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Quote1 See, I actually exist inside a kind of pocket-- a "well" of gravity-- and a bit out of phase with you people. My gravity belt allows me to live, well, as normal as a guy who lives in a gravity well can-- and it gives me some "super" powers-- Quote2
Danny Vincent[src]

Danny Vincent was a gravity manipulating superspy and mercenary known as Junta.[4][5]

History

Origins[]

Manuel Diego Armand Vicente was born in the United States but raised in his parents' native South American country of Volcan Domuyo. Volcan Domuyo was a lot like pre-Castro Cuba except that Volcan Domuyo was built around an active volcano.

Vicente later grew to become a high-ranking officer of Los Cuarenta Ladrones (LCL), meaning "the Forty Thieves," a dismissive colloquialism for El Ministerio de Asuntos Internacionales Armó Servicio de Volcan Domuyo -- the Vulcan Domuyan Secret Police. Moreover, due to his dual citizenship, Vicente (who used the alias Danny Vincent) became an agent for U.S. intelligence, writing books for the National Security Agency. Danny regularly did black bag operations for the LCL and the Americans with the codename Junta.[3]

Wakanda[]

Danny accepted money from a CIA front, by way of a Russian mobster, to fund an operation to destabilize the African nation of Ghudaza. Supposedly, this would be nearly impossible to trace back to the American intelligence community, who hoped to ultimately de-stabilize Ghudaza's neighboring nation, Wakanda. Unfortunately, Danny's operation caused Ghudaza to degenerate into civil war and resultant ethnic genocide, sending a flood of refugees into Wakanda.

Manuel Vicente (Earth-616) vs

Fighting Queen Divine Justice

Eventually the LCL, the Russian mob, and the rogue CIA agents Danny worked with earlier formed a shadowy transcontinental cooperative called XCon. XCon began replacing highly-placed political figures with clone-like duplicates. XCon also began killing key intelligence operatives, causing Danny to flee his former employers of the LCL. As insurance for his own safety, Danny took with him the President of the United States, as XCon had replaced him with a duplicate some weeks before. Danny sought help from operatives of the Black Panther, ultimately teaming with the Panther's ally, Queen Divine Justice. Danny and Queen finally returned the President safely to the White House at the same time the Black Panther and his ally Iron Man managed to topple XCon.[6]

Little Mogadishu[]

Unfortunately, Danny was left a pariah, as neither the LCL, his U.S. contacts, nor any espionage agency would talk to him. Danny found his way to his birthplace in Queens, New York, turning to freelance mercenary work.[6][5]

While running a few jobs in Little Mogadishu, Danny was approached by Moishe and recruited to the 66 Bridge Gang via Triage and Grace & Tumbalt. For his trial assignment, Danny was sent to retrieve something from the derailed subway train.[5]

Danny made it to "The Money Train", only to find Officer Kasper Cole, dressed as the White Tiger, pinned down by crossfire. He rescued Kasper as a matter of convenience — more to get him out of the way. He explained his gravity powers by telling Kasper he was the son of a super-villain. Kasper knew from Black Panther’s files that Danny was actually the super-spy Junta, but played along so as to keep an eye on Danny.[7]

In fact, the subway train was derailed by Jim Rhodes, who had declared war on the 66 Bridges Gang, as they were also responsible for the death of his sister. Rhodes got the drop on Junta and Kasper Cole leaving them handcuffed together by the wreck, but he later relents and winds up helping them escape.[7]

Crew (Earth-616) from Crew Vol 1 7 001

With The Crew

Rhodes had actually placed a chemical tracer on "The Money Train" so as to trace the agents of the 66 Bridges Gang to the top echelons. Rhodes pulls together Danny as well as Kasper Cole and Josiah X into an erstwhile team as each of them had reasons of their own to see the end of the 66 Bridges Gang. Junta, for his part, now sees an opportunity to hand Triage over to his superiors in the 66 Bridges of Chicago, earning back his underworld cred. The team managed to bring down scores of crooked cops, politicians and justice officials, as well as Triage. After a climactic battle, Danny personally turned Triage over to the authorities, despite the fact that this action would sever all his former underworld connections.[8]

The Initiative[]

After the Civil War, he was listed as a potential recruit for the Initiative,[9] and was briefly recruited into the Defenders Initiative team.[10] Some months later, he appeared with a band of South American heroes during the rise of the fake Mayan Gods.[11]

Attributes

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Powers

Living Black Hole: Junta's body exists with a gravity well, a miniature Black Hole or quantum singularity, inside of him making him out of sync with the plane of reality and the Earth's gravitational fields.[4][12]

  • Gravity Manipulation: Using the disruptive gravitational fields of his quantum singularity, Junta can bend away from or warp the path of incoming projectiles,[4] walk on walls or ceilings,[13][12] and slow his rate of falling.[4][12]
    • Disorientation: The disruptive effect of his quantum singularity causes people to become violently nauseated when they touch him and most individuals lose consciousness within a few seconds of making physical contact.[4][5][14]
    • Force Field: Using his gravitational field, Junta can create a force field around himself.[15]

Abilities

  • Martial arts and intelligence training
  • Fluent in Spanish and English

Weaknesses

  • Quantum Singularity: Junta requires the near constant use of a specially-designed gravity belt to regulated his powers, keep his cohesion, and allow him to interact with our plane of existence. If the belt is broken or disabled, Junta loses cohesion after 15 minutes and the miniature black hole within him will be unleashed and consume everything within a 100 yard radius.[12]
  • EMPs: Because electromagnetic pulses can cut across gravitational lines, EMPs can disrupt Junta's control of his powers.[13] Living Lightning's powers have a similar disruptive effect.[16]

Paraphernalia

Equipment

Manuel Vicente (Earth-616) and Ma (Servo-Tech) from Crew Vol 1 4 001

Ma fixing Junta's gravity belt

  • Gravity Belt: Junta uses a belt to regulate his gravitational abilities.[4] If the belt is broken or disabled, Junta loses cohesion and after 15 minutes the miniature black hole within him is unleashed consuming everything within 100 yards radius.[12]
  • Ma (Servo-Tech): He also employs a hovering, spherical servo-tech-- a highly advanced artificial intelligence programmed with his mother's personality and speech patterns which he claimed to have salvaged from Latveria.[5] This computer can remotely interface with other computer systems and contains a laser array with a range capable of firing pins off of weapons and picking locks to stunning several attackers at once.[4]

Weapons

Notes

  • Manuel has stated that his father is an alcoholic.[12]

See Also

Links and References

References

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