The Captain (formerly Captain ☠☠☠☠, where ☠☠☠☠ is an unknown expletive) is a fictional character, a satiric Marvel Comics superhero appearing in the book Nextwave. He was created by Warren Ellis and Stuart Immonen and first appeared in Nextwave #1 (January 2006). Marvel Comics is an American comic book line published by Marvel Publishing, Inc. ... In comic books, first appearance refers to first comic book to feature a character. ... Nextwave is a comic book series published by Marvel Comics, that debuted in 2006 and was cancelled after issue #12,[1] which was published in February 2007. ... January 2006 : ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad accuses European nations of trying to complete the Holocaust by creating a Jewish camp Israel in the Middle East. ... Warren Ellis Warren Girade Ellis (born February 16, 1968) is a British author of comic books and graphic novels, well known for his acerbic personality and sociocultural commentaries, both through his online presence and his writing. ... Stuart Immonen is a comic book artist. ... The Highest Anti-Terrorism Effort, better known by its acronym H.A.T.E., is one of two antagonistic organizations in Marvel Comics Nextwave: Agents of H.A.T.E., a series created by Warren Ellis. ... Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future was a syndicated 1987-88 television series that ran for 22 episodes. ... Captain Ron is a 1992 film starring Martin Short and Kurt Russell. ... Lafayette Ronald Hubbard (March 13, 1911 – January 24, 1986), better known as L. Ron Hubbard, was an American science fiction writer,[2][3][4] creator of Dianetics, and founder of the Church of Scientology. ... Captain Universe is a disembodied superhero in Marvel Comics universe who was created by Bill Mantlo, and first appeared in Micronauts vol. ... Captain Ultra is a fictional character, a superhero in the Marvel Comics universe. ... Avalon, released in June 1982, was Roxy Musics eighth studio album; it is generally regarded as the culmination of the smoother, more adult-oriented sound of the bands later work. ... Captain Marvel may refer to: Captain Marvel (DC Comics), a young boy who transforms into a superhero by saying the word Shazam!; originally published by Fawcett Comics and currently published by DC Comics. ... The word expletive is currently used in three senses: syntactic expletives, expletive attributives, and bad language. The word expletive comes from the Latin verb explere, meaning to fill, via expletivus, filling out. It was introduced into English in the seventeenth century to refer to various kinds of padding — the padding... Alice, a fictional character based on a real character from the work of Lewis Carroll. ... Marvel Comics is an American comic book line published by Marvel Publishing, Inc. ... Nextwave is a comic book series published by Marvel Comics, that debuted in 2006 and was cancelled after issue #12,[1] which was published in February 2007. ... Warren Ellis Warren Girade Ellis (born February 16, 1968) is a British author of comic books and graphic novels, well known for his acerbic personality and sociocultural commentaries, both through his online presence and his writing. ... Stuart Immonen is a comic book artist. ...

In 2006 Editor-in-Chief Joe Quesada stated that Nextwave's setting was in an universe separate from the main Marvel continuity.^[1] However, recent issues of Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe, as well as Civil War: Battle Damage Report, consistently place Nextwave's activities in mainstream continuity. Joseph Joe Quesada (born December 1, 1962), colloquially known as Joe Q, is the editor-in-chief of Marvel Comics and a comic book writer and artist. ... The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe, also known as OHOTMU, is a guide which attempts to detail the fictional universe of Marvel Comics. ...

Fictional character biography

Nextwave

Little is known about the Captain's past before he joined H.A.T.E., the organization which assembled Nextwave. One of the few facts known are when he was a child, his mother hanged his favorite teddy bear, Special Bear; due to this, he dislikes teddy bears even in adulthood. The Highest Anti-Terrorism Effort, better known by its acronym H.A.T.E., is one of two antagonistic organizations in Marvel Comics Nextwave: Agents of H.A.T.E., a series created by Warren Ellis. ... Hanging is the suspension of a person by a ligature, usually a cord wrapped around the neck, causing death. ...

