John Steele (Marvel)
John Steele is a male comic character who features in Marvel Comics.
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Biography
John Steele
During the war, he was noted to had encountered both Captain America and the Prince of Orphans where he was considered a comrade-in-arms against the Nazi's. (Secret Avengers v1 #9)
The father of Noah Burstein was also said to had studied the notes about John Steele's superhuman biology. (Secret Avengers v1 #9)
The continued efforts of the Secret Avengers was impeding the plans of the Shadow Council with Steele being sent to deal with Commander Rogers. (Secret Avengers v1 #7) Alongside Max Fury, the pair decided to abduct Sharon Carter from the heroes mobile base and had Zheng Zu stage an attack in downtown Hong Kong to draw out the superhero team. With them away, Steele and Fury broke into the Quincarrier where they managed to capture Sharon Carter with them planning to hold her hostage. (Secret Avengers v1 #8) A meet-up was arranged where they were to exchange Sharon Rogers for Shang-Chi. During the exchange, Steele shot Shang-Chi to render him unconscious with this provoking a fight with Steve Rogers. Despite Commander Rogers training, Steele overpowered him but the Secret Avengers arrived leading to a battle with the Shadow Council forces. This forced John Steele's hand and he revealed that he had the building rigged with explosives and unless they were allowed to leave then he would detonate them which would harm all the tenants at the site as well. As a result, the Secret Avengers were forced to watch as John Steele departed with Shang-Chi as part of the Shadow Councils' machinations. (Secret Avengers v1 #9)
Overview
Personality and attributes
Powers and abilities
Steele was said to be supersoldier with abilities beyond that of a normal human with him being much stronger as well as faster than Captain America and nearly indestructible. However, he lacked the training of Steve Rogers with him instead(Secret Avengers v1 #9)
Notes
- John Steele was created by Dean Carr where he made his first appearance in Daring Mystery Comics v1 #1 (January, 1940).
Appearances
- Daring Mystery Comics v1: (1940)
- Marvels Project v1:
- Secret Avengers v1:
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