Y'Garon
Y'Garon is a
demon
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who has clashed with
Marada the She-Wolf and
Dracula
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.
Yandroth
Yandroth was the humanoid Scientist Supreme of the "
otherdimensional" planet "Yann" and a would-be-conqueror who, with his robot Voltorg, has fought
Doctor Strange
Doctor Stephen Strange is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Steve Ditko, the character first appeared in ''Strange Tales'' #110 (cover-dated July 1963). Doctor Strange serves as Sorce ...
as a counterpart to the latter's title of Sorcerer Supreme. Doctor Strange defeats Yandroth, sending him to seemingly fall forever through an alternate dimension, the Dimension of Dreams.
There, he gains great magical knowledge and learns that he could gain great power by destroying a world. He returns to Earth and constructs an "Omegatron", although he suffers injuries received when he was hit by a truck in New York City. His physical body dies, thus activating the Omegatron. As the Omegatron, he battles Doctor Strange,
Namor
Namor (), also known as the Sub-Mariner, is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Debuting in early 1939, the character was created by writer-artist Bill Everett for comic book packager Funnies Inc ...
, and the
Hulk
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, who come together as the
Defenders
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for the first time. Yandroth is placed under a time displacement spell by Doctor Strange.
The Omegatron is eventually released from the time displacement spell and battled Namor, the Hulk,
Valkyrie
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, and
Namorita
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and was destroyed. Yandroth's spirit next possesses a young female chemist in order to telepathically attack the heroes; however, he is defeated by the Defenders again.
Although Yandroth is dead, his spirit is still capable of taking possession of a living human's mind. Taking the form of a vagrant, he is discovered by
Patsy Walker. Seemingly an innocent, she rescues him, allowing him to regain his strength and capture her. He becomes a nihilist and crafts a plan to end the world. He summons monsters from all over like Negative Zone Borers, Mindless Ones, Toad Men, Dark-Crawler,
Quasimodo, Warlord Kaa and his Shadow Warriors, Living Erasers,
Gorgilla
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, Vi-Locks, and the Lizard Men of Tok. This attack involved many superhero teams. Most of the
New York
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* New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States
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-based heroes are tied up confronting destructive, mindless monstrosities.
Alpha Flight
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is attacked by Warlord Kaa and his Shadow Warriors. Yandroth causes a group of Living Erasers to appear in the Tokyo Headquarters of
Big Hero 6. Lizard Men from Tok attack the island nation of
Genosha
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. Gorgilla subdues the
Avengers by dropping a building on them. It turns out he is utilizing the captured form of Gaea, the spirit of the Earth, to summon the monsters. Patsy, who had escaped and learned this, tells the Defenders, who were currently comprising
Namor
Namor (), also known as the Sub-Mariner, is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Debuting in early 1939, the character was created by writer-artist Bill Everett for comic book packager Funnies Inc ...
,
Hulk
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, Doctor Strange, and
Silver Surfer
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. The superheroes battles Yandroth has caused has given him enough power to summon the Ravagers of Creation. Four elemental creatures confront the Defenders, who are unable to stop them individually. They attack the Stone creature, disabling the spell needed to destroy the world. This frees Gaea and kills Yandroth. In his dying breath as the Hulk and Namor fight, he realizes the
Defenders
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hate each other. Yandroth uses his powers to curse the four original members so that they must come and work together in times of a severe crisis. This involves uncontrollable teleportation, affecting all four of the heroes. Yandroth's curse caused the Defenders to work together against a plot by
Lorelei
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and
Pluto
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. The curse that Yandroth placed on the four original members of the Defenders was also tied to Yann and adding into Yandroth's powers.
When the four Defenders members became
The Order for a short time, their curse started to cause Yandroth to slowly reform. He started to slowly materialize in smoky form above a throne. Yandroth then began to materialize in an all-powerful mist-like form. When he was denied of the final power he needed when the Order wouldn't attack him, Yandroth regressed to human form as Christopher Ganyrog took Yandroth back to Yann to stand trial for his crimes.
