Buck Richlen (Earth-616)

Buck Richlen
Name	Buck Richlen
Affiliation and Relationships
Affiliation	Xang Kong, formerly S.H.I.E.L.D.
Marital Status	Single
Physical Characteristics
Gender	Male
Hair	Blond
Origin and Living Status
Origin	Human
Living Status	Alive
Reality	Earth-616
Personal Information
Identity	No Dual
Occupation	Security Agent, later mercenary
Base of Operations	Kachin
Creators and Appearances
Creators	David Michelinie, John Romita Jr.
First	Iron Man #117 (September, 1978)
First	Iron Man #117 (September, 1978)

History

Buck Richlen, who along with Val Adair and Adam Manna, was assigned by Director Nick Fury to engage in a hostile takeover of Stark Industries so that SHIELD could resume using them as their main weapons supplier. However, it turns out that the three men secretly conspired to have Tony Stark murdered instead in order to achieve their goals.

Attributes

Abilities

Buck Richlen had S.H.I.E.L.D. training in hand-to-hand combat and martial arts. He was also a trained pilot.

Notes

• Buck Richlen and his associate Val Adair are stand-ins for comic penciler Rich Buckler, whose pseudonym at the time was Ron Validar. Before writing Iron Man, David Michelinie worked with Buckler in DC Comics' Star Hunters. Buckler had traced the design of a spaceship from the animated show Space Sentinels to use in their comic, and Michelinie asked for him to be replaced after finding out. However, DC opted to keep Buckler in the book, prompting Michelinie to leave the company and seek an assignment at Marvel. In a similar way to which Buck Richlen blamed his assistants for his ploy to take over Stark Industries, Rich Buckler had blamed his assistants for presenting the traced design.

See Also

• 6 appearance(s) of Buck Richlen (Earth-616)
• 1 appearance(s) in handbook(s) of Buck Richlen (Earth-616)
• 2 mention(s) in handbook(s) of Buck Richlen (Earth-616)
• 1 image(s) of Buck Richlen (Earth-616)