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Little was known about the past of the first and most successful of theScourge of the Underworld. From what was known of the organization, he was most likely recruited for the program byDomino and trained byBloodstain. The first member of the organization to go active, this Scourge was responsible for most (but not all) of the organization's early hits.

The Scourge's first victim wasEnforcer, who had been recently contacted in his hotel room byMadame Masque (acting on behalf ofObadiah Stane). The Enforcer agreed to spring Stane's agent,Termite from prison, but was stopped just outside his hotel by a bag lady who asked him for some change. The Enforcer told her to get lost, so she shot him with a submachine gun she had hidden in her coat. As the fatally wounded Enforcer fell to the sidewalk, the mysterious assailant proclaimed "Justice is Served!" and disappeared. The declaration would be heard again many times as the Scourge claimed more victims.^[1]

Later, the Scourge posed as a passenger on a bus carryingMiracle Man. When the bus was also boarded byBen Grimm, he pestered Grimm throughout the ride. Eventually, Miracle Man used his powers to stop the bus, hoping to intercept a prison transport carrying theRhino and free him. While Grimm and Rhino fought, Scourge revealed himself and shot Miracle Man, again proclaiming "Justice is Served!".^[2]

Later, Scourge blastedPsycho-Man'sHate Monger construct after he had already been defeated by theFantastic Four.She-Hulk attempted to capture the Scourge, but he escaped down an alley.^[3]

Disguising himself as an old man, the Scourge later shotThor's enemy,Megatak.^[4] In another incident at Marvel Comics, a Scourge agent (possibly this Scourge) took advantage of the chaos surrounding a fight between various heroes and the newLethal Legion to shoot the would-be heroPhone Ranger in the head.^[5] This attempt failed, as Phone Ranger’s phone-shaped headgear had apparently deflected the bullet.

Scourge also attempted to assassinateConstrictor after he was badly beaten byAnaconda because he sold theSerpent Society out toCaptain America. Posing as Nurse Emmett, the Scourge convinced a visiting Captain America to leave the room, but failed to kill Constrictor when the Captain returned. Scourge escaped through the window before he could be apprehended.^[6] Later, Scourge's plan to eliminateKraven the Hunter was foiled when Kraven encountered and foughtTigra in Central Park. The fight drew too many witnesses for him to act, and also made it too difficult for him to get a clear shot without endangering Tigra.^[7]

Scourge later killed the Melter's assistant, Keegan, then borrowed his identity to get close enough to eliminate theMelter himself.^[8] Soon after, a different Scourge operative (possiblyCaprice) disguised herself as a new recruit named Golddigger to shoot fellow GrapplerTitania. As she left, she encountered Ben Grimm andBattleaxe, who heard the shot. She blamed the attack on an unknown man, then escaped.

Disguising himself as a construction worker at theBaxter Building, Scourge shotBasilisk out of a window shortly after he escaped his underground entrapment.^[9] Disguised as a garbage man, the Scourge shot theFly.^[10] Later, he managed to shoot down a Serpent Saucer piloted byDeath Adder, and scored another successful kill when Death Adder "hijacked" a taxi cab, only to be shot when the driver turned out to be the Scourge in disguise.^[11] Next, he posed as a truck driver and assaulted a hitchhikingBlue Streak.^[11]

After Captain America learned the extent of Scourge's plan following a battle withBlacklash, theAvengers launched an investigation. Unaware of increased efforts to catch him, Scourge slept in his van until a transmission from Domino awakened him to update him on a number of super-powered villains' locations. Scourge resolved to kill whoever was closest, who turned out to beDiamondback, in the hospital recovering from an injury. Scourge arrived too late, however, and arrived just as Diamondback was broken out by fellow Serpent Society memberCobra.

Scourge's finest moment came when Gary Gilbert, formerlyFirebrand, assembled several super-villains at the Bar with No Name in Medina County, Ohio to address the growing Scourge problem. The Scourge himself was in attendance, disguised as the bartender, Jake. No sooner had Gilbert called the meeting to order than Scourge attacked, killing all 18 in attendance. The villains killed in the Bar with No Name Incident also includedGrappler,Hellrazor,Hijacker,Mind-Wave,Shellshock,Steeplejack, andVamp. Because the bar had a strict "No Weapons" policy to keep super-powered bar fights from turning lethal, the villains didn't have a chance.^[12]

• Disguise: The Scourge of the underworld was a master of disguise, and often used latex masks, body padding, and costumes to disguise himself as ordinary people of all ages, races, and walks of life, both male and female.
• Acting: His acting abilities were commensurate with his disguise skills.
• Marksmanship: The Scourge was also a decent marksman.
• Hand-to-Hand Combat: From what was now known about the Scourges as an organization, we can also presume that he was trained byBloodstain, and thus had some ability in hand-to-hand combat.

• The Scourge yelled "Justice is served" after every successful assassination.

• As mentioned above, the Scourge claimed to be the brother ofEnforcer before his death. The Enforcer's entry in the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe, Deluxe Edition clearly states that not only was the Enforcer always Delazny, not Collier (a point on which there had been some debate), but also that he was an only child. This indicates that Scourge was in fact lying when he claimed to be the Enforcer's younger brother.

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