Bronze Tiger is a fictional

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appearing in

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s published by

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. Created by Dennis O'Neil, Leopoldo Dirampma, and Jim Berry, he first appeared in ''Richard Dragon, Kung Fu Fighter'' #1 (May 1975). The character's real name is Benjamin "Ben" Turner and is depicted as an

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who is considered among the most premiere

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, and

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in the

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. He is most notably depicted as a freelance

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, a member of the

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, and an operative of the

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, characterized either as a villain or an

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due to brainwashing and manipulation from the League of Assassins. Bronze Tiger has been adapted several times, notably appearing as a recurring

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show ''

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'', portrayed by actor

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. In the series, he eventually becomes an ally to Oliver Queen and is the father of the show's version of

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Publication history

Bronze Tiger first appeared in ''Dragon's Fists'', a novel by

Dennis O'Neil Dennis Joseph O'Neil (May 3, 1939 – June 11, 2020) was an American comic book writer and editor, principally for Marvel Comics and DC Comics from the 1960s through the 1990s, and Group Editor for the Batman family of titles until his retir ...

and Jim Berry which starred

Richard Dragon Richard Dragon (or simply Dragon) is the alias of two fictional, comic book characters appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Although both incarnation differ in alignment, they're portrayed as extremely accomplished martial arti ...

. Bronze Tiger's first

appearance was in ''Richard Dragon, Kung Fu Fighter'' #1 (April/May 1975).

Fictional character biography

Early years

Born as Benjamin Turner, Ben comes from an upper-middle-class black neighborhood in

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. When he was only 10 years old, he saw a burglar attacking his parents, and he proceeded to kill the man with a kitchen knife. In an effort to control the rage inside him, Turner turns to martial arts (and eventually, crime). After some time, Turner decides to travel to the far East to finally come to terms with his demons.As all revealed in ''Suicide Squad'' #38 (1990), written by

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(plot) and RGreenberger (script). There, he meets the

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, and studies under him, together with later recruit

. The meeting between Turner and Dragon starts the series ''Richard Dragon, Kung Fu Fighter''. Sometime after, they are approached by Barney Ling, from the organization known as G.O.O.D. (Global Organization of Organized Defense), and their (reluctant) working for Ling served as the basis for the ''Kung Fu Fighter'' series. A flashback in ''DC Comics Presents'' #39 (1981) shows Richard Dragon discovering that Turner has been brainwashed into becoming the Bronze Tiger by

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, then used by Barney Ling (who turns out to be a traitor). Dragon and Turner prove to be equals in the fight, which only ends when Ling is accidentally knocked out a window.

League of Assassins

Later, in ''Suicide Squad'' #38, Turner's further career is shown, wherein he and Dragon are hired by

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to work for the C.B.I. (Central Bureau of Intelligence). Assigned to take down the

, Dragon and Turner are discovered by the League, who kill Turner's fiancée, Myoshi, and proceed to brainwash Turner. Turner was rid of his demons by channeling them into the identity of the Bronze Tiger, a masked assassin working for the League. During this time, he also trains the assassin David Cain's daughter,

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, together with other members of the League. As the Bronze Tiger, Turner developed a fearsome reputation in the world, his identity remaining a secret to everyone but the League. As the Bronze Tiger, Ben was feared worldwide, and the Sensei was smart enough to ensure that Ben hardly ever took off the mask, sending him on a new mission as soon as he finished another. For a time, his identity was secret, and he became one of the most wanted criminals, the Bronze Tiger being a professional assassin, killing on three continents. Learning of Bronze Tiger's true identity, King Faraday set up a rescue squad of

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and

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. They retrieved the Tiger, and he was deprogrammed by

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, who would later run the

''Suicide Squad''

Waller recruits Turner for the Suicide Squad, setting him up to become the team's leader. Still, he ends up the team's second-in-command under Rick Flag. On the team's first mission, the Tiger faces

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, whom he cripples but refuses to kill. Turner develops a relationship with

