CONSTRICTOR

 

CONSTRICTOR

Real Name: Frank Payne

First Appearance: The Incredible Hulk (Vol. 1) #212, June 1977

Powers: A baseline human with no superhuman powers, Frank Payne was an undercover agent for S.H.I.E.L.D. when he defected to the subversive criminal outfit known as the Corporation and assumed the costumed criminal identity of the Constrictor.

As the Constrictor, the Corporation provided Frank with a costume with partial bullet-proofing around the chest and head areas, and lined with electrically-insulated fabric. He originally possessed two cybernetically-controlled, electrically-powered Adamantium-alloy cables which eject and retract from special appliances running from shoulder to wrist. These cables can extend to a maximum of 30 feet and cab be used as whips capable of rending steel or lesser metals; or as bonds capable of enticing an object or human being and constricting with a maximum force of 115 pounds per square inch.

After a battle with rogue clone KIA in which both of his arms were sliced off, the Initiative's medical team provided the Constrictor with a set of cybernetic arms which can be reshaped into his Adamantium coils and function just the same. The Constrictor is an excellent hand-to-hand combatant well-versed in street fighting techniques.