Clive Reston (Earth-616)

Sir Clive Reston

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Real Name

Clive Reston

Relatives

Leiko Wu (wife);
David Wu (brother-in-law);
Mr Wu (father-in-law deceased);
unidentified father;

unidentified great-uncle

Affiliation

MI6; MI13; Freelance Restorations

Base of Operations

London, England

Status

Living Status

Alive

Identity

No Dual

Citizenship

British

Marital Status

Married

Occupation

Mercenary; associate of MI13; former agent of British Intelligence (MI-6); former investigator for Freelance Restorations

Education

Graduate of Cambridge University where he mastered in Chemistry.

Characteristics

Gender

Male

Weight

180 lbs (81.65 kg).

Height

6′1″ (1.85 m)

Eyes

Irises:

• Blue

Hair

Grey

Unusual Features

None

Origin

Origin

Human

Reality

Earth-616

Place of Birth

London, England

Creators and Appearances

Creators

Doug Moench, Paul Gulacy

First Appearance

Giant-Size Master of Kung Fu #3
(March, 1975)

History

Clive Reston was an agent of MI-6 and an ally to Denis Nayland Smith and Shang-Chi. During his time with MI-6, he started a relationship with Leiko Wu, but she left him for Simon Bretnor, who turned out to be the mad assassin Mordillo.

He continued to work with MI-6 against Fu Manchu, alongside Shang-Chi and his former lover Leiko, which often caused tension within their group.

Reston represented MI6 at the meeting of British intelligence chiefs at Portwell House following Dracula's declaration of war.

Powers and Abilities

Power Grid

Intelligence			3
Strength		2
Speed		2
Durability		2
Energy Projection	1
Fighting Skills				4

Paraphernalia

Weapons

Clive's weapon of choice is an ASP 9mm handgun.

Trivia

• In Captain Britain and MI-13 #11 he is referred to as Sir Clive Reston KCBE. "KCBE" is not a real British postnominal: it is a confusion between KCB (Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath) and KBE (Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire). Presumably the latter was intended.
• Giant-Size Master of Kung Fu #3 and Clive Reston's entry in the All-New Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z: Update #2 give hints as to Clive Reston's famous relatives. His father was supposed to be James Bond ("an MI-6 agent with a 00 license to kill, and Clive took after his father's [...] love of terrible puns"), and his great-uncle the master detective Sherlock Holmes ("a private detective, from whom Clive inherited deductive reasoning talent and a habit for smoking a meerschaum pipe"). However, due to licensing rights, this could never be stated outright.

See Also

• 105 appearance(s) of Clive Reston (Earth-616)
• 2 minor appearance(s) of Clive Reston (Earth-616)
• 1 mention(s) of Clive Reston (Earth-616)
• 9 image(s) of Clive Reston (Earth-616)
• 3 quotation(s) by or about Clive Reston (Earth-616)

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