Editing MARSHAL AMERICA 1888 (section)

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==='''Friends'''===

*  Sharon Carter  -Aide to Nick Fury(?). Cap's had trouble focusing since the train back in issue #1.... ((Durn it))
*  "Cloudless Moon"   -Cap's maternal grandfather. He passed on while Steve was still a young child, but he occasionally appears in dreams or if Steve really needs a hand, in a waking vision.
*  Reginald "Buckshot" McClurg.  -Every good Marshall needs a Deputy. Think of him as Bucky, with a shotgun.  Note: Buckshot is still back in America, tracking down Tombstone, actually...
*  Agent Smith  -US Army Intelligence. 1880's equivalent of a CIA man. No sense of humor. Deadpan. You get the picture. He was Cap's source of intel and contact with the Government.

==='''Contacts'''=== 
*  Agent Jones  -Smith's colleague and rival. Jones wants Smith's job. Besides that, they could be clones of each other.

*  Carter Slade aka Ghost Rider  - The Devil's Bounty Hunter isn't above a bit of side work... Note: Yes, I'm swiping Sam Elliot, horse and all... sue me. At least he's contemporary.

*  Lord Bowler  -Another bounty hunter, this one more mundane. Draws his nickname from the hat he wears. Dumb as a stack of bricks, but dogged, determined, and damn near immortal as only a comedy sidekick can be. He can be counted on to show up at the damnedest times.  Note: Yes, I ripped him kicking and screaming from Brisco County Jr.... I needed three. *shrugs*

==='''Enemies'''=== 
 
*  Confederate Skull (aka Johnny Red, real name John Smith)  - Confederate Colonel who was cashiered for needless brutality towards the end of the Civil War. Has a vast network of terrorists to draw upon called "The Army of the New Confederacy". The Skull is obsessed with the destruction of the United States and the rebirth of this New Confederacy (we call call them the NeoCons for short! ^_~). Of course, he views the Confederate economic model as nearly perfect, if too lenient. He believes the status of slave should not just apply to the black man, but to all who don't share his vision. Note: Based on the SECOND Red Skull: Johann Schmidt.

*  Natasha Romanova  -Assassin, works for whoever pays. Once, it was Confederate Skull and the target with the good Marshall. He's the only mark who ever got away. It irks her. Note: Considering the time frame, she might or might not be connected to Russian Royalty...

*  "Dark of Moon" aka Sam Tombstone   - Subject is head of a large gang of marauding thieves that operate in the western territories. The Marshall had been detailed to put a stop to their activities when the re-assignment to the Avengers came in. All that came of the short-lived assignment was tracking the gang to the southeastern portion of the Oregon Territory.  Notes: This character isn't based on anyone in the Marvel Universe per se. I intended him to be a sort of "anti-Cap" if you will. Though he doesn't know it yet, the head of this gang will turn out to be Steve's best friend from his younger days with the tribe.  Pretty much anything Cap can do, this guy can do too. His resources are limited for now, but I can see Skull hiring him at some point...

*  Baron Blood (aka John Falsworth) -From the wiki: "John Falsworth was a British artistocrat, born as the younger brother of James Montgomery Falsworth in the late 19th century. He left England when James inherited their father's estate. John believed the legend of vampires to be real and travelled to Transylvania to seek out Dracula in an attempt to gain power, but instead fell under Dracula's power. Dracula turned John into a vampire, then commanded John to wreak havoc on England." Nuff said? I dun even need to modify this guy...  Note: Possible tie to the Marshall... Vampires would probably set off instinctive fear in