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Nuke
Nuke as he appears in Daredevil #233 (August 1986). Art by David Mazzucchelli
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	Daredevil #232 (July 1986)
Created by	Frank Miller David Mazzucchelli
In-story information
Alter ego	Francis "Frank" Simpson
Squad affiliations	Weapon Plus Thunderbolts
Notable aliases	Amanuensis Simpson, Scourge
Abilities	Cybernetic enhancements grant: Superhuman strength, speed, stamina, and sturdiness 2d centre Remote-controlled vital functions

Nuke (Francis "Frank" Simpson) is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Curiosity Comics. Created past author Frank Miller and artist David Mazzucchelli, the character first appeared in Daredevil #232 (July 1986). Nuke's most distinguishing feature is an American Flag tattooed on his face up.

Several incarnations of Nuke have appeared in Marvel's Netflix television serial set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) media franchise: Will Simpson, a constabulary sergeant and retired soldier who comes nether the thrall of Kilgrave, portrayed by Wil Traval in the 2015–2016 first and second seasons of Jessica Jones; and Benjamin "Dex" Poindexter, an FBI agent who comes under the thrall of Wilson Fisk / Kingpin: a composite character of the assassinator Bullseye and Nuke every bit depicted in "Born Again", portrayed by Wilson Bethel in the 2018 3rd season of Daredevil.

Publication history [edit]

Nuke was created by Frank Miller and David Mazzuchelli. He first appeared in Daredevil #232. Nuke largely disappeared following his apparent death in Daredevil #233, although his origin was explored and touched upon in issues of Helm America and Wolverine. It was not until Grant Morrison'south New X-Men, when it'south revealed Nuke was involved in the Weapon Plus program, that the character made a render in subsequent stories.

Fictional character biography [edit]

Frank Simpson was a test subject of the Weapon Plus program, the supersoldier program that had created Captain America and would later take their Weapon 10 facility transform Wolverine into a killing machine. The enhancing and conditioning process went awry, leaving Nuke seriously deranged.

Early on life [edit]

The origins of Nuke are explained in Wolverine: Origins.

The disturbed son of a wealthy, abusive, alcoholic, upper-course woman in Ohio, Frank soon developed an unhealthy affection for his babysitter, the only real maternal effigy in his life. The young woman, who was harboring feelings for his begetter Charles Simpson, capitalized on Frank's affection and talked the male child into killing his mother. Wolverine, at that fourth dimension an operative for Weapon Plus, had been sent to kidnap Frank. Wolverine showed up, dressed as a cop. He and so stalked Charles and the babysitter, eventually shooting the daughter with Charles's gun, later which Charles committed suicide. Wolverine then went to Frank'southward place and abducted him for the supersoldier project.^[1]

Years later, Frank Simpson was sent into the Vietnam State of war as a black-ops agent. Captured past the Viet Cong, Frank was severely tortured by Logan (who was posing as a Russian intelligence liaison), shattering Frank'south all the same unbalanced mind. While torturing him (fifty-fifty carving the American flag into his face that years later would become part of his superpowered personality), he implanted the phrase "No V.C.!" as a trigger discussion, along with the compulsion to kill gruesomely, in retaliation for the tortures suffered, anyone who uttered the words. He then allowed Frank to escape, testing his work with a village of peasants, who, seeing an American soldier, tried to soothe his anger and convince him to spare them, shouting the "No Five.C.!" phrase, meaning that they were not Viet Cong. Frank, in response to the trigger word, burnt the village to the ground, killing every inhabitant. The experiment being a success, Logan was installed equally his handler. Due to his trauma, Nuke ofttimes hallucinates that the enemies he is fighting are the Viet Cong.^[2]

At some time during the war, Nuke was inducted into the final part of the Project Homegrown, the Weapon VII programs, that turned him into a fractional cyborg with a subdermal mesh able to deflect bullets, and a 2d heart that, working in conjunction with some (placebo) pills, controlled his assailment, leaving him addicted every bit well. His whereabouts subsequently the war are still unknown.^[3]

First appearance [edit]

Nuke resurfaces employed by Generalissimo Felix Guillermo Carridad of Tierra Verde to destroy a insubordinate base. Carridad is impressed with his skills, and he enjoys using Nuke periodically every bit a superhuman iconic symbol.^[4] Following an performance in Nicaragua, the Kingpin hires Nuke through a decadent general and sends him to kill Daredevil. Nuke launches an attack on Hell'due south Kitchen, but is defeated by Daredevil. Enraged at a Daily Bugle commodity reporting on his mass murder in Hell'south Kitchen, he escapes his handlers, intending to destroy the Daily Bugle building. He is intercepted by Helm America and shot by a armed forces chopper. He faints from the wound and is presumed expressionless by the general public.^[five] Nuke was taken into custody by the government, still controlled by the Tierra Verde enclave.^[6]

