Brock Rumlow (Earth-199999)

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Crossbones
Name	Brock Rumlow
Current Alias	Crossbones
Affiliation and Relationships
Affiliation	formerly Hydra, S.H.I.E.L.D., (S.T.R.I.K.E.)
Marital Status	Single
Physical Characteristics
Gender	Male
Height	6′ (1.83 m)
Eyes	Irises: Hazel
Hair	Brown
Unusual Features	Severely burned
Origin and Living Status
Living Status	Deceased
Reality	Earth-199999
Personal Information
Identity	No Dual
Citizenship	American
Occupation	Former S.T.R.I.K.E. team leader
Base of Operations	Mobile Formerly Triskelion, Washington, D.C.
Creators and Appearances
Creators	Stephen McFeely, Christopher Markus
First	Captain America: The Winter Soldier Infinite Comic #1 (as Brock Rumlow) Marvel's Captain America: Civil War Prelude Infinite Comic #1 (as Crossbones)
First	Captain America: The Winter Soldier Infinite Comic #1 (as Brock Rumlow) Marvel's Captain America: Civil War Prelude Infinite Comic #1 (as Crossbones)
Death	Template:Md
Death	Template:Md

 It ain't about any of that for me anymore. I just want them to feel the pain, the loss, of everything they took from me. And make them pay for it. In blood. 

—Brock Rumlow

History

Brock Rumlow was a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent and member of the S.T.R.I.K.E. team. Secretly, Agent Rumlow and his team were among the Hydra cell embedded in S.H.I.E.L.D. after the organization recruited Arnim Zola as part of Project Paperclip. S.T.R.I.K.E. often worked alongside fellow S.H.I.E.L.D. agents Captain America and Black Widow. One of their missions consisted in retrieving the allegedly destroyed Zodiac virus from a group of terrorists led by Baker who planned to release it in Chicago.

Rumlow and S.T.R.I.K.E. later accompanied Captain America and Black Widow on a mission to the Indian Ocean to rescue one of S.H.I.E.L.D's ships from the Algerian pirate Georges Batroc. After the mission, Director Nick Fury became suspicious of Project Insight, which unknown to him was Hydra's plot to use a fleet of Helicarriers to kill millions of individuals targeted by an algorithm Dr. Zola designed to select potential threats to global stability. Once the Winter Soldier (apparently) killed Director Fury, Alexander Pierce, the highest-ranking Hydra agent within S.H.I.E.L.D, had Rumlow and S.T.R.I.K.E. spearhead the operation to bring in Captain America. However, a surprise attack on Rogers in an elevator at the Triskelion failed, allowing Cap to get away. S.T.R.I.K.E. were later able to capture the rogue Steve Rogers and his comrades Black Widow and Samuel Wilson after a fight with the Winter Soldier, although the three were again able to escape captivity with the help of Maria Hill.

Moments before Project Insight was about to be launched, Captain America and his team infiltrated the Triskelion and revealed the true intention of the project and the Hydra sleeper agents behind it. Agent Rumlow and his S.T.R.I.K.E. team barged into the S.H.I.E.L.D. control room and ordered at gunpoint a reluctant technician to go ahead with Project Insight and launch the Helicarriers anyway despite what Cap said. Agent 13 was able to intervene before Rumlow killed the technician, starting a gunfight in the control room. Later, upon hearing that Widow was with Pierce, Rumlow attempted to get to her location only to be intercepted by Samuel Wilson, who engaged him in hand-to-hand combat. Although Rumlow was the stronger of the two, Wilson tricked him into being hit by a Helicarrier crashing into the Triskelion.

Although Agent Rumlow was presumed dead, he in fact survived the crash albeit horribly burned. After recovering, he found out that Pierce had been killed during the attack. He escaped the hospital where he was being kept, and assembled a group of mercenaries to aid him. He and his mercenaries attacked and robbed an illegal weapons trade. Rumlow shot one of his men for almost saying "Hail Hydra", claiming it wasn't about Hydra anymore. It was about revenge.

Many months later, Rumlow, now going by the alias "Crossbones", was pinpointed by intel to be headed for Lagos, Nigeria. Then at the Institute for Infectious Diseases, Captain America and his fellow Avengers stopped him and his mercenaries. Then, Rumlow fought Captain America, but Rogers had beaten him up. Captain America demanded Rumlow to reveal who he was working for, Rumlow claimed that it was the Winter Soldier who was pulling his strings before arming a bomb applied in his suicide vest, intending to take Captain America with him. Maximoff used her powers to whisk him away from Rogers but unintentionally placed him next to a building with Wakandan nationals. Rumlow is among those who perished in the resulting explosion.

Attributes

Abilities

• Master Martial Artist: Crossbones is one of the world's best hand-to-hand combatants, with extensive training in street-fighting, military combat, and various forms of martial arts.

• Expert Marksman: Crossbones is also a superior marksman with guns, crossbows, and throwing knives.

Paraphernalia

Equipment

S.H.I.E.L.D. issue uniform, weaponry, and communications gear.

Weapons

Taser Rod

Notes

• Agent Brock Rumlow is portrayed by Frank Grillo in Captain America: The Winter Soldier and is to reprise his role as Crossbones in Captain America: Civil War.

See Also

• 8 appearance(s) of Brock Rumlow (Earth-199999)
• 4 appearance(s) in handbook(s) of Brock Rumlow (Earth-199999)
• 8 minor appearance(s) of Brock Rumlow (Earth-199999)
• 1 mention(s) of Brock Rumlow (Earth-199999)
• 8 image(s) of Brock Rumlow (Earth-199999)
• 3 quotation(s) by or about Brock Rumlow (Earth-199999)
• 1 item(s) used/owned by Brock Rumlow (Earth-199999)