History ComicBook / DeathsHead

Death's Head has been redesigned and spun off several times by Marvel UK, most notably as Death's Head II, Death Wreck and Death Metal. In 2005, Simon Furman returned to the character by creating Death's Head 3.0 for ''Amazing Fantasy''. In 2009 Death's Head I appeared in the S.W.O.R.D. mini-series penned by Kieron Gillen. In March 2011, issue #33 of Marvel UK's ''Marvel Heroes'' featured "Hulk vs. Death's Head," written by Ferg Handley and Simon Furman. In 2013, Death's Head I reappeared as a supporting character during two storylines of Kieron Gillen's ''ComicBook/IronMan'' run, and again as an antagonist of Jeff Loveness' ''ComicBook/{{Nova}}'' run. In 2018, he showed up in the ''ComicBook/InfinityCountdown: ComicBook/DarkHawk'' mini-series and in 2019 he got a new limited series of his own.

* BerserkButton: Death's Head insists on being called a "freelance peacekeeping agent"; people calling him a BountyHunter never do so twice.

Death's Head has been redesigned and spun off several times by Marvel UK, most notably as Death's Head II, Death Wreck and Death Metal. In 2005, Simon Furman returned to the character by creating Death's Head 3.0 for ''Amazing Fantasy''. In 2009 Death's Head I appeared in the S.W.O.R.D. mini-series penned by Kieron Gillen. In March 2011, issue #33 of Marvel UK's ''Marvel Heroes'' featured "Hulk vs. Death's Head," written by Ferg Handley and Simon Furman. In 2013, Death's Head I reappeared as a supporting character during two storylines of Kieron Gillen's ''ComicBook/IronMan'' run, and again as an antagonist of Jeff Loveness' ''ComicBook/{{Nova}}'' run. In 2018, he showed up in the ''ComicBook/InfinityCountdown: ComicBook/DarkHawk'' mini-series.

Death's Head has been redesigned and spun off several times by Marvel UK, most notably as Death's Head II, Death Wreck and Death Metal. In 2005, Simon Furman returned to the character by creating Death's Head 3.0 for ''Amazing Fantasy''. In 2009 Death's Head I appeared in the S.W.O.R.D. mini-series penned by Kieron Gillen. In March 2011, issue #33 of Marvel UK's ''Marvel Heroes'' featured "Hulk vs. Death's Head," written by Ferg Handley and Simon Furman. In 2013, Death's Head I reappeared as a supporting character during two storylines of Kieron Gillen's ''ComicBook/IronMan'' run, and again as an antagonist of Jeff Loveness' ''ComicBook/{{Nova}}'' run.

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Death's Head is a Creator/MarvelComics ComicBook character created by ''[[Comicbook/TheTransformers Transformers]]'' comic scribe Simon Furman and Geoff Senior. He was originally intended as a one-shot throwaway character for Marvel UK's ''Transformers'' series, but proved [[AuthorAppeal sufficiently intriguing during creation]] that the original script was rewritten so he would survive.

Death's Head's second published appearance was in ''Transformers UK'' #113 (May, 1987) when he was contracted by various Transformers to assassinate members of the opposing faction. During a battle between the Transformers and Unicron, Death's Head fell into a time portal and crashed into [[Series/DoctorWho the Doctor]]'s TARDIS. In defense, the Doctor (then in [[Creator/{{Sylvester McCoy}} his seventh incarnation]]) shrank him to human size and sent him off through time, leading to a confrontation with the Dragon's Claws, a futuristic militia group. Though nearly destroyed in battle, Death's Head was recovered and rebuilt by a [[MrFixit tinkerer]] named Spratt. After settling his score with the Dragon's Claws, Death's Head (with Spratt in tow) left to resume business as a [[BountyHunter Freelance Peacekeeping Agent]]. Prior to all that, however, Death's Head appeared in the one-page story "High Noon Tex" in several Marvel UK comics to ensure the character rights remained with Marvel rather than ceding to Hasbro.