Yandroth is featured in the limited series "The Last Defenders", disguised as a businessman after he escaped, killed the Ganyrogs, and took over Yann. Assisted by the floating head of the entity known as the "Recorder", he attempts to manipulate his way into gaining god-level powers.
Nighthawk
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,
Colossus,
Blazing Skull
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She-Hulk, and
Warlord Krang battle the group the
Sons of the Serpent
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The Sons of the Serpent first appeared in '' The Avengers'' #32 (Sept 1966) and were created by Stan Lee and Don He ...
which culminates in a confrontation with Yandroth. Yandroth manipulates time and forces Nighthawk to battle a twisted version of his old team the
Squadron Sinister
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before being rescued by a future incarnation of the Defenders, who with Yandroth disappear once the threat is over.
Mariko Yashida
Shingen Yashida
Yellow Claw
Yellowjacket
Hank Pym
Rita DeMara
Darren Cross
Yeti
Inhuman
This Yeti, an
Inhuman
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mutated by the
Terrigen Mist
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,
[''Fantastic Four'' #99] was created by
Stan Lee and
Jack Kirby
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and first appeared in ''
Fantastic Four'' #99.
The character joins the superhero team First Line, but leaves after losing control during a fight, and lives in a temple in the Himalayas for a period.
[''X-Men: The Hidden Years'' #16] While looking for
Crystal
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, the
Human Torch
The Human Torch (Jonathan "Johnny" Storm) is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character is a founding member of the Fantastic Four. He is writer Stan Lee's and artist Jack Kirby's reinvention of a si ...
encounters Yeti and, startled by his appearance, attacks him. Yeti runs from the Torch's attack and tells the other Inhumans that they are under attack.
Yeti has inhuman strength and razor-sharp claws and teeth. He is easily angered and suffers from bouts of insanity. His savage, animal nature during these bouts makes him almost unbeatable.
Weapon P.R.I.M.E.
This Yeti is a member of the covert Canadian superhuman group
Weapon P.R.I.M.E., and has fought
X-Force
X-Force is a fictional team of superheroes appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, most commonly in association with the X-Men. Conceived by writer/illustrator Rob Liefeld, the team first appeared in '' New Mutants'' #100 ...
and the
Alpha Flight
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member
Northstar Northstar may refer to:
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. He has superhuman strength, claws, and an enhanced healing factor.
Other versions of Yeti
In the ''
Age of Apocalypse
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'' reality, Yeti appears as a member of the
Brotherhood of Chaos.
Ho Yinsen
Professor Ho Yinsen is a supporting character of
Iron Man in the
Marvel Comics
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universe
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. The character, created by
Stan Lee,
Larry Lieber
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and
Don Heck
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, first appeared in ''
Tales of Suspense
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'' #39 (March 1963).
;Original plotline
Professor Yinsen was a
physicist
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Physicists generally are interested in the root or ultimate cau ...
,
engineer
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and
pacifist from the fictional nation of Timbetpal; while Tony Stark was in
college
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, Stark had greatly admired the older man's work. In his old age, Yinsen was captured in
Vietnam
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by the
Communist warlord
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Wong-Chu
Wong-Chu is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He usually appears as an adversary of Iron Man and was the first figure that he faced and creates the moral dilemma prevalent throughout the Iron Man canon. ...
before
American arms manufacturer
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and engineer
Tony Stark
Iron Man is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was co-created by writer and editor Stan Lee, developed by scripter Larry Lieber, and designed by artists Don Heck and Jack Kirby. The charac ...
was also captured. Stark's US military convoy had tripped a
land mine
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and he was injured with
shrapnel
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that was slowly moving toward his
heart
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. Yinsen builds a
magnetic chest plate and affixes it to Stark's chest, thus preventing the shrapnel from reaching his heart, thereby saving Stark's life and keeping him alive. Wong-Chu then orders Yinsen and Stark to build
weapon
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s for him. Instead, Yinsen helps Stark secretly build the first
Iron Man armor, which includes a device for Stark's heart to keep him alive. Yinsen sacrifices his life distracting Wong-Chu in order to buy time for Stark to power up his armor. Stark dons the armor, becoming
Iron Man, and defeats Wong-Chu, apparently killing him in the explosion of munitions shed, before freeing all other prisoners.
