| Pinky Pinkerton | |
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 Pinky Pinkerton as depicted inBlack Panther/Captain America: Flags of Our Fathers #1 (April 2010). Art byDenys Cowan (penciler),Klaus Janson (inker), and Pete Pantazis (colorist). | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos #8 (July 1964) |
| Created by | Stan Lee (writer) Jack Kirby (artist) |
| In-story information | |
| Alter ego | Percival Pinkerton |
| Team affiliations | Howling Commandos S.H.I.E.L.D. |
Percival "Pinky"Pinkerton is a fictional character appearing inAmerican comic books published byMarvel Comics. The character's first appearance was inSgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos #8 (July 1964), in which he replaced JonathanJunior Juniper who was killed in issue #4. He was created by writerStan Lee and artistJack Kirby.
Pinky Pinkerton was portrayed byRichard Short, in the TV seriesAgent Carter which is set in theMarvel Cinematic Universe.
Percival "Pinky" Pinkerton was an English member of the originalHowling Commandos who fought alongside the team duringWorld War II.[volume & issue needed] A British Armycommando andgentleman ranker who used an umbrella as a weapon along with hisThompson submachine gun, Pinkerton had served alongside the unit commander Captain SamuelHappy Sam Sawyer prior to Pearl Harbor when both were with the British Commandos.
Along with Col TimothyDum Dum Dugan andDino Manelli, he helped organize theDeadly Dozen.[volume & issue needed]
Though never explained in the series, Pinkerton wore aCarlistRequetés typered beret with a yellowtassel with hisbattledress that may have involved service in theSpanish Civil War. Pinkerton also wore his battle dress with an open collar with scarf rather than having the buttoned collar of a Britishother rank.
In issue #23 ("The Man Who Failed") ofSgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos, Percy's older brother,Lieutenant Colonel Pinkerton appeared. The story, set inBurma revealed that Pinkerton came from an English family with a long tradition of service as officers to the Crown. Why Pinkerton never accepted a commission was explained as his living aplayboy womanizing life style during his initial military training that led him to be unable to catch up with his studies and resigning.[1]
In the firstSgt Fury Annual taking place with the Howlers (Howling Commandos) being recalled up to service in theKorean War, Pinkerton was asergeant as were all the other former private soldiers of the unit.[volume & issue needed] At the time of their 1966Vietnam War mission (Sgt Fury and his Howling Commandos Annual #3) Pinkerton was managing aPlayboy Club inLondon.[volume & issue needed]
Pinkerton, Izzy Cohen and Dino Manelli had a reunion with Fury aboard theS.H.I.E.L.D.Helicarrier.[2]
As with several other members of the Howling Commandos, Pinkerton joined S.H.I.E.L.D.[volume & issue needed] He later dies from cancer, with Dum Dum Dugan at his side.[3]
Pinkerton woreEssex Regiment shoulder flashes on his battledress. Thebattalion that Lt. Colonel Pinkerton led was referred to as the "Burma Dragons". During theBurma Campaign theEssex Regiment were part of theChindits. A famous member of the regiment wasArthur Percival, who was commissioned into the regiment in 1916 and achieved fame as a RegimentalIntelligence Officer. He later commanded the Imperial Garrison atSingapore, surrendering his command to the Japanese in 1942.
Three ancestors of Percy were mentioned in Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos. These include:
In a 2002 interview with theTraditional Values Coalition's executive directorAndrea Sheldon Lafferty about the latest incarnation of the comic book character of theRawhide Kid, who was now homosexual,Stan Lee said, "years ago [a comic book] that I did,Sgt Fury, ...had a gay character. One member of theplatoon was called, I think, Percy Pinkerton. He was gay. We didn't make a big issue of it. In this comic book that I read, the word gay wasn't even used. He's just a colorful character who follows his own different drummer. He follows a different beat. But we're not proselytizing for gayness".[4] In a 2005 interview, however, Lee stated that Pinkerton came off as being gay, but that "it wasn't purposely done that way".[5]
InSgt Fury #23 Pinkerton was portrayed as aplayboy. ArtistDick Ayers said in an interview that Lee told him to base Pinkerton on actorDavid Niven.[6]
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