* LetsYouAndHimFight: Occurs in ''Death's Head'' #10, when an UpperClassTwit manipulates Death's Head and Iron Man 2020 to fight each other while he bets on the outcome.

* UnexplainedRecovery: Death's Head surviving a collapsing superweapon wasn't adequately explained the next time he appeared, though he mentioned something about "backups".

Death's Head's first published appearance was in ''Transformers UK'' #113 (May, 1987) when he was contracted by various Transformers to assassinate members of the opposing faction. During a battle between the Transformers and Unicron, Death's Head fell into a time portal and crashed into [[Series/DoctorWho the Doctor]]'s TARDIS. In defense, the Doctor (then in [[Creator/{{Sylvester McCoy}} his seventh incarnation]]) shrank him to human size and sent him off through time, leading to a confrontation with the Dragon's Claws, a futuristic militia group. Though nearly destroyed in battle, Death's Head was recovered and rebuilt by a [[MrFixit tinkerer]] named Spratt. After settling his score with the Dragon's Claws, Death's Head (with Spratt in tow) left to resume business as a [[BountyHunter Freelance Peacekeeping Agent]]. In September of 1988, Death's Head appeared in the one-page story "High Noon Tex" to ensure the character rights remained with Marvel before his ongoing series.

Death's Head is a MarvelComics ComicBook character created by ''[[Comicbook/TheTransformers Transformers]]'' comic scribe Simon Furman and Geoff Senior. He was originally intended as a one-shot throwaway character for Marvel UK's ''Transformers'' series, but proved [[AuthorAppeal sufficiently intriguing during creation]] that the original script was rewritten so he would survive.

Death's Head has been redesigned and spun off several times by Marvel UK, most notably as Death's Head II, Death Wreck and Death Metal. In 2005, Simon Furman returned to the character by creating Death's Head 3.0 for ''Amazing Fantasy''. In 2009 Death's Head I appeared in the S.W.O.R.D. mini-series penned by Kieron Gillen. In March 2011, issue #33 of Marvel UK's ''Marvel Heroes'' featured "Hulk vs. Death's Head," written by Ferg Handley and Simon Furman. In 2013, Death's Head I reappeared as a supporting character during two storylines of Kieron Gillen's ''ComicBook/IronMan'' run.

* ComicBookDeath: During an appearance in ComicBook/IronMan, he is stuck inside a self-destructing superweapon, and isn't shown making it out. He shows up in a different title a few months later, [[UnexplainedRecovery completely intact]].

* {{Badass}}

-->'''Geoff Senior:''' "He really was the ultimate intergalactic, time and space hopping, hitch-hiker of the Marvel Universe playing a role kind of similar, in some respects, to Lobo in DCComics."

-->'''Geoff Senior:''' "He really was the ultimate intergalactic, time and space hopping, hitch-hiker of the Marvel Universe playing a role kind of similar, in some respects, to {{Lobo}} in DCComics."

His appearances have included crossovers with the [[Franchise/TransformersGeneration1 G1 Transformers]] (in ''Comicbook/TheTransformers''), ''Series/DoctorWho'' (in the ''Magazine/DoctorWhoMagazine'' comic strips), the ComicBook/FantasticFour, SheHulk, and ComicBook/IronMan 2020. He starred in a ten-issue comic book series in 1988, along with a graphic novel (''Death's Head: The Body In Question''), assorted stories in ''Strip'' magazine, and several reprint compilations.

* FollowTheLeader: Death's Head II's design is clearly meant to invoke the RobLiefeld style popularized during UsefulNotes/TheDarkAgeOfComicBooks.

Death's Head's first published appearance was in ''Transformers UK'' #113 (May, 1987)[[note]]He first appeared in the one-page story "High Noon Tex" to ensure the character rights remained with Marvel, but the story was not published until after his ''Transformers'' debut.[[/note]] when he was contracted by various Transformers to assassinate members of the opposing faction. During a battle between the Transformers and Unicron, Death's Head fell into a time portal and crashed into [[Series/DoctorWho the Doctor]]'s TARDIS. In defense, the Doctor (then in [[Creator/{{Sylvester McCoy}} his seventh incarnation]]) shrank him to human size and sent him off through time, leading to a confrontation with the Dragon's Claws, a futuristic militia group. Though nearly destroyed in battle, Death's Head was recovered and rebuilt by a [[MrFixit tinkerer]] named Spratt. After settling his score with the Dragon's Claws, Death's Head (with Spratt in tow) left to resume business as a [[BountyHunter Freelance Peacekeeping Agent]].

