SILENCER

Real Name: Count Barzon

Identity/Class: Human

Occupation: Count of Bodavia

Affiliations: None

Affiliations: Hal Doerner, Baroness Leah

Enemies: Sigjid Roskoff, the Falcon

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: Bodavia

First Appearance: Marvel Premiere#49 (August, 1979)

Powers: The Silencer possessed no superhuman powers. He wielded a gun which could remove the ability of speech from whoever it struck.

History: (Marvel Premiere#49)- Count Barzon accepted an assignment from the Bodavian Freedom Party to kill the troublesome Sigjid Roskoff, an outspoken editorializer. Taking on the identity of the Silencer, Barzon captured him at the Bodavian embassy in New York, then made him write a confession retracting his editorials before killing him.

Barzon took on the costume again, possibly to throw off suspicion, by attacking a Communist rally. He was opposed by the Falcon, but escaped after throwing a grenade, which the Falcon was forced to dispose of.

At a rally in Roskoff's honor, Barzon arranged for a two-bit thug named Hal Doerner to appear as the Silencer, to throw off suspicion. However, Barzon had planned to murder Doerner, and by killing him, believed that no one would suspect his double identity.

However, Roskoff had left a clue in his confession letter, which the Falcon was able to discern, and capture Barzon, turning him over to the police.

Comments: Created by Mark Evanier, Sal Buscema and Dave Simons.

Baroness Leah was a prominent Bodavian who greeted Falcon at the embassy's party, and introduced him to Roskoff. She was a friend of Barzon's, but was apparently unaware he was the Silencer.

--Marvel Premiere#49

Sigjid Roskoff was a promiment member of Bodavian society whose speeches regarding patriotism and civil rights inflamed many readers. Barzon made Roskoff sign a letter saying he renounced all he had said, then killed him to make money from the Bodavian Freedom Party, but before dying, he left a clue which the Falcon was able to solve-- dots over certain letters in his letter: "O, T, T, F, F, S, S, E, N". One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six, Seven, Eight, Nine-- the count.

--Marvel Premiere#49

Hal Doerner was a thug hired by Barzon to dress up as the Silencer to throw suspicion off himself. Barzon killed Doerner in costume so he would be unable to talk.

-Marvel Premiere#49

by Prime Eternal

CLARIFICATIONS:
The Silencer should not be confused with:

• Silencer, Cross-Tech hitman, @ Hawkeye I#2
• Silencer, mob enforcer, @ Spider-Man/Elektra 1998 Annual
• Silencers, a group of mercenaries, @ Web of Spider-Man I#113
• Silencers, agents of Department H, who used armor based on the original Guardian armor, @ X-Man#27
• Silence, wife of Dust, leader of the New Wave, @ Dazzler#41
• Silence, a Madripoor ninja, hired by Rosalie Carbone to kill the Punisher, @ Punisher War Zone#8
• Silence, two of the agents' of the Foreigner's Death Squad, who could be transferred into a new host body after the death of a previous host, @ Web of Spider-Man#92, Spectacular Spider-Man#209
• Silent Fox, leader of Keewazi Indians,grandfather of Wyatt Wingfoot, @ Fantastic Four I#80
• Silent One, a servant of the cosmic entity Infinity, @ Thor I#184
• It, the Silent One, @ Tales to Astonish I#92
• Silent Ones, Trolls of the Isle of Silence, @ Avengers I#1
• Silent Ones, xd entities,enemies of the Sons of the Tiger, @ Deadly Hands of Kung-Fu#1, 10
• Silent Shadows, agents of Morelle Pharmaceuticals, @ Nightwatch#5
• Masters of Silence, the ninjas Inazumi, Kaminari, Kaze, who exist as the successors of generations of Japanese warriors,
  @ Iron Man#281

Appearances:
Marvel Premiere#49 (August, 1979) - Mark Evanier (writer), Sal Buscema (pencils), Dave Simons (inks), Roger Stern (editor)

Last updated: 06/12/11

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