Heroes for Hire

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Official Team Name

Heroes for Hire

Team Aliases

Unknown

Status

Defunct

Identity

Public

Universe

Earth-616

Base of Operations

New York City

Affiliations

Team Leader(s)

Formerly: Misty Knight, Paladin, Colleen Wing

Former Members
Black Cat, Black Widow, Elektra, Falcon, Gargoyle, Ghost Rider, Humbug, Iron Fist, Misty Knight, Moon Knight, Orka, Paladin, Punisher, Shang-Chi, Shroud, Silver Sable, Spider-Man, Tarantula, Colleen Wing

Allies

Initiative

Origin

Origin

50-State Initiative

First appearance

Last appearance

Heroes for Hire Vol 2 #1
(October, 2006)

Villains for Hire #0.1
(January, 2012)

History

The current incarnation of Heroes for Hire serve as enforcers for the SHRA. After the murder of Goliath in battle, they made plans to take on Captain America.

After learning Captain America's location from a Pixiu, the team (minus Orka and Tarantula) track him down. While Misty and the team just want to talk and find a peaceful solution, they are betrayed by Paladin. Paladin disables the team with knock-out gas and attempts to capture Captain America. Shang-Chi's martial arts training had allowed him to hold his breath long enough to avoid the effects of the gas. Shang-Chi defeats Paladin and switches his uniform with Captain America. When S.H.I.E.L.D. arrives, Paladin is unintentionally taken into custody.

Shortly thereafter, Captain America and the Heroes For Hire part ways, and the Secret Avengers abandon their now-compromised base. Meanwhile, the Heroes For Hire discover a black-market operation that surgically implanted superhumans with Skrull organs that would endow those who had the operation with Skrull-shapeshifting abilities. Several of these hybrid Skrull-villains bust Misty Knight's old foe Ricadonna from prison. Ricadonna destroyed the Heroes' headquarters by sending an explosive package, and put hits out on the entire team. Most notable of these were Insecticide (the hitman sent to kill Humbug — Humbug neutralized him with help from his pet killer bees), Shadow Stalker (an old foe of Shang Chi sent to kill him--Shang Chi quickly humiliated him), and the gang of ninjas that attacked Tarantula when she was with her father. After they murder her father, Tarantula kills the entire gang herself. The team split up in search of Ricadonna — while Misty Knight and Colleen Wing try to shake up the Toddler for information, Humbug uses his flies to discover Ricadonna's base--and also that she has somehow gained superpowers.

The team disbanded after the events of World War Hulk resulted in the deaths of Orka and Humbug, and many members left due to conflicting opinions of how the team should work.

After being kidnapped and held prisoner by Puppet Master^[1] following a false pregnancy^[2], Misty was forced to act as a liaison for a new, loose-knit Heroes for Hire, employing Moon Knight, Falcon, Black Widow, Silver Sable, and Ghost Rider in various missions to stop a drug cartel pushing the Atlantean-manufactured drug Hook, before being rescued by Paladin and ex-boyfriend Iron Fist.^[3] Following her release, she and Paladin officially restarted Heroes for Hire, briefly employing Spider-Man in their first mission against Batroc and his Brigade.^[4]

Paraphernalia

Equipment: None known.
Transportation: None known.
Weapons: Each teammates' arsenal

Notes

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Trivia

Knight and Wing together form Knightwing or Nightwing from DC Comics

See Also

• Heroes for Hire (Knight & Wing) (Earth-616) Members
  
• Appearances of Heroes for Hire (Knight & Wing) (Earth-616)
• Images that include Heroes for Hire (Knight & Wing) (Earth-616)
• Team Gallery: Heroes for Hire (Knight & Wing) (Earth-616)
• Fan-Art Gallery: Heroes for Hire (Knight & Wing) (Earth-616)

Links and References

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heroes_for_Hire

Footnotes