Super-Patriot (Marvel Comics)

Infobox comics character


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character_name=Super-Patriot
real_name=unknown
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publisher=Marvel Comics
debut="Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D." #13 (July 1969).
creators=Gary Friedrich, Herb Trimpe
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powers=None, although has access various high tech weapons.|

Super-Patriot is a supervillain in the universe of Marvel Comics, and an enemy of Nick Fury and S.H.I.E.L.D.

Fictional character biography

Super-Patriot was first seen staging a political rally in New York City, protesting the immigration policies of the United States. His speech labeled American officials who allow foreigners on American soil as "traitors", and encouraged American citizens to overthrow the government. Agents of the anti-terrorist organization S.H.I.E.L.D. came on the scene to arrest Super-Patriot for his refusal of a federal subpoena, and the conflict quickly devolved into a gun battle between the two, from which Super-Patriot ultimately escaped unscathed. [Comic book reference | writer=Friedrich, Gary | penciller=Trimpe, Herb | inker=Grainger, Sam | story=New! New! New! The Super-Patriot! | title=Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. | volume=1 | issue=13 | date=July, 1969 | publisher=Marvel Comics | page= | panel= ]

Nick Fury, then a fugitive on the run from S.H.I.E.L.D., receives intelligence from a friend that Super-Patriot is planning a terrorist attack on the United Nations. An undercover agent of the Super-Patriot's informs him that Fury is no threat; this agent later reveals himself to Fury as Jasper Sitwell, a S.H.I.E.L.D. mole. Fury trades places with him and arrives at the United Nations Headquarters just as Super-Patriot is about to destroy it with his "Ultimate Weapon". S.H.I.E.L.D. shows up, and a three-way battle erupts, during which the Super-Patriot attempts to flee, clutching an American flag to his body (believing that S.H.I.E.L.D. agents will not fire at the flag). However, he accidentally trips over the fabric and falls to his death.cite book | last = Sanderson | first = Peter | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = The Marvel Comics Guide to New York City | publisher = Pocket Books | date = 2007 | location = New York City | pages = 68 | url = | doi = | id = | isbn = 1-14653-141-6]

Nick Fury removes the Super-Patriot's mask to reveal Nick Fury's own face underneath. However, in later comics it is revealed that this was merely a hallucinatory vision induced by a "truth serum" S.H.I.E.L.D. had used on Fury with the intention of testing his loyalty. The battle with Super-Patriot was apparently real, however, as Fury's colleague Dum Dum Dugan remembers it as well. [Comic book reference | writer=Friedrich, Gary | penciller=Trimpe, Herb | inker=Grainger, Sam | story=A Day in the Life! | title=Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. | volume=1 | issue=14 | date=September, 1969 | publisher=Marvel Comics | page= | panel= ]

External links

* [http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix/suprpat1.htm Super-Patriot] at the Appendix to the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe

References