Augustine Cross

Augustine Cross
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	Iron Man #145 (1981)
Created by	David Michelinie John Romita Jr.
In-story information
Species	Human
Team affiliations	Cross Technological Enterprises

Augustine Cross is a fictional character in Marvel Comics. He is the son of Darren Cross and the second cousin of Crossfire.

Augustine Cross first appears in Iron Man #145 and was created by David Michelinie and John Romita Jr.

Sometime after taking over as the CEO of Cross Technological Enterprises after his father's death, Cross attended an event called the 24th annual Conclave of Electronics Engineers and Innovators where Cross rubbed shoulders with representatives of various companies like Stark Industries, S.H.I.E.L.D., Cordco, and Roxxon. Cross was thought to be a suspect connected with the Raiders, but turned out to be innocent.

Years later, Augustine resurfaced and kidnapped Dr. Erica Sondheim to transplant a new heart into his cryogenically-preserved father's body. Enlisting Crossfire's aid, Cross has Cassie Lang kidnapped, believing the girl's Pym Particle-irradiated heart could sustain Darren's condition. After Ant-Man and Darren were engaged in combat while Sondheim transplants another heart to Cassie, Augustine arrives to transport Darren to ultimately flee when the Pym Particles now within in his father's body caused Darren to shrink down.

In light of Darren refusing to invest in Power Broker's Hench App, Augustine had temporarily hired Machinesmith to hack into Power Broker Inc.'s database so that Cross Technological Enterprises could steal its algorithm so that it can be used to create a Hench App knock-off called "Lackey".

Augustine Cross has no powers.

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