Battlestar (comics)

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Battlestar


Battlestar in Civil War Frontline #3,
art by Raymond Sachs.
Publisher Marvel Comics
First appearance Captain America #323 (November 1986)
Created by Mark Gruenwald
Paul Neary
Characteristics
Alter ego Lemar Hoskins
Affiliations Opponents of the Superhuman Registration Act, Wild Pack
Bold Urban Commandos
U.S. Agent
CSA
Notable aliases Bucky
Abilities Superhuman strength, stamina, durability, agility and reflexes

Battlestar (Lemar Hoskins), who was also the fourth Bucky, is a fictional character, who is a superhero in the Marvel Comics universe. He was created by Mark Gruenwald and Paul Neary in Captain America #323 (November 1986).

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[edit] Fictional character biography

Lemar Hoskins was born in Chicago, Illinois. He was once a wrestler who was given superhuman strength by the Power Broker together with his buddies in the Bold Urban Commandos and the Super-Patriot. The "BUCkies" were employed by John Walker, the Super-Patriot.

[edit] Bucky

When the federal Commission on Superhuman Activities eventually selected Walker to replace Steve Rogers as Captain America, Lemar was the only one in his group allowed to accompany the new Captain America. Lemar took the identity of Bucky, after the original Bucky Barnes, Captain America’s original partner, and underwent a rigorous training under the supervision of the Commission.

[edit] Battlestar

Lemar soon took on the identity of Battlestar, wearing a new costume and wielding a shield patterned on the one Captain America originally carried, after another black man convinced him that Bucky was a demeaning title. When Steve Rogers resumed the identity of Captain America, Battlestar left federal employment and returned to his native Chicago. He became a member of Silver Sable's Wild Pack for some time, eventually returning to the United States.

[edit] Civil War

Main article: Civil War (comics)

He is now allied with those superheroes opposed to the Superhuman Registration Act[1]. Battlestar and many of his allies were taken into custody by S.H.I.E.L.D. agents operating alongside Iron Man[2].

[edit] Powers and equipment

  • As a result of the experimental mutagenic process conducted on him by the Power Broker, Lemar Hoskins has superhuman strength. His endurance is also heightened albeit to a lesser degree. His agility and reflexes are of the order of a superior Olympic athlete. Additionally, he possesses superhuman durability and resilience, enabling him to survive high impacts and blows, and in one instance to survive being hung by the Watchdogs (a Red Skull front group).
  • Battlestar is an exceptional hand-to-hand combatant trained by the Taskmaster.
  • He carries a near indestructible triangular adamantium shield in combat, and is capable of using it defensively against kinetic and energy based attacks, and offensively as a missile weapon.

[edit] Trivia

  • Battlestar's name change came about due to African-American fans writing to Marvel and telling them that Buck or Bucky was considered a derogatory term among blacks. Mark Gruenwald, who hadn't known this, worked it into the plot and gave Hoskins his new name, thus deepening the character.[citation needed]
  • In his early appearances, despite a hitch in the U.S. Army, Lemar Hoskins was portrayed as functionally illiterate. His learning to read and bettering his education was to be a major part of his growth as a character, but later writers quickly brushed this aspect under the rug.[citation needed]

[edit] Bibliography

[edit] Significant stories

Hoskins becomes the fourth Bucky. Art by Tom Morgan.
Hoskins becomes the fourth Bucky. Art by Tom Morgan.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Civil War: Frontline #3
  2. ^ Civil War: Frontline #4

[edit] Resources

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