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The Wrecking Crew is a team of four fictional supervillains—Bulldozer, Piledriver, Thunderball, and the Wrecker—that appears in Marvel Comics. While not featured on the cover, the Wrecking Crew's first appearance is in ''Defenders'' vol. 1, #17 in November 1974. ==Fictional team history== The Wrecking Crew are formed when Dirk Garthwaite—the Wrecker—is approached by Dr. Eliot Franklin in prison and asked to retrieve a gamma bomb Franklin had designed, with the intent of ransoming New York for millions of dollars. The Wrecker had formerly been a violent criminal who demolished crime scenes with his crowbar, but gained his power when he was mistaken for Loki and given godly powers by the Norn Queen. Garthwaite manages to retrieve his enchanted crowbar, and during a lightning storm tells Franklin and fellow prisoners Henry Camp and Brian Calusky to grip the weapon simultaneously. A lightning bolt then strikes the crowbar and transforms the four men into the Wrecking Crew. They promptly escape from prison and in the course of searching for the gamma bomb are defeated by the Defenders and Luke Cage.〔''Defenders'' vol. 1, #17–19〕 Over the years the Wrecking Crew have followed a very familiar cycle—escape prison, fight and subsequently lose to superheroes, and return to prison. The Wrecking Crew have battled the Avengers, Captain America, Iron Fist, the Runaways, Spider-Man, the Sub-Mariner, the Thing, and their main foe, Thor. When the Wrecking Crew first battle Thor, they are confident that it will be a quick victory. Thor, however, infuriated by the fact that one of the Wrecker's offensives has killed an innocent bystander, defeats them all in moments and critically injures the Wrecker.〔''Thor'' vol. 1, #304〕 Thunderball escapes and several weeks later recovers the Wrecker's crowbar, and goes on to form his own gang before being defeated by Spider-Man.〔''Amazing Spider-Man'' vol. 1, #248〕 The team is later chosen by the being known as the Beyonder to participate in the Secret Wars against a team of select superheroes.〔''Secret Wars'' #1–12 (1984–1985)〕 The Wrecking Crew's most notorious act was to participate in the near-fatal beating of the hero Hercules during a siege of Avengers Mansion by the supervillain team the Masters of Evil. With Thor's assistance, Hercules eventually confronts the Wrecking Crew and defeats them, restoring his confidence in himself.〔''Thor'' vol. 1, #418〕 The Wrecking Crew was imprisoned in the Raft, when Electro freed the inmates in the ''New Avengers''.〔''New Avengers vol. 1 #01''〕 During the Civil War event, the Wrecking Crew is forced to join the team the Thunderbolts or face additional jail time.〔''Civil War'' #1–7 (2006–2007)〕 They later escape to Canada to avoid the Superhuman Registration Act. The Wrecking Crew's most despicable act is murdering nearly everyone inside a Canadian bar, due to an "annoying" cell phone ringtone. They then join forces with the mythical Great Beasts and battle the superhero team Omega Flight.〔''Omega Flight'' #1–5 (2007)〕 After being defeated by Omega Flight, they are imprisoned in a jail in Manitoba but manage to escape〔''Marvel Comics Presents'' #5 (2008)〕 and return to the United States where they are recruited to join the Hood's crime syndicate.〔''New Avengers'' #32–37 (2007)〕 The Wrecking Crew were later hired by Jigsaw to kill the Punisher during Jigsaw's revenge plot against Frank Castle. However, before Wrecker can deliver the final blow, he is defeated by the Rhino, who owed Frank a favor after Castle spared his life. During the ''Secret Invasion'' storyline, the Wrecking Crew are among the many supervillains who rejoined the Hood's crime syndicate and attacked an invading Skrull force.〔''New Avengers'' #46〕 Bulldozer was mentioned to have died through unknown circumstances and his daughter became the next Bulldozer as part of the new Frightful Four.〔''Fantastic Four'' Vol. 5 #4〕 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「Wrecking Crew (comics)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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