The Avengers joined the fray, and Captain America was ultimately able to calm the situation and forced the Hate-Monger to retreat. Īfter racial tensions escalated due to the machinations of the energy vampire called the Hate-Monger, Rage and the New Warriors battled the Sons of the Serpent.

Rage was also shown, along with the Sandman, being trained by Captain America. During his Avengers career, he fought Ngh and the Tetrarchs of Entropy, the Brethren, the Collector, Brutus, and Grotesk. In one of his first adventures as an Avenger, Rage battled Doctor Doom, and discovered that this Doom was actually a robot duplicate. After the team was reorganized under a new United Nations charter, Rage was invited to join as a probationary member. Alongside the Avengers, he battled other-dimensional alien prisoners. Rage left after a brief scuffle, but ended up assisting the Avengers in their next mission against L.D.50. He scolded Captain America for the team's lack of any black members. Soon after his transformation, Rage confronted the Avengers, demanding to be made a member. Encouraged by his grandmother to use his newfound abilities for good, Elvin adopted a costume and name: ' Rage.' Avengers

The chemicals caused Elvin's teenage body to grow into adulthood in a matter of weeks, but also endowed him with superhuman strength, speed, and stamina. Returning to his grandmother's home, Elvin was nursed back to health. At age 13, he was exposed to toxic waste after hiding from bullies that attacked him for being in their neighborhood. Fictional character biography Origin Įlvin Daryl Haliday was born in Brooklyn, New York. Rage was created by Larry Hama and Paul Ryan and first appeared in The Avengers vol.

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