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| Rage | |
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 Rage. Art by Paco Medina. | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | The Avengers #326 (November 1990) |
| Created by | Larry Hama (writer) Paul Ryan (artist) |
| In-story information | |
| Alter ego | Elvin Daryl Haliday |
| Species | Human |
| Team affiliations | Counter Force The Initiative New Warriors Avengers Psionex |
| Abilities | Skilled street fighter Superhuman strength, speed, stamina, durability and resistance to injury Ability to leap great distances |
Rage (Elvin Haliday) is a fictional character appearing inAmerican comic books published byMarvel Comics. He has been a member of theAvengers and theNew Warriors, and appeared in the pages ofThe Avengers,New Warriors,Night Thrasher, andAvengers: The Initiative.
Rage's co-creatorLarry Hama described the character's creation in a 2012 interview withComic Book Resources. Rage being a teenager with a superpowered adult appearance was inspired byDC Comics'Captain Marvel, while his grandmother Edna was inspired bySpider-Man'sAunt May. Hama did not intend to make Rage African-American, but realized that the ethnicity fit his character and changed other aspects of Rage to make him work.[1]
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Rage was created byLarry Hama andPaul Ryan and first appeared inThe Avengers #326 (November 1990).[2]
Elvin Daryl Haliday was born inBrooklyn, New York. At age 13, he is exposed to toxic waste while hiding from bullies, which accelerates his growth and gives him superhuman physical abilities. Encouraged by his grandmother to use his newfound abilities for good, Elvin adopts a costume and the name Rage.[3][4]
Soon after his transformation, Rage confronts theAvengers, demanding to be made a member. He scoldsCaptain America for the team's lack of black members. Rage leaves after a brief scuffle, but assists the Avengers in their next mission against L.D.50. Alongside the Avengers, he battles other-dimensional alien prisoners.[5]
After the Avengers are reorganized, Rage is invited to join as a probationary member. When the Avengers discover that Rage is actually a teenager, they oust him from the main team and only let him stay as a trainee.[6][4]
Rage later leaves the Avengers and joins theNew Warriors.[7] After the New Warriors disband, Elvin joins theInitiative, a superhero training program.[8][4] InDark Reign, Rage,Justice,Debrii,Slapstick, and theScarlet Spiders leave the Initiative and formCounter Force.[9]
InCaptain America: Sam Wilson, Rage goes toEmpire State University withFalcon (Joaquin Torres) to confront an anti-immigrant politician who is giving a speech at campus. They later face the Bombshells, a trio of armored protesters, and defeat them. While returning home, Rage encountersMan Mountain Marko andSpeed Demon, who are robbing a pawn shop. After a brief fight, the villains escape and Rage is arrested by theAmericops. WhenCaptain America (Sam Wilson) offers him help, Rage turns it down, preferring to prove his innocence himself. Sam does so by releasing footage of the Americops beating Rage. Judge David Roderick deems the footage inadmissible and has Rage convicted. To get better proof of Rage's innocence, Sam captures Speed Demon, who confesses to his and Marko's robbery of the pawn shop. Rage is beaten by prisoners and sustains severe brain damage, withClaire Temple stating that he will not survive.[10][11][12] In theVenomized event, Rage recovers and helps evacuateManhattan during the Hive's invasion of Earth.[13]
Elvin's exposure to unknown biochemical radioactive wastes gave him superhuman strength, speed, stamina, durability and resistance to physical injury. Rage possesses basic street-fighting skills, and has received some combat training fromCaptain America andNight Thrasher.
Rage usually wears a costume of synthetic fabric and body armor, and formerly wore a helmet of unspecified material, all of which he designed for himself.
Rage appears as a member of theHouse of M version of theWolfpack alongsideSpeedball,Turbo,Zero-G,Darkhawk, andLightspeed.[14]
Rage makes a non-speaking cameo appearance in theFantastic Four episode "To Battle the Living Planet".[citation needed]
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Newsarama ranked Rage as the seventh worstAvengers member, describing him as having been "created at a time when the formula for creating Avengers was Name > Costume > Concept > Usefulness > Relevance, and the formula for creating black superheroes was Teenager > Drugs > Skateboard > Urban > Character Development".[15]
