Who Is Crossfire? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Crossfire is a Marvel comic book character, the alter ego of William Cross, with over 191 comic issue appearances. A former CIA Agent who became a criminal and organized an army of mercenaries, Crossfire lost his left eye and left ear in an explosion, replacing them with cybernetic implants. He primarily antagonizes Hawkeye, and by extension Mockingbird and the Avengers. However, he ultimately goes where the money is.

Who is Crossfire?

Current Events Crossfire recently appeared operating with Misty Knight 's Heroes for Hire team. He acts as the teams field leader and notably he was the only team member who refused to defect to Purple Man 's gang when offered more money. Origin Crossfire- former CIA agent William Cross was a former Central Intelligence Agent who specialized in information gathering and extracting. Cross was one of the CIA's best brainwashers using ultrasonics but his interest began to veer sharply from his former organization. He would quit the CIA and use his resources and contacts to organize a private army of mercenaries. His mission was to foment disorder for profit. Cross was involved with drugs, payoffs and even assassinations but he would eventually get hit by one of his enemies. One of his enemies booby-trapped his headquarters and Cross lost his left eye and and left ear in an explosion.

Key facts

Crossfire is of human origin and first appeared in "A Little Night Music". The character is published by Marvel. With 191 recorded issue appearances, Crossfire ranks among the most featured characters in comics.