Tae-Won (Earth-616)

Taegukgi
Name	Tae-Won
Current Alias	Taegukgi
Affiliation and Relationships
Affiliation	National Intelligence Service, Tiger Division
Physical Characteristics
Gender	Male
Eyes	Irises: Black
Hair	Black
Origin and Living Status
Living Status	Alive
Reality	Earth-616
Place of Birth	South Korea
Personal Information
Identity	Known to Authorities
Citizenship	South Korean
Occupation	Intelligence Agent, National Hero
Base of Operations	Tiger Division Base, Buramsan Mountain, Seoul, South Korea
Creators and Appearances
Creators	Jed MacKay, Alessandro Vitti
First	Taskmaster (Vol. 3) #3 (February, 2021)
First	Taskmaster (Vol. 3) #3 (February, 2021)

History

Taegukgi was the national hero of South Korea and the heart of Tiger Division, the government-sanctioned superhuman response team.

When Taskmaster sought to infiltrate the Tiger Division Base in Buramsan Mountain to copy the kinesic signature of NIS director Ami Han, he manipulated a group of local terrorists and ratted them out. Taegukgi attacked the terrorists' base and left them to the authorities. Taskmaster used Pym Particles to shrink himself and ride on Taegukgi's neck to inflitrate the building. Once the intruder was found in the air vents Taegukgi fired an energy beam into the ventilation shaft, but didn't hit Taskmaster, who managed to escape.

Tiger Division fighting a controlled Taegukgi

As part of a plan to stage a coup, a gangster family called the Choi Faction provided the body-snatcher villain Mongdal a power boost to take over Taegukgi's body, threatening to let him loose on Seoul if the government didn't cede control to them. Under his super hero alter-ego of the White Fox, Ami Han led Tiger Division and conscripted ally the Black Cat on an attack on the Choi Faction's base at the abandoned Alps Ski Resort. Using Taegukgi's body, Mongdal confronted and defeated most of Tiger Division while the White Fox and Black Cat infiltrated the building. When Mongdal noticed his body had been found, he beamed his consciousness back from Taegukgi's body, leaving the hero unconscious. Afterward, the Black Cat killed Mongdal, putting an end to his plan.

Attributes

Powers

• Superhuman Strength
• Flight
• Nigh Invulnerability: While under control by Mongdal, the entire Tiger Division wasn't able to take him out.
• Energy Beams: Can fire energy beams from his eyes.

Paraphernalia

Equipment

Superhero Suit: Sturdy, form fitting full-body suit, bearing elements of the South Korean flag

Trivia

• When introduced to Taegukgi, the Black Cat likened him as "the Korean Hyperion." White Fox expressed that Koreans prefer to call Hyperion "the American Taegukgi."

See Also

• 18 appearance(s) of Tae-Won (Earth-616)
• 23 image(s) of Tae-Won (Earth-616)