Twelve of Wong-Chu's former prisoners were disciples of Yinsen; one of these disciples (Sun-Tao) leads them to establish a quasi-religious
cult called the Sons of Yinsen. The Sons of Yinsen develop very advanced technology from notes in Yinsen's journal that he had written before his death; they use this technology to create the apparent
utopia
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of New Timbetpal, a floating, ambulatory, usually-
cloaked city in the sky. It is revealed that Wong-Chu survived the munitions shed explosion and that Yinsen's
brain
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was preserved alive, salvaged by an interdimensional merchant called Doctor Midas. Midas sold Yinsen's brain in an
auction
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to Wong-Chu. Iron Man, driven by his own guilt that he never looked for Yinsen himself, simply assuming that his friend had been killed while focusing on his own escape, helps the Sons of Yinsen defeat Wong-Chu, who is
beheaded
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by one of the Sons of Yinsen, and recover Yinsen's brain.
The Sons of Yinsen attempt to
resurrect Professor Yinsen by placing his brain inside a
sentient
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Iron Man armor, which is actually under
Ultron
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's control. Falsely believing Ultron to be Yinsen resurrected, the Sons of Yinsen follow directives toward planning for a war; only Sun-Tao refuses to obey, for which he is displaced as leader of the Sons of Yinsen by a man named Tyger Minn. Ultron leads the Sons of Yinsen to reveal themselves to the public and establish the Church of Yinsen. Sun-Tao recovers Yinsen's brain, and then Iron Man, Sun-Tao, and
Jocasta work together to defeat Ultron and the Sons of Yinsen and free Ultron's prisoner Antigone. Ultron attempts to blow up the floating city of the Sons of Yinsen to kill all of them as well as Iron Man; however, the sentient armor has apparently absorbed enough of the thoughts of Yinsen that part of it acts to save Iron Man and Sun-Tao from the destruction of the city.
;Retcon plotline
In the "Execute Program"
story arc
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of ''The Invincible Iron Man'' (vol. 4), a
retcon
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establishes that Tony Stark and Ho Yinsen had been captured not by Communists in Vietnam, but rather by the
Taliban
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in
Afghanistan
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, and that Yinsen was murdered under orders from five
terrorist
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s (Dennis Kellard, Ara Tanzerian, Zakim Karzai, Aftaab Lemar, and Kareem Mahwash Najeeb). Before he died, Yinsen had been coerced into implanting a "bio-magnetic receiving unit" inside Stark's brain. In a failed attempt to recover the control device for the implant, the terrorists send
hitman
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Andrei Gorlovich to murder Yinsen's wife.
['' The Invincible Iron Man'' (vol. 4) #7–12 (June–November 2006).] Years later, some of the five terrorists are now
diplomats. Yinsen's grieving teenage son (whose name is never revealed) blamed Stark for his parents' deaths and takes control of the device in Stark's brain to
mind-control into
assassinating all five of the former terrorists. Stark confronts Yinsen's son in order to try to prove innocence, but the latter is
sniped and killed by a
S.H.I.E.L.D.
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agent acting on
Nick Fury's orders.
As part of the ''
All-New, All-Different Marvel
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'', Yinsen is revealed to have a daughter:
Toni Ho.
Ho Yinsen in other media
Television
* A variation of Ho Yinsen named Wellington Yinsen appeared in ''
Iron Man'', voiced by
Neil Ross
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. This version worked with Professor Arnold Brock before the latter became the
Mandarin
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** Standard Chinese or Modern Standard Mandarin, the official language of China
** Taiwanese Mandarin, Stand ...
, who captured Yinsen and Tony Stark to build armor for his henchmen. After Yinsen builds armor for Stark so he can escape, the former sacrifices himself to save the latter from the Mandarin.
* Professor Ho Yinsen appears in ''
Marvel Anime: Iron Man'', voiced by
Hiroaki Hirata
is a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator. He is the founder of Hirata Production.
