Enforcers (Marvel)
The Enforcers are a supervillain team that features in Marvel Comics.
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History
Origin
The Enforcers were a team of highly skilled criminals that operated in the criminal underworld on Earth where they operated in New York City. Its members consisted of Montana, Fancy Dan and Ox who often worked on behalf of their employer. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #10)
The three were employed by the Big Man during his bid in taking over the city. They first tasked with helping him take care of the masked vigilante known as Spider-Man. During Operation Hi-Lift, they staged a burglar to draw out the Wall-Crawler in order to capture him in their helicopter. Spider-Man managed to escape but was debilitated by a gas attack where he seemingly fell to his death. With the hero out of the way, the Big Man then called a gathering of the various crime lords where he declared his intention to take over all the rackets in the city with himself the head of the syndicate. However, the crime bosses refused where they attacked him but he Enforcers easily dealt with the gathered criminals. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #10)
They next aided the Green Goblin in his first unsuccessful attempt to eliminate Spider-Man, but were again defeated and jailed. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #14) Soon after that, they joined forces with the Sandman to subdue the Human Torch at a point where it was believed Spider-Man had become a coward, but are defeated by the combined might of Spider-Man and the Human Torch. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #19)
Civil War
During the superhuman Civil War, Ronald and Snake Marston were recruited into the latest incarnation of the Thunderbolts. The Thunderbolts were apprehending established super-criminals and giving them the choice of joining the team or facing incarceration. The Ox and Marston apparently took the former choice, becoming Thunderbolts-in-training. The absence of the other Enforcers might be explained by the fact that all Thunderbolts recruits thus far all possessed some degree of superhuman or near-superhuman ability, or employed technology to simulate such powers; while the Ox and Marston fall loosely under that definition, Fancy Dan, Montana and Hammer Harrison do not. (Thunderbolts v1 #104)
Following the resurrection of Montana and the original Ox by the new Jackal, the Enforcers were reformed. During their involvement with the Jackal, they overheard the also-resurrected Ned Leeds tipping off his wife Betty Brant on a story he was working on before his death. The Enforcers warned the man the investigation would lead to, the Maggia leader Ernesto Karnelli, and worked with him to cover his tracks. They kidnapped Dr. Wayne Childs as well as Mr. Prescott, two of Ned's contacts, and eventually Brant herself. The Enforcers protected Karnelli as he escaped from the radius of a powerful explosive he was going to set off remotely, and confronted Spider-Man. When Karnelli decided to set off the explosive before being at a safe distance, Montana himself snatched the detonator from Karnelli's hands. All Enforcers were subsequently apprehended and imprisoned. (Amazing Spider-Man Annual v1 #42)
Overview
In appearance, the Enforcers were a team of skilled criminals that took jobs in the criminal underworld. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #10)
Members
- Montana : Jackson W. Brice was a man with a fedora who was skilled in the use of a lasso. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #10)
- Ox : Raymond Bloch was a tall brown haired man who was slow and ponderous but was quite strong. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #10)
- Fancy Dan : Daniel Brito was a man in a hat who despite his short stature had fast and dazzling footwork allowing him to easily evade attempts to grab him with him also being a master of judo who had a black belt. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #10)
- Snake Marston :
- Hammer Harrison :
Notes
- The Enforcers were created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko where they made their first appearance in The Amazing Spider-Man v1 #10 (March, 1964).
Alternate Versions
In other media
Television
- In the Spectacular Spider-Man, the Enforcers appeared as antagonists in the episode "Survival of the Fittest". They were hired by the Big Man with eliminating Spider-Man who had begun to affect their employers criminal operations. Their members included Montana, Ox and Fancy Dan.
Video games
Appearances
- Amazing Spider-Man v1: (1964)
- Daredevil v2:
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