BATTLEAXE
Real Name: Unrevealed
Identity/Class: Human technology user, or
possibly human magic user (fringe character)
Occupation: Robber
Group Membership: None
Affiliations: None
Enemies: Iron Man (Tony Stark)
Known Relatives: None
Aliases: None
Base of Operations: Unrevealed
First Appearance: Hostess Fruit Pies ad "The Hungry Battleaxe!" from Marvel Team-Up I#91 (March, 1980) and other issues published in that month
Powers/Abilities: Battleaxe did not seem to
possess any inherent superhuman powers but he carried a large
battleaxe which he could
use to chop through walls. It is unrevealed if the battleaxe itself was
some
form of high-tech weapon or if it was actually a magically enchanted
artifact.
Battleaxe himself wore knight armor, though it is unrevealed if the armor had any special abilities.
Height: Unrevealed (approximately 6'2")
Weight: Unrevealed (approximately 185 lbs.)
Eyes: Unrevealed (see comments)
Hair: Unrevealed (see comments)
History:
("The Hungry Battleaxe!" story) - Battleaxe was robbing Uranium
vaults as Iron Man picked up the reports of the robbery on his helmet
radio. Hearing from a security guard that Battleaxe was hungry, the
Armored
Avenger threw some Hostess Fruit Pies at the nightmare-knight. The
light
tender crust and real fruit filling of the delicious snack made
Battleaxe
lay down his weapon forget about the robbery.
Comments: Created by an uncredited creative team (see comments below).
Battleaxe possibly had some connection to Joshua Stragg, "The Reaver."
Of all the Hostess villains, only Icemaster has shown up in an Earth-616 title. He could have crossed over to Earth-616 from "Earth-Hostess, " but I say leave them on Earth-616 until proven otherwise. Nonetheless, until they do show up in regular continuity, they remain outside regular canon. Surely someone will write a story teaming them all together--Snood.
This is not true anymore as some Hostess ad villains were mentioned in the Fantastic Four Encyclopedia as natives of Earth-616. And lets not forget about Printout Man in the New Avengers Most Wanted Files.
You can get the whole story, and some clever commentary from Seanbaby's The Hostess Page. It might not meet with the Comics Code Authority's approval, so kids, ask your parents before checking that out!
Given that they wield the same
type of weapon (and
share the same weakness), I suspect that the golden-armored warrior
from a Hostess ad with Thor was none other than Battleaxe!
--Carycomic
Back Issue#130 by TwoMorrows Publishing reveals that the writer of most of the comic book Hostess ads was ad agency copywriter Tony Macchia, although it speculated that Len Wein and Marv Wolfman may have written some of the earlier ones. As for the artists, the ads varied but many were "penciled by Sal Buscema or Ross Andru, with John Romita, Sr., George Tuska, Gene Colan, Gil Kane, Dave Cockrum, and Marie Severin among the Marvel Marvelites drawing some of the others. Even then-newcomer Frank Miller drew two of them!" --Proto-Man
Battleaxe's eye & hair color are impossible to determine, as he was never seen without his armor on. --Proto-Man
Profile by John
Kaminski.
CLARIFICATIONS:
Battleaxe has no known connection to:
Appearances:
"The Hungry Battleaxe!" (March, 1980) - uncredited creative team
First posted: 04/13/2005
Last updated: 03/28/2025
Any Additions/Corrections? please let me know.
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