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 Henry Bendix. Art by Dustin Nguyen and Richard Friend . For the actor see Dustin Nguyen. Dustin Nguyen is a Comic book artist who has worked for DC Comics and WildStorm |
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| Publisher | Wildstorm |
| First appearance | Stormwatch vol. WildStorm Productions, or simply WildStorm, (sometimes rendered Wildstorm) is a publishing Imprint and studio of American Comic book In Comic books and other stories with a long history first appearance refers to the first occurrence to feature a Fictional character. 1 #1 |
| Created by | Jim Lee |
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| Alter ego | Henry Bendix |
| Team affiliations | Stormwatch, United Nations Special Crisis Intervention Team, Team One, Paul Revere and Minutemen (sponsor) |
| Notable aliases | Think Tank |
| Abilities | Extreme intellect, cybernetic networking implants |
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Henry Bendix's past remains fairly muddled, partly because of the existence of an alternate Bendix who has been known to pose as the original. He grew up in Maladyville, Mississippi, raised by his abusive, alcoholic father. Child abuse is the physical, psychological or sexual maltreatment of children Alcoholism is a term with multiple and sometimes conflicting definitions It appears that his father more than once killed a girlfriend during a drunken rage. Even as a child, Henry was extremely intelligent, designing the bodily enhancements that eventually led to the creation of the superheroes Midnighter and Apollo while still a child. Midnighter is a Fictional Comic book Superhero, best known as a member of the rogue superhero team The Authority. Henry's diary from this time would mention that he had been contacted by the alien Weavers, who showed him the future. Young Henry was shocked to find out that he would become a villain, but the Weavers told him that till then he could be a hero. Henry killed his father with a self-built energy weapon in order to save his father's girlfriend, Delia. (See notes, as this origin was told in the Monarchy series. )
During the 1960s, he worked for the US government, developing a mobile weapon that was operated through a combination of manual controls and cybernetic uplink. The federal government of the United States is the central United States Governmental body established by the United States Constitution. It was dubbed "Think Tank". He was recruited into Team One, a secret task force designed to deal with the emerging Daemonite threat. Team One is the name of a Comic book team from DC Comics / Wildstorm. The Daemonites are an alien race in the Fictional Wildstorm Comic books They were created by Jim Lee and first appeared in Team One was dissolved following its first mission. However, the experience gave Bendix a lifelong interest in Earth's secret history. This fascination put him in contact with the villains known as the Four, and led him to discover the interdimensional realm known as the Bleed, among other things. The Four are a group of Fictional Comic book Supervillains from the series Planetary by Warren Ellis and John Cassaday The Bleed is a fictional construct that has been discovered in the Wildstorm and DC Comics multiverse. Although he continued to work for the US government, he kept most of his funding for himself.
In 1978, he was appointed to the post of Weatherman One, head of StormWatch, the United Nations Special Crisis Intervention Team. Stormwatch is a Fictional During that time, he was outfitted with cybernetic implants that granted him direct cybernetic link to Skywatch's operating systems. He retained this post until 1994, when he was temporarily replaced by Christine Trelane. Christine Trelane, formerly known as Synergy is a fictional character in the Wildstorm universe He regained his post a year later following the Second Despot Incident. All the while, he continued to explore the world and advance his own, secret agenda.
The Fire From Heaven incident inspired him to take a more proactive approach to peacekeeping. Fire From Heaven was a company-wide crossover event published by Wildstorm comics in 1996. He reorganized StormWatch, firing most of the junior members, recruiting Jenny Sparks, Rose Tattoo and Jack Hawksmoor and placing all members of the original team into inactive duties. Jenny Sparks, also known as "The Spirit of the 20th century" is a Fictional character in the Wildstorm Comic book universe created by Rose Tattoo is the name of two characters owned by Wildstorm Productions, an independent Imprint of DC Comics. Jack Hawksmoor is a Fictional Comic book character whose adventures are published by Wildstorm Productions. He split the remaining memberships into three teams: StormWatch Prime, StormWatch Red and StormWatch Black. Bendix believed that this structure would allow for a more flexible response to post-human threats.
Shortly after StormWatch's reorganization, Bendix was approached by an alternate universe version of him. He offered Bendix a chance to explore the Bleed. In exchange, he asked Bendix to allow him to replace him. This alternate Bendix attempted to shape an orderly world and was killed by Jenny Sparks after he slaughtered members of a superhero team that was attempting to create a crime-free utopia. At the time members of Stormwatch believed this to be the real Bendix gone insane. The new Weatherman Jackson King even believed Bendix' madness was a result of the cybernetic implants (which were part of the Weatherman's job), and refused to have them himself. Battalion ( Jackson King) is a Fictional Comic book Superhero in the series Stormwatch.
After exploring the Bleed and gathering allies, Bendix returned to his world in 2004. Discovering that the Authority was now in charge of America, he devised a plan to remove them from power whilst, at the same time, breaking up the team. The Authority is a Superhero Comic book published by DC Comics under the Wildstorm imprint His plan was successful. Following that, he assumed control of the shattered Secret Monarchy, the loose coalition of secret groups that run the world behind the scenes. He implemented an active post-human advancement agenda, facilitating integration of Kherubim and other otherworldly technology into American (and to a lesser extent, global) society. The Kherubim or Kherans are an alien race in the Fictional Wildstorm Comic books They were created by Jim Lee and first appeared in In 2008, he faced off against the reorganized Authority. After a prolonged struggle, he was killed by Midnighter. Midnighter is a Fictional Comic book Superhero, best known as a member of the rogue superhero team The Authority.
Alternate Bendix
The alternate Bendix who replaced the original has had a substantial impact on the team as well, though in a much more negative way. Whilst the first Bendix had an undoubtedly ruthless and cold-hearted side, the new one was an entirely self-centred, psychotic individual pursuing an ultra-conservative agenda. Conservatism is a term used to describe political philosophies that favour Tradition, where tradition refers to various religious cultural or nationally defined He had a bizarre romantic affair with Rose Tattoo, the Spirit of Murder, apparently being attracted to her lust for death and destruction (when a later, evolved Tattoo asked why her poisoned kiss did not affect him, he replied "Because I embrace it. Rose Tattoo is the name of two characters owned by Wildstorm Productions, an independent Imprint of DC Comics. ").
As mentioned, the new Bendix was first defeated after attacking a group of superhumans attempting to establish a utopia in South America. Though believed dead at Jenny Sparks's hands, Bendix had in fact escaped to an alternate dimension. There he prepared an elaborate scheme to destroy the Authority, the successors of Stormwatch.
Other appearances
- In the Monarchy series, Henry Bendix appears, claiming to have planned his death by Jenny Sparks so that he could become an imaginary being, capable of assisting the Weavers and the Monarchy in their battle against Chimaera. Jackson King visits Bendix' home and finds his childhood diary there. Battalion ( Jackson King) is a Fictional Comic book Superhero in the series Stormwatch. In it Bendix relates the events of his first contact with the Weavers. The Authority: Revolution series seems to have retconned these events away. Retroactive continuity is the deliberate changing of previously established facts in a work of serial fiction Therefore it is also unclear whether his youth in Maladyville, Mississippi is still part of continuity.
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