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Fictional character biography

Joe Cartelli is the son of Frank Cartelli, who was gunned down by the mob. While it was never explicitely stated, it is believed that Joe was a cop, or at least received some police training at some point of his life. He started to infiltrate the Barrigan crime family, masquerading as a mobster. At one point, he somehow acquired a belt with micro-circuitry of unknown origin that could give him the Blue Shield powers, and used it to fight his family and various other criminals. He also shortly allied with Dazzler. The Mafia (also referred to as Cosa Nostra or the Mob), is a criminal secret society which first developed in the mid-19th century in Sicily. ... A police officer is a warranted employee of a police service. ... Integrated circuit showing memory blocks, logic and input/output pads around the periphery Microchips with a transparent window, showing the integrated circuit inside. ... Dazzler (Alison Blaire) is a Marvel Comics superhero, associated with the X-Men. ...

Blue Shield was next seen attempting to join the Avengers, but was then approached to become security director for Project: Pegasus, a secret research project of the US Government. At that point, the abilities once conferred by the belt were somehow natural for Joe and could produce the same effects without any visible equipment. He did a good job but resigned after he failed to protect the project from the alien lifeform called Omnivore. However, he later reaccepted the post. The Avengers is a fictional comic book superhero team in the Marvel Comics universe. ... Cover to The Project Pegasus Saga TPB Project: Pegasus is a fictional scientific base in the Marvel Comics universe which has been the location of a variety of stories for superheroes and supervillains, most notably in the title Marvel Two-in-One. ...

The Initiative

Joseph is being considered as a "potential recruit" for the Initiative program, according to Civil War: Battle Damage Report.

Powers & abilities

• The microcircuitry-lined belt (of unknown origin and design) granted Cartelli the ability to generate a powerful force field.
• The field not only protected him from physical attack, but it could also filter out harmful gases and protect him from temperature extremes.
• The belt also heightened his metabolism, granting him increased strength, speed, stamina, agility, and reflexes.
• Over time, exposure to the belt (or perhaps its unknown power source) apparently mutated Cartelli's genetic structure to the point where he no longer needed the belt to use his powers. The current status of the belt are unknown.

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Brief bibliography

• Dazzler #5,14
• Contest of Champions #3
• Captain America #352
• Quasar #8
• Marvel Super Heroes vol. 3 #3
• Avengers vol. 3 #3

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External link

• Marvel Universe: Blue Shield
• MarvelDirectory.com: Blue Shield
• Blue Shield profile