Rage (comics)

Rage
Rage. Art by Paco Medina.
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	The Avengers #326 (November 1990)
Created by	Larry Hama (writer) Paul Ryan (artist)
In-story information
Alter ego	Elvin Daryl Haliday
Team affiliations	Counter Force The Initiative New Warriors Avengers Psionex
Abilities	Skilled street fighter Superhuman strength, speed, stamina, durability and resistance to injury Ability to leap great distances

Rage (Elvin Daryl Haliday, sometimes misspelled "Holliday", first name sometimes given as "Eldon") is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He is African American who has been a member of the Avengers and the New Warriors, and appeared in the pages of The Avengers, New Warriors, Night Thrasher, and Avengers: The Initiative.

Rage was created by Larry Hama and Paul Ryan and first appeared in The Avengers vol. 1 #326 (November 1990).

Elvin Daryl Haliday was born in Brooklyn, New York. At age 13, he was exposed to toxic waste after coming home from basketball practice. Returning to his grandmother's home, Elvin was nursed back to health. The chemicals caused Elvin to grow in strength and invulnerability, until he appeared to be a muscular man in his mid-30's. Encouraged by his grandmother to use his newfound abilities for good, Elvin adopted a costume and name: Rage.

Soon after his transformation, Rage confronted the Avengers demanding to be made a member. He scolded Captain America for the team's lack of any black members. Rage left after a brief scuffle, but ended up assisting the Avengers in their next mission against L.D.50. Alongside the Avengers, he battled other-dimensional alien prisoners. After the team was reorganized under a new United Nations charter, Rage was invited to join as a probationary member.

In one of his first adventures as an Avenger, Rage battled Doctor Doom, and discovered that this Doom was actually a robot duplicate. During his Avengers career, he fought Ngh and the Tetrarchs of Entropy, the Brethren, the Collector, Brutus, and Grotesk. Rage was also shown, along with the Sandman, being trained by Captain America.