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while a member of the Squad's support crew, Flo Crawley, nurses a crush on him. Meeting Ravan again later, Turner convinces him to join the Squad, and the two become an effective fighting duo. The ''Suicide Squad'' was mostly populated by villains, but the Tiger is one of the Squad's 'good' members, meant to balance out the cast of characters. He often enforces Waller's rules, such as forcing various Squad members to wear devices designed to force good behavior. A Bronze Tiger solo story appeared as a Bonus Book in ''Suicide Squad'' #21 (December 1988). The nigh-corrupting nature of the Squad eventually leads to Rick Flag's departure and seeming death in a nuclear explosion. Turner becomes the leader of the team, a role in which he excels, often disobeying direct orders to save the lives of his team (even if they were "expendable"). The Squad member Duchess, in reality, the Apokoliptian soldier

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, betrays the team and takes many, including Flo, to

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. Flo does not survive the kidnapping. Turner is eventually confronted by his superiors about his actions, and in the ensuing meeting, Turner's mind snaps.''Suicide Squad'' #38 (February 1990) He flees, traveling back to the East (leaving Vixen in the process), where he spends some time as a

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. Eventually, Amanda Waller reforms the Squad and again recruits Turner. In the interim, Turner has become a deeply troubled man, one who distances himself from Vixen and was constantly egging on Ravan to confront him. In a mission shortly after the team had reformed, Vixen is hurt, which unlocks Turner's feelings for her once more. He mostly returns to his old state of mind. Vixen later leaves the team, telling Turner she no longer loves him but wishes him well. In the team's last mission, the Squad struggles to free a small island nation from the tyranny of its seemingly immortal ruler. The team must pass through a forest known for causing hallucinations. While the others experience their own mind trips, Bronze Tiger faces himself. Defeating himself and thereby exorcising his demons, Turner once again becomes a complete person. The tyrant is later defeated by Waller. Shortly after leaving the Squad, Turner is part of Bruce Wayne's search for Jack Drake (father of Tim Drake) and Shondra Kinsolving, who had been kidnapped. He teams up with

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and

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, a member of the short-lived Justice League Task Force. Gypsy becomes romantically involved with Tiger. He later becomes her mentor in martial arts. In a story arc of the ''Batgirl'' title in 2005, Cassandra Cain begins a search for her birth mother, who she believes is Lady Shiva. She tracks down Turner in Detroit, where he has opened the "Tiger Dojo". Both are able to come to terms with Turner's involvement in Cassandra's training, and he expresses his pride in her becoming a hero. Bronze Tiger meets with Batman shortly afterward. He has to stop a group of villains and avenge his master.

World War III and beyond

In the ''

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'' event, Bronze Tiger is shown to have retired but is coaxed back into action by Amanda Waller. In ''

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'' (vol. 2) Bronze Tiger rescues

from a secret

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i prison, where Flag had been imprisoned for four years. Notably, he is seen wearing a variant of his costume while with the League of Assassins, complete with a tiger head mask (according to writer Nunzio DeFilippis he wears the mask to prove it no longer has any power over him). Afterward,

appears at the Tiger Dojo, revealing to Ben that she leaked the information about Flag's whereabouts. She then enlists their aid in tracking down a supposedly rogue Suicide Squad team, a team which, in reality, was being run by Flag and Turner at Waller's behest. In ''

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'' #39, Bronze Tiger is among the Suicide Squad members trying to bring in

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and The

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. In a recent appearance in the mini-series ''

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'', Bronze Tiger is among the members of the Suicide Squad arresting

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, and

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. While frisking Scarecrow, he is gassed by the escaping villain, revealing a previously undiscovered fear of insects. Bronze Tiger appears in a ''

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''-related one-shot entitled ''Blackest Night: Suicide Squad'' #67 (part of a series of one-shots operating as extra issues to long-since canceled ongoing series). He works with fellow

members

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and

to bring down a Mexican drug lord. When the

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attempt to break into Belle Reve prison, Bronze Tiger squares off with Catman to see who is the superior feline-themed martial artist.

