MARAUDERS
Earth-295
Membership: Arcade, Dirigible (Wilson Fisk), Owl
(Leland Owlsley), Red (Norman Osborn)
Purpose: Terrorists
Aliases: None
Affiliations: Apocalypse (En Sabah Nur), Mikhail Rasputin (see comments)
Enemies: Clint Barton, Gwen Stacy, Anthony Stark
Base of Operations: Mobile throughout Eurasia;
formerly New York City, New York
First Appearance: X-Universe I#1 (May, 1995)
History:
(X-Universe I#1 (fb) - BTS) - The Marauders were a band of
cybernetically enhanced humans who willingly became freelance terrorists
who target fellow humans for sport and profit. Apocalypse tolerated the
Marauders because their actions damaged their own kind.
(X-Universe I#1 (fb) - BTS) - The Marauders made a name for themselves
throughout Europe and Asia, often attacking and raiding relief efforts
and other low-risk targets. Though they fashioned themselves to be
terrorists, they were mostly known in the field as notorious cowards
with power.
(X-Universe I#1 (fb) - BTS) - When the Marauders learned of an ongoing
Red Cross relief mission in Wakanda's capital, they decided to attack
and raid the once prosperous kingdom.
(X-Universe I#1) - Led by Dirigible (Wilson Fisk), the Marauders flew in
on their airsteppers. Firing off a series of explosives to announce
their presence, they immediately caused numerous casualties among the
refugee population. Pressing the attack, Dirigible ordered Arcade, Red
and the Owl to fire their wrist-mounted weapons at the helpless women
and children who gathered at the camp. Dirigible readied himself to hurl
deadly electrical blasts into the crowd, but he was opposed by American
relief worker Gwen Stacy who managed to hit his power pack with her pump
rifle. The bullet caused the pack to overload which led to Fisk
exploding on the spot.
(X-Universe I#1) - Stacy then
found herself facing the sadistic Arcade who didn't seem to mind the
death of Dirigible. He was much more interested in her pump rifle,
explaining that he used to own one as well. Before Arcade could attack,
he found himself crushed by half a dozen giant relief packages dropped
from the loading bay of the newly arrived Stark Cargo Transport piloted
by Clint Barton.
(X-Universe I#1) - Barton, guided by Anthony Stark, then focused the
ship's weapon systems on Red and the Owl. Once he had solid target
locks, Barton managed to hit both mercenaries and their power packs.
They were killed in the ensuing explosions.
(X-Universe I#1- BTS) - After the attack was over, Wakandans rushed to
get supplies from the dropped relief packages, ignoring the splattered
corpse of Arcade that was left alone to bleed out into the soil.
Comments: Created by Scott Lobdell & Terry Kavanagh, Carlos Pacheco, Cam
Smith.
Considering Earth-295's divergence
point from Earth-616 is the death of Charles Xavier, this means that
technically the members of Earth-295's Marauders largely had the same
past as their counterparts on 616. However, since this has not (yet)
been confirmed on panel, none of that is included in the profile.
Though their link is not confirmed in the story, the cybernetically
enhanced Marauders look like they're a part of Mikhail Rasputin's
Stryfe Force, a small army of enhanced humans that could be made to
obey his every whim.
Profile by Norvo.
CLARIFICATIONS:
Marauders of Earth-295 should not be confused with:
Before the rise of Apocalypse, the man known only as
Arcade made a name for himself as an assassin. As a member of the
Marauders, Arcade combined his love of weapons with a penchant for
cruelty. He was quick to attack and liked to toy with his victims.
During the Marauders' attack on Wakanda, he briefly interacted with Gwen
Stacy, even complimenting her on her weapon of choice: an old-fashioned
pump rifle. Arcade was squatted by relief packages dropped by Clint
Barton piloting the giant Stark Cargo-Transport.
--X-Universe I#1
The unofficial leader of the Marauders. Before the rise of
Apocalypse, Wilson Fisk was publicly known as a humble dealer in spices.
However, he was secretly operating in the underworld, ready to become a
kingpin of crime. When that was no longer an option in En Sabah Nur's
America, Fisk decided to use his wealth to buy himself into the high
lord's good graces. Outfitted with an airstepper that allowed flight and
wrist-mounted blasters that generated electrical blasts, he became known
as Dirigible. Fisk led the attack on Wakanda, ordering the Marauders to
fire on any and all refugees. Fisk did not count on American relief
worker Gwen Stacy who fired her primitive pump rifle at him. She managed
to overload power pack, causing him to be blown to bits.
--X-Universe I#1
Leland Owlsey joined the Marauders as the mysterious Owl. He did not speak much, instead he preferred to let his razor sharp claws do the talking for him. Owl used airsteppers for flight and also had access to the team's standard wrist mounted blasters which he used to casually kill Wakandan women and children. Owl was shot out of the sky by Clint Barton piloting the giant Stark Cargo-Transport.
--X-Universe I#1
Influential business man Norman Osborn chose to survive
the rise of Apocalypse by buying himself a place in the new world order.
Outfitted with technology, including airsteppers and wrist-mounted
blasters, he served on the Marauders as Red. He had no qualms about
killing those less fortunate than him, willingly shooting Wakandan women
and children when the team attacked a relief mission. Red was shot out
of the sky by Clint Barton piloting the giant Stark Cargo-Transport.
--X-Universe I#1
Appearances:
X-Universe I#1 (May, 1995) - Scott
Lobdell & Terry Kavanagh (writers), Carlos Pacheco (pencils), Cam
Smith (inks), Marie Javins (editor)
First Posted: 01/05/2025
Last updated: 01/05/2025
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