![]() ![]() Most recently he was seriously crippled fighting alongside the Avengers during Siege where he lost an arm and a leg in a bid to stop Norman Osborn from retrieving Gungnir. Walker has remained a hero, although with complications, since joining the Avengers and has returned to the team multiple times after his initial tenure. Captain America has come to see Walker as a friend and worthy ally, Hank Pym, the Wasp and Wonder Man also respect him for his bravery and leadership skills and he formed a "big brother" relationship with the Scarlet Witch and Spider-Woman. He joined the Avengers shortly after, which infuriated Hawkeye who quit in protest, and other members like Iron Man were quick to write Walker off for his origins, his blind devotion to the government and for his appearance as "a Captain America wannabe".ĭespite the bulk of his peer's negative feelings towards him, fellow Avengers have come to express some degree of faith in Walker. After this incident, Walker had a dramatic personality shift and began down a dark path of brutality and little compassion.Īfter eventually meeting the real Captain America, Walker gave up the Captain America guise and shortly afterwards began working for the government as the U.S.Agent. The defining moment came when his mother and father were murdered by vengeful terrorists he had previously put away. Despite this, he wasn't exactly a "supervillain" and was more of a misguided wannabe hero who came into conflict with Captain America.Įventually when Walker became the new Captain America himself, he began to display far more altruistic and heroic tendencies but he was still misguided and showed little restraint against enemies. John Walker was introduced as an adversary to Captain America, and early appearances had him doing such things as refusing to help an old lady who was being mugged and organising the beating of exchange students at a college to discredit Captain America. Character Evolution US Agent by Norm Breyfogle Agent in a cameo in West Coast Avengers issue 44 and fully in Captain America Vol.1 issue 354 (1989). John Walker was created by Mark Gruenwald and Paul Neary and first appeared as Super-Patriot in Captain America #323, 1986. Walker however was dissatisfied with this decision and when he was approached by an agent, Ethan Thurm, who wished to represent him as a wrestler, together they instead fleshed out his idea of what he really wanted to do with his strength be a hero, in the shape of, the Super-Patriot. They agreed to his strength augmentation process and soon after were ready to enlist in the Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation like many of the Power Broker's successful subjects. Not long after, the group were approached by a representative of the Power Broker who offered them enhanced strength and power. The quartet served their time together and when they went back to the real world, John felt he still hadn't proven himself as a hero. ![]() While in the army, Walker befriended Lemar Hoskins, as well as Hector Lennox and Jerome Johnson. The moment John turned of age he enlisted in the army, against his mother's silent wishes, hoping to prove himself as a "hero" like his brother. Growing up, John idolized his older brother who had since died in the Vietnam war. ![]() He had an older brother, Michael, and a sister, Kate. ![]() John Walker was born in Custer's Grove, Georgia, to parents Caleb and Emily Walker. ![]()
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