He is best known for voicing Vinsmoke Sanji in ''One Piece''. His other known roles include Sha Gojyo in '' Saiyuki'', Kotetsu T. Kaburagi in ''Tiger & Bun ...
in the Japanese version and by
Kyle Hebert
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in the English dub. Similarly to the MCU ''Iron Man'' film incarnation, this version built an electromagnet to keep Tony Stark alive. After helping Stark escape, Yinsen survived, but was convinced by Japan's Minister of Defense, Kuroda, to join
Zodiac
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and steal Stark's "Iron Man Dio" armor to serve him. Yinsen eventually has a change of heart, leading to Kuroda killing him.
* Dr. Yinsen appears in ''
Iron Man: Armored Adventures''. This version is a
Stark International
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medical specialist.
Film
* A variation of Ho Yinsen named Ho Yen appears in ''
The Invincible Iron Man'', voiced by an uncredited voice actor. He helps
James "Rhodey" Rhodes treat Tony Stark's damaged heart after being captured for attempting to dig up an ancient city and relates the legend of the Mandarin to them before Yen is killed by Wong-Chu.
* Professor
Ho Yinsen
Y'Garon
Y'Garon is a demon who has clashed with Marada the She-Wolf and Dracula.
Yandroth
Yandroth was the humanoid Scientist Supreme of the " otherdimensional" planet "Yann" and a would-be-conqueror who, with his robot Voltorg, has fought Doc ...
appeared in the
Marvel Cinematic Universe
The Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) is an American media franchise and shared universe centered on a series of superhero films produced by Marvel Studios. The films are based on characters that appear in American comic books published by ...
(MCU) film ''
Iron Man'' (2008), portrayed by
Shaun Toub
Shaun Toub ( fa, شان توب ; ; born February 15, 1958) is an Iranian-born American actor. He has played the character Yinsen in '' Iron Man'' (2008) and ''Iron Man 3'' (2013); Farhad in ''Crash'' (2004); Rahim Khan in ''The Kite Runner'' (2 ...
. This version is a doctor and engineer from the small fictional
Afghanistan
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village of Gulmira who was captured by a local branch of the
Ten Rings alongside
Tony Stark
Iron Man is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was co-created by writer and editor Stan Lee, developed by scripter Larry Lieber, and designed by artists Don Heck and Jack Kirby. The charac ...
. After building an electromagnet to save Stark's life, Yinsen assists him in creating a miniaturized
arc reactor and the first Iron Man armor before sacrificing himself to buy time for Stark's armor to boot up. Stark tries to save him, but Yinsen reveals his death was always part of the plan so he can reunite with his dead family and urges Stark to not waste his life.
* Professor Ho Yinsen makes a cameo appearance in a flashback depicted in the MCU film ''
Iron Man 3
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'' (2013), portrayed again by Shaun Toub.
Video games
Ho Yinsen appears in the 2008 ''
Iron Man'' film tie-in game, voiced by Shaun Toub. Unlike in the film, this version sacrifices himself to prevent the Ten Rings from acquiring Tony Stark's notes on the Iron Man armor and the ammunition that was stored with them.
Ymir
Yondu
Yon-Rogg
Dale and Stacey Yorkes
Kagenobu Yoshioka
Kagenobu Yoshioka is a character in
Marvel Comics
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. The character, created by Akira Yoshida, first appeared in ''
Elektra: The Hand'' #1 (November 2004). He is a ninja and founder of
The Hand. Yoshioka was the son of a samurai who lived with his single mother. When coming home from fishing, Yoshioka sees his mother about to be raped by a foreigner. Angered, he kills the foreigner, but his mother takes the blame. His mother is taken away, leaving behind a bloodied hand print on his shirt which would become his emblem. Saburo Ishiyama takes him in and becomes his sensei, training him in the ways of bushido. After training for ten years, Yoshioka leaves the school to start his adult life. After three years of training, Yoshioka is asked to return to his sensei's school because of his mentor's death. He makes amends with his old rival Daisuke Sasaki and together decide to rebel against the government by forming with other Japanese school leaders. The Hand is visited by a foreigner and his daughter Eliza Martinez who come to the school hoping to be trained. After turning the two down several times, Kagenobu finally accepts which angers Sasaki. Kagenobu personally trains Eliza and has Eliza kill another foreigner simply for not being Japanese. He informs Eliza of being full of anger and that is why Eliza chose to train with him, afterwards the two fall in love. Sasaki sends a member of the Hand to kill Eliza but fails. Kagenobu learns that the Hand has become a mercenaries for hire organization; realizing that his school is slowly getting out of his control, Kagenobu fights and kills Sasaki. Kagenobu and Eliza fight the Hand's members but Kagenobu is slain by his once loyal students, and the grief-stricken Eliza kills herself as well.
