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Frank Oliver (Earth-616)

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I don't care who makes the law! No one's pushing me around again!

—Kangaroo (Frank Oliver)[source]

History

Early Life[]

As a boy growing up in Australia, Frank Oliver used to spend his vacations studying kangaroos and admiring the way they jumped, thinking if only a man could learn how to do it. He would live in kangaroo country, eating what the kangaroos ate and going where they went, working and training, until he could keep up with any of them. Then he became a boxer, but was banned after seriously injuring another fighter.

Coming to America[]

After this, he fled and stowed away aboard a ship bound for America. He was stopped at the border witn no passport and was going to be deported back to Australia, but managed to escape and was living as a fugitive when he held up an armored car. Unfortunately for the Kangaroo, the item he stole was a deadly experimental bacteria, but fortunately Spider-Man stopped him in time before the bacteria was accidentally released. The Kangaroo then escaped.[1]

Death[]

Later, he was seen living homeless on the streets with nowhere else to go until Dr. Jonas Harrow turned up and offered him several augmentations in return for his help in defeating Spider-Man. Planting a small mental pacemaker inside him, Harrow was able to make the Kangaroo do his bidding for him. Harrow then sent him to the Hudson Nuclear Laboratories in order to steal some radioactive isotopes for him.

Hearing the danger over a police bulletin, Spider-Man headed to the laboratories to find the Kangaroo trying to get into a radioactive room. Unable to stop him or even convince him to heed his warnings, Spider-Man could only watch in utter horror as the Kangaroo instantly disintegrated upon entering the room. In order to shield himself and others, Spider-Man quickly shut the room's lead door in order to stop the radiation from escaping and contaminating the laboratories.[3]

Successor[]

Later, interior decorator Brian Hibbs became the second person to assume the identity of the Kangaroo and has kept it ever since.[4]

Proto-Husk[]

Some time after his death, Arnim Zola recovered some of Frank's DNA and created a proto-husk of the deceased villain. When Deadpool followed another proto-husk to Zola's lair, the Kangaroo proto-husk was used to assault the mercenary. He was the second proto-husk to die, felled by a single shot from Deadpool.[5]

Dead No More[]

Around a decade later, the Jackal brought the Kangaroo and numerous other Spider-Man villains back to life.[6] The Kangaroo later got in a fight with the also recently-revived Massacre over vegemite, while some other villains watched, and the usually-present Prowler was not around to stop them.[7] The Kangaroo later died again from clone degeneration.[8]

Attributes

Powers

  • Air Jet Implants: Dr. Jonas Harrow surgically enhanced Frank's abilities to superhuman levels, giving him superhuman strength in his legs and the ability to hop great heights and distances.[2]

Abilities

  • Boxer: Frank was a skilled boxer and kickboxer.[2]
  • Peak Human Condition: Frank possessed peak human physical attributes and even before his enhancements, he was able to hop like a kangaroo.[2]

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