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{{Infobox comics character <!--Wikipedia:WikiProject Comics--> |
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| character_name = Crimson Cowl |
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| image = Justine Hammer (Earth-616) from Invincible Iron Man Vol 2 25 001.jpg |
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| caption = Justine Hammer as seen in ''The Invincible Iron Man'' Vol. 2 #25. |
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| real_name = Justine Hammer |
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| publisher = [[Marvel Comics]] |
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| debut = ''[[Thunderbolts (comics)|Thunderbolts]]'' #3 (June 1997; as Crimson Cowl) <br> ''[[Thunderbolts (comics)|Thunderbolts]]'' #67 (September 2002) |
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| creators = [[Kurt Busiek]]<br>[[Mark Bagley]] |
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| alliances = [[Masters of Evil]]<br>[[Hammer Industries]] |
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| powers = Adept athlete and unarmed combatant<br>Shrewd businesswoman and negotiator<br>Wears a prehensile cloak that grants:<br>Flight<br>Shapeshifting<br>Teleportation |
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| subcat = Marvel Comics |
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| sortkey = Crimson Cowl |
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The '''Crimson Cowl (Justine Hammer)''' is a <!--Do not add "fictional" as it is tautological; supervillains (and characters in general) are by definition implied to be fictionalized to some extent.-->[[supervillain]] appearing in [[American comic book]]s published by [[Marvel Comics]]. The daughter of [[Justin Hammer]] and a recurring adversary of [[Iron Man]]'s, she initially appeared in books, such as those featuring the [[Thunderbolts (comics)|Thunderbolts]]. |
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==Publication history== |
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The character debuted in ''[[Thunderbolts (comics)|Thunderbolts]]'' #3 (June 1997) and was created by [[Kurt Busiek]] and [[Mark Bagley]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=DeFalco |first1=Tom |last2=Sanderson |first2=Peter |last3=Brevoort |first3=Tom |last4=Teitelbaum |first4=Michael |last5=Wallace |first5=Daniel |last6=Darling |first6=Andrew |last7=Forbeck |first7=Matt |last8=Cowsill |first8=Alan |last9=Bray |first9=Adam |title=The Marvel Encyclopedia |date=2019 |publisher=DK Publishing |isbn=978-1-4654-7890-0 |page=95}}</ref> [[Kurt Busiek]] originally intended [[Alice Nugent]] ([[Hank Pym]]'s former lab assistant) to be Crimson Cowl.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.geocities.com/bomymo/addenda/busiek-cc |title=Kurt Busiek's choice for the woman beneath the Crimson Cowl |access-date=2009-10-25 |archive-date=2022-06-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220619034314/http://www.geocities.com/bomymo/addenda/busiek-cc |url-status=dead }}</ref> The next ''Thunderbolts'' writer [[Fabian Nicieza]] revealed that [[Justin Hammer]]'s previously unknown daughter was the new version of Crimson Cowl. Nicieza would later use Alice Nugent as the new [[Doctor Spectrum]]. |
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She is the second individual to use the [[Crimson Cowl]] alias after [[Ultron]], though she used [[Dallas Riordan]] as a scapegoat. |
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==Fictional character biography== |
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Justine Hammer claims to be the daughter of industrialist and supervillain financier [[Justin Hammer]]. Despite being the daughter of one of the richest men in the world, her life was not one of privilege. Justin never approved of his daughter and Justine was always trying to prove her worthiness. Justine eventually decided to follow in her father's footsteps and use the supervillain community to accumulate power for herself. |
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Shortly after the [[Avengers (comics)|Avengers]] and [[Fantastic Four]] seemingly died in battle against [[Onslaught (Marvel Comics)|Onslaught]], Justine donned the identity of the Crimson Cowl, an identity once used by [[Ultron]], and formed a new group of supervillains called the [[Masters of Evil]]. Working for [[Hydra (comics)|HYDRA]], they hoped to win the favor of the [[New York City]] crime families. All of this enraged the members of the new superhero team the Thunderbolts because they were actually another faction of the Masters of Evil led by Baron [[Helmut Zemo]]/[[Citizen V]]. When the Thunderbolts faced the Masters of Evil in battle, she and her team escaped due to the blinding flash that accompanies the Crimson Cowl's teleportation effect. When next they fought, Crimson Cowl escaped again. |