Wolverine: Origins – The Death of Wolverine [edit]

In the serial Wolverine: Origins, following Wolverine's full memories regained, and embarking on a mission to take intendance of loose ends, the U.S. government dispatches Nuke to chase Wolverine down.^[7] Though Wolverine dispatches Nuke, it is revealed that Nuke'south enhanced physiology has further mutated, giving him cybernetic limbs, bones and skull, and the ability to survive the most gruesome injuries, but has left him devoid of whatever personality or conscience. When Wolverine tries to kill him, Captain America intervenes, assertive that Nuke is a failed subject of the Super Soldier Plan. Wolverine asks the telepath Emma Frost to restore Nuke's broken listen, maxim that he'll euthanize Nuke if he determines this is non possible.^[viii]

During Norman Osborn's tenure every bit the caput of the American peace-keeping organization H.A.M.M.E.R., the character uses the "Scourge" allonym and added to the Thunderbolts,^[9] and is demoted from the position of team leader.^[10] During Osborn'southward final confrontation, he sustains injuries that render him comatose.^[11]

Simpson is allied with the Iron Nail, attacking individuals in Europe that he perceives as enemies of America, until he is stopped by Captain America.^[12] He is defenseless in an explosion and presumed dead.^[13] Nuke subsequently appears live with a shaved head in the Death of Wolverine mini-series. He is seen working for Madame Hydra and hunting Wolverine every bit function of her bounty. While at a bar in British Columbia, Wolverine's adamantium skull headbutts Nuke to spread the word that he spared him while also getting the information on who placed the bounty on him.^[14]

Powers and abilities [edit]

Nuke possesses various superhuman physical attributes as a consequence of diverse cybernetic enhancements. Nuke'south bones have been replaced with advanced cybernetic components, granting him superhuman strength of an unrevealed limit. Aside from his strength, Nuke's body is considerably more resistant to physical injury than that of an ordinary human; even the cabalistic nervus strikes Daredevil learned during training by his sensei, Stick, take no effect. Nuke'due south skin has been replaced with an artificial type of plastic that looks identical to homo pare but is much more durable. In improver, he has an artificial secondary heart that works in conjunction with his colored pills. Nuke is the victim of decades of systematic physical and psychological workout at the hands of various individuals working for the United States government. As a result, Nuke is insane. He is now little more than than a puppet in the hands of his current handler, and able but to follow issued commands. Also in his outset appearance in Daredevil, Nuke was equipped with a monstrous multi-barrelled assault rifle which, in improver to being able to burn massive volleys of bullets, fragmentation grenades, and rockets, was also (due to mechanisms left unexplained) able to "proceed count" of the casualties inflicted. Nuke also had a habit of resetting the counter after noting down each "score" trying to "better" it in the coming assignment.^{[ volume & issue needed ]}

Apparently Nuke's metabolism is now remote controlled from a secret base on Tierra Verde, whose technicians are able to shut downward the biomech systems in Nuke'south body.^[viii]

Pills [edit]

Nuke has a second centre, and takes different colored pills to produce different bodily effects. Nuke's pill colors are: red, for increased adrenaline; white, to keep him balanced between missions; and blue, to bring him down.

It was originally stated that the red pills Nuke took affected his adrenal glands, sending him into his bloodthirsty rages.^{[ book & issue needed ]} The Wolverine: Origins series retconned this, stating instead that these pills are placebos, suggesting that Nuke lives in a constant state of increased adrenaline, but is non aware of this. The pills, therefore, trigger his violent beliefs, simply the effect is psychosomatic.^{[ volume & event needed ]}

Other versions [edit]

In the "Firm of Thousand" storyline, Nuke is one of the government agents (alongside Mimic and Agent Barnes) sent to Genosha to kill Magneto and every bit many of his followers as possible. He and Mimic served every bit a lark while Agent Barnes snuck into Magneto's headquarters.^[fifteen] When Nuke entered Wanda'due south bedroom in order to kill her, he was disassembled past her.^[16]

What If vol. ii #48 showed what would have happened if Daredevil had saved Nuke. This story manifests as Ben Urich pondering the situation and thinking of alternatives.^[17]

The Ultimate Marvel version of Frank Simpson is the man who was given the Super Soldier Serum during the Vietnam War when Captain America was MIA after World War Ii, simply his origin is more reminiscent of a postal service World War 2 equivalent.^[18] Like his mainstream counterpart, Simpson has the American Flag tattooed onto his face.^[nineteen] Simpson, completely disillusioned by America afterward Vietnam (1972), is believed to have betrayed his land due to the state of war and the augmentations but has "seen the Light". He is trying to sell his reverse-engineered serum blood to the N Koreans, but is stopped by British South.A.S. and Steve Rogers. Afterwards his identity is revealed to Ballad Danvers, Cap is beaten, and travels to Saloth, a Cambodian village but Simpson and his ground forces (all pumped upwardly with the Super-Soldier Serum) crush the Captain. Simpson vows to make Cap "see the light", strongly believing America stands for a number of atrocities in the last 50 years but Cap escapes and stops Simpson. He is brought into S.H.I.East.L.D. custody. Simpson is later visited by Cap in the Triskelion, which has the Captain reading the Bible to Simpson who is now bed-ridden.^[xx]

