Death's-Head (comics)

For another Marvel character of the same name, see Death's Head.

Death's-Head
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	Daredevil #56 (Sep 1969)
Created by	Roy Thomas and Gene Colan
In-story information
Alter ego	Paxton Page

Death's-Head is a fictional character in the Marvel Universe.

Publication history

Death's-Head appeared in Daredevil #56-57 (September-October 1969), and was created by Roy Thomas and Gene Colan.

Fictional character biography

Dr. Paxton Page was a scientist who perfected the cobalt bomb. He later went mad and faked his own kidnapping and death so that he could assume the guise of the villain Death's-Head. He dressed in a glowing radioactive costume, riding a horse whose flesh was made transparent, and wielding fireballs and scimitars of radioactive cobalt.

Page's daughter Karen returns to her parents' home to investigate her father’s disappearance, and Daredevil followed her. In the ensuing battle between Daredevil and Death's-Head, Death's-Head spilled a vat of molten cobalt over Daredevil, but realized that Karen was endangered. This brought him back to his senses, and he pushed Daredevil and Karen to safety. He appeared to die in this act of self-sacrifice, when he was coated in the molten cobalt.^[1]

Later, Death-Stalker briefly impersonated Death's-Head.

Notes

1. ^ Daredevil #57

External links

• Death's Head at the Appendix to the Handbook of the Marvel Universe