TheFixer is the name of two characters appearing inAmerican comic books published byMarvel Comics:Roscoe Sweeney andPaul Norbert Ebersol.
Roscoe Sweeney was portrayed by Kevin Nagle in theMarvel Cinematic Universe seriesDaredevil while Paul Ebersol has appeared in animated media.
The first Marvel Comics character known as the Fixer was Roscoe Sweeney. He first appeared inDaredevil #1 (Apr. 1964), and was created byStan Lee,Jack Kirby, andBill Everett.
The second iteration of Fixer was long-time supervillain Paul Ebersol, first appearing inStrange Tales #141 (February 1966) and was created byStan Lee andJack Kirby.[1] Much later, he appeared as a regular character inThunderbolts, until he was forced to leave the team.
| Roscoe Sweeney | |
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | Daredevil #1 (April 1964) |
| Created by | Stan Lee (writer) Jack Kirby (artist) Bill Everett (artist) |
| In-story information | |
| Alter ego | Roscoe Sweeney |
Roscoe Sweeney was a gangster and crooked fight promoter who was involved in extortion and illegal gambling who operated as the "Fixer". He paidboxerJack Murdock to take a fall and lose a fight. Murdock accepted the money, however, the boxer became determined to continue the fight and eventually won by a knockout. The Fixer's right-hand man Slade killed Jack after the fight in retaliation. Learning of his father's murder and vowing to bring men like the Fixer to justice, Matt Murdock became a lawyer as well as thesuperheroDaredevil. The Fixer and Slade went to Fogwell's Gym where they encountered Daredevil. The Fixer had a fatal heart attack when confronted by Daredevil and died.[2]
| Paul Norbert Ebersol | |
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.png) Fixer (Paul Norbert Ebersol) byPatrick Zircher. | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | Strange Tales #141 (February 1966) (as Fixer)[3] The Incredible Hulk (vol. 2) #449 (January 1997) (as Techno) |
| Created by | Stan Lee (writer) Jack Kirby (artist) |
| In-story information | |
| Alter ego | Paul Norbert Ebersol |
| Team affiliations | Advanced Idea Mechanics Commission on Superhuman Activities Hydra Masters of Evil New Enforcers Redeemers Thunderbolts |
| Partnerships | Mentallo |
| Notable aliases | Techno, Mr. Fix, Ogre, Phil |
| Abilities | Electronics and mechanical genius Robotic body Technoforming |
Paul Norbert Ebersol was born inDayton, Ohio. He was a scientist who held a number of odd jobs, including auto mechanic, television repairman, and electronics laboratory assistant. He then became the second and more prominent "Fixer", a supervillain and genius-level criminal inventor who has often worked for criminal cartels likeHydra.[4]
Fixer later joinsHelmut Zemo's incarnation of theMasters of Evil.[5] The team is later rebranded as theThunderbolts, who masquerade as superheroes, with Fixer assuming the alias ofTechno.[6] He is apparently killed by Iron, one of the Elements of Doom, and transfers his mind into a robotic body.[7]
Fixer then became one of theRedeemers, a government-backed team whereby criminals could shorten their sentences and clear their record. However, most of the team is killed byGraviton. He joined with the reunited Thunderbolts to stop Graviton, and he was one of the team members exiled toCounter-Earth. The team eventually returns to Earth via a rift.[8]
During the "Heroic Age" storyline, Fixer works as the Raft's supervisor in its section for male supervillains when Captain Steve Rogers andLuke Cage arrive to recruitGhost.[9] As well as working with the Thunderbolts, Fixer has also been seen working with Baron Zemo.[10]
During the "Fear Itself" storyline, Fixer was seen working on a forcefield to secure the rounded-up prisoners who had escaped from the Raft afterJuggernaut, in the form of Kuurth: Breaker of Stone, leveled it.[11]
During the "Avengers: Standoff!" storyline, Fixer resurfaces where is shown to be a prisoner of the S.H.I.E.L.D.-establishedgated community Pleasant Hill whereKobik, fragments of aCosmic Cube transformed into a nigh-omnipotent child, turned him into a mild-manneredmechanic named Phil. Phil was able to see through this and arranged a meet-up with a man named Jim. Upon showing the training video he stole that featured the details about Pleasant Hill by MayorMaria Hill to the S.H.I.E.L.D. Cadets, Phil used the machine he invented to turn himself back into Fixer and Jim back into Baron Helmut Zemo. Both of them vowed to use the device on the other brainwashed supervillains and reduce Pleasant Hill to dust.[12] Fixer and Baron Zemo began to restore the memories of the other inmates one by one.[13] Fixer later invented a device that would help Baron Zemo and his fellow villains find Kobik.[14]
Following the Pleasant Hill incident, Fixer joined up with Winter Soldier's incarnation of the Thunderbolts with the goal to keep S.H.I.E.L.D. from continuing the Kobik Project.[15]
At the time when Baron Zemo formed the fourth incarnation of the Masters of Evil, Fixer joined the Thunderbolts into fighting them which ends with the Thunderbolts being defeated.[16]
During the "Opening Salvo" part of theSecret Empire storyline, Fixer defected to the Masters of Evil after Winter Soldier was sent back in time to World War II and Kobik had shattered. While Atlas and Moonstone worked to gather Kobik's pieces, Fixer maintained the inventory of the pieces he has withErik Selvig. Fixer was later present when Baron Helmut Zemo is advised by the Kobik-reprogrammed Captain America into having the Masters of Evil be part of the Army of Evil.[17]
During the "One World Under Doom" storyline, Fixer is among the original Thunderbolts members who join the Fulgar Victoris led byValentina Allegra de Fontaine asCitizen V. Amidst the showdown inLatveria, Fixer defects to the Thunderbolts and activates theDoombot Protocol Fixer Omega Daffodil to shut down the other Doombots.[18]
The second version of Fixer is an intuitive genius at the invention of weapons and other electrical and mechanical devices. He has designed numerous devices and paraphernalia for himself, including his body armor. As for weaponry, he has used various devices including bombs, electronic jamming devices, guided missiles, sonic amplifiers, brain-wave scanners, and mind-control pods. He has also built anti-gravity discs which are affixed to his feet and allow flight at the speed of sound, as well as a special mask that contains a three-hour air supply and acts as an air pressure reduction valve, together with enabling flight at high velocity and high altitude. Fixer's Techno body can mentally control his robotic body which is capable of assuming virtually any form from blast cannons to pile-drivers to even the form of a space station. To take on larger shapes, Techno physically absorbed the mass of other mechanical materials nearby into himself. Techno's body also could morph into forms that appeared completely organic, as with his assumed guise of Thunderbolt machine-smith Ogre.
Roscoe Sweeney, renamedEdward "Eddie" Fallon, appears inDaredevil (2003), portrayed byMark Margolis.[citation needed] This version previously employed a youngWilson Fisk as an enforcer.
The industrial bandMentallo and the Fixer derive their name from the Paul Ebersol incarnation of Fixer and his former partnerMentallo.[citation needed]
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