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+ | | Image = Black Fox (Thief) (Earth-616) from Irredeemable Ant-Man Vol 1 7 001.jpg |
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| − | | CurrentAlias = Black Fox |
+ | | CurrentAlias = [[Black Fox]] |
| − | | Aliases = Raul |
+ | | Aliases = [[Raul Chalmers]]{{r|Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A-Z Update Vol 1 1}}, [[Nussbaum|Mr. Nussbaum]]{{r|Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A-Z Update Vol 1 1}}, [[Osgood Hempstead]]{{r|Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A-Z Update Vol 1 1}}, Daniel Kiely, Matthew Lazenby, Tyler Mackenzie, Thomas Ogilvie, Mitchell Chessman, [[Thomas J. Murray]],{{r|Black Cat Vol 1 1}} [[Francis Featherbottom]]{{r|Black Cat Vol 1 2}} |
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+ | | Identity = Known to Authorities |
| + | | Affiliation = Formerly [[Walter Hardy (Earth-616)|Walter Hardy]] and [[Castillo Drake (Earth-616)|Castillo Drake]] |
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| − | | Identity = Public |
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| Relatives = Unidentified mother |
| Relatives = Unidentified mother |
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| Universe = Earth-616 |
| Universe = Earth-616 |
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| + | | BaseOfOperations = [[New York City]], [[New York (State)|New York]]; formerly [[Los Angeles]], [[California (State)|California]]; Mobile |
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| Gender = Male |
| Gender = Male |
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+ | | Citizenship = British |
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| − | | Occupation = Professional thief |
+ | | Occupation = Professional thief, cat burglar |
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+ | | Origin = [[Homo sapiens|Human]] |
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+ | | PlaceOfBirth = Brighton, [[England]], [[United Kingdom]] (possibly) |
| Creators = Tom DeFalco; Ron Frenz |
| Creators = Tom DeFalco; Ron Frenz |
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| − | | First = Amazing Spider-Man |
+ | | First = Amazing Spider-Man Vol 1 255 |
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| + | | HistoryText = The Black Fox is an audacious jewel thief who has had a long criminal career in the United States and Europe. His crimes have brought him repeatedly into conflict with the hero [[Peter Parker (Earth-616)|Spider-Man]].{{r|Amazing Spider-Man #255}} |
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| − | | HistoryText = Now in his twilight years, the man known as the Black Fox has had a long, illustrious career as a professional burglar and jewel thief. In recent years, while robbing a [[Manhattan]] penthouse, the Fox was captured by its owner, the [[Ivan Kragoff (Earth-616)|Red Ghost (Ivan Kragoff)]] and his [[Super-Apes (Earth-616)|Super-Apes]]. Kragoff ordered the Fox to help the Apes steal components for his power-enhancing Cosmicizer. Unwilling to be the Ghost's pawn, the Fox soon fled from the Super-Apes, and was only saved from their wrath by [[Spider-Man (Peter Parker)]]. The Fox's next heist angered a major insurance company, and they hired Symkarian mercenary [[Silver Sablinova (Earth-616)|Silver Sable]] and her [[Wild Pack (Earth-616)|Wild Pack]] to hunt him down; luckily for the Fox, Spider-Man deplored the Wild Pack's reckless tactics and prevented them from capturing the thief. The Fox even persuaded Spider-Man to let him go free with a heartbreaking story about his (possibly fictional) wife and children, although the web-slinger stole the jewels back and handed them over to Sable. Black Fox later stole the Eye of Carnelia ruby to finance his long-dreamed-of retirement to the French Riviera, but his plans were derailed when the mercenary [[Nicholas Powell (Earth-616)|Chance (Nicholas Powell)]] murdered Fox's favorite fence Andre Boullion at the master assassin [[Foreigner (Earth-616)|Foreigner's]] behest. Chance targeted the Fox as well, but was defeated by Spider-Man; unable to fence the Eye, the Fox returned the ruby and claimed the reward. |
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| − | Voyaging to [[California]], the Black Fox stole the Valencia Chalice, unaware that evidence that could exonerate framed bookkeeper [[Mindy McPherson (Earth-616)|Mindy McPherson]] was hidden within it; the Fox eventually surrendered it to the [[Hobie Brown (Earth-616)|Prowler]] (Mindy's husband Hobie Brown) and Spider-Man. After stealing the Trask Diamond, the Fox committed one of his greatest blunders when he stole the Latverian Crown Jewels, including a Dragon's Egg emerald which had belonged to [[Cynthia von Doom (Earth-616)|Cynthia von Doom]]. Only Spider-Man's intervention saved the Fox from a painful death a the hands of Cynthia's son [[Victor von Doom (Earth-616)|Victor (Dr. Doom)]], who gave the Fox 24 hours to retrieve the Egg. The Fox, Spider-Man and Doom found that the Arcane Order of the Night doomsday cult had acquired the Egg, and intended to use its mystical properties to summon a black swarm of insatiable carnivorous insects. The trio defeated the cultists and recovered the Egg, but Doom spitefully destroyed the Trask Diamond, and Spider-Man handed Fox over to the police. |
