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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | Team America #2 (Jul 1982) |
| Created by | Bill Mantlo and Mike Vosburg |
| In-story information | |
| Alter ego | Luke Merriweather |
| Species | Human Mutant |
| Team affiliations | Thunderiders |
Cowboy (Luke Merriweather) is a fictional character in the Marvel Universe. He is a mutant and a member of Team America.
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Cowboy first appeared in Team America #2 (July 1982), and was created by Bill Mantlo and Mike Vosburg.
The character subsequently appears in Team America #3-12 (August 1982-May 1983), The New Mutants #5-6 (July-August 1983), #8 (October 1983), and The Thing #27 (September 1985).
Cowboy appeared as part of the "Thunderiders" entry in the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition #13.
Luke Merriweather was born in Austin, Texas. He once worked as a rodeo performer. With Wrench, he joined the professional motorcyclist team called Team America, which was eventually known as the Thunderiders.
Cowboy and Team America are permorning at a carnival and bike show when they are attacked by gunmen under the command of Silver Samurai. The New Mutants happen to be in attendance, and spring into action, not knowing that Team America are themselves mutants. The Silver Samurai captures the Dark Rider, but instead it turns out the person he captured is Mirage. Viper uses her as a hostage to blackmail Team America into accepting a mission; Professor X finds them using Cerebro and proposes to help them accomplish the mission.[1] Team America moves against an AIM base, retrieving a strange crystal from it. Elsewhere, Team America escapes pursuit by summoning the Black Rider into El Lobo.[2]
Cowboy is a mutant who shares a mental link with the four other members of the Thunderiders. The five mutants can project their collective physical skills, strength, and knowledge into another person without diminishing their own abilities in any way.