Bronze Tiger

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Bronze Tiger is a male comic character who features in DC Comics.

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Biography

Origin

Ben Turner grew up in an upper middle class black neighborhood in Central City. At the age of 10 he killed for the first time when he woke up and found a burglar assaulting his parents. Ben grabbed a carving knife and stabbed the man repeatedly until he died, shocked by how good it felt. He turned to martial arts at the age of 13, beginning with Tae Kwon Do, as a means of teaching himself discipline and control over his homicidal urges. This was not enough to control his anger problems, and he soon turned to crime. Knowing that this path would lead him to jail, Ben began traveling the world to find guidance. The master Kirigi took him in as a student, but Kirigi was cruel and tried to exploit Ben's violent nature for his own agenda. Ben left hoping he could find someone to help him achieve inner peace. (Suicide Squad v1 #38)

Turner became a student of the O-Sensei, a legendary martial arts instructor in Japan. O-Sensei took a second student named Richard Dragon, and Ben became close friends with Richard. Their lessons included combat, history, philosophy, and science. When their training was finished, O-Sensei sent them to find their destiny. They were immediately recruited by Barney Ling, an agent of G.O.O.D., who used them to break up a slave ring in Sudan. (Richard Dragon, Kung-Fu Fighter v1 #1) Dragon and Turner decided to start their new lives in New York City, traveling with the O-Sensei's god-daughter Carolyn Woosan. They are attacked when they get there, and Carolyn is kidnapped by a spy called the Swiss. Turner is shot in the leg so he cannot help Dragon. (Richard Dragon, Kung-Fu Fighter v1 #2) He recovers on crutches while Dragon goes after Carolyn. (Richard Dragon, Kung-Fu Fighter v1 #3) The Swiss sends goons to finish Turner, and he nearly dies, but Dragon intervenes and saves him. (Richard Dragon, Kung-Fu Fighter v1 #4) Following this battle, Dragon and Turner set up their own martial arts school in Manhattan. (Richard Dragon, Kung-Fu Fighter v1 #5)

David Cain raised his daughter Cassandra Cain to be a killer since birth, and employed other assassins to help train her, including Bronze Tiger. (Batgirl v1 #62)

The death threats Ben got were from Barney Ling, who wanted to manipulate him and Dragon into fighting his enemies. Ben was captured and brainwashed by the villainous Professor Ojo. He had Turner make a tiger mask, a receptacle for his anger, and created the assassin identity of Bronze Tiger for him. Bronze Tiger was now Ling’s pawn, and Ling feared reprisal from Richard Dragon, so he had the Tiger ruthlessly murder everyone in Dragon’s life to break his will. The Dragon realized he had to save Ben from himself, and tracked him down to Barney’s penthouse. Dragon and Tiger fought, and when Dragon dodged one of Tiger’s blows it hit Ling, and he fell from a window to his apparent death. With Ling dead Tiger was directionless, and Richard took him to a doctor to heal his mind. (DC Comics Presents v1 #39)

Suicide Squad

Amanda Waller and Rick Flag put together a new Suicide Squad, and Bronze Tiger as their first recruit. Flag trusts Bronze Tiger, and uses him as security when they recruit Deadshot. (Legends v1 #2) They are sent to destroy Brimstone at Mount Rushmore, and Bronze Tiger knocks out Enchantress when her evil persona has finished its work. (Legends v1 #3) He stays with the team for personal reasons when the prisoners are released. (Legends v1 #4) Waller sends them to rescue or kill Captain Boomerang when Boomerang threatens to expose the Squad. (Legends v1 #5) Bronze Tiger is sent to take down G. Gordon Godfrey, but Godfrey uses his persuasive powers to make the Tiger a mind-controlled slave. (Legends v1 #6) Bronze Tiger becomes a permanent member of the Suicide Squad living in Belle Reve, because Amanda Waller promises to help him regain his memories. He is second-in-command under Rick Flag, and helps keep the inmates in line. (Suicide Squad v1 #1) Their next mission is destroying the terrorist group Jihad in Qurac, and Bronze Tiger is selected to deal with Thuggee assassin Ravan. Bronze Tiger breaks Ravan's back, and Ravan demands an honorable death, but Bronze Tiger insists that he does not kill anymore. (Suicide Squad v1 #2) When Belle Reve is attacked by the Female Furies of Apokolips, Bronze Tiger tried to fight Stompa and was defeated. (Suicide Squad v1 #3) He goes undercover as the supervillain Wipeout when they take down the racist vigilante William Hell. (Suicide Squad v1 #4)

