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| Mickey Fondozzi | |
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | The Punisher War Zone #1 (March 1992) |
| Created by | Chuck Dixon John Romita Jr. |
| In-story information | |
| Full name | Michael Fondozzi[1] |
| Species | Human |
| Place of origin | Earth |
| Partnerships | Punisher Microchip |
| Supporting character of | Punisher |
| Notable aliases | Number Eight[2] |
Michael "Mickey" Fondozzi is a fictional character appearing inAmerican comic books published byMarvel Comics. The character has been depicted as an ally of theantihero thePunisher.[3] He was created byChuck Dixon andJohn Romita Jr., and first appeared inThe Punisher War Zone #1 (March 1992).
The character first appeared in a story-arc that spannedThe Punisher War Zone #1-6, and was also present in #9-10, #23, #31, #41, and both ofThe Punisher War Zone Annuals. Fondozzi's appearances in other titles includeThe Punisher War Journal #45-47, #60-61, #64, #68, and #78-79,The Punisher vol. 2, #86, #97-100, and #102-104,The Punisher Summer Special #4, andMarvel Knights #5 and #10-11.
A career criminal living inSheepshead Bay,[4] Mickey claims to beItalian, but is in factAlbanian.[5]
While robbing a Chinese restaurant that served as a front for the localtriad, Mickey and his crew are attacked by the Punisher, who leaves the crook alive while butchering everyone else. Via psychological torture, the Punisher coerces Mickey into sponsoring him (under the alias "Johnny Tower") for membership in the Carbones, aBrooklyn crime family he belongs to.[5][6]
When Salvatore Carbone, one of the family's top men, becomes suspicious of Mickey and "Johnny", the two frame him for disloyalty, and are given permission to kill him by Salvatore's brother and the Carbone family boss, Julius. The attempt on Salvatore's life goes awry, and ends with him falling through the ice of a frozen lake, where he is later found by the authorities and admitted to a hospital as aJohn Doe.[7]
Mickey is "a lousy little snitch" who is repeatedly accosted for information by the Punisher inThe Punisher/Painkiller Jane.Painkiller Jane shoots Mickey to death after he tells her that he sold the Punisher out to a crime lord named Vinnie Veronica.[8]
Mickey Fondozzi, renamedMickey Duka, appears inPunisher, portrayed byEddie Jemison. This version is an affiliate of the Saint crime family, who he secretly despises. After being psychologically tortured by the Punisher,[9][10] Duka willingly helps him ruin the Saints by serving as a mole.[11]
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