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The Enforcer was a criminal mercenary and assassin for hire, operating mainly on the West Coast of the United States. As a villain, the Enforcer fought Spider-Man, Spider-Woman,[2] the Ghost Rider,[3] and the Werewolf by Night. The Enforcer used special silver-treated gear in order to fight the Werewolf, but was nevertheless defeated.[4]

When Locksmith began kidnaping and imprisoning superhumans, whom he mostly found by tracking Spider-Woman and capturing superhumans she interacted with, he included Enforcer, even though Enforcer wasn't superhuman. Other prisoners included Shroud, Tigra, Werewolf by Night, Poltergeist, Angar the Screamer, Daddy Longlegs, Dansen Macabre, Hangman, Killer Shrike, Needle, Nekra, Gypsy Moth, Tatterdemalion, and Flying Tiger. When Locksmith finally captured Spider-Woman herself, she defeated Locksmith and freed the prisoners she trusted. Enforcer (and the other criminal prisoners) were turned over to the police.[5]

The Enforcer was the first known target of the Scourge of the Underworld. Scourge disguised himself as a bag lady with a hidden gun and tracked the Enforcer, who was at that time on a contract to kill the super criminal Termite. Scourge found Enforcer and shot him point-blank, killing him before he could confront Termite.[6]

After being captured by Captain America, Scourge claimed to be Enforcer's brother, taking revenge on him for besmirching the family name.[7] However, the "Scourge of the Underworld" was later revealed to be an entire organization with multiple Scourges, who typically claimed to be related to or personally menaced by supervillains when caught, throwing his story into doubt.[8]

Attributes

Abilities

The Enforcer was an expert at using firearms, a skilled hand-to-hand combatant, and a trained hypnotist.

Paraphernalia

Equipment

The Enforcer wore a mask that included infrared lenses, to enable him to see in the dark.

He also wore a lightweight suit of armor that included a silver-nitrate-covered vest to protect him from werewolves.

Weapons

The Enforcer wore a disintegrator amulet, later a disintegrator ring that could disintegrate matter by weakening its molecular bonds. It was efficient, although only at short range.

The Enforcer carried two .45-caliber guns loaded with special ammo, including silver bullets, tranquilizer pellets and a "tingler" that implanted a post-hypnotic suggestion in the victim, that could be used to make them burst into flames.

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