In the Amalgam Comics universe, in which the characters of Marvel Comics were merged with those of DC Comics, Nuke is combined with DC's Bane as Hydra agent Bane Simpson.^[21]

In other media [edit]

Marvel Cinematic Universe [edit]

Several incarnations of Nuke announced in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) Netflix telly series.

• In the first two seasons of Jessica Jones, Nuke is adapted as William "Will" Simpson, portrayed by Wil Traval.^{[22] [23]} A constabulary sergeant at the 15th Precinct and previously served in the 39th Infantry Division,^[24] he is initially sent past Kilgrave to kill Trish Walker. Being convinced by Jessica Jones that his mission has been accomplished, Kilgrave commands him to jump off a rooftop. Jessica saves him by knocking him out and taking him to the ground level, freeing him of Kilgrave'southward control,^[25] after which Simpson becomes a lover to Trish.^[26] He remains at odds with Jessica, as he is determined to murder Kilgrave to prevent from hurting anyone else. After his endeavour to impale Kilgrave with a bomb fails,^[27] Simpson reconnects with his armed forces unit of measurement, using experimental pills to increase combat awareness.^[28] He is now more than manic, to the point that he kills young man detective Oscar Clemons and 2 fellow operatives in social club to guarantee that he will be the 1 to kill Kilgrave.^[29] He then attempts to kill Jessica, but is thwarted by both Jessica and Trish, when Trish takes some of his combat enhancements and overpowers him (Jessica unable to beat him herself due to injuries from a recent motorcar accident). Left unconscious, Simpson is afterward taken away by his doctor, Miklos Kozlov, and members of the mysterious "IGH" organization who provided him with the supplements.^[30] Early in the second flavour, Simpson is at present using an inhaler and spying on Trish.^[31] He eventually catches upward to Trish at a movie set, where Trish shoots him in the leg. When Jessica catches up and confronts Simpson about a recent string of deaths of IGH members, Simpson states that Trish is beingness targeted because of an investigation into IGH, before they are abruptly attacked by an assailant who afterwards kills Simpson past breaking his neck before escaping.^[24] Afterwards, Jessica and Trish take his body to the embankment almost Playland Park and Jessica tosses his trunk into the body of water.^[32] Trish develops an addiction to the gainsay enhancers in Simpson'due south inhaler, subsequently developing superhuman abilities and becoming a supervillain.^{[32] [33]}

• Nuke's role in the Daredevil: Built-in Once more storyline is adapted in the 3rd flavour of the live-activity Netflix Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) serial Daredevil, as Benjamin "Dex" Poindexter, a composite character of the "Born Again" Nuke and Bullseye, portrayed by Wilson Bethel,^[34] with his immature self portrayed by Cameron Mann and his teenage self portrayed by Conor Proft.^[35] Dex is a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agent who draws Fisk's attention later on killing Albanian assailants who ambushed a caravan taking Fisk to the Presidential Hotel. Dex had diagnosed mental health problems and, since he was a child, had a gift for marksmanship with any thrown object. He served in the Army and joined the FBI every bit a sniper. Fisk orchestrated Dex's suspension and manipulated him into donning a replica Daredevil suit and carrying out hits in an attempt to both impugn Daredevil's reputation and neutralize threats to Fisk's resurgence.

Dex carried out a deadly attack on the New York Bulletin and attempted to kill Karen Page at Clinton Church, an attack that led to the murder of Father Paul Lantom. In both instances, he fought a masked Matt Murdock.^[36]

Afterwards Agent Ray Nadeem testified to a grand jury about Fisk's crimes, Vanessa Marianna, Fisk's fiancée, told Dex to kill Nadeem, an club with which Fisk concurred. He killed Nadeem in his backyard the same evening.

Dex was reinstated to the FBI and got a call from Murdock, who learned of Julie'southward murder and told Dex the location of a freezer where her body was beingness stored. Dex drove to the Presidential Hotel to crash Fisk's wedding reception. Equally the Fisks retreated to their penthouse apartment, Dex and Murdock followed. Murdock and Fisk defeated Dex, with Fisk ultimately breaking his back. Dex is later shown on an operating table, with doctors performing an experimental surgery to restore his spine.^[37]

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External links [edit]

• Nuke at Marvel.com
• Nuke at The Appendix to the Handbook of the Marvel Universe

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