—The Alpha Monkey[source]For years, I tried. I wanted you to fit in. To be one of us... but your destiny is to walk between two worlds... never belonging with the humans... never belonging with the monkeys... yet keeping them both safe. Wear the suit. Be what you're meant to be. A killer of killers.
History
A Japanese macaque whose tribe had adopted an assassin named Bryce McHenry, the Monkey saw him as a threat and tried to have the tribe expel him, only to be banished himself. While he was away, his entire tribe was killed by the humans that had come to kill Bryce. Picking up one of their guns, the Monkey killed all of the humans in anger, after which he went after the ones who had sent them there in the first place.[3]
On the Monkey's way to Tokyo, he had discovered that Bryce's spirit was now bound to him, unable to leave the Monkey's presence and constantly pestering him with advice. Arriving at Tokyo, the Monkey killed the Old Fish Lady, who was the only lead that Bryce had. Returning to the scene of the crime later, he was able to follow General Kato to the funeral of Ken Takahara, where he took notice of Akiko Yokohama.[4]
The Monkey and Bryce came across a monk who could both see Bryce and understand both of them and urged them to work together. Following up on the leads of the now-deceased General Kato, the Monkey and Bryce visited his apartment, where they learned of Yakuza members Keppei and Teppei. The Monkey followed to their casino and, after winning a bunch of money, managed to kill the two as well, but not before learning of the one called "the Accountant".[5]
The Monkey snuck into Sugano Prison and, after neutralizing its Warden, made his way to the section where the Accountant was kept. He fought and defeated Fat Cobra but spared his life, earning Fat Cobra's friendship and respect. Fat Cobra helped the Monkey get the next lead from the Accountant - a man known as "the Rooster".[6]
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The Rooster and the rest of the Yakuza were, by now, sick of the Monkey and put a ¥150,000,000 yen bounty on him. After evading multiple assassins and earning the respect of the undead assassin Yuki, the Monkey got to the Yakuza and managed to kill most of those present, although the Rooster managed to escape. After this, the Monkey finally found the courage to come and see Akiko at her home.[7]
The Rooster tried to mask his trail by employing numerous lookalikes, which the Monkey eliminated one by one, eventually taking out the Rooster himself. This put even more serious attention on him in the shape of Lady Bullseye.[8]
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Believing that everyone who had been involved in his tragedy had been killed, the Monkey visited the monk again and was told that he had to follow his own pass and not be led by Bryce. Lady Bullseye attacked the Monkey at Akiko's home, blowing it up. Bryce urged the Monkey to leave Akiko and run for her own safety. Although the Monkey did run, he then did the opposite of what Bryce urged him to do at every turn. Finally wishing to be rid of rim, the Monkey trapped Bryce inside a circle of salt that was inside a McDonald's bathroom stall. He then departed Tokyo and went back to his mountain home.[9]
The Monkey found that another tribe of macaques had moved into his pool, and they agreed to take them in, after which the Monkey put aside his suit and weapons and tried living as a normal monkey again. However, when the tribe of Red-Stripes tried to force the Monkey's new tribe to move, Monkey urged them to stay and fight instead. Unfortunately, this ended in a disaster when a child of his new tribe was killed. In fury, the Monkey put his suit back on and massacred the attackers with firearms, only to scare his new tribe away anyway. After this, a spirit of his old tribe's elderly alpha appeared to him for the last time, telling the Monkey that he was destined to protect both the human and monkey worlds, while never belonging to either one. The Monkey then returned to where he left Bryce and freed him.[10]
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The Monkey and Bryce returned to Tokyo on the day of the election for the position of the Prime Minister. Akiko and her new ally, Detective Haruka, believed that one of the candidates Itaru Ozu was behind the hit on Ken Takahara and were able to uncover that the Bonsai Master was the one who had funded Ozu. The Monkey went to the Bonsai Master's compound and, after fighting through the guards, managed to kill him; however, Ozu claimed to be innocent, revealing that Akiko's uncle, Shinji Yokohama, was behind the original hit all along and had just become the new Prime Minister.[11]
The Monkey went after the new Prime Minister, who was protected by both Lady Bullseye and the Silver Samurai. Bryce managed to enlist the help of Yuki who, along with the suddenly-appearing Fat Cobra, managed to distract the Silver Samurai and allow the Monkey to reach the top of the tower where Shinji was. The Monkey faced Lady Bullseye and was outmatched once more, being saved only by the joint actions of Bryce and Haruka. Finally coming face to face with Shinji who had just revealed the truth to Akiko, the Monkey was persuaded not to kill him by Bryce, who thus redeemed himself and managed to ascend. However, when Shinji grabbed Haruka's pistol and tried to shoot her, the Monkey had no choice but to kill him, earning Akiko's unending hatred. Left with no others after having killed the Prime Minister, the Monkey was smuggled out of the country by Haruka, who put him on a place to the U.S.. While in transit, the Monkey reunited with Bryce, who asked to leave Hell to be with his friend once again and had signed a contract with the devil that allowed him to do so.[12]Attributes
Abilities
- Master Assassin: The Monkey is a talented assassin. Bryce admitted that he was jealous of the Monkey because although it took him 20 years of work to get to the top of his field, the Monkey was better at it than he was.[3] Bryce even later said that the Monkey was the best assassin that he had ever met.[12]
- Expert Marksman: The Monkey displayed remarkable accuracy with a variety of firearms. He used Bryce's guns to kill a group of assassins,[3] members of the Yakuza,[4] and he notably shot Shinji Yokohama in the forehead.[12]
- Expert Swordsman: The Monkey is extremely proficient with a Japanese katana. He defeated the Bonsai Master in a duel.[11]
- The Monkey is able to understand spoken human language.
- The Monkey is remarkably fast to learn human customs, being able to semi-function in a human society with only minimal advice from Bryce.
Weaknesses
- The Monkey is unable to communicate with most humans other than Bryce because of his inability to speak human languages. He also suffers from aggression problems.
Paraphernalia
Equipment
- Katana: the Monkey carries one of Saigō Takamori's twin samurai swords. The Bonsai Master initially gifted it to General Kato.[11] After the Monkey killed Kato, Teppei claimed the sword and brought it to the Double Dragon Casino, where the Monkey took it and used it in conjunction with firearms to kill all the Yakuza in the room, notably throwing it to pierce through both Keppei and Teppei's heads.[5]
Trivia
- The Monkey wears a 24 short.[11]
See Also
- 20 appearance(s) of Hit-Monkey (Earth-1226)
- 18 image(s) of Hit-Monkey (Earth-1226)
- 4 victim(s) killed by Hit-Monkey (Earth-1226)
Links and References
References
- ↑ Marvel's Hit-Monkey S2E04
- ↑ Marvel's Hit-Monkey S2E10
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Marvel's Hit-Monkey S1E01
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Marvel's Hit-Monkey S1E02
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Marvel's Hit-Monkey S1E03
- ↑ Marvel's Hit-Monkey S1E04
- ↑ Marvel's Hit-Monkey S1E05
- ↑ Marvel's Hit-Monkey S1E06
- ↑ Marvel's Hit-Monkey S1E07
- ↑ Marvel's Hit-Monkey S1E08
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 Marvel's Hit-Monkey S1E09
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 Marvel's Hit-Monkey S1E10