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Archie Corrigan is a fictional comic book character from the Marvel Comics universe. ==Fictional character biography== He is a friend of Patch and is a pilot. He owns and operates South Seas Skyways, of which he was the entire company. He lives in Madripoor. Corrigan helps Patch out on several encounters with the criminal elements of Madripoor. Early on he works with Patch in a confrontation with governmental elements, also criminals, of Madripoor, two of whom are the powerful Nguyen Ngoc Coy and Madripoor's ruler, Prince Baran.〔''Wolverine'' Vol 2 #4 (February 1989)〕 Soon joined by Karma they battle the super-powered enforcement duo of Bloodscream and Roughhouse. Archie's hand-scar, on his chest, is shown, a result from Bloodscream's aborted assault on his body. The three heroes proceed to save each other's lives multiple times.〔''Wolverine'' Vol 2 #6 (April 1989)〕 Archie's father passes away, leaving him thirty dollars, one dollar for every year of aggravation. His brother Burt, a mentally unstable man, gains the majority of the inheritance. Archie's Aunt Ruth calls a competency hearing for Burt. Archie asks Patch to come with him as moral support. All believe Ruth is simply after Burt's money. Archie's brother manifests a disconnect with reality, seeing life in terms of action movie stars.〔''Wolverine'' Vol 2 #11 (September 1989)〕 Archie, Patch, and Jessica Drew fly from Madripoor to San Francisco for the hearing, using old smuggling skills to avoid custom agents and other aspects of the law. They soon become involve in an international chase for the 'Gehenna Stone'; it causes people to act irrationally in order to own it. It also potentially serves as the seat of power for the Annunaki deity Ba'al-Hadad. The demon can manifest vampire like creatures, which consistently pursue Archie and his allies. The demon is killed back in Madripoor, in the home of Prince Baran. Burt moves on with his life, later seen breaking the bank at a casino.〔''Wolverine'' Vol 2 #12-16 (1989-1990)〕 Wolverine rescues Archie from Abdul Alhazred, who is trying to take control of Tiger Tyger. During this adventure, Archie's plane is destroyed.〔''Marvel Comics Presents'' #62-63, 1990〕 An assassination attempt on leads to Archie almost being slain as an ally. He is spared only because the Yakuza criminal elements making a move on Madripoor and Logan in particular value Archie's piloting skills. In an attempt to get help Archie gets a first hand look at how corrupt the local police force is. 〔"Wolverine" vol 2 #31 (September 1990)〕 This soon dovetails into Archie helping Logan combat an attempt by the Yakuza to control a cancer cure via monkeys native to Madripoor. Or so he believes. Archie works closely with underworld figure Tyger Tiger to break the back of the conspiracy targeting Logan and his allies. This falls apart when the Yakuza head is betrayed and slain by an operative from within. 〔"Wolverine" vol 2 #33-34 (November-Dec. 1990)〕 He later rejoins his friends for a party at the Princess Bar in honor of Wolverine. This is attacked by Hand ninjas but the party goers are saved by Maverick, an ill mercenary.〔"Wolverine" #87 (November 1994)〕 Later General Coy and Prince Baran lead an attack on the Princess Bar, slaying many of Wolverine's friends, including Archie. Other fatalities are Rick O'Donnel, co-owner of the bar and Rose Wu, a shape-shifting employee of "Landau, Luckman, and Lake". In the result confrontations, Baran and Coy die; Tiger Tyger is the one to kill the Prince.〔"Wolverine" Vol. 2 #98 (Feb 1996)〕 Despite this, Archie later assists Wolverine, the Silver Samurai and other allies in transport to an ancient mystical temple. There Wolverine destroys a magical being called the 'Doombringer'. This was a demonic being that could disrupt the flow of time and human aging. 〔"Wolverine: Doombringer" One-shot (November 1997)〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Archie Corrigan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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