Ironfist The Avenger

IRONFIST THE AVENGER

Real Name: Kenny, Wayne, Col, Keef

Class: Magically-empowered human gestalt

Occupation: Skinhead, minion

Group Affiliation: Damnation Army

Known Relatives: Kenny and Wayne were brothers

Aliases: British Boys

Base of Operations: London, England

First Appearance: (British Boys) Hellblazer #1 (January, 1988), (Ironfist The Avenger) Hell blazer #6 (June, 1988)

Powers: Ironfist was a gestalt fusion of four human beings, with four heads and appendages, and a central trunk. He was nearly mindless, but possessed superhuman strength and durability.

History: (Hellblazer #1, 6) - Skinheads and avid soccer fans Kenny, his brother Wayne, and their friends Col and Keef formed a gang named the British Boys. Their hate was born of fear and ignorance, and they targeted Pakistani immigrants and homosexuals. Kenny had fantasies about his heroism, and called himself Ironfist the Avenger when he wore his fighting glove. They saw a man enter a bar, and mistook him for being homosexual. The man was actually the demon Nergal, who wanted to recruit them into his Damnation Army, satanic subversives who were given magic powers by Nergal. They threatened him, and he tore them to shreds. He took their mangled remains, and fused them to form the monstrous Ironfist The Avenger, and sent them to abduct John Constantine’s new beau Zed. The monster was near mindless, and Nergal had to direct his thoughts using his followers for tantric magic. Ironfist felt complete being fused, and actually enjoyed having a real mission. Before going after Zed Ironfist killed members of the Resurrection Crusade, a fundamentalist movement that clashed with the Army. John couldn’t have a monster take away his new friend, and noted that the fused boys had tattoos of Chelsea and Arsenal, two opposing soccer teams. The beast tore itself to pieces arguing about the best team.

Comments: Created by Jamie Delano & John Ridgway.