Who Is Solo? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Solo is a Marvel comic book character, the alter ego of James Bourne, with over 171 comic issue appearances. Terrorism's greatest enemy, Solo is an adept soldier with the ability to teleport himself certain distances. As long as he lives, terror dies.

Who is Solo?

Origin James Bourne After an army stint served in Germany , James Bourne joined eleven other recruits in Omega Strike, a North Atlantic Treaty Organization ( NATO ) anti-terrorist unit whose operatives received surgically implanted microchips which allowed them to teleport . Bourne became romantically involved with a fellow operative, Rowena MacLean. On the team's first mission, however, Rowena and another operative, Gabriel Gant, betrayed Bourne while they deserted Omega Strike to eventually form the terrorist cell A.R.E.S. Bourne escaped and became a one-man counter-terrorist unit as Solo, sworn to the credo, " While I live, terror dies!" Active across the world, Solo hunted down and decimated every terrorist organization he could find, occasionally clashing with Spider-Man whose non-lethal convictions Solo admired but regarded as antiquated. Eventually, after inadvertently killing an innocent bystander, Solo allowed himself to be imprisoned. Creation Web of Spider-Man #19 - Humbug! The character Solo was created for use in Marvel Comics by David Michelinie and Marc Silvestri . He first appeared (shadowed) in Web of Spider-Man issue19 , which was released in October, 1986. His fi.

Key facts

Solo is of human origin and first appeared in "Humbug!". The character is published by Marvel. With 171 recorded issue appearances, Solo ranks among the most featured characters in comics.