Rage (Marvel)
Rage is a male comic superhero who features in Marvel Comics.
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Biography
Elvin Daryl Haliday
His parents were trying to get it together leading to their son living with his Granny Staples. (Avengers v1 #328)
As a young boy, he met a kid at the comic shop where they traded books and he headed back home. It was then he was attacked by a gang of white teenagers where they threw a brick at him and forced him to run for his life. In desperation, he hid in the river where he begged for help when nearby a illegal dumping of hazardous material by Fisk Biochem from failed experiments. These fell on the young boy who managed to somehow escape to his Granny Staples house. (Avengers v1 #328)
After racial tensions escalated due to the machinations of the Hate-Monger, Rage and the New Warriors battled the Sons of the Serpent. The Avengers joined the fray, but Captain America was ultimately able to calm the situation and forced the Hate Monger to retreat. During the battle, though, it came out that Rage was, in fact, only fourteen. Because of this, Cap told Rage that he could not be an Avenger, but could continue as a trainee if he wished. (Avengers v1 #342)
After the New Warriors broke up, Elvin left for boarding school. (New Warriors v2 #0) Speedball contacted him to join a new version of the team, but Elvin turned him down, preferring to concentrate on his studies. (New Warriors v2 #1)
Rage and former teammate Justice learned that people were hunting down former New Warriors members because of the deaths caused by Nitro. They both sought out the legal services of She-Hulk Jennifer Walters in protecting the allies of the New Warriors. They eventually discovered that former New Warriors member Carlton LaFroyge, aka Hindsight Lad was responsible for the persecution and exposure of their teammates. Hindsight operated a website outing the identities of the twenty or so remaining Warriors; he was also operating a death pool. When John Jameson arrived, he arrested Hindsight Lad. (She-Hulk v2 #8)
Sometime later, Rage is seen on board a bus of new recruits arriving at Camp Hammond. (Avengers: The Initiative v1 #1) During his time in the Initiative program, Rage is subjected to constant verbal abuse by Gauntlet about his former teammates, the New Warriors, due to the Stamford tragedy. Rage is among the recruits helping people get to safety during World War Hulk. (Avengers: The Initiative v1 #4) After witnessing the battle between the Hulk and Iron Man, Rage orders the recruits to follow him and help battle the green gamma monster. However, they only see Hulk and his Warbound with the defeated Avengers lying at their feet. The recruits are defeated and imprisoned at Madison Square Garden and fitted with obedience disks to prevent their escape. They are subsequently rescued by the Shadow Initiative. (Avengers: The Initiative v1 #5)
Both Rage and Justice decided to side with Captain America, and refused to go along with the proposed Superhuman Registration Act. Rage escaped from the containment van that held those that refused to comply with the Superhuman Registration Act. After Captain America's assassination, he registered and became one of the trainees in Camp Hammond. (Avengers: The Initiative v1 #1)
With the appearance of the Americops, a private police force with violent methods, Rage stood in front of an anti-Americop rally in Brooklyn, since he did not like their excessively violent approach toward civilians. This conflict was broadcast live on TV and watched by Captain America. Hoping to prevent the situation from getting worse, Captain America, along with his bird Redwing and trainee Falcon arrived to defuse the situation. (Captain America: Sam Wilson v1 #11)
Overview
Personality and attributes
He later came to take the name of the O.G.. (Night Thrasher v2 #2)
He was noted to had experienced racism on account of being a black male and his appearance. (Avengers v1 #328)
It was noted that his Granny Staples was religious. (Avengers v1 #328)
Powers and abilities
Originally, Rage was a boy in his early teens with no special abilities. This was until he was exposed to hazardous materials from Fisk Biochem's failed experiments. These caused him to grow much larger than an adult human and gained superhuman strength with him being near impervious. (Avengers v1 #328)
Notes
- Rage was created by Larry Hama and Paul Ryan where he made his first appearance in Avengers v1 #326 (November, 1990).
- In an interview, Hama commented on the characters creation: "I just always liked the whole Billy Batson thing, where the character is actually a little kid who somehow transforms into a powerful hero. I also liked the whole Aunt May thing, so that got grafted on as the kindly grandmother. Making the character African-American was third down on the list, but it fit very well, and I changed the rest to make it all fit."
Alternate Versions
- In Avengers v3 #2 (1998), an alternate version of the character named Blacksmith appeared in the Morgan le Fay altered reality that was designated as Earth-398 in the Multiverse.
- In House of M: Avengers v1 #3 (2007), an alternate version of Rage appeared in the House of M reality that was designated as Earth-58163 in the Multiverse. He was a member of the Wolfpack alongside Speedball, Turbo, Zero-G, Darkhawk, and Lightspeed.
In other media
Television
- In Fantastic Four, Rage made a cameo appearance in the setting of the animated television series in the episode "To Battle the Living Planet". When Ego the Living Planet came to Earth, his arrival caused a wave of chaos on the world. Rage was helping the citizens of New York City alongside various other heroes when disasters were happening across the planet.
Appearances
- Avengers v1: (1990)
- Captain America: Sam Wilson v1:
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