Paladin (Earth-616)

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Paladin

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Real Name

Unknown

Current Alias

Paladin

Aliases

Paul Dennis

Identity

Secret

Alignment

Good

Affiliation

Heroes For Hire formerly the Intruders and Wild Pack, Defender for a day, Secret Defenders, The Outlaws

Universe

Earth-616

Base Of Operations

Mobile Worldwide

Characteristics

Gender

Male

Height

6' 2"

Weight

225 lbs (102 kg)

Eyes

Brown

Hair

Brown

Status

Citizenship

Italian

Occupation

Mercenary, private investigator

Origin

Origin

Trained mercenary

First appearance

Daredevil Vol 1 #150
(January, 1978)

History

Paladin was initially hired to look for Daredevil. Along the way he became involved in Daredevil's battle with the Purple Man, Mister Hyde, Jester, and the Cobra.

Paladin formerly had a romantic relationship with the Wasp.

He assisted the Avengers against the Masters of Evil.

He was also employed by Silver Sable as part of her Wild Pack and as a solo agent, once to help investigate the Life Foundation where he worked alongside Spider-Man.

Diamondback asked him to infiltrate the Serpent Society.

He later assisted Captain America in looking for the BAD Girls.

Civil War

During the Civil War resulting from the Superhero Registration Act, Paladin accepted an offer from Misty Knight and Colleen Wing to join the new Heroes for Hire, purely for the money. However, Paladin betrayed the team on their second mission when Misty Kinght took them to see the underground Captain America to try and talk him into a peaceful resolution after the death of Goliath. Seeing a bigger pay day Paladin struck a trap with the intention of capturing Captain America for SHIELD. However, the trap failed to capture Shang-Chi who was able to turn the tables on Paladin. Captain America then swapped costumes with the unconcious Paladin and SHIELD took him into custody believing he was the Captain.

Powers and Abilities

Powers

• Enhanced Strength
• Enhanced Speed: Paladin is capable of running and moving at speeds greater than even the finest human athlete.
• Enhanced Stamina: Paladin's musculature produces less fatigue toxins during physical activity than the musculature of an ordinary human. He can exert himself at peak capacity physically for several hours before fatigue begins to impair him.
• Enhanced Durability: Paladin's bodily tissues are somewhat harder and more resistant to injury than those of an ordinary human. While not invulnerable, his body can withstand blunt and impact forces that would severely injure or kill and ordinary human with mild to moderate discomfort.
• Enhanced Agility: Paladin's agility, balance, and bodily coordination are enhanced to levels that are beyond the natural physical limits of even the finest human athlete.
• Enhanced Reflexes: Paladin's reaction time is enhanced to a level that is beyond the natural physical limits of even the finest human athlete.

Abilities

Paladin is an excellent hand to hand combatant. Paladin is an excellent marksman and is familiar with the use of all conventional firearms. He is also a talented spy, actor and detective.

Strength level

Paladin is superhumanly strong and is capable of lifting about 1 ton.

Weaknesses

None known.

Paraphernalia

Equipment: None known.
Transportation: None known.
Weapons: Paladin typically uses his Stun gun, which generates enough force to disrupt the nervous system sufficiently to render most people unconscious. However, he has been known to use more conventional firearms.

Notes

• Italian Citizen^{[citation needed]}

Trivia

• No trivia.

See Also

• Appearances of Paladin (Earth-616)
• Character Gallery: Paladin (Earth-616)
• Fan-Art Gallery: Paladin (Earth-616)
• Quotations by Paladin (Earth-616)

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