History ComicBook / DeathsHeadII

* MyFutureSelfAndMe: Implied. Psyphon doesn't remember being Death's Head II, but there's a definite resemblance - and Phaedra says that he's Death's Head's destiny.

A fourth series, the giant-sized quarterly ''Death's Head II Gold'', was launched just before Marvel UK ceased publishing. Only one issue was released, although a shorter "Issue 0" prologue was also published as a back-up story within the main ''Death's Head II'' series.

* ApocalypseHow: Catspur suffers a [[ApocalypseHow/Class4 Class 4]] due to explosions ravaging the surface of the planet - there are only two known humanoid survivors, Noon and Heron, and both are killed shortly thereafter. Death's Head managed to find something tentacled, vicious and subterranean - so some life remains, at least in the short term - but the world is laid waste, the ecology's ruined and most species are dead.

The initial 1992 ''Death's Head II'' limited series (subtitled ''The Wild Hunt'') tells his origin story: he was originally a cyborg named Minion, created in 2020 by ComicBook/{{AIM}} scientist Dr. Evelyn Necker. To protect A.I.M. from a psychically predicted threat, Minion was sent to assimilate the knowledge and skills of the 106 most deadly individuals in the galaxy, killing them in the process.

The limited series was swiftly followed by a ''Death's Head II'' ongoing series, also written by Abnett and initially illustrated by Sharp. This was accompanied by another 12-issue limited series, ''The Incomplete Death's Head'', which reprinted key stories from the original ComicBook/DeathsHead, using a new adventure for Deaths Head II and Tuck as a framing sequence to bind them together.

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* {{Crossover}}: Frequently crossed over with the ComicBook/XMen during his second volume.

* InNameOnly: Most fans of the original Death's Head felt that Death's Head II was ''not'' the same character -- he was not written by the original writer, exhibited none of the mannerisms and personality quirks of the original, and ended up as a generic DarkerAndEdgier InvincibleHero. The backlash was so great that the ''original'' creators of Death's Head, Simon Furman and Geoff Senior, wrote ''ComicBook/WhatIf'' #54 for Marvel just to show ''their'' take on what should have happened instead.
* MindHive: Death's Head II contains 106 uploaded minds. Although he was only after the knowledge and skills, the entire mind of each target is there, but suppressed most of the time.

* GeorgeLucasAlteredVersion: Some captions and art in the reprinted ''Death's Head'' stories are amended when they reappear in this series.

A fourth series, the giant-sized quarterly ''Death's Head II Gold'', was launched just before Marvel UK ceased published. Only one issue was published, although an "Issue 0" prologue was also released as a back-up feature in the main ''Death's Head II'' series.

* AnArmAndALeg: Lehdrox loses a hand to Minion's blade before he's killed and assimilated. So does Death's Head.
* BigNo: Wilson Tyler's last word before Minion skewers his brain (and assimilates his mind) is a very big no.
* ClothingDamage: Shortly before assimilating Death's Head, Minion has one side of his armoured mask broken by the barbarian Lehdrox, revealing an eye and some teeth. This never gets fixed again, becoming part of the character's iconic look.
* DecapitationPresentation: The first issue's cover shows Death's Head II holding the original Death's Head's broken, severed head.
* KilledOffForReal:
** Spratt, the original Death's Head's partner, is killed by Baron Strucker.
** Eventually averted for the first Death's Head himself, but it stuck for a couple of decades, until ''ComicBook/RevolutionaryWar''.
* KillSteal: Death's Head's reaction when the Minion cyborg kills the bounty he's chasing, Wilson Tyler. Doubles as a PlotTriggeringDeath.
* MultiArmedAndDangerous: Lehdrox is a huge alien barbarian with four arms and enough SuperStrength to throw Minion about when they fight.
* PlotTriggeringDeath: Downplayed, as Minion would have sought out Death's Head anyway, but Minion's KillSteal of Wilson Tyler is what turns the tables and puts Death's Head on ''his'' trail ahead of schedule.
* {{Seers}}
** Phaedra can see the future, but can't foresee for anyone who demands it.
** A.I.M.'s Precognitive Data Collection (PDC) unit is a team of seers who monitor for future threats to the organisation. Unfortunately, this then leads to a SelfFulfillingProphecy when it justifies funding for the Minion project.
* SelfFulfillingProphecy: Necker's project to guard against the PDC unit's predicted threat to A.I.M. directly results in the creation of the threat, as after Death's Head's destruction by Minion, Baron Strucker IV magically fuses with Death's Head's remains and becomes Charnel.
** ''ComicBook/WhatIf'' #54, which revisits the ''Wild Hunt'' arc, played with a variation on this. Death's Head survives in this version, but Strucker fuses with Minion instead and Charnel's still created, preserving the prophecy loop.
* ShooOutTheClowns: The original Death's Head's partner, Spratt, is killed off by Baron Strucker.

As well as his own series, Death’s Head II was billed as deuteragonist (alongside [[ComicBook/MotorMouthAndKillpower Killpower]]) of the two ''ComicBook/{{Battletide}}'' miniseries, is one of the leads of ''ComicBook/DeathThree'', a member of the ''ComicBook/DarkGuard'' team and one of the leads of the ''[[ComicBook/DieCut Death’s Head & the Origin of Die-Cut]]'' miniseries.

As well as his own series, Death’s Head II was a protagonist in the two ''ComicBook/{{Battletide}}'' miniseries, in ''ComicBook/DeathThree'' and in the ''[[ComicBook/DieCut Death’s Head & the Origin of Die-Cut]]'' miniseries.

* UsefulNotes/TheDarkAgeOfComicBooks: What he evokes huge build, unnecessarily built arms, generic stances, dark and edgy dialogue. Pretty much the whole set.

As well as his own series, Death’s Head II was a protagonist in the two ''ComicBook/{{Battletide}}'' miniseries, in ''[[ComicBook/DeathThree]]'' and in the ''[[ComicBook/DieCut Death’s Head & the Origin of Die-Cut]]'' miniseries.

As well as his own series, Death’s Head II was a protagonist in the two ''ComicBook/{{Battletide}}'' miniseries, in ''[[ComicBook/DeathThree Death3]]'' and in the ''[[ComicBook/DieCut Death’s Head & the Origin of Die-Cut]]'' miniseries.