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Andreas von Strucker (Earth-616)

Swordsman

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Real Name

Andreas von Strucker

Current Alias

Swordsman

Aliases

Fenris, Swordsman, Baron Strucker

Relatives

Wolfgang von Strucker (Baron Strucker, father), Elsbeth von Strucker (stepmother, deceased), Andrea Strucker (fraternal twin, deceased), Werner Strucker (half-brother; deceased), Jan (brother-in-law; deceased), Andrea von Strucker (clone of sister; deceased)

Affiliation

Thunderbolts, Initiative; Formerly Fenris, Upstarts, Strikeforce, Assembly of Evil, HYDRA

Status

Identity

Secret Identity

Citizenship

Madripoorian

Occupation

Licensed super hero; former adventurer, terrorist leader

Characteristics

Gender

Height

Weight

Eyes

Hair

Origin

Mutant; Andreas was distraught after his sister's death at the hands of Baron Zemo (Helmut Zemo). The Purple Man thought of him as an ideal weapon and trained him.

Universe

Earth-616

Created by

Chris Claremont, John Romita, Jr.

First appearance

Appearance of Death

Uncanny X-Men #194
(June, 1985)

Secret Invasion: Dark Reign #1
(February, 2009)

1 HistoryEdit
2 Powers and AbilitiesEdit
- 2.1 Powers
3 ParaphernaliaEdit
- 3.1 Weapons
4 LinksEdit
- 4.1 Discover and Discuss
- 4.2 Footnotes

HistoryEdit

Andreas Von Strucker is the son of Baron Strucker and the twin brother of Andrea Strucker. While in-utero, Andreas and his sister were bio-engineered to have superpowers. As a result they must be in skin to skin contact with each other to use their powers. They usually accomplished this by holding hands.

After Andrea was killed by Baron Zemo the Purple Man he had Andreas make a leather strap of his sister's skin in order to retain use of his power. He trained ruthlessly to prepare to strike back at Zemo and the team he formed, the Thunderbolts. As the Swordsman, Andreas appeared to aid the team, even saving Songbird from Killgrave's sick games. However, he showed his true alliances, stabbing both Atlas and Mach IV.

After the Purple Man was defeated, Andreas was confronted by Baron Zemo and revealed himself. Despite this Andreas stayed with the group.

When overseeing the shutdown of Thunderbolts Mountain, an irate Swordsman confronted Norman. Norman seized his sword and murdered him in a psychotic tantrum.

Powers and AbilitiesEdit

Powers

Plasma Blasts Andreas was genetically engineered by his father. He can generate plasma while in contact with any part of Andrea. Currently he uses a strap made from her skin to accomplish this.

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