Who Is Freebooter? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Freebooter is a Marvel comic book character, the alter ego of Brandon Cross, with over 54 comic issue appearances. Protege of Hawkeye and a member of A-Next.

Who is Freebooter?

History In the near future of an alternate universe of Earth-982, Brandon Cross was a young student of Hawkeye and the Swordsman and trained under them for several years after the terrible conflict that saw most of the Avengers killed and permanently blinded the Master Marksman. Shortly after a new incarnation of the Avengers known as A-Next was formed, Brandon adopted a purple and black costume similar to his instructors as the rougish ladies' man and weapons master Freebooter. The Dream Team! One of the Founders of A-Next, Mainframe almost immediately sought to expand the team's membership and actively sought to recruit new members. Freebooter along with American Dream , Bluestreak , and the Crimson Curse were chosen as the newest recruits and were given the appellation of " The Dream Team ". It was hinted that Freebooter and Crimson Curse were long time friends and might have been former lovers. Freebooter immediately sought to romance his fellow A-Next member Stinger but she greatly resented that Mainframe had arbitrarily made Freebooter as a member of the team without even consulting them leading to his flirtatious attempts to be summarily shot down. Despite the resentment of .

Key facts

Freebooter is of human origin and first appeared in "Down 'N' Dirty With The Defenders". The character is published by Marvel. With 54 recorded issue appearances, Freebooter ranks among the most featured characters in comics.