The Captain gained his powers from "the Heartstar of the space between the galaxies",^[2] also referred to as the "Messianic Siddhe-complex," which was bestowed upon him by a pair of small, green, altruistic extraterrestrials named Spa-Fon and Squa-Tront (both named from interjections frequently uttered by BEMs in EC scifi comics) in order to make Brooklyn a better place. As the Captain was incredibly drunk at the time, it is unknown if he remembers this event exactly, as he immediately attacked both aliens, believing them to be gold-bearing leprechauns. Bug-eyed monster is a phrase usually mean to describe one of the early, and now essentially hoary, conventions of the Science Fiction genre. ... Entertaining Comics was headed by William Gaines but is better known by its publishing name of EC Comics. ... This article is about the borough of New York City. ... In Irish mythology, a leprechaun (Modern Irish: leipreachán) is a type of male faerie said to inhabit the island of Ireland. ...

By his own admission, he used to go by Captain ☠☠☠☠, a moniker so offensive that when he met Captain America, the Avenger beat him severely and left him in a dumpster with a bar of soap in his mouth. The Captain used a lot of codenames as well, all of them starting with 'Captain', and had to abandon them all because someone else was already using them. In Nextwave #7 he mentions that he had to pay a "marine-looking melon farmer" to even use his current codename. Captain America is a fictional comic book superhero published by Marvel Comics. ... A collection of decorative soaps used for human hygiene purposes. ...

The Captain continues to use his codename in the Nextwave group while the other members have dropped them; according to Aaron Stack, this is due to an inability to remember his real name. Whether this memory loss is caused by his powers, a specific past event, or simply overindulgence of alcohol is not yet known. Machine Man (X-51) is a fictional character created by writer/artist Jack Kirby for Marvel Comics. ...

Similar to the rest of Nextwave, the Captain dresses in civilian clothes — sneakers, camouflage pants, a trenchcoat, and a white T-shirt with a black star which resembles the Heartstar — despite becoming a superhero "for the mask," as he stated in issue #1. Presumably he gave up his mask along with whatever alias he was using at the time. Countershaded Ibex are almost invisible in the Israeli desert. ...

The Captain is extremely cynical, foul-mouthed, and hard-drinking. His age is as yet undetermined, but his mother conceived him while listening to Roxy Music's 1982 album Avalon which would make him at most 23 years old, although years of hard living and general unkemptness arguably make him look older. While he appeared to be an adult during his origin, it is possible that he was actually in his mid-teens, meaning he may have had his powers as long as 7 years or more. Roxy Music are an English art rock group founded in the early 1970s by art school graduate Bryan Ferry (vocals and keyboards). ... Avalon, released in June 1982, was Roxy Musics eighth studio album; it is generally regarded as the culmination of the smoother, more adult-oriented sound of the bands later work. ...

Despite his name, he is not actually the captain of anything.

Avengers

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Powers and abilities

The Captain has, as of issue five, displayed superhuman strength, durability, the ability to fly unaided, and enhanced vision. He is strong enough to break one of the digits of the giant dragon Fin Fang Foom, and survived being at the epicenter of an explosion that did considerable damage to an entire city block. However, during his quest for a superhero name, he mentions he had been beaten up or easily intimidated by s number of individuals. The Captain's powers apparently are not hindered by alcohol, as he once drunkenly drove a man's spine through his chest merely by patting him on the back. Fin Fang Foom is a fictional character and an alien dragon that appears in the Marvel Universe. ...

According to dialogue by the aliens, his powers are magical in origin.

He has referred to his powers as "My generic set of super-hero abilities", alluding to both the satiric nature of his design and his own cynical personality. Whether or not this joke alludes to other "generic" powers (superspeed, energy projection and other enhanced senses) is yet to be seen.

Uni-Power?

'The Captain' imagines himself as Captain Universe, from Nextwave #10.

In Nextwave #10, Forbush Man makes the entire team experience life through 'Forbush Vision', showing each team member's life as if they had had a depressing, mundane, or cliched existence. The Captain's personal nightmare turned out to be an existence in which he had accepted the burden of 'Captain Universe' and ruined his life thereof. The Captain is freed from his nightmare, and it is unrevealed whether it had any element of truth in it.
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Footnotes

Related links

• List of obscure Marvel characters named 'Captain ____'