El Aguila
| El Águila | |
|---|---|
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | Power Man and Iron Fist #58 (Aug 1979) |
| Created by |
Dave Cockrum Mary Jo Duffy |
| In-story information | |
| Alter ego | Alejandro Montoya |
| Species | Human Mutant |
| Abilities | Skilled fencer Excellent acrobat and hand to hand combatant Electrical generation |
El Águila (Alejandro Montoya) is a fictional mutant character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. El Águila is patterned after the literary hero, Zorro. His name is Spanish for eagle.
El Águila was introduced as a recurring adversary of Power Man and Iron Fist. Power Man and Iron Fist writer Mary Jo Duffy recounted his creation:
El Aguila was designed by Dave Cockrum and he had this big Zorro thing, and Zorro was another one of these characters that I was just crazy about and Power Man and Iron Fist was tricky. These were not guys who could fly. Their superpowers were defensive and if they were offensive, it was going to be hands-on, and it’s remarkably tricky inventing a villain for somebody like that ... It seemed to me that someone like Zorro but with one or two powers would be about the right level and since Iron Fist was a little bit easygoing and unworldly, and Power Man was just so cranky and completely grounded in the here and now, giving him somebody with this playful panache would be frustrating. Iron Fist wouldn’t even get it, Power Man would be infuriated by it, and it would give El Aguila a certain amount of charm. So I wasn’t just thinking of the power problem, though it was a problem, but in terms of the characters—it had to interest me. And Power Man and Iron Fist were so well-realized as characters that if a villain wasn’t as equally well-realized, then what was the point in doing it?
El Águila made his first appearance in Power Man and Iron Fist #58 (August 1979). The character made several subsequent appearances in the title, including issues #58 (August 1979), 65 (October 1980), 78 (February 1982), and 99-100 (February–March 1982). He appeared in Marvel Super Hero Contest of Champions #1-3 (June–August 1982) and Marvel Fanfare #3 (July 1982), and after an appearance in Marvel Comics Presents #9 (December 1988) a few years later he was not seen for some time. He finally made a return with a cameo appearance in G.L.A. #2 (July 2005), as well as Marvel Westerns: Outlaw Files (2006) and The New Avengers #18 (June 2006).
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