John Garrett (comics)
| John Garrett | |
|---|---|
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | Elektra: Assassin #2 (September 1986) |
| Created by |
Frank Miller (writer) Bill Sienkiewicz (artist) |
| In-story information | |
| Alter ego | John Garrett |
| Species | Human cyborg |
| Team affiliations | S.H.I.E.L.D. |
| Abilities | Skilled marksman |
John Garrett is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.
John Garrett first appeared in Elektra: Assassin #2 and was created by Frank Miller and Bill Sienkiewicz.
John Garrett worked for the CIA and went through special covert training. In 1961, Leonardo da Vinci invited Garrett to the Pieta base in Rome to become a member of the Great Wheel. Leornardo sent Garrett, Vasili Dassiev, Shoji Soma, and Daniel Whitehall to Giza to acquire a power source from a Brood vessel after destroying the Brood inside. Garrett approved the idea of using the power source to run the rejuvenations chambers found by another team. He was present when the chambers were stolen by Russian soldiers led by Victor Uvarov and Vasili Dasiev where they nearly murdered him.
Garrett served three months at Dannemora for assault. Then he served two years in Ryker's Island for larceny. Garrett had a history of resisting arrest. After assaulting a police officer in Kentucky, Garrett was sentenced to six months in a prison farm. After his times in each prison, Garrett was recruited to work for S.H.I.E.L.D. where his criminal records mysteriously vanished. He served in Libya with agent Chasity McBride. When Chasity discovered that there were no records of Garrett, she brought this up with ExTechOp where she was swiftly transferred to a minor police action in Venezuela and her complaint to Nick Fury wasn't received by him.
Garrett has been rebuilt as a cyborg with a six-inch removable portion on his skull (which a recorder can be placed in) and a cybernetic right hand. Three years after the Libya mission, Garrett and his partner Arthur Perry were sent to San Concepcion as part of "Operation: Scrambled Eggs" where they had to investigate the assassination of President Carlos Huevos. Garrett and Arthur Perry interrogated Julio Gonzales who confessed to hiring a woman to assassinate Carlos Huevos. Then they interrogated a political prisoner who told them about Elektra. During the research on Elektra, Garrett became a victim of a psychic link with her where he began to be influenced and manipulated by her. During Garrett's confrontation with Elektra where Arthur Perry was slain, she cut off his hand and blew up the munitions shipments in the harbor building they were in. Garrett's body was recovered by ExTechOp where they began replacing 80% of his body with cybernetics as the S.H.I.E.L.D. engineers successfully replaced Garrett's arms, legs, spine, nervous system, heart, liver, and lungs. During this time, Elektra slipped in and stole the recorder implant from Garrett's skull. Hours later, Elektra raided S.H.I.E.L.D.'s information bank where she was apprehended by the S.H.I.E.L.D. Agents. After being reactivated, Garrett filed his report on Elektra where he suspects that she is a Russian agent. This report was not believed and Garrett was reprimanded by his superior Dr. Harold Beaker. Later that night, Elektra sunk her psychic claws into Garrett in order to get her out of the chamber that she is being kept inert in. As Garrett worked to fight Elektra's control, she got him to shut down the power to her chamber. After Elektra escaped, Garrett made a false report to cover up his involvement in her escape. Garrett then recalled that Elektra was going after Ambassador Reich (who at the time was possessed by the Beast of the Hand). After Elektra sent Garrett on a wild goose chase, Reich transferred the Beast of the Hand into the USA's presidential candidate Ken Wind. When Garrett prepared to return to the United States, Elektra stole his plane ticket and framed him so that the airport security would discover a bag of drugs during a body cavity search.
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