Headsman (Marvel)

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Headsman is a male comic supervillain who features in Marvel Comics.

Biography

Cleavon Twain and his older brother grew up on a chicken farm in Louisiana. There, Cleavon had a pet dog that repeatedly tried to bite his brother. This led him to warn Cleavon that he would kill the dog if he attacks him one more time. Eventually the dog bit his brother and was subsequently killed by him. Cleavon was heart broken, but still looked up to his brother. The brothers later joined a biker gang called the 'Headhunters'. Cleavon states that his brother was the 'badass' of the gang. The Twain brothers had since grown estranged, with Cleavon descending deeper into a life of crime, while his brother returned to life on the farm.

He came to be recruited secretly by Norman Osborn in order to field test new technology created by him. Taking the name of the Headsman, he was sent to help the Enforcers escape from Spider-Man, which he accomplished by forcing Spider-Man to flee. Harry Osborn alerted Spider-Man to the criminals' meeting place, and the Headsman was forced to flee after the ensuing battle after Spider-Man damaged his power pack. (Untold Tales of Spider-Man v1 #8) After repairing his pack, Headsman teamed with Lucky Lobo to kill Spider-Man. Believing he had killed Spider-Man, he left the hero buried under a pile of rubble. Facing Spider-Man again, he was assaulted by the Green Goblin, who revealed himself to Headsman as his employer. The Green Goblin destroyed the Headsman's equipment and knocked him out, allowing Spider-Man to turn him over to the police. (Untold Tales of Spider-Man v1 #18)

Years later, the Headsman joined Osborn's Thunderbolts black ops team. He helped discredit Doc Samson by attacking Air Force One disguised as the Green Goblin. Osborn saved the President in a staged attack by tossing the faux "Green Goblin" from the plane. (Thunderbolts v1 #128)

His teammate the Ghost revealed to him that the gravity-grip he used on his first mission was faulty and that he had fixed it, suggesting that Osborn had meant for him to die in his fall from the plane. (Thunderbolts v1 #132) He battled new teammate Mister X, but was spared from death by the Black Widow. (Thunderbolts v1 #134)

When the Thunderbolts capture Songbird and Natasha Romanov, they are ordered to execute them. However, the consciences of Headsman, Ghost and Paladin get the better of them; they allow the prisoners to escape, knocking out their teammates and erasing their memories of the event. (Thunderbolts v1 #136)

Following the operation, the team gathered around a holographic recorder featuring an image of Osborn. Scourge's post-hypnotic suggestion was triggered and he shot at Osborn, but the bullet instead passed through the hologram and struck Headsman, killing him. (Thunderbolts v1 #140)

Following the Siege of Asgard, his brother was given his high-tech axe by Ant-Man. (Thunderbolts v1 #143)

Overview

Personality and attributes

Powers and abilities

Osborn would provide him with advanced equipment which included a high-tech adamantium vibro-axe that could cut through anything and a hover platform for transportation. He also had a strength boosting harness that made his axe swings even more powerful and deadly. (Untold Tales of Spider-Man v1 #8)

Notes

• Headsman was created by Kurt Busiek and Pat Olliffe where he made his first appearance in Untold Tales of Spider-Man v1 #8 (April, 1996).

In other media

Television

• In Spider-Woman, the Headsman appeared in the setting of the motion comic where he was voiced by actor Jesse Falcon.

Appearances

• Untold Tales of Spider-Man v1: (1996)
• Thunderbolts v1:

External Links

• Marvel Database Entry
• Wikipedia Entry

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