Clive Reston (Earth-616)

Sir Clive Reston
Name	Clive Reston
Affiliation and Relationships
Affiliation	MI6; MI13; Freelance Restorations
Relatives	Leiko Wu (wife); David Wu (brother-in-law); Mr Wu (father-in-law deceased); unidentified father; unidentified great-uncle
Marital Status	Married
Physical Characteristics
Gender	Male
Height	6′1″ (1.85 m)
Weight	180 lbs (81.65 kg).
Eyes	Irises: Blue
Hair	Grey
Unusual Features	None
Origin and Living Status
Origin	Human
Living Status	Alive
Reality	Earth-616
Place of Birth	London, England
Personal Information
Identity	No Dual
Citizenship	British
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.
Base of Operations	London, England
Creators and Appearances
Creators	Doug Moench, Paul Gulacy
First	Giant-Size Master of Kung Fu #3 (March, 1975)
First	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.

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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.

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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