Batgirl was on a quest to find her birth mother and went to see Ben Turner, who’d quit the life of a mercenary to open up Tiger’s Dojo in Detroit, hoping to give wayward youth a direction and purpose. Ben assumed she wanted revenge for his part in raising her to be a living weapon while he was a member of the League of Assassins, and he said he deserved whatever she had in mind. Batgirl had no interest in revenge, only wanting to know more about her past and Lady Shiva. Ben told her that when Ra’s al Ghul became distrustful of most of his mercenaries he was willing to listen to David Cain’s ideas on raising a child to be a loyal assassin. Ra’s provided him with test subjects, who went mad within months of training and all ended up dead at each other’s hands except for one young boy nicknamed Mad dog who Ra’s decided to have an Ubu put down. Cain then narrowed his plan to raise but one living weapon and had a few failures before Cassandra was born. Ben admitted his suspicions that Shiva was her mother, but said only she could tell her for certain. Ben was still ashamed of his passed, but humbled that the League of Assassins had raised Batgirl to be a killer but found her own path as a hero. (Batgirl v1 #67)

Post-Flashpoint

Following the Flashpoint, a new version of reality was created with a different history of events.

Overview

Personality and attributes

Powers and abilities

Notes

  • Bronze Tiger was created by Dennis O'Neil, Jim Berry and Leopoldo Duranona where he made his first appearance in Richard Dragon, Kung Fu Fighter v1 #1 (May, 1975).

Alternate Versions

In other media

Television

  • In Batman: The Brave and the Bold, Bronze Tiger appeared in the setting of the animated television series where he was voiced by actor Gary Anthony Sturgis.
  • In Arrow, Bronze Tiger appeared in the live-action television series set in the Arrowverse where he was portrayed by actor Michael Jai White.

Films

  • In Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay, Bronze Tiger appeared in the animated film where he was voiced by actor Billy Brown. This version was a former CIA agent who became a vigilante after his fiancée was murdered by a former member of the League of Assassins and vowed never to take an innocent life. Turner is recruited by Amanda Waller's Task Force X program and tasked with retrieving a mystical "Get Out of Hell Free" card by any means necessary. Throughout the mission, Turner develops animosity towards the leader and assassin Deadshot. After the latter abandons the team to see his daughter, Waller appoints Turner as the squad's new leader. When Professor Zoom's henchmen kidnap and recruit Killer Frost, Turner leads the squad in tracking her, only to be severely injured by an explosive trap set up by Zoom. The squad drops off Turner at the hospital before Deadshot reassumes leadership and leads them in continuing the mission without him. Despite his injuries, Turner returns during the squad's final confrontation with Zoom, sacrificing himself to distract the speedster long enough for Deadshot to kill him. Before he dies, Turner makes peace with Deadshot, who gives him the "Get Out of Hell Free" card in return.
  • In Batman: Soul of the Dragon, Bronze Tiger appeared in the setting of the animated film where he was once more voiced by actor Michael Jai White. He was shown as being a student of the O-Sensei where he sought him at his monastery at Nanda Parbat with him joining his other disciples that included Rip Jagger, Lady Shiva, Richard Dragon, Jade Nyugen and Bruce Wayne. At first, he did not get along with Wayne but the two found a common ground where later they came to learn that they were being trained to guard 'the Gate'. This was a portal to another dimension containing the great serpent god Naga with Jagger revealed to had been a secret member of the Kobra Cult who infiltrated the monastery to use the Soul Breaker to attempt to free his master. The O-Sensei came to sacrifice himself to close the Gate and his disciples came to separate from one another. Later on, Turner targeted the Kobra Cult where he sought to kill their leader only to find them to be a child causing Ben to abandon his mission. He then opened a dojo in his old neighbourhood as he began to train kids in self-defense.

Video games

  • In Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate, Bronze Tiger appeared in the video game where he was voiced by actor Gary Anthony Sturgis.

Appearances

  • Richard Dragon, Kung Fu Fighter v1: (1975)
  • Suicide Squad v1:
  • Red Hood and the Outlaws v1:
  • Batman v3:

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