Moses Magnum
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Moses Magnum is a fictional arms dealer, terrorist, and supervillain in the Marvel Comics universe.
[edit] Fictional character history
Magnum was born in Ethiopia, but sided with Benito Mussolini's occupying army against his own people. Magnum later became a naturalized American citizen. As an arms expert, Magnum battled Spider-Man and the Punisher.Magnum surprisingly survived after the Punisher exposed him to chemical weapons. Then, he seemingly fell to his death after a battle with Luke Cage. However, Magnum was rescued by Apocalypse and granted superhuman powers which Magnum dubbed his "Magnum Force." His powers including superhuman strength and geologically-based powers to cause earthquakes and sense disruptions in the Earth.
Magnum next threatened to create earthquakes to sink Japan unless he was named the nation's ruler. His plan was foiled by an assault by the X-Men and Sunfire on Magnum's Kuril Islands headquarters. Banshee disrupted Magnum's earthquake beam, but suffered a long-term loss of his own sonic powers in the process.
Magnum later became an adversary of Deathlok.
Later, Magnum's efforts to sink a floating resort were foiled by the combined efforts of the Avengers and future Avenger Triathlon.
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