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After the Thunderbolts had turned on Zemo and [[Fixer (comics)|Techno]], they found themselves fugitives hated by heroes and villains alike. The Crimson Cowl saw this as an opportunity to induct the remaining Bolts into her Masters of Evil. She sent [[Cyclone (Marvel Comics)|Cyclone]] to bait the Thunderbolts into walking into an ambush. After defeating the Thunderbolts she made her "proposal:" join her and enjoy all the amenities that come with being in her organization or defy her and she would tell all of the Thunderbolts' enemies how to find them. The Thunderbolts were given time to think over the situation but in the end decided they would rather take down the Crimson Cowl instead. When next they fought, it looked like the Crimson Cowl had won until [[Hawkeye (Clint Barton)|Hawkeye]] disguised as [[Dreadknight]] saved the team. |
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The Masters began a plan to use a weather machine to blackmail world leaders for a billion dollars. The Masters' numbers had grown under the Cowl from 6 members to 25. Realizing they were outnumbered, Hawkeye decided to use [[Moonstone (comics)|Moonstone]] and her reputation as a traitor to infiltrate the Masters. Moonstone was tempted to side with the Masters for real, but eventually decided against it in favor of taking down and unmasking the Cowl instead. The Thunderbolts were shocked to find she was [[Dallas Riordan]], their former liaison to the office of the New York city mayor. In reality, Riordan was actually the new Citizen V. She had been knocked unconscious when she began to interfere with the Cowl's plans for the weather machine. At the last moment, Justine had teleported out of her costume and placed Dallas into it. Dallas did not tell the Thunderbolts the truth because she was still bitter about being fired as the mayor's liaison because of the Thunderbolts' deception as heroes. Eventually, Dallas was rescued from jail by the [[V-Battalion]] and parted ways with them after they ordered her to assassinate [[Henry Peter Gyrich|Henry Gyrich]] and she refused. Dallas came back to America to receive aid from the Thunderbolts. During a battle between the V-Battalion and the Thunderbolts, the Crimson Cowl had Dallas teleported to her hideout, which was on the border of Symkaria and Latveria. Dallas was briefly held prisoner but soon escaped. She and Justine fought a long battle that ended with Dallas falling off a bridge, which left her paralyzed. |
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[[Silver Sable]] was apparently friends with Justine and allowed her to stay in Sable's country of Symkaria when Justine moved there after inheriting her father's fortune. Sable was unaware that Justine was a supervillain for quite some time. |
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Eventually, the Crimson Cowl created a new incarnation of the Masters of Evil. Hawkeye, [[Songbird (comics)|Songbird]], and [[Plantman]] defeated most of them and convinced several of them that the Crimson Cowl would kill them with a bio-toxin Justine's father had surreptitiously placed in the majority of supervillains he had employed over the years. Hawkeye inducted several of these Masters into the Thunderbolts. The Crimson Cowl was eventually defeated by [[Skein (comics)|Skein]], who used her powers to deconstruct Justine's costume, leaving her naked even when she was put in her own cell by the Thunderbolts. |
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During the "[[Civil War (comics)|Civil War]]" storyline, Justine appeared as part of a crew alongside [[Razor Fist]] and [[Diamondhead (comics)|Diamondhead]] trying to escape the superhuman prison, the Raft. She teleported to the security center, knocking out both guards and releasing all the prisoners. Razor Fist, holding [[Robbie Baldwin]] as a hostage/human shield, cut Baldwin, which released his kinetic energy, rendering most of the prisoners unconscious, maimed, or possibly dead. Justine was found knocked out cold by guards.<ref>''[[Civil War (comic book)|Civil War]] Front Line'' #9. Marvel Comics.</ref> |
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Crimson Cowl was hired by the [[Hood (comics)|Hood]] to take advantage of the split in the superhero community caused by the Superhuman Registration Act.<ref>''The New Avengers'' #35. Marvel Comics.</ref> |
