"Banko Squad" (Spider-Man foes)

"BANKO SQUAD"

Membership: Four unnamed persons, race and gender unknown

Identity/Class: Human (presumably), technology-users

Purpose: Presumably theft for profit

Affiliations: None known

Enemies: Spider-Man

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: None known

Base of Operations: Presumably New York City

First Appearance: Peter Parker: Spider-Man#16 (April 2000)

Powers/Abilities: The four members of the Banko Squad wore full body armor and carried high-tech weapons but never actually demonstrated the abilities of either.

History: Nothing is known about the identities or origins of the Banko Squad, although Spider-Man speculated that they were "probably former, disgruntled army special ops."

(Peter Parker: Spider-Man#16) - The Banko Squad robbed a Chase Bank in New York City on a Monday morning. They successfully exited the bank with bags of cash, only to be immobilized when they stepped onto an area permeated with Spider-Man's webbing. Spider-Man, incredulous that anyone would rob a bank in hero-heavy NYC during the electronic era, then covered the foursome with webbing and quickly rendered them unconscious, departing after the police arrived.

Comments: Created by Howard Mackie, A.A. Ward, John Romita, Jr., and Scott Hanna

The Banko Squad were not actually given a name in PPSM#16 ("Cliche"), in which Spider-Man encountered several other "cliched" situations and super-villains, including the Squid, Ms. Fortune, the Wicked Brigade (Ogre, Lightning Fist, and Razor Wire), and Master Monarch (Yet another villain, the Agitator, was mentioned but not seen.).

Profile by Ronald Byrd

CLARIFICATIONS: The Banko Squad has no known connection with:

the Bank Robbers, a trio of criminals in blue-and-gold uniforms, defeated by Iron Man with the help of Hostess Fruit Pies
the Green Liberation Front, a group of war veterans who robbed banks while wearing armor given to them by the Titanium Man, @ Thor I#354
any of the nigh-infinite number of bank robbers who have been defeated by various super-heroes throughout the years

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Peter Parker: Spider-Man#16, p1, pan3 (main image)
p1, pan2 (robbing a bank)

Last updated: 07/29/03

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