WARTSTAFF
Real Name: Wartstaff
Identity/Class: Extradimensional (Microverse) extraterrestrial humanoid insectoid (Insectivorid, citizen of Kaliklak)
Occupation: Gang leader
Group Membership: His own gang
Affiliations: His own gang, Kaliklak rebels
formerly Colonial Governor of Kaliklak
Enemies: Colonial Governor of Kaliklak, Dog
Soldiers;
formerly Bug, Jasmine
Known Relatives: Bug (son)
Aliases: None
Base of Operations: Kaliklak, Microverse
First Appearance: Micronauts I#13 (January,
1980)
Powers/Abilities: Wartstaff, like other Insectivorids, has naturally green skin plus multifaceted yellow eyes that provided enhanced vision. He also has two antennae protruding from his forehead that facilitate communication with other insect forms on the planet and give heightened sensory awareness. Like other Insectivorids, he speaks with an intermittent "tik" sound due to a chitinous membrane in his throat. Like other Insectivorids, he has three digits on each hand. He is overweight, ruthless and uses a blaster pistol.
Height: 5'8"
(Microverse, relative)
Weight: 150 lbs. (Microverse,
relative)
Eyes: Yellow
Hair: Dark green
History:
(Micronauts I#13 (fb) - BTS) - Rival gang leader Wartstaff betrayed his son Bug, handing him over to the despot Baron Karza's Colonial Governor on Kaliklak so that he could take over Bug's gang. Wartstaff lied to the gang that Bug had betrayed them to the Colonials for information on their lair. Wartstaff's clumsy leadership led to several gang members getting killed by Colonials, but Wartstaff blamed it on Bug's supposed betrayal. Wartstaff then coerced Bug's lover Jasmine and her gang into joining him.
(Micronauts I#13) - Bug eventually escaped and returned to Kaliklak. He confronted the traitorous Wartstaff in his den during a gluttonous feast away from any travails against Colonial oppressors. Jasmine stopped Wartstaff's hidden knife attack by slicing off his antennae. Bug, Jasmine and their allies also stopped Wartstaff's loyalists.
Micronauts I#14 (fb) - BTS) - Bug had Wartstaff placed under guard at the lair so that he, Jasmine and the others could fight Colonials and Karza's Dog Soldiers elsewhere.
(Micronauts I#14) - Bug and his crew overwhelmed the
Dog Soldiers at Central Nest's Air Terminus. Wartstaff had escaped and
followed Bug, and joined Bug's brigands taking control of fighter craft
in an attack on the Colonial
Governor's headquarters next. Heavy defensive fire kept the fighters at
bay. Wartstaff disassembled his battle cruiser to distract the main
gun,
hoping he could lead his old gang in looting the governor's HQ so they
would return following him, but Wartstaff's plan failed and his
cruiser segment was blasted, the blazing debris falling onto the main
gun. That gun's destruction let the Kaliklakians penetrate the defenses.
Comments: Created by Bill Mantlo, Howard Chaykin & Al Milgrom.
Wartstaff also appears in a big double-page spread by Steve Ditko of Micronauts characters in Micronauts Annual#1.
Profile by Grendel Prime.
CLARIFICATIONS
:
Wartstaff has no known connections to:
images:
(without ads)
Micronauts I#13, cover (main image)
p9, pan2 (headshot)
Appearances:
Micronauts I#13 (January, 1980) - Bill Mantlo (writer),
Howard Chaykin (pencils), Al Milgrom (inks/editor)
Micronauts I#14 (February, 1980) - Bill Mantlo (writer),
Howard Chaykin (pencils), Al Milgrom (inks/editor)
First posted: 11/09/2024
Last updated:
11/09/2024
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