Agent Axis

Agent Axis is the name of three fictional comic book supervillains, two from DC Comics and the other from Marvel Comics.

DC Comics

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publisher = DC Comics
debut = "Boy Commandos" #1 (Winter 1942)
creators = Jack Kirby
Joe Simon
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Boy Commandos

The first Agent Axis is a Nazi spy and foe of the Boy Commandos in DC Comics. She appears in issues # 1 and 3 of "Boy Commandos" comics; the stories were reprinted in 1971 in issues #6 and 7 of "Mister Miracle".

In one appearance, she lays a trap by approaching the team as 'Sigrid' and claiming that Agent Axis is after her. The team believes her story and promises to protect her. After some time of nothing happening, they find that Nazi forces have ransacked their headquarters. They also find a note claiming Sigrid had been kidnapped.

Clues lead the Boy Commandos to the Radcliffe Estate, where the Nazis spring a trap and capture the young heroes. Rip, the team's leader, had suspected something and brought reinforcements of his own. The Boy Commandos manage to escape and turn the tables on their assailants. All but Sigrid are captured.

World's Finest Team

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caption = Agent Axis (DC Comics). Art by Jim Aparo.
character_name = Agent Axis
publisher = DC Comics
debut = "World's Finest Comics" #250 (April/May 1978)
creators = Gerry Conway (script)
Jim Aparo (pencils)
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The third Agent Axis first appeared in "World's Finest Comics" #250 (April/May 1979), and was created by Gerry Conway. He is a foe of the World's Finest Team: Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Arrow and Black Canary. The heroes travel to Earth-One in the year 1942 to repair damages to the time stream caused by Ravager, a being with the abiltiy to travel through time. Agent Axis is a Nazi agent who kills Professor Ronsom, an American scientist working on a time travelling device. He later joines forces with the Ravager in order to bring the secrets of time travel to Nazi Germany. During a battle in Bavaria the World's Finest team manages to activate the chronal transponder near the Ravager, returning the heroes to their proper time and place with no memory of the prior events. Presumably agent Axis is also returned to his correct place and time. ["World's Finest Comics" #250 (DC Comics, 1978)] .

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caption = Agent Axis (Marvel Comics). Art by Frank Robbins.
character_name = Agent Axis
publisher = Marvel Comics
debut = "The Invaders Annual" #1 (1977)
creators = Roy Thomas (script)
Frank Robbins (pencils)
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full_name = Hiroyuki Kanegawa, Aldo Malvagio, and Berthold Volker
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aliases = Pterorist
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powers = Ability to speak three languages, physical attributes of three men, combined knowledge, skills, combat ability and experience of three top facist agents.

Marvel Comics

Publication history

The second Agent Axis was created by Roy Thomas as a foe of his World War II-era superhero team The Invaders; his first appearance was in "The Invaders Annual" #1 (1977). The character appeared several times during the "Invaders" series. Agent Axis also appears in "Marvel Comics Presents" #34 (November 1989).

Fictional character biography

Agent Axis was created when a freak lightning storm merged the bodies of three Axis agents (Hiroyuki Kanegawa, a Japanese agent; Aldo Malvagio, an Italian agent; and Berthold Volker, a Nazi agent) into one body. The accident gave Agent Axis the strength of three men and ability to speak Japanese, Italian and German, but also left his mind in a fractured state. He fought the Invaders several times.

Agent Axis reappears after the war. Former Invaders member the Thin Man, after discovering that Agent Axis was responsible for killing all the inhabitants of the village of Kalahia, spends the next several decades hunting for the former Nazi agent. In the 1980s, the Thin Man tracks down Agent Axis to America, where he has been given sanctuary by the CIA. The Thin Man enlists the aid of his former ally Captain America to help bring Agent Axis to justice. When Agent Axis brags to the Thin Man that he is under protection of the US Government and can not be brought to trial, the enraged Thin Man suffocates Agent Axis with his pliable body. Captain America later hands the Thin Man over to the authorities. ["Marvel Comics Presents" #34 (November 1989)]

The soul of Agent Axis is revealed to have been used as the genetic template for producing the Pterorists clones. ["New Invaders" miniseries (2004)]

Notes

References

* [http://www.mikesamazingworld.com/database/minorchar-appearances.php?name=Agent%20Axis Agent Axis (DC) at Mike's Amazing World of DC Comics]
* [http://www.marveldatabase.com/Agent_Axis Agent Axis (Marvel) at the Marvel Database]