JOHN BAKER

Real Name: John Baker

Identity/Class: Human (Old West Era)

Occupation: Criminal

Group Membership: Unlucky Thirteen Gang

Affiliations: Unlucky Thirteen Gang

Enemies: Two-Gun Kid

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: Devil's Cauldron in the area around Tombstone, Texas

First Appearance: Marvel Comics Presents#116/4 (1992)

Powers/Abilities: None. He was an average marksman with revolvers and a lousy leader.

History:
(MCP#116/4): The villainous John Baker lured Two-Gun Kid into a trap at Devil's Cauldron. His Unlucky Thirteen Gang was ready and they gave anything and they all died doing so. One of the Unlucky Thirteen gang was able to hit Two-Gun Kid in the leg, but he died as well. The only one left was Baker himself and he lost his revolver. Two-Gun threatened him with his guns and Baker didn't take up his revolver again. He went with Two-Gun Kid through the desert. Once he fell down and threw sand into Two-Gun Kid's face. He got the guns of his foe, but Two-Gun wasn't afraid and just punched him out. Baker didn't resist the rest of the way to Tombstone and went directly into the first opened cell. The Sheriff laughed when he heard that Baker didn't realized that Two-Gun Kid was out of ammo after he had killed the other twelve members of the Unlucky Thirteen Gang.

Comments: Created by Dan Slott & Gil Kane

    You're the leader of a gang consisting of thirteen people including you. A guy with two guns, which each carry six bullets, kills everyone except you. What do you do?
I think Baker never passed the first grade.

Clarifications:

John Baker has no known connections to

• Baker, partner of Alpha and Charlie @ X-Force#108
• Baker, Al, the publisher of Ultra Monthly on Earth-UV @ PRIME#1
• Baker, Anne-Marie, research assistant of Evan Swann @ Amazing Spider-Man I#310
• Baker, Glen, New Universe, Justice character @ Justice#18
• Baker, Hiram, of the Old West @ Rawhide Kid III#1
• Baker, Lt. Jim, American helicopter pilot @ Tales of Suspense I#61/2
• Baker, Pvt. Lee, of the Leatherneck Raiders in World War II @ Captain Savage and his Leatherneck Raiders#1
• Baker, Lt. William @ Navy Combat#1
• or to anyone else with a similar name

Unlucky Thirteen Gang has no known connections to

• Thirteen, HYDRA members @ Namor Annual#4
• Thirteen 2099, Controller @ X-Men#2099#3
• Thirteenth Dimension, Ankh Dimension @ Avengers III#59
• or to anyone else with a similar name

images:

John Baker body shot: Marvel Comics Presents#116, barcode side, p15, pan4

John Baker head shot: Marvel Comics Presents#116, barcode side, p12, pan2

Last updated: 11/06/04

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