Cutthroat (comics)
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| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | Marvel Team-Up (1st series) #89 (Jan 1980) |
| Created by | Chris Claremont, Michael Nasser and Rich Buckler |
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| Alter ego | Daniel Leighton |
| Team affiliations | Skeleton Crew |
Cutthroat (Daniel "Danny" Leighton) is a fictional character, a supervillain in the Marvel Universe who first appeared in Marvel Team-Up (1st series) #89. He is also the brother of Diamondback.
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[edit] Fictional character biography
Danny Leighton was born in Austin, Texas. He was a member of the Savage Crims, a New York street gang, as a young man.[1] He later became an assassin. He was hired by Amos Jardine to kill Spider-Man. He battled Nightcrawler and Spider-Man, and they defeated him.[2]
Many years later, he defeated Mangler and Deathstrike in a fight to the death to become the Red Skull's new chief operative, replacing Crossbones.[3] He underwent training by the Taskmaster.[4] He tried to persuade Blackwing and Jack O'Lantern to help him free Mother Night from the police.[5] He initiated a brief affair with Mother Night.[6] With the Skeleton Crew, he battled Crossbones and Diamondback. He realized that Diamondback was his sister, Rachel,[7] and revealed his true identity to her.[8]
When Crossbones returned, Cutthroat feared he would be made redundant and so planned to kill Crossbones in his sleep. However, Mother Night alerted Crossbones to the plan, and so Crossbones was waiting for the "ambush" and slit Cutthroat's throat and he was seemingly killed.[9] The Red Skull even inspected the apparent corpse.[10] However, unknown circumstances show that he is alive and was an inmate in The Raft where he escaped with a lot of other convicts. He was later recaptured.
The Hood has hired him as part of his criminal organization to take advantage of the split in the superhero community caused by the Superhuman Registration Act. He helped them fight the New Avengers but was taken down by Doctor Strange.
[edit] Powers and abilities
Cutthroat is a master at various forms of unarmed combat, having received special combat training from the Taskmaster. He is also highly skilled in throwing bladed weapons.
Cutthroat also wears lightweight body armor, and uses a sword and adamantium-edged knives. He carries a gun that fires rockets that explode on contact; on exploding, some rockets trigger a "sonic screamer" that induces pain in nearby victims. He also uses a rocket gun that also fires darts, some of which release blinding magnesium flares in impact.
[edit] Bibliography
- Captain America (1st series) #395-398, 400, 408-409 (death)
- Marvel Team-Up (1st series) #89
- New Avengers #1-4
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