History
After Tanner was critically wounded in the Vietnam War, Dr. Burstein used his variation of the Super-Soldier Serum on Tanner to save his life. The result was steel-like skin and super-strength. In some regard, Burstein sees Tanner as an "older brother' to his later test subject Luke Cage. Perhaps the stress of seeing his home village in Vietnam being destroyed and his wife being murdered or perhaps a side effect of Burstein's experiment, Mitchell Tanner soon became mentally unbalanced.[1]
Warhawk became an assassin used for the C.I.A. in Vietnam. He later went further insane and battled Iron Fist.[2] After Warhawk somewhat regained his sanity he was hired to assassinate Atom-Smasher.[3]
Warhawk was hired by the Hellfire Club to test the X-Men and bug their mansion. He snuck into the school posing as a telephone repair man and quickly took down Moira MacTaggert with a tranquilizer gun. Then he caught Professor X and Phoenix off guard. Warhawk took control of the Danger Room, trapping the rest of the X-Men inside. After Nightcrawler teleported out of the Danger Room with Wolverine, Warhawk battled Wolverine one on one. The rest of the X-Men escaped the Danger Room and defeated Warhawk, who was handed over to the police.[4]
Warhawk soon became even more imbalanced and racially bigoted. He took hostages in Chinatown in New York City. He gave Iron Fist a severe beating and assassinated several citizens before being defeated and captured by Luke Cage.[1]
While being treated by Alexander Ryking, Warhawk confronted the Barrington agent Maverick, who was there to kill Ryking. In the end, it appeared that both Warhawk and Ryking were killed in an explosion.[5]
Warhawk agreed to work for S.H.I.E.L.D. in exchange for a reduced sentence. They had him attack an AIM facility.[6]Attributes
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Powers
Organic Steel Body: As a result of Dr. Burstein's experiment his skin and bones were transformed into organic steel that grants him various superhuman physical attributes:
- Superhuman Strength: After undergoing the original experiment, his strength was increased to superhuman levels sufficient to lift approximately 10 tons.[7]
- Superhuman Stamina: His muscles generate less fatigue toxins than the muscles of ordinary humans, granting him superhuman stamina. He can exert himself at peak capacity for about 24 hours before fatigue begins to affect him.
- Superhuman Durability: His skin is as hard as titanium steel and his muscle and bone tissues are considerably denser than the tissues of an ordinary human, granting him much greater resistance to physical injury than an ordinary human. He can withstand conventional handgun fire at a range of 4 feet and cannot be cut by any blade forged of conventional material, although in the event of required surgery his skin can be lacerated by an overpowered medical laser. He can withstand up to one-ton impacts or blasts of 150 pounds of TNT without serious injury, and is highly resistant to extreme temperatures and electrical shocks. His current level of durability enables him to withstand gunfire at point-blank range, and can withstand being lit on fire without suffering any serious or permanent injuries.[7]
- Peak Human Reflexes: Warhawk possesses incredibly fast reflexes.[7]
Abilities
See Also
- 16 appearance(s) of Mitchell Tanner (Earth-616)
- 4 appearance(s) in handbook(s) of Mitchell Tanner (Earth-616)
- 1 mention(s) of Mitchell Tanner (Earth-616)
- 9 image(s) of Mitchell Tanner (Earth-616)
Links and References
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Power Man and Iron Fist #83
- ↑ Marvel Premiere #23
- ↑ Black Goliath #2–3
- ↑ X-Men #110
- ↑ X-Men (Vol. 2) #10–11
- ↑ Wolverine (Vol. 3) #30
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z #13
- ↑ Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z #13
- ↑ Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z Vol 1 13