Slingers (Marvel)
The Slingers are a superhero team that features in Marvel Comics.
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History
The Slingers were a team of young costumed vigilante heroes who styled their identities after personas briefly adopted by Spider-Man. The golden age hero Black Marvel acquired the four costumes Peter Parker wore while he was accused of murder and could not go out as Spider-Man. He then proceeded to give them to four youngsters, forming a team that he named the Slingers. Each member adopted one of the costumes and the respective alias that Spider-Man used when wearing that specific costume.
After Hydra's takeover of America was thwarted, Hornet was seen active in Las Vegas, prompting Ricochet and Dusk to travel there to confront their apparently resurrected ally, even as the Hornet steals from a casino on the part of his employer Silas Thorne and was confronted by Scarlet Spider. After the initial confrontation, Ricochet learns that the new Hornet is not only working with Prodigy, but received his costume from the Black Marvel and is thus convinced to join the other Slingers in forcing the Scarlet Spider to turn himself over to the police for beating Silas Thorne so badly that he was sent to hospital. The various Slingers unconcerned about Thorne's reported role in the theft of food supplies from a planned charity drive. After they take Cassandra Mercury hostage, she is found thanks to Ben Reilly and Kaine Parker tracking her hidden mobile phone, where they discover that the Slingers are being led by the Black Marvel. However, Dusk realizes that the Black Marvel has no soul, and damage to the Hornet's gauntlets reveal his true identity as Cyber who was revived by the as-yet-unidentified entity that was posing as Black Marvel.[2] Although the Black Marvel taunts them that they were poor heroes due to their lack of coordination as a team, the other three Slingers join forces with the two Spiders to defeat Cyber and the demon possessing the Black Marvel, the Slingers defeating Cyber while Reilly and Kaine exorcise the demon. With the battle concluded, the Slingers accept that Reilly regrets his earlier beating of Thorne, acknowledging the shades of grey.
Overview
Members
- Dusk :
- Hornet :
- Prodigy :
- Ricochet :
Notes
- The Slingers were created by Joseph Harris, Adam Pollina and Chris Cross where they made their first appearance in Slingers v1 #0 (September, 1998).
Appearances
- Slingers v1: (1998)
- Ben Reilly: Scarlet Spider v1:
- Amazing Spider-Man v5:
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