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| + | He even tried to escape Spider-Man by moving to [[Los Angeles]], where he occupied the mansion of a rich couple while they were on vacation in [[Switzerland]]. Unfortunately Peter Parker, aka Spider-Man, was in Los Angeles at the same time for a book signature event and defeated him again, although he had mercy and let the Black Fox avoid prison.{{r|Amazing Spider-Man #304|305}} |
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| + | Spider-Man finally recognized that he had a soft spot for older men due to his memories of [[Benjamin Parker (Earth-616)|Uncle Ben]], and that was why he repeatedly let the Black Fox go. Resolving these issues, he captured and incarcerated Black Fox.{{r|Amazing Spider-Man #348|350}} |
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| − | After a short stint in jail, the Fox was hired by the Borovian royal family to rob fellow thief [[Felicia Hardy (Earth-616)|Felicia Hardy (Black Cat)]] of a necklace stolen from them. The reformed Hardy chased the Fox, but he escaped with the necklace. In revenge for Silver Sable's past pursuit of him, Fox tried to loot the Symkarian embassy while Sable and her Wild Pack were away, but Sable's resourceful teenage cousin Anna foiled him in humiliating fashion. Some time later, the Fox tried to loot the site of a subterranean monster attack, but [[Eric O'Grady (Earth-616)|Ant-Man (Eric O'Grady)]] stole his booty. O'Grady sold the stolen jewels to a fence, who cheated him by paying a fraction of their value, but when the Fox tracked O'Grady down, they teamed up to extort the jewels' true value from the fence. The Fox befriended O'Grady, and when [[Strategic Hazard Intervention Espionage Logistics Directorate (Earth-616)|SHIELD]] arrested O'Grady, Fox broke into SHIELD's [[Helicarrier]] to rescue him; when SHIELD agents cornered him, Fox claimed to be wired to a nuclear bomb, but O'Grady, having just lied his way out of criminal charges and unwilling to be associated with a known criminal, called his bluff, resulting in the Fox's capture. A contrite O'Grady later gave the imprisoned Fox schematics of the carrier's security systems to facilitate Fox's escape. |
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| + | Black Fox later hired [[Felicia Hardy (Earth-616)|Black Cat]] to steal a painting. It's revealed during this time that Black Fox was the one who trained [[Walter Hardy (Earth-616)|Walter Hardy]]{{r|Black Cat Vol 1 1}} and Felicia{{r|Black Cat Vol 1 2}}. |
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Revision as of 07:41, 28 May 2020
History
The Black Fox is an audacious jewel thief who has had a long criminal career in the United States and Europe. His crimes have brought him repeatedly into conflict with the hero Spider-Man.[4]
He even tried to escape Spider-Man by moving to Los Angeles, where he occupied the mansion of a rich couple while they were on vacation in Switzerland. Unfortunately Peter Parker, aka Spider-Man, was in Los Angeles at the same time for a book signature event and defeated him again, although he had mercy and let the Black Fox avoid prison.[5]
Spider-Man finally recognized that he had a soft spot for older men due to his memories of Uncle Ben, and that was why he repeatedly let the Black Fox go. Resolving these issues, he captured and incarcerated Black Fox.[6]
Black Fox later hired Black Cat to steal a painting. It's revealed during this time that Black Fox was the one who trained Walter Hardy[2] and Felicia[3].Attributes
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Abilities
The Black Fox is a highly skilled trained athlete. Although thanks to his advanced age he is no longer as proficient as he would have been when young, he is still incredibly agile. He can for instance swing on a line from one building to another, and scale the sides of buildings.
Weaknesses
Black Fox is rather cowardly, and apparently has little training in hand-to-hand combat.
Paraphernalia
Equipment
Black Fox carries a pack containing smoke grenades and flash grenades. He also carries rope for swinging between buildings, a glass cutter, and an electronic device that can disable most burglar alarms.
See Also
- 38 appearance(s) of Black Fox (Thief) (Earth-616)
- 5 appearance(s) in handbook(s) of Black Fox (Thief) (Earth-616)
- 3 minor appearance(s) of Black Fox (Thief) (Earth-616)
- 14 mention(s) of Black Fox (Thief) (Earth-616)
- 2 mention(s) in handbook(s) of Black Fox (Thief) (Earth-616)
- 14 image(s) of Black Fox (Thief) (Earth-616)
- 4 quotation(s) by or about Black Fox (Thief) (Earth-616)