Junta (comics)
| Junta | |
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Junta, art by Joe Bennett.
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | Black Panther vol.3, #9 |
| Created by |
Christopher Priest (writer) Dan Fraga (artist) |
| In-story information | |
| Alter ego | Manuel Diego Armand Vicente |
| Team affiliations |
The Crew C.I.A Defenders |
| Notable aliases | Junta, Danny Vincent |
| Abilities | Gravity control. |
Junta is a fictional antihero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was created by Christopher Priest and Dan Fraga in Black Panther vol.3, #9.
Manuel Diego Armand Vicente was born in the United States but raised in his parents' native (fictional) South American country of Vulcan Domuyo. Vulcan Domuyo is reminiscent of pre-Castro Cuba except that Vulcan Domuyo was built around an active volcano.
Vicente grew to become a high-ranking officer of Los Cuarenta Ladrones (the LCL), meaning "the Forty Thieves," a dismissive colloquialism for El Ministerio de Asuntos Internacionales Armó Servicio de Vulcan Domuyo—the Vulcan Domuyan Secret Police. Moreover, due to his dual citizenship, Vicente (who used the alias Danny Vincent) became an agent for U.S. intelligence, writing books for the National Security Agency. Danny regularly did black bag operations for the LCL and the Americans with the code-name Junta.
In a recent operation, Danny accepted money from a CIA front, by way of a Russian mobster, to fund an operation to de-stabilize the African nation of Ghudaza. Supposedly, this would be nearly impossible to trace back to the American intelligence community, who hoped to ultimately de-stabilize Ghudaza's neighboring nation, Wakanda. Unfortunately, Danny's operation caused Ghudaza to degenerate into civil war and resultant ethnic genocide, sending a flood of refugees into Wakanda.
Later, the LCL, the Russian mob, and the rogue CIA agents Danny worked with earlier formed a shadowy transcontinental cooperative called XCON. XCON began replacing highly placed political figures with clone-like duplicates. XCON also began killing key intelligence operatives, causing Danny to flee his former employers of the LCL. As insurance for his own safety, Danny took with him the President of the United States, as XCON had replaced him with a duplicate some weeks before. Danny sought help from operatives of the Black Panther, ultimately teaming with the Panther's ally, Queen Divine Justice. Danny and Queen finally returned the President safely to the White House at the same time the Black Panther and his ally Iron Man managed to topple XCON.
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