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He first appeared in ''Hit-Monkey #1'', released in February 2010 (with a cover date of April 2010), created by [[Daniel Way]] and [[Dalibor Talijić]].
He first appeared in ''Hit-Monkey #1'', released in February 2010 (with a cover date of April 2010), created by [[Daniel Way]] and [[Dalibor Talijić]].


Hit-Monkey made his debut in a [[2010 in comics|2010]] [[eponym]]ous, digital comic on [[Marvel Digital Comics Unlimited]].<ref>{{cite web |first=Marc |last=Strom |url=http://marvel.com/news/comicstories.10303.the_coming_of_hitman_monkey |title=The Coming of Hitman Monkey |publisher=[[Marvel.com]] |date=November 13, 2009 |accessdate=May 29, 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |first=Mick |last=Marshall |url=http://splashpage.mtv.com/2010/02/02/exclusive-hit-monkey-has-arrived-you-have-been-warned/ |title=EXCLUSIVE: 'Hit-Monkey' Has Arrived. You Have Been Warned |work=Splashpage |publisher=[[MTV]] |date=February 2, 2010 |accessdate=May 29, 2010 }}</ref> The [[one-shot (comics)|one-shot]] was released in print format a week later and, starting in the same month, he was featured in a 3-issue [[story arc]] in ''[[Deadpool (comic book)|Deadpool]]'' #19-21.<ref>{{cite web |first=Dave |last=Richards |url=http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=24815 |title=Way Makes Things "Tricky" for "Deadpool" |publisher=[[Comic Book Resources]] |date=February 11, 2010 |accessdate=May 29, 2010 }}</ref> Cover artist [[Dave Johnson (comics)|Dave Johnson]] also accidentally confirmed that Hit-Monkey will be featured in his own three issue [[limited series|mini-series]],<ref>{{cite web |first=Kevin |last=Melrose |url=http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2010/03/cover-story-dave-johnson-on-abe-sapien-the-abyssal-plain-1/ |title=Cover Story <nowiki>|</nowiki> Dave Johnson on ''Abe Sapien: The Abyssal Plain'' #1 |work=Robot6 |publisher=[[Comic Book Resources]] |date=March 18, 2010 |accessdate=April 11, 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |first=David |last=Brothers |url=http://www.comicsalliance.com/2010/03/22/dave-johnson-accidentally-announces-hitman-monkeys-miniseries/ |title=Dave Johnson Accidentally Announces Hitman Monkey's Miniseries |publisher=[[Comics Alliance]] |date=March 22, 2010 |accessdate=April 11, 2010 }}</ref> a fact later confirmed by Daniel Way at the 2010 [[Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo]].<ref>{{cite web |first=Kevin |last=Mahadeo |url=http://marvel.com/news/comicstories.12094.c2e2_2010~colon~_hit-monkey_returns |title=C2E2 2010: Hit-Monkey Returns |publisher=[[Marvel.com]] |date=April 16, 2010 |accessdate=May 29, 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |first=Dave|last=Richards |url=http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=25786 |title=C2E2: Way Of The "Hit-Monkey" |publisher=[[Comic Book Resources]] |date=April 17, 2010 |accessdate=May 29, 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |first=Vaneta |last=Rogers |url=http://www.newsarama.com/comics/c2e2-hit-monkey-100417.html |title=C2E2 2010: Marvel's HIT MONKEY See, HIT MONKEY 2 |publisher=[[Newsarama]] |date=April 17, 2010 |accessdate=May 29, 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |first=Jesse |last=Schedeen |url=http://comics.ign.com/articles/108/1084405p1.html |title=C2E2 10: Hit-Monkey Strikes Back |publisher=[[IGN]] |date=April 17, 2010 |accessdate=May 29, 2010 }}</ref>
Hit-Monkey made his debut in a [[2010 in comics|2010]] [[eponym]]ous, digital comic on [[Marvel Digital Comics Unlimited]].<ref>{{cite web |first=Marc |last=Strom |url=http://marvel.com/news/comicstories.10303.the_coming_of_hitman_monkey |title=The Coming of Hitman Monkey |publisher=[[Marvel.com]] |date=November 13, 2009 |accessdate=May 29, 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |first=Mick |last=Marshall |url=http://splashpage.mtv.com/2010/02/02/exclusive-hit-monkey-has-arrived-you-have-been-warned/ |title=EXCLUSIVE: 'Hit-Monkey' Has Arrived. You Have Been Warned |work=Splashpage |publisher=[[MTV]] |date=February 2, 2010 |accessdate=May 29, 2010 }}</ref> The [[one-shot (comics)|one-shot]] was released in print format a week later and, starting in the same month, he was featured in a 3-issue [[story arc]] in ''[[Deadpool (comic book)|Deadpool]]'' #19-21.<ref>{{cite web |first=Dave |last=Richards |url=http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=24815 |title=Way Makes Things "Tricky" for "Deadpool" |publisher=[[Comic Book Resources]] |date=February 11, 2010 |accessdate=May 29, 2010 }}</ref> Cover artist [[Dave Johnson (comics)|Dave Johnson]] also accidentally confirmed that Hit-Monkey will be featured in his own three issue [[limited series|mini-series]],<ref>{{cite web |first=Kevin |last=Melrose |url=http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2010/03/cover-story-dave-johnson-on-abe-sapien-the-abyssal-plain-1/ |title=Cover Story <nowiki>|</nowiki> Dave Johnson on ''Abe Sapien: The Abyssal Plain'' #1 |work=Robot6 |publisher=[[Comic Book Resources]] |date=March 18, 2010 |accessdate=April 11, 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=David |last=Brothers |url=http://www.comicsalliance.com/2010/03/22/dave-johnson-accidentally-announces-hitman-monkeys-miniseries/ |title=Dave Johnson Accidentally Announces Hitman Monkey's Miniseries |publisher=[[Comics Alliance]] |date=March 22, 2010 |accessdate=April 11, 2010 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100325082318/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2010/03/22/dave-johnson-accidentally-announces-hitman-monkeys-miniseries |archivedate=March 25, 2010 |df= }}</ref> a fact later confirmed by Daniel Way at the 2010 [[Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo]].<ref>{{cite web |first=Kevin |last=Mahadeo |url=http://marvel.com/news/comicstories.12094.c2e2_2010~colon~_hit-monkey_returns |title=C2E2 2010: Hit-Monkey Returns |publisher=[[Marvel.com]] |date=April 16, 2010 |accessdate=May 29, 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |first=Dave|last=Richards |url=http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=25786 |title=C2E2: Way Of The "Hit-Monkey" |publisher=[[Comic Book Resources]] |date=April 17, 2010 |accessdate=May 29, 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |first=Vaneta |last=Rogers |url=http://www.newsarama.com/comics/c2e2-hit-monkey-100417.html |title=C2E2 2010: Marvel's HIT MONKEY See, HIT MONKEY 2 |publisher=[[Newsarama]] |date=April 17, 2010 |accessdate=May 29, 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |first=Jesse |last=Schedeen |url=http://comics.ign.com/articles/108/1084405p1.html |title=C2E2 10: Hit-Monkey Strikes Back |publisher=[[IGN]] |date=April 17, 2010 |accessdate=May 29, 2010 }}</ref>