Death's Head's first published appearance was in ''Transformers UK'' #113 (May, 1987) when he was contracted by various Transformers to assassinate members of the opposing faction. During a battle between the Transformers and Unicron, Death's Head fell into a time portal and crashed into [[Series/DoctorWho the Doctor]]'s TARDIS. In defense, the Doctor (then in [[Creator/{{Sylvester McCoy}} his seventh incarnation]]) shrank him to human size and sent him off through time, leading to a confrontation with the Dragon's Claws, a futuristic militia group. Though nearly destroyed in battle, Death's Head was recovered and rebuilt by a [[MrFixit tinkerer]] named Spratt. After settling his score with the Dragon's Claws, Death's Head (with Spratt in tow) left to resume business as a [[BountyHunter Freelance Peacekeeping Agent]].

To ensure the character rights would remain with Marvel instead of Creator/{{Hasbro}}, Death's Head's first published appearance was in ''Transformers UK'' #113 (May, 1987) when he was contracted by various Transformers to assassinate members of the opposing faction. During a battle between the Transformers and Unicron, Death's Head fell into a time portal and crashed into [[Series/DoctorWho the Doctor]]'s TARDIS. In defense, the Doctor (then in [[Creator/{{Sylvester McCoy}} his seventh incarnation]]) shrank him to human size and sent him off through time, leading to a confrontation with the Dragon's Claws, a futuristic militia group. Though nearly destroyed in battle, Death's Head was recovered and rebuilt by a [[MrFixit tinkerer]] named Spratt. After settling his score with the Dragon's Claws, Death's Head (with Spratt in tow) left to resume business as a [[BountyHunter Freelance Peacekeeping Agent]].

To ensure the character rights would remain with Marvel instead of Creator/{{Hasbro}}, Death's Head's first published appearance was in the short backup story, "High Noon Tex" (1987). Death's Head first appeared canonically in ''Transformers UK'' #113 (May, 1987) when he was contracted by various Transformers to assassinate members of the opposing faction. During a battle between the Transformers and Unicron, Death's Head fell into a time portal and crashed into [[Series/DoctorWho the Doctor]]'s TARDIS. In defense, the Doctor (then in [[Creator/{{Sylvester McCoy}} his seventh incarnation]]) shrank him to human size and sent him off through time, leading to a confrontation with the Dragon's Claws, a futuristic militia group. Though nearly destroyed in battle, Death's Head was recovered and rebuilt by a [[MrFixit tinkerer]] named Spratt. After settling his score with the Dragon's Claws, Death's Head (with Spratt in tow) left to resume business as a [[BountyHunter Freelance Peacekeeping Agent]].

Death's Head has been redesigned and spun off several times by Marvel UK, most notably as Death's Head II, Death Wreck and Death Metal. In 2005, Simon Furman returned to the character by creating Death's Head 3.0 for ''Amazing Fantasy''. In 2009 Death's Head I appeared in the S.W.O.R.D. mini-series penned by Kieron Gillen. In March 2011, issue #33 of Marvel UK's ''Marvel Heroes'' featured "Hulk vs. Death's Head," written by Ferg Handley and Simon Furman.

!! Death's Head (the original, yes?) exhibits the following tropes:

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* TheDarkAgeOfComicBooks
* FollowTheLeader: Death's Head II's design is clearly meant to invoke the RobLiefeld style popularized during TheDarkAgeOfComicBooks.

** Oddly, the handful of appearances he has had post-2000 have shown him lapsing back to old speech patterns and profit-oriented thinking.

* VerbalTic: Death's Head often ends his sentences with "yes?" or "eh?"