Heavy Hitters (comics)
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Heavy Hitters is a fictional
superhero
team in the Marvel Comics
universe
. The group of heroes first appear as the official Nevada
Fifty State Initiative
team and were created by Christos Gage
and Stefano Caselli
.
infiltrator
on the Desert Stars
Initiative team, 3-D Man and the Skrull Kill Krew
travel to Nevada along with Desert Stars member Komodo
. There, they kill a Skrull that had infiltrated the Heavy Hitters team as an unnamed member. Hardball leaves with these heroes to deal with the Skrulls on the other teams. Hardball later betrays and quits the team, and becomes a leader of HYDRA.
After Norman Osborn
assumes control of the Initiative, he places Prodigy
in charge of the Heavy Hitters, and transfers Gravity to the Great Lakes Avengers
. The criminal Boomerang
is added to the team, using the name "Outback". When Nonstop tries to quit and escapes, the other team members chase her and capture her. When a news crew arrives, Outback attempts to frame Nonstop as a thief. Prodigy reveals "Outback" as Boomerang and punches him out, declaring that the Heavy Hitters are seceding from the Fifty State Intitiative. The team waits for Osborn's repraisal out in the open, intending for the fight to be caught on camera. Force of Nature
attack the team, and are soon joined by the U-Foes
, Freedom Force
, members of the Shadow Initiative, and some members of the Hood
's army. Prodigy is then ganged up on by the Initiative members while Telemetry and Nonstop capture footage of the combat and upload it to YouTube
. With the help of the Avengers Resistance, Nonstop and Telemetry leave the country to go into hiding, taking Debrii
with them.
After Osborn is taken down during the events of Siege
, Prodigy is released from prison and honored for his fight against Osborn.
During the Fear Itself
storyline, members of the Heavy Hitters appear at a meeting held by Prodigy
regarding magical hammers that have crashed into the earth.
Fictional character
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superhero
Superhero
A superhero is a type of stock character, possessing "extraordinary or superhuman powers", dedicated to protecting the public. Since the debut of the prototypical superhero Superman in 1938, stories of superheroes — ranging from brief episodic adventures to continuing years-long sagas —...
team in the Marvel Comics
Marvel Comics
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universe
Marvel Universe
The Marvel Universe is the shared fictional universe where most comic book titles and other media published by Marvel Entertainment take place, including those featuring Marvel's most familiar characters, such as Spider-Man, the Hulk, the X-Men, and the Avengers.The Marvel Universe is further...
. The group of heroes first appear as the official Nevada
Nevada
Nevada is a state in the western, mountain west, and southwestern regions of the United States. With an area of and a population of about 2.7 million, it is the 7th-largest and 35th-most populous state. Over two-thirds of Nevada's people live in the Las Vegas metropolitan area, which contains its...
Fifty State Initiative
Fifty State Initiative
The Fifty State Initiative, often referred to as simply The Initiative, is a fictional governmental plan that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics, in particular those related to The Avengers...
team and were created by Christos Gage
Christos Gage
Christos N. "Chris" Gage is an American comic book writer and screenwriter.-Early life:Gage is the son of author and journalist Nicholas Gage. He was born in New York, and grew up in Athens, Greece, and then North Grafton, Massachusetts...
and Stefano Caselli
Stefano Caselli
Stefano Caselli is an Italian comic book artist best known for his work on the Marvel Comics title Avengers: The Initiative, the mini-series Civil War: Young Avengers/Runaways and Secret Warriors...
.
Fictional history
After having dealt with a SkrullSkrull
The Skrulls are a fictional race of extraterrestrial shapeshifters that appear in publications by Marvel Comics.-Publication history:The Skrulls first appeared in Fantastic Four #2 and were created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby....
infiltrator
Secret Invasion
"Secret Invasion" is a comic book crossover storyline that ran through a self-titled eight issue limited series and several tie-in books published by Marvel Comics from April through December 2008....
on the Desert Stars
Desert Stars
Desert Stars is a fictional superhero team in the Marvel Comics universe. The group of heroes are the official Arizona Fifty State Initiative team and were created by Christos Gage and Stefano Caselli.-Fictional history:...
Initiative team, 3-D Man and the Skrull Kill Krew
Skrull Kill Krew
The Skrull Kill Krew are a fictional group from Marvel Comics who first appeared in their own limited series published in 1995. They were created by Grant Morrison, Mark Millar and Steve Yeowell.The group are humans modified by eating Skrull-infected beef...
travel to Nevada along with Desert Stars member Komodo
Komodo (comics)
Komodo is the name of two fictional characters in the Marvel Comics Universe.-New Men:The first Komodo is one of the New Men, creatures evolved by the High Evolutionary from a lizard. He accompanied the Ani-Men on their clean-up mission at the Jackal's laboratory and fought the Scarlet Spider...
