an apparent flame-thrower in his hands with a cable presumably connecting to a tank of flammable gas somethere on his person. The flame-throwers' range/distance, average and peak temperature, and duration of function are unrevealed.
He was sufficiently skilled to win a contest involving other amateur would-be heroes.
Height: Unrevealed (there is no frame of
reference, but he appears to be a little shorter than Stabbity
Jones and Doomstomp, so perhaps 5'6" to 5'10")
Weight: Unrevealed (appeared to be fairly muscular; perhaps 160 - 200 lbs.)
Eyes: Unrevealed (shadowed by helmet)
Hair: Unrevealed (obscured by helmet; apparent black goatee)
History:
(Thunderbolts II#112 (fb) - BTS) - On SF network,
as the Osborn-directed Thunderbolts opened a training program for a
second back-up team, contestants were given a day to devise their super
hero identity and power gear before participating in "Who Wants to be a
Thunderbolt?"
The contestants were sent in to "Insurgency Town," where they were to take down rogue superhumans such as Captain America and the Falcon (presumably actors/stuntmen posing as the heroes)."
Hellfang participated in and won one such contest, advancing to the semi-finals.
(Thunderbolts II#112 - BTS) - In preparation for the next contest, Stan Lee introduced who the winner might join in the semi-finals, including Stabbity Jones and his knife-suit, Hellfang and his flamethrower mask, and Doomstomp and his gasoline-powered death boots.
(Thunderbolts II#112) - Stan asked the viewers if they wanted to be out on the streets of America, cleaning up evil...he concluded "Excelsior!"
Comments: Warren Ellis and Mike Deodato, Jr.
Profile by Snood.
CLARIFICATIONS:
Hellfang should be distinguished from:
Thunderbolts II#112, pg. 9, panel 6
Appearances:
Thunderbolts II#112 (May, 2007) - Warren Ellis (writer), Mike Deodato, Jr. (artist), Molly Lazer (editor)
First posted: 05/30/2021
Last updated: 06/05/2021
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