The New 52

In ''

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'' (a 2011 reboot of the DC Comics universe), Bronze Tiger appears as a member of the League of Assassins.

Characterization

The character is often depicted as a master martial artist whose reputation makes him among the best fighters on Earth in the

; his skills are often comparable to both

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and

, both characters who he is stated to be on par with. In more recent continuities, the character is also hailed as being among the best spies in the world.

Skills and abilities

Bronze Tiger is a master martial artist with lightning-fast reflexes, having studied and trained with numerous martial arts masters in the DC Universe including Kirigi, O-Sensei, and Sensei. While specializing in

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, the character is said to have mastery in several other forms of martial arts:

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, &

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. In addition to his mastery, he is stated to also have a defense for every style of martial arts. In addition to his skills as a martial artist, Bronze Tiger is also knowledgeable in manipulating his own

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, his usage enabling him to speed up his healing time. He is also considered an effective field leader on the Suicide Squad who draws resources around him and uses them to his best advantage. From the

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onward, the character can shift between his human form and a humanoid, Tiger-like form through a magical talisman supposedly able to grant him enhanced physical prowess at the cost of burning some part of his own soul. In his animal form, he is also seemingly immune to pressure point strikes. Bronze Tiger is also considered to be an expert spy, once being a member of the Syndicate (a council composed of renowned spies like him) and serves as a capable informant in the mercenary community.

Other versions

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In ''

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'', the Bronze Panther is the ruler of Wakanda and is named B'Nchalla; an amalgamation of the Bronze Tiger (DC) and the

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(Marvel).

Injustice: Gods Among Us

Bronze Tiger appeared in Year Five of the comic based on the video game of the same name. He is seen with

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, Black Mask,

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, and

who gang up on Damian Wayne and uses his skills to knock him out.

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then possesses Bronze Tiger to knock out the rest of the criminals and himself.

In other media

Television

* Bronze Tiger appears in '' Batman: The Brave and the Bold'', voiced by

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. This version was a student of Wong Fei and protector of a small village, displaying a great amount of pride as a martial artist. In the episode "Return of the Fearsome Fangs!", he forms a reluctant partnership with

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to battle the

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after the three kill their Sensei. Following the fight, Bronze Tiger decides to reopen Wong Fei's school. He also makes a non-speaking cameo appearance in the two-part episode "The Siege of Starro!", as one of several heroes possessed by the titular alien. * Ben Turner / Bronze Tiger appears in ''

'', portrayed by

. In addition to being a martial artist, this version wields two sets of clawed gauntlets, or Tekkō-kagi, that make him a formidable warrior capable of deflecting arrows fired at close range. Additionally, he has a son named Connor. Introduced in the

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episode "Identity", Turner forms an alliance with China White. A Chinese Triad raids a series of transports carrying medical supplies for

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's hospitals in exchange for him fighting and killing Oliver Queen / Arrow, who eventually incapacitates Turner with an electrified trick arrow on one of the raids. In the episode "Tremors", Turner escapes from prison with the help of an arms dealer, who hires him to steal a prototype earthquake device. Turner retrieves it but is defeated by Queen and Roy Harper. Upon his return to prison, Turner is approached by

with a proposal to work off part of his sentence. In the episode "Suicide Squad",

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releases Turner to participate in a mission with the eponymous team. As of the season seven episode "Due Process", Turner has become an inmate of Slabside Maximum Security Prison. Initially, an ally of Danny Brickwell and Derek Sampson, Turner betrays the former during a prison riot and aids Queen when he offers to give Turner a chance at redemption. In the episode "Training Day", Turner reveals that he witnessed the death of criminal Ricardo Diaz and, in exchange for seeing his son, reveals that Diaz's killer is

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. As of the season finale "You Have Saved the City", Turner has been released from Slabside and helps Team Arrow battle Emiko and the