. There, they kill a Skrull that had infiltrated the Heavy Hitters team as an unnamed member. Hardball leaves with these heroes to deal with the Skrulls on the other teams. Hardball later betrays and quits the team, and becomes a leader of HYDRA.
After Norman Osborn
Green Goblin
The Green Goblin is a fictional character, a supervillain who appears in the comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was created by writer Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko, and first appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man #14 ....
assumes control of the Initiative, he places Prodigy
Prodigy (Ritchie Gilmore)
Prodigy is the name of a superhero in Marvel Comics.-Fictional character biography:Ritchie Gilmore is a typical jock, captain of his college wrestling team, and one of the most popular guys in school. But Ritchie wants more from life; he wants to be stronger and more powerful...
in charge of the Heavy Hitters, and transfers Gravity to the Great Lakes Avengers
Great Lakes Avengers
The Great Lakes Initiative, originally known as The Great Lakes Avengers , are a fictional superhero team that appear in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The characters were first introduced in West Coast Avengers vol. 2, #46 , and were created by John Byrne.-Publication history:The team...
. The criminal Boomerang
Boomerang (comics)
Boomerang is a fictional character, a supervillain appearing in the Marvel Comics universe and first appeared in Tales to Astonish #81....
is added to the team, using the name "Outback". When Nonstop tries to quit and escapes, the other team members chase her and capture her. When a news crew arrives, Outback attempts to frame Nonstop as a thief. Prodigy reveals "Outback" as Boomerang and punches him out, declaring that the Heavy Hitters are seceding from the Fifty State Intitiative. The team waits for Osborn's repraisal out in the open, intending for the fight to be caught on camera. Force of Nature
Force of Nature (comics)
The Force of Nature is a group of super villains in the Marvel Comics Universe who each have elemental themed powers: earth, fire, water, and wind...
attack the team, and are soon joined by the U-Foes
U-Foes
U-Foes are a fictional comic book supervillain team appearing in various series published by Marvel Comics. The group first appeared in Incredible Hulk #254...
, Freedom Force
Freedom Force (comics)
Freedom Force is the name of two teams within Marvel Comics' universe.The original was a supervillain team, though they occasionally acted in a heroic capacity as well. It was a government-sponsored team originally composed mainly of Mystique's Brotherhood of Evil Mutants...
, members of the Shadow Initiative, and some members of the Hood
Hood (comics)
The Hood is a fictional character, a supervillain, and a crime boss in the . Created by writer Brian K. Vaughan and artists Kyle Hotz and Eric Powell, the character first appeared in The Hood #1 .-Publication history:...
's army. Prodigy is then ganged up on by the Initiative members while Telemetry and Nonstop capture footage of the combat and upload it to YouTube
YouTube
YouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....
. With the help of the Avengers Resistance, Nonstop and Telemetry leave the country to go into hiding, taking Debrii
Debrii
Debrii is a fictional character, a superhero from Marvel Comics. She debuted in New Warriors Vol. 3 Issue 4. She was created by artist Skottie Young with the help of writer Zeb Wells. Little is known about her at this time...
with them.
After Osborn is taken down during the events of Siege
Siege (comics)
Siege is a fictional character, owned by Marvel Comics, who exists in the Marvel Universe.-Creative origins:John Kelly was initially created by Dwayne McDuffie and Gregory Wright as a pseudo-preview of their then-upcoming relaunch of Deathlok as well as to provide existing in-continuity backstory...
, Prodigy is released from prison and honored for his fight against Osborn.
During the Fear Itself
Fear Itself (comics)
"Fear Itself" is a 2011 crossover comic book storyline published by Marvel Comics, consisting of a seven-issue, eponymous miniseries written by Matt Fraction and illustrated by Stuart Immonen, Wade Von Grawbadger, and Laura Martin, a prologue book by writer Ed Brubaker and artist Scott Eaton, and...
storyline, members of the Heavy Hitters appear at a meeting held by Prodigy
Prodigy (Ritchie Gilmore)
Prodigy is the name of a superhero in Marvel Comics.-Fictional character biography:Ritchie Gilmore is a typical jock, captain of his college wrestling team, and one of the most popular guys in school. But Ritchie wants more from life; he wants to be stronger and more powerful...
regarding magical hammers that have crashed into the earth.
Former Members
- GravityGravity (comics)Gravity is a fictional character, a superhero in the Marvel Comics universe. He first appeared in Gravity #1 and was created by Sean McKeever and Mike Norton.-Publication history:...
- OutbackBoomerang (comics)Boomerang is a fictional character, a supervillain appearing in the Marvel Comics universe and first appeared in Tales to Astonish #81....
- ProdigyProdigy (Ritchie Gilmore)Prodigy is the name of a superhero in Marvel Comics.-Fictional character biography:Ritchie Gilmore is a typical jock, captain of his college wrestling team, and one of the most popular guys in school. But Ritchie wants more from life; he wants to be stronger and more powerful...