Buck Wild
Created by: Dwayne McDuffie
First Appearance: Icon#13, 1994
Nationality: American
Team Affiliations: Icon and Rocket II
Alias: Mercenary Man, Buck Goliath, Jim Crow, Buck Lightning, Icon II, Buck Voodoo
Legal Status: U.S citizen with criminal record.
Weight: 320 lbs Height: 6’4
Eyes: Dark black Hair: Black
Relatives: Unknown
Powers: He has superhuman strength though not on the scale of Icon. He is also near invulnerable but can still be hurt with sufficient force. His leg muscles are also sufficiently strong that he can leap long distances giving the impression of flight.
Biography
In 1972 Rufus was wrongfully convicted of a crime he didn’t commit, he plea bargained down from the crime he did commit and sentenced to jail. Inside he was abused by the prison guards, realizing he wouldn’t survive his sentence he volunteered for an experiment involving cryogenics. Unfortunately the experiment went terribly wrong, only his brain was frozen before his containment unit was unit exploded. A side effect of this he got superhuman powers. Escaping from prison he went through a series of identities until setting on “Buck Wild: Mercenary man” who aided the community granted they could pay for his services. His villains included Lysistrata Jones, SweetStick Max, Cockroach Andy among others. He met and befriended Icon and Rocket while facing off with Lysistrata. When Icon left earth and Rocket’s pregnancy prevented her from being a hero she recruited him to be Icon 2. Along with Rocket 2 he protected Dakota until he was killed in battle with Oblivion.
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December 4th, 2011 at 12:02 am
[...] ground for toxic waste he was mutated into a giant cockroach with superhuman abilities. He fought “Buck” after creating a bomb with the same chemicals which would have resulted in the whole of Dakota [...]
January 17th, 2012 at 5:57 pm
[...] use of her powers but she was very afraid. When she finally got the hang of it she was teamed with Buck Wild who became Icon 2. Together hey saved the city of Dakota until the arrival of oblivion. Oblivion was more than they [...]
August 2nd, 2012 at 8:15 pm
One of the funniest comics I’ve ever read. Kudos to the late Dwayne McDuffie. (I’m still a Luke Cage fan though.)
February 11th, 2013 at 7:06 pm
[...] is a longtime Villain having fought the patriot who was partnered with a young “Buck” going by the name of “Jim Crow”. He later battled Buck while he was [...]