Heavy Mettle (New Warriors foes) (original) (raw)
For unknown reasons, when Nova disguised as Firestrike comes to the Heavy Mettle's headquaters, he mistakenly calls Riot Decibel. Later Decibel calls himself Riot in the same issue .
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CLARIFICATIONS:
Heavy Mettle is not to be confsed with:
- Heavy Metal, band of androids ,@Avengers I#287
- Heavy Metal Jacket, of the Iron Trinity, @ Marvel Super-Heroes III#2
Joe Manfredi is the son of:
- Silvio Manfredi, aka Silvermane @Amazing Spider-Man I#73
Barracuda is not to be confused with:
- Captain Barracuda @ Strange Tales I#120
- Barracuda of the Old West, aka Captain Barracuda, as well, @ Kid Colt#109
- Cuda, short for Barracuda, @ Darkhawk#33
- Barracuda, the song by Heart, the hardest rocking women in the business.
Blackwing is not to be confused with:
- Blackwing, a.k.a Joe Manfredi, a.k.a Joe Silvermane @Daredevil I#118
- any other "Black" or "Wing" characters
Riot is not to be confused with:
- Riot, aka Heidi Slatkin @Skull Kill Krew#1
- Riot 2099, Ryan Wingfoot, @ Fantastic Four 2099#1, 4
- Riot-Act @Marvel: The Lost Generation#12
- Riot Squad, agents of the Leader, @ Incredible Hulk II#345, 366
Stronghold is not to be confused with:
- Stronghold of the Ultraverse, former headquarters of Rachel Deming's exiles, @ Exiles (uv) I#1
- Stranglehold @X-Force#84
- Strong Guy, a.k.a Guido Carosella @New Mutants I#29
- Strongarm, of Omega Flight, @Alpha Flight I#110
- Strongarm, a.k.a Cary Armstrong @Spectacular Spider-Man Super Special#1
- or any other "Strong" characters
Warbow is not to be confused with:
- Warbow, one of the Crystal Warriors of Crystallium, @ Crystar#1
- any other "War" or "Bow" characters
Joe Manfredi/Joe Silvermane/Blackwing - The son of crimeboss Silvio "Silvermane" Manfredi, Joe Manfredi himself has been a costumed supervillain himself known as Blackwing, but after his defeat by the Thunderbolts as a member of the Masters of Evil, Joe Manfredi decided to retire as a costumed supervillain, and stay on as crimeboss. He founded is own superarmy.
He'll get a full entry eventually
The leader of the Heavy Mettle, who was also Dalton Beck a arson investigator, who became romantically involved with Mickey Musashi, aka the New Warrior Turbo
Barracuda
Barracuda's armor gives her the ability to breath underwater, besides giving her superhuman strength. Besides that Barracuda uses a metal staff
-- New Warriors II#4 (New Warriors II#4, 7, Avengers: The Initiative#26
Blackwing
Female member of the Heavy Mettle, who has taken over Joe Manfredi's old identity, her armor gives her the ability to fly
-- New Warriors II#4 (New Warriors II#4, 7, Avengers: The Initiative#26
Riot
Riot's armor gives him the ability to create superstrong soundwaves, enought to knock down a man.
He is also referred to as Decibel
-- New Warriors II#4 (New Warriors II#4, 7, Avengers: The Initiative#26
Stronghold
The strongest of the team, Stronghold wears an armor which gives her superhuman strength
-- New Warriors II#4 (New Warriors II#4, 7, Avengers: The Initiative#26
Warbow
Warbow is proficient in the use of bows, he uses special arrows
(Avengers: The Initiative#28) - When the Heavy Hitters (Nonstop, Prodigy, Telemetry) succeeded from the Initiative, Osborn sent the Force of Nature (Aqueduct, Skybreaker, Sunstreak, Terraformer), the U-Foes (Ironclad, Vapor, Vector, X-Ray), Freedom Force (Challenger, Cloud-9, Equinox, Think Tank), members of the Shadow Initiative (Badd Axe, Ringer (Keith Kraft), Warbow), and other trainees (Brother Grimm, Griffin, Scorcher, Razor-Fist) to attack them. They briefly battled the Avengers Resistance (Debrii, Gauntlet (Joseph Green), Justice (Vance Astrovik), Night Thrasher (Donyell Taylor), Rage, Scarlet Spider, Slapstick, Tigra, Ultragirl). Prodigy and Night Thrasher were captured, but the others escaped.
(Avengers: The Initiative#32) - Forced by Osborn into attacking Asgard with dozens of other Initiative recruits, Warbow panicked and tried to flee, but was shot down in a hail of arrows and presumably killed.
-- New Warriors II#4 (New Warriors II#4, 7, Avengers: The Initiative#26, 28, 32
Appearances:
New Warriors II#2 (November, 1999) - Jay Faerber (writer), Steve Scott (pencils), Walden Wong (inks), Bobbie Chase (editor)
New Warriors II#4 (January, 2000) - Jay Faerber (writer), Karl Kerschl (pencils), Walden Wong (inks), Bobbie Chase (editor)
New Warriors II#7 (April, 2000) - Jay Faerber (writer), Jamal Igle (pencils), Walden Wong (inks), Bobbie Chase (editor)
Avengers: The Initiative#26 (September-October, 2009) - Christos Gage (writer), Rafa Sandoval (penciler), Roger Bonet (inker), Jeannine Schaefer (editor)
Avengers: The Initiative#28 (November, 2009) - Christos Gage (writer), Rafa Sandoval (penciler), Roger Bonet (inker), Bill Rosemann (editor)
Avengers: The Initiative#32 (March, 2010) - Christos Gage (writer), Mahmud Asrar (penciler), Rebecca Buchman (inker), Bill Rosemann (editor)
First Posted: 02/26/2002
Last updated: 02/25/2014
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