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Bushmaster is the name of two Marvel Comics supervillains, who happen to be brothers of each other.
[edit] Bushmaster (John McIver)
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John McIver |
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organized crime |
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John McIver was a powerful crime boss and was oft-confronted by the super-hero Iron Fist. McIver is best known for his attempts to lure Misty Knight to his side. Misty even faked a relationship once in an attempt to bring Bushmaster down. In an attempt to exact revenge on Knight, he hired Luke Cage to kidnap her and bring her to him. As added incentive, he promised evidence that Cage was framed for the heroin possession charge he was imprisoned for, as well as holding Claire Temple and Noah Burstein hostage. Bushmaster forced Burstein to mutate him as he had Cage, but was nonetheless defeated and soon became paralyzed by the process. Bushmaster later died in battle, and his code-name was later honored by his younger brother, Quincy.
[edit] Bushmaster (Quincy McIver)
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Quincy McIver is a quadriplegic who possesses cybernetic limbs: two arms and a tail in the place of the lower half of his body and became Bushmaster. He lost his arms and legs in a boating accident while trying to evade the police underwater. Shortly later, Roxxon Oil Company equipped him with bionic arms and a snake-like tail. He took the name "Bushmaster" from his fallen brother, the first Bushmaster. Years later, Sidewinder enlisted Bushmaster to join the criminal trade union known as the Serpent Society. Bushmaster was grateful for the unity and the steady employment.
After all, he considered himself to be a freak, and the Society was his best chance in life. In fact, he made a friend in Diamondback, a fellow Society member that saved him after M.O.D.O.K. severed his artificial appendages. After the Viper took over the Society, Bushmaster remained loyal to Sidewinder. However, Sidewinder, disillusioned by the betrayals of some of the Serpents, turned over control of the guild to the Cobra, and Bushmaster served him next. At Diamondback's trial, he voted to spare her life from a death sentence. After the trial, Bushmaster fought Diamondback, and next, Captain America. He was finally taken into custody.
[edit] Civil War
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During the Civil War event, Bushmaster II, like many other villains, was apprehended by Baron Zemo and forced to join Thunderbolts
