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
Identity	No Dual Identity
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
Height	6' 1" (1.85 m)
Weight	180 lbs (81.65 kg)
Eyes	Blue
Hair	Grey
Unusual Features	None
Origin
Origin	Human
Universe	Earth-616
Place of Birth	London, England
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

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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.

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