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Later, Justine Hammer became a recurring adversary to [[Tony Stark]] in ''[[Iron Man (comic book)|Iron Man]]'', beginning with the 2010 storyline "Stark Resilient", which is part of the overarching storyline "[[Heroic Age (comics)|Heroic Age]]". Justine has since ostensibly left supervillainy to take the reins of [[Hammer Industries]], along with her daughter [[Sasha Hammer]], and begin promoting [[Detroit Steel]], their own line of mechanized battlesuits to sell to both the military and private interests. While the initial presentation is considered a bust, as the investors have little interest with Stark's return, Stark then announces that he is leaving the weapons industry and an interest in using repulsor technology to give free energy to the world, making the military interested again in Detroit Steel. Justine is also seen buying surplus [[H.A.M.M.E.R.]] equipment that was sold amidst [[Norman Osborn]]'s fall.<ref name=IronMan25>{{Cite comic|writer=[[Fraction, Matt]]|artist=[[Larroca, Salvador]]|story=Stark Resilient Part 1: Hammer Girls|title=The Invincible Iron Man|volume=5|issue=#25|date=Aug. 2011|publisher=Marvel Comics}}</ref> |
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Hammer continues as an adversary in subsequent ''Iron Man'' storylines, including "Demon",<ref>{{cite comic|writer=Fraction, Matt|artist=Larocca, Salavdor|story=Demon Part 2: Exposure|title=The Invincible Iron Man|issue=#511|publisher=Marvel Comics|date=Feb. 2012}}</ref> "The Long Way Down"<ref>{{cite comic|writer=Fraction, Matt|artist=Larroca, Salavdor|story=The Long Way Down Part 2: How to Make a Madman|title=The Invincible Iron Man|issue=#517|publisher=Marvel Comics|date=July 2012}}</ref> and "The Future".<ref>{{cite comic|writer=Fraction, Matt|artist=Larroca, Salavdor|story=The Future: Part 4: Armor War|title=The Invincible Iron Man|issue=#524|publisher=Marvel Comics|date=November 2012}}</ref> After Iron Man and [[Zeke Stane]] joined forces to create a revolution and escape captivity, the former contacted Justine to warn her that Sasha and Zeke will want revenge for what the Mandarin did to Zeke. Justine ignores the warning, but finds Sasha and Zeke waiting to presumably kill her.<ref>''Invincible Iron Man'' #527 (Dec. 2012). Marvel Comics.</ref> |
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==Powers and abilities== |
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The Crimson Cowl's main power is her prehensile cloak. Its many billows seem capable of elongating, strangling and grappling, and pummeling (and even forming sharp edges with its corners). The cloak also contains devices enabling her to levitate and to teleport herself and her teammates away from the scene, with a brilliant, debilitating flash of light just prior to the effect.<ref>''Thunderbolts'' #3</ref> |
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Justine Hammer is an adept athlete and unarmed combatant. She is also a shrewd businesswoman and negotiator, making her a formidable leader and criminal organizer. |
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==Other versions== |
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===Ultimate Marvel=== |
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The [[Ultimate Marvel]] version of Justine Hammer has tech-based superhuman abilities. In ''[[Ultimate Comics: Armor Wars]]'', she hopes of finding a cure for her "superhuman sickness" caused by her [[Justin Hammer|late father]] and apparently helps [[Iron Man (Ultimate Marvel character)|Iron Man]] in battling [[Ghost (Marvel Comics)|Ghost]] to help Iron Man recover a stolen "ornament". However, it's revealed that she's manipulative under the employment of [[Howard Stark Sr.|Howard Stark Sr.]] and the "ornament" turns out to nullify various technology to which Justine is affected and she dies.<ref>''Ultimate Comics Armor Wars'' #1-4. Marvel Comics.</ref> |
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==In other media== |
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* Elements of Justine Hammer are amalgamated with the ''[[Iron Man: Armored Adventures]]'' version of [[Sasha Hammer]].{{citation needed|date=November 2022}} |
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* The Crimson Cowl appears as a boss in ''[[Marvel: Avengers Alliance]]''. |
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==References== |
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==External links== |
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* [http://marvel.com/universe/Crimson_Cowl_%28Justine_Hammer%29 Crimson Cowl (Justine Hammer)] at Marvel.com |
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* [https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Justine_Hammer_%28Earth-616%29 Crimson Cowl (Justine Hammer)] at Marvel Wiki |
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* [https://comicvine.gamespot.com/justine-hammer/4005-22613/ Crimson Cowl (Justine Hammer)] at Comic Vine |
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* {{comicbookdb|type=character|id=4436|title=Crimson Cowl (Justine Hammer)}} |
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* {{marvunapp|http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix4/crimsoncowljustine.htm|Crimson Cowl (Justine Hammer)}} |
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