Who Is Marshal Law? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Marshal Law is a Creator-Owned comic book character, the alter ego of Joe Gilmore, with over 54 comic issue appearances. "I'm a hero hunter, I hunt heroes, I haven't found any yet!"

Who is Marshal Law?

Joe Gilmore is Marshal Law, a government-sanctioned vigilante who hunts super heroes, so called cape killer. He is disgruntled vet who fought in "The Zone", a South American war that U.S.A was involved. He is in fact a superhero himself. The government altered the men who fought in The Zone by making them super soldiers. They were implanted with bio-electronics that made them unable to feel pain and also any kind of human empathy. Because they were unable to feel pain, they felt the need to inflict it to others. Lot of them also went crazy and/or got uncontrollable superpowers. Gilmore served in this elite unit called The Screaming Eagles.

Key facts

Marshal Law is of human origin and first appeared in "Stars and Strippers". The character is published by Creator-Owned. With 54 recorded issue appearances, Marshal Law ranks among the most featured characters in comics.