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| Deathwatch | |
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 Deathwatch | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | Ghost Rider vol. 3 #1 (May 1990) |
| Created by | Howard Mackie Javier Saltares |
| In-story information | |
| Species | Extra-dimensional creature |
| Team affiliations | Translords International Contractors Unlimited |
| Notable aliases | Stephen Lords |
| Abilities | Superhuman strength, speed, agility, reflexes. Ability to absorb life essence upon the death of another being to enhance his physiology. Ability to psychically view others' short-term memories. |
Deathwatch is a character appearing inAmerican comic books published byMarvel Comics. The character is usually depicted as a demonicsupervillain and enemy of the thirdGhost Rider,Danny Ketch.
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Deathwatch first appeared inGhost Rider vol. 3 #1 and was created byHoward Mackie and Javier Saltares. He has appeared in or has been mentioned inNew Avengers,Siege, the 2007Thor run,Web of Spider-Man,Two Brothers: A Ghost Rider Family Road Trip,Infamous Iron Man, andThe Invincible Iron Man series.[1]
Deathwatch is a Translord from an unknown demonic dimension. Posing as a crime boss in the real world asStephen Lords, Deathwatch plotted to destroyNew York City through a poisonous toxin. After a youth gang called the Cypress Hill Jokers unwittingly stole the canisters containing the biotoxin, Deathwatch contested with theKingpin for the canisters, and setBlackout against the newGhost Rider.[2] Deathwatch and Blackout attacked the 75th Precinct police station and stole the biotoxin canisters. They also abducted Paulie Stratton and her fellow Cypress Hill Jokers, battling the Kingpin's men.[3] He instigated a conflict between Ghost Rider andSnowblind, and was revealed as having set Linda Wei and HEART against Ghost Rider.[4] He dispatched ninjas to lure Ghost Rider into a trap, and destroyed an office building in an attempt to kill Ghost Rider.[5] Alongside associates Hag and Troll, Deathwatch murdered Snowblind, and battled Ghost Rider, who killed Deathwatch in battle.[6]
In the course of becoming a personal enemy to the hero, Deathwatch employed several assassins, including countless Deathspawn, all of whom were from the demon world. After meeting his demise at the hands of Ghost Rider for the first time, he was reanimated by the Deathspawn, Hag and Troll. However, he was captured with Hag and Troll by Ghost Rider,Johnny Blaze, andSpider-Man.[7] With Hag and Troll, he was captured by Steel Wind and Steel Vengeance,[8] and the three villains were turned over toCenturious.[9]
Centurious fully resurrected Deathwatch to help in an attempt to steal Ghost Rider's chain. During his battle with Ghost Rider, Deathwatch revealed that his original (retconned) intent during the events involving the poisonous canisters was to obtain Ghost Rider's medallion of power. He was easily defeated by the combined power of Ghost Rider andJohnny Blaze.[10]
Deathwatch later appeared, alive and well, as a prisoner in The Raft.[11]
TheHood hired him as part of his criminal organization to take advantage of thesplit in the superhero community caused by theSuperhuman Registration Act. He helped them fight theNew Avengers, but was taken down byDoctor Strange.[12] InSecret Invasion, he is among the many supervillains who rejoined the Hood's crime syndicate and attacked an invadingSkrull force.[13] He was later seen during an attack on the New Avengers.[14]
Deathwatch was seen during theSiege ofAsgard as part of the Hood crime syndicate.[15]
During theFear Itself storyline, Deathwatch and Blackout assistedSin (in the form of Skadi) in attacking Dayton, Ohio. Since Johnny Blaze was no longer Ghost Rider, a man named Adam performed a ritual in a pyramid in Nicaragua in which one of his followers, a woman named Alejandra, became the new female Ghost Rider, who was able to defeat Deathwatch and Blackout.[16]
During the "Search for Tony Stark" arc, Deathwatch rejoined Hood's gang and assisted in the attack on Castle Doom.[17]
Deathwatch is a native of an alien demonic dimension and so derived at least some of his superhuman powers from his non-human heritage. Deathwatch has the ability to absorb life from another creature that is experiencing pain or death and enhance his own health, strength, stamina, agility, and reflexes. He has the ability to physically penetrate a victim's body and disrupt internal organs without creating a surface wound. He also has the ability to absorb and access a victim's short-term memories by penetrating the victim's brain physically with his fingers, and has the ability to derive surges of physical and emotional pleasure from the proximity of death.
Deathwatch is a skilledninja, and highly proficient in acrobatic hand-to-hand combat, and is an experienced strangler. He is a master planner and strategist, and a skilled acrobat. He employs a wide range of warriors, including being the head of his own criminal combine and a group of ninja warriors. He usually wears a costume of synthetic stretch fabric lined with Kevlar.
Deathwatch appears inGhost Rider, voiced byLex Lang.[18]