Kagenobu Yoshioka in other media
The character is renamed Nobu Yoshioka and appears as a recurring character in the live action series ''
Daredevil'', played by
Peter Shinkoda
Peter Shinkoda (born March 25, 1971) is a Canadian film and television actor who stars as Dai on the TNT science fiction series ''Falling Skies'' from Steven Spielberg and as Sektor in the Warner Bros. webseries '' Mortal Kombat: Legacy'' dir ...
. The character was initially named Hachiro but this gets changed shortly before filming began, and is depicted with similarities to
Kirigi
Kaecilius
Elloe Kaifi
Kala
Jennifer Kale
Noble Kale
Kaluu
Kamikaze
Kamran
Kamran is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He was created by G. Willow Wilson and Takeshi Miyazawa and fir ...
.
In
season one, he is a representative of the Hand and one of the people responsible for
Wilson Fisk's criminal empire. Nobu attempts to smuggle a child known as "Black Sky" into the city with Fisk's aid but
Matt Murdock
Daredevil is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Daredevil was created by Literary editor, writer-editor Stan Lee and artist Bill Everett, with an unspecified amount of input from Jack Kirby. The c ...
and
Stick prevent this, with Stick killing the child. Angered by Murdock's constant interference, Nobu later attacks Murdock, severely wounding the vigilante before Nobu is defeated by being set on fire, apparently killing him. In
season two, Nobu returns from the dead, albeit with a scarred face. He battles Daredevil once more, but the vigilante manages to hold his own and forces Nobu to flee. The Hand kidnap and tortures Stick, but Daredevil and
Elektra arrive and battle him. Nobu reveals that Elektra is the new Black Sky, and is convinced that Daredevil is the only thing standing between the Hand's total domination. Nobu later fights Daredevil and Elektra. After he accidentally kills Elektra, Daredevil (overcome with rage) attacks Nobu while his men are killed by the
Punisher
The Punisher (Francis "Frank" Castle, born Castiglione) is an antihero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was created by writer Gerry Conway and artists John Romita Sr. and Ross Andru. The Punisher made ...
, resulting in Daredevil tossing Nobu off the building. But Nobu survives the fall only to be beheaded by Stick, which kills him permanently.
Yukio
Yukon Jack
Yukon Jack (Yukotujakzurjimozoata) is a character in the
Marvel Universe, a member of the superhero team
Alpha Flight
Alpha Flight is a fictional team of Canadian superheroes appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The characters premiered in ''The Uncanny X-Men'' #120 (April 1979), and were created to serve as part of the X-Men member W ...
. The character, created by
Scott Lobdell
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and
Clayton Henry
Clayton Henry is a comic book artist, known mostly for his work for Marvel Comics. His first known works were providing the art on ''Nine Rings Of Wu-Tang'' and ''Area 52'', and has since worked on such series as '' Exiles'', ''Alpha Flight'', ...
, first appeared in ''
Alpha Flight
Alpha Flight is a fictional team of Canadian superheroes appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The characters premiered in ''The Uncanny X-Men'' #120 (April 1979), and were created to serve as part of the X-Men member W ...
'' (vol. 3) #1 (May 2004). He views himself as a demi-god, making references to not being a normal human. When he was electrocuted by
Hiro Takachiho, his skeleton showed few similarities to a normal human's. After the series' conclusion, he married
Snowbird
Snowbird is a common name for the dark-eyed junco (''Junco hyemalis'').
Snowbird may also refer to:
Places
*Snowbird, Utah, an unincorporated area and associated ski resort
*Snowbird Lake, a lake in the Northwest Territories, Canada
*Snowbird ...
.
[''Alpha Flight'' (vol. 3) #12 (May 2004)]
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