==Fictional character biography==
==Fictional character biography==

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Hit-Monkey
File:Hitmonkey1.jpg
Cover of Hit-Monkey 1 (April 2010), art by Frank Cho
Publication information
PublisherMarvel Comics
First appearanceDeadpool #19 (April 2010)
Created byDaniel Way
Dalibor Talijic
In-story information
SpeciesJapanese macaque
Team affiliationsS.T.A.K.E.
Mercs for Money
AbilitiesExpert marksman and martial artist
Incredible agility and reflexes

Hit-Monkey is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

Publication history

He first appeared in Hit-Monkey #1, released in February 2010 (with a cover date of April 2010), created by Daniel Way and Dalibor Talijić.

Hit-Monkey made his debut in a 2010 eponymous, digital comic on Marvel Digital Comics Unlimited.[1][2] The one-shot was released in print format a week later and, starting in the same month, he was featured in a 3-issue story arc in Deadpool #19-21.[3] Cover artist Dave Johnson also accidentally confirmed that Hit-Monkey will be featured in his own three issue mini-series,[4][5] a fact later confirmed by Daniel Way at the 2010 Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo.[6][7][8][9]

Fictional character biography

An unnamed assassin was marked for death after his part in a failed political coup. After blowing up a squad of enemy soldiers, he decides to run for his life. Passed out in the snow after four days of fleeing, he was rescued by a troop of Japanese macaques. The monkeys allowed the assassin into their clan, with the exception of a lone monkey. The man knew that he would be hunted so he trained daily using snowmen as training dummies. Quietly, the monkey that distrusted him watched, and eventually picked up on the fighter's skills. The assassin's health began to fail, and as the tribe of monkeys tried to save him, the lone monkey objected, eventually fighting the rest of the group with his newfound skills. Because of the violence he displayed, the monkey was banished from his clan. However, on his own, he saw a group of men on their way to kill the assassin. He tried to run back and warn his tribe, but it was too late - the assassin had been killed as well as the rest of the monkeys. Furious at his clan's slaughter, the monkey picked up extra guns from a bag and proceeded to kill the entire group of men. Determined to avenge his fallen tribe, the monkey now dedicated his life to killing assassins - under the alias of Hit-Monkey.[10]