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Films

* An

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version of Bronze Tiger appears in '' Justice League: Gods and Monsters'', voiced by Arif S. Kinchen. This version is an amalgamation of the Bronze Tiger and the

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. He,

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, and Livewire fight their universe's

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until he is defeated by Bekka / Wonder Woman. * Bronze Tiger appears in '' Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay'', voiced by Billy Brown. This version was a former CIA agent who became a vigilante after his fiancée was murdered by a former member of the

and vowed never to take an innocent life. Turner is recruited by

's Task Force X program and tasked with retrieving a mystical "Get Out of Hell Free" card by any means necessary. Throughout the mission, Turner is the most moralized of the squad members as he develops animosity towards the assassin and leader

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. After the latter abandons the team to see his daughter, Waller appoints Turner as the squad's new leader. When

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's henchmen kidnap and recruit

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, Turner leads the squad in tracking her, only to be severely injured by an explosive trap set up by Zoom. The squad drops off Turner at the hospital before Deadshot reassumes leadership and leads them in continuing the mission without him. Despite his injuries, Turner returns during the squad's final confrontation with Zoom, sacrificing himself to distract the speedster long enough for Deadshot to kill him. Before he dies, Turner makes peace with Deadshot, who gives him the "Get Out of Hell Free" card in return. * Bronze Tiger appears in '' Batman: Soul of the Dragon'', with Michael Jai White reprising the role.

Web series

Bronze Tiger appears in '' Deathstroke: Knights & Dragons'', voiced by Delbert Hunt. This version is an amoral mercenary who is far more villainous than his comics counterpart and works for

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under the command of fellow mercenary,

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. Together, they ambush

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as he is searching for his kidnapped son,

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. During the fight, Deathstroke severs Bronze Tiger's arm before setting the warehouse ablaze and leaving him and Jackal for dead, though Bronze Tiger manages to drag the latter to safety. Over the course of the following decade, Bronze Tiger receives a robotic, prosthetic arm and participates in the Kasnian civil war for five years, assisting both sides. He encounters Deathstroke again when the latter comes to him for information on H.I.V.E. The two fight once more until Deathstroke severs Bronze Tiger's prosthetic arm and forces him to give up the location of H.I.V.E.'s base. Once he gets the information, Deathstroke leaves aboard an advanced fighter jet and fires a missile at Bronze Tiger's base, destroying it and seemingly killing him and his men.

Video games

* Bronze Tiger appears as a boss in '' Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate'', voiced again by

. This version is the champion of prison fights held in the titular prison. While infiltrating Blackgate, Batman fights Bronze Tiger in the

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's "arena". After defeating and sparing his opponent, Batman is attacked by the Penguin's men. In a post-credits scene,

and

bring in Bronze Tiger and

, intending to recruit them into the

. * Bronze Tiger appears as a playable character in '' Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham'', voiced by

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. * Bronze Tiger appears as a playable character in ''

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'', voiced by Kane Jungbluth-Murry.

Toys

Bronze Tiger received a figure in wave 18 of

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line in 2011.OAFE - DC Universe Classics 18: Bronze Tiger review
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Miscellaneous

* Bronze Tiger appears as a member of Black Mask's gang in the

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comic book series, ''

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''. * Bronze Tiger makes a cameo in a flashback depicted in the '' Batman: Arkham Unhinged'' comic "Operation: Kill Joker". * The

incarnation of Bronze Tiger appears in the non-canon digital comic ''

: Season 2.5''. He and the Suicide Squad are tasked with eliminating the extremist sect,

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. While fighting Onslaught in Kahndaq, the squad captures one of the extremists and tortures them for information on Onslaught's leader, Khem-Adam. Once they get the information, the squad storm Khem-Adam's stronghold, though Bronze Tiger is killed by the Onslaught leader. Deadshot carries Bronze Tiger's body away to bury him in his home country.

References

External links

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