Barracuda (comics)
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | The Punisher Vol. 7, #31 (May 2006) |
| Created by |
Garth Ennis (writer) Goran Parlov (artist) |
| In-story information | |
| Species | Human |
| Place of origin | Earth |
| Abilities | Highly trained armed/unarmed combatant Exceptional strength and durability |
Barracuda is a fictional character, a villain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.
The character made his first appearance in The Punisher Vol. 7, #31 (May 2006), and was created by Garth Ennis and Goran Parlov.
In a panel at the 2008 Philadelphia Wizard World comic book convention, Garth Ennis stated that the basis for Barracuda was Stagger Lee, a folk song about "a large terrifying man and the terrifying things he does to people".
Barracuda was introduced in a story-arc that lasted from The Punisher Vol. 7, #31 to #36. This was to be the character's sole appearance, though at the urging of his editor, Ennis had Barracuda survive the story; this led to Barracuda starring in the five-issue miniseries The Punisher Presents: Barracuda, then being killed off in a storyline that spanned The Punisher Vol. 7, #50-54. Barracuda was then featured, via flashbacks to his time in South America in the 1980s, in Fury: MAX Vol. 1, #10-12.
Barracuda grew up in Boca Raton, Florida, the eldest of two brothers and a sister. His father served in the 827th Tank Destroyer Battalion during World War II. An abusive alcoholic, his father burned Barracuda's hand on a grill while telling him to be "hard as the motherfucking world itself" the night before abandoning his family.
Barracuda cared for his brother and sister for some time. His brother ended up deceased and the sister became a prostitute and narcotics user.
He got into a fight in elementary school where he shoved his thumbs into a classmate's eyes. After castrating a would-be attacker while in a youth detention center, Barracuda was recruited by the U.S. Army. As a Green Beret, Barracuda's A-team helped the CIA install Leopoldo Luna, a South American dictator in the 1980s. He was also responsible for drug-running in Nicaragua to fund the Contras and committed atrocities against local villages to ensure no resistance; when Colonel Nick Fury investigated, Barracuda humiliated him by making it clear that the CIA and Congress would bury any report, as it implicated too many people. The team went AWOL in Central America after that, though Fury was able to find and assault him five years later. According to his recollection, in another mission in Africa he engaged in cannibalism to prove his masculinity.
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