In Deadpool #19, Spider-Man finds a local shop owner brutally murdered. Having seen Deadpool in New York earlier, Spider-Man suspects he is the killer, and fights and catches him. However, Deadpool claims he has an alibi. After examining the crime scene, Deadpool says that only one assassin could have pulled off a job so flawlessly: Hit-Monkey. Deadpool and Spider-Man team up to catch Hit-Monkey, who is known for killing other assassins. Because of this, they realize that Deadpool is likely on Hit-Monkey's hit-list.[11] Spider-Man reluctantly teams up with Deadpool, and after some dirty cops are killed by Hit-Monkey, Spider-Man is followed by Hit-Monkey in order to kill Deadpool. Hit-Monkey accidentally shoots Spider-Man in the fight and seemingly feels bad about it, showing that he is not just a ruthless killer, but a killer of known assassins. Trying to capitalize on this moment, Deadpool attempts to kill Hit-Monkey, but fails and is shot several times. Hit-Monkey leaves him for dead, apparently not knowing about Deadpool's healing factor.[12] Deadpool then pretends to be Spider-Man and fakes his death. At "Spider-Man's" funeral, Hit-Monkey comes to pay his respect, thinking he killed him. However, Deadpool jumps out of the casket in order to kill Hit-Monkey. Spider-Man renders both fighters' guns unusable so they can't kill each other without blowing themselves up as well. Deadpool doesn't care and pulls the trigger, seemingly killing Hit-Monkey but surviving due to his healing factor.[13] Nevertheless, Spider-Man reveals that Hit-Monkey did survive- or, at least, that his body was not found. Hit-Monkey later returns for a short cameo.[14]

As part of the All-New, All-Different Marvel event, Hit-Monkey appears as a member of S.T.A.K.E.'s Howling Commandos.[15]

Hit-Monkey later joins up with Domino's incarnation of the Mercs for Money.[16]

Powers and abilities

Hit-Monkey is an expert marksman and martial artist with incredible agility and reflexes.

Collected editions

The character's appearances have been collected into a trade paperback:

  • Deadpool, Volume 4: Monkey Business (collects Hit-Monkey #1 and Deadpool (vol. 4) #19-21, 120 pages, Marvel Comics, hardcover, July 2010, ISBN 0-7851-4530-3)
  • Hit-Monkey: Year of the Monkey (collects Hit-Monkey #1-3, Hit-Monkey one-shot, 96 pages, Marvel Comics, softcover, January 4, 2010, ISBN 0-7851-4859-0)

In other media

Video games

Toys

  • Hit-Monkey has been announced as the first "Build-a-Minifigure" in the Marvel Legends line. He debuted in wave 4, late 2012.

References

  1. ^ Strom, Marc (November 13, 2009). "The Coming of Hitman Monkey". Marvel.com. Retrieved May 29, 2010.
  2. ^ Marshall, Mick (February 2, 2010). "EXCLUSIVE: 'Hit-Monkey' Has Arrived. You Have Been Warned". Splashpage. MTV. Retrieved May 29, 2010.
  3. ^ Richards, Dave (February 11, 2010). "Way Makes Things "Tricky" for "Deadpool"". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved May 29, 2010.
  4. ^ Melrose, Kevin (March 18, 2010). "Cover Story | Dave Johnson on Abe Sapien: The Abyssal Plain #1". Robot6. Comic Book Resources. Retrieved April 11, 2010.
  5. ^ Brothers, David (March 22, 2010). "Dave Johnson Accidentally Announces Hitman Monkey's Miniseries". Comics Alliance. Archived from the original on March 25, 2010. Retrieved April 11, 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  6. ^ Mahadeo, Kevin (April 16, 2010). "C2E2 2010: Hit-Monkey Returns". Marvel.com. Retrieved May 29, 2010.
  7. ^ Richards, Dave (April 17, 2010). "C2E2: Way Of The "Hit-Monkey"". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved May 29, 2010.
  8. ^ Rogers, Vaneta (April 17, 2010). "C2E2 2010: Marvel's HIT MONKEY See, HIT MONKEY 2". Newsarama. Retrieved May 29, 2010.
  9. ^ Schedeen, Jesse (April 17, 2010). "C2E2 10: Hit-Monkey Strikes Back". IGN. Retrieved May 29, 2010.
  10. ^ Hit-Monkey #1, April 2010
  11. ^ Deadpool vol. 4 #19, April 1, 2010, Whatever a Spider Can Part 1: Start Spreadin' the news
  12. ^ Deadpool vol. 4 #20, April 1, 2010, Whatever a Spider Can Part 2
  13. ^ Deadpool vol. 4 #21, March 24, 2010, Whatever a Spider Can Part 3
  14. ^ "Deadpool" vol. 11 #61, November 26, 2012, Salted Earth Part 1: Innocent of Nothing
  15. ^ Howling Commandos of S.H.I.E.L.D. #1
  16. ^ Deadpool & the Mercs for Money Vol. 2 #5
  17. ^ http://www.computerandvideogames.com/357068/high-moon-reveals-hit-monkey-game/?cid=OTC-RSS&attr=CVG-General-RSS

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