TROUT

Real Name: Unrevealed

Identity/Class: Human

Occupation: Criminal

Group Membership: None

Affiliations: Cricket, Loose-Lips Lonigan, Owl, Long Tom Stoneham

Enemies: Black Widow (Natasha Romanova), Spider-Man (Peter Parker), Simon Stroud

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: New York City, New York

First Appearance: Marvel Team-Up I#98 (October, 1980)

Powers/Abilities: Trout has access to stockpiles of weapons.

History:

(Marvel Team-Up I#98 (fb) - BTS) - The Owl, in a mechanical wheelchair, united several of the city's gangs in order to pull of the biggest heist in the city's history. He began deploying arms to various criminals and required those who wanted in to buy in to the action. They planned to hit the Con Edison building on a preset night, knocking out the city's power and then raiding the city's riches. Criminals Trout and Cricket supervised much of the arms deliveries.

(Marvel Team-Up I#98) - During an arms delivery, Trout and Cricket were helping unload the truck when Black Widow, Spider-Man, and Simon Stroud attacked, taking down as many of the men as they could. Cricket, to cover his escape, tossed his lighter into a stack of explosives, but Stroud still leapt at him. Cricket shot Stroud with his wrist mounted pistol, then Cricket took Stroud hostage and drove away. Spider-Man managed to capture the unconscious Trout and hung him from a high bridge in order to get him to confess to the arms raise; Trout was then dropped off at the police station. Spider-Man soon tracked down the Owl and his men to Long Tom Stoneham's place by getting information from "Loose Lips" Lonigan.

Comments: Created by Marv Wolfman, Roger McKenzie, Will Meugniot, and Bruce Patterson.

Profile by Chadman.

CLARIFICATIONS:
Trout has no known connections to

• Trout of Earth-8410 of 2020 AD @ Wild Thing I#1
• or any other "Trout" characters

Cricket

(Marvel Team-Up I#98 (fb) - BTS) - The Owl, in a mechanical wheelchair, united several of the city's gangs in order to pull of the biggest heist in the city's history. He began deploying arms to various criminals and required those who wanted in to buy in to the action. They planned to hit the Con Edison building on a preset night, knocking out the city's power and then raiding the city's riches. Criminals Trout and Cricket supervised much of the arms deliveries.

(Marvel Team-Up I#98) - During an arms delivery, Trout and Cricket were helping unload the truck when Black Widow, Spider-Man, and Simon Stroud attacked, taking down as many of the men as they could. Cricket, to cover his escape, tossed his lighter into a stack of explosives, but Stroud still leapt at him. Cricket shot Stroud with his wrist mounted pistol, then Cricket took Stroud hostage and drove away. They reconvened at Long Tom Stoneham's estate, where they kept Stroud tied up until Black Widow and Spider-Man attacked, defeating the men and the Owl.

--Marvel Team-Up I#98 (Marvel Team-Up I#98 (fb) - BTS, Marvel Team-Up I#98

Long Tom Stoneham

(Marvel Team-Up I#98 - BTS) - Long Tom Stoneham hosted a gathering of criminals and arms merchants at his estate outside New York City, but the meeting was interrupted by Spider-Man and the Black Widow.

--Marvel Team-Up I#98 (Marvel Team-Up I#98 - BTS

"Loose Lips" Lonigan

(Marvel Team-Up I#98) - "Loose Lips" Lonigan, a known criminal stoolie, was checking out a girl who was walking past when Spider-Man grabbed him by a web and hung him from a pole. Lonigan revealed that arms merchants were planning on meeting at Long Tom Stoneham's estate, so Spider-Man let Lonigan down.

--Marvel Team-Up I#98

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Marvel Team-Up I#98, p8, pan1-3 (Trout)