Power Broker
| Power Broker | |
|---|---|
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance |
Machine Man #6 (September 1978) as Power Broker: The Thing #35 (May 1986) |
| Created by |
Roger Stern Sal Buscema |
| In-story information | |
| Alter ego | Curtiss Jackson |
| Team affiliations |
The Corporation Power Broker, Inc. |
| Partnerships | Red Skull |
Power Broker is the name of two fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.
The "Power Broker" concept was devised by Mark Gruenwald as a satire on the public obsession with health and fitness.
The Curtiss Jackson version of Power Broker first appeared in Machine Man #6 (September 1978) and was created by Roger Stern and Sal Buscema.
The second Power Broker first appeared in Avengers: The Initiative Annual #1 (January 2008) and was created by Dan Slott and Christos N. Gage.
Curtiss Jackson was born in Charlotte, North Carolina. He became a professional criminal and an executive with the criminal organization known as the Corporation. As a member of the Corporation, Jackson attempts to take control of Machine Man. With Eugene Stivak, Moonstone, and the Vamp, he later battles Captain America, Marvel Man, the Falcon, and the Hulk. Jackson kidnaps Trish Starr, and battles the Hulk and Machine Man again.
Jackson founds the Power Broker Corporation. He hires Dr. Karl Malus, a mad scientist who has experimented on various superhuman individuals, to technologically augment the strength of paying customers to superhuman levels. The strength augmenting process is tremendously risky, with half the subjects dying or becoming severely deformed, but this information is kept a closely guarded secret. Power Broker and Malus use highly addictive drugs on their subjects, telling them that the chemical is necessary to stabilize their powers, but in fact it only serves to keep the subjects working for—and paying—the Power Broker. Many wrestlers of the Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation, which is only open to those with super-strength, use the Power Broker's services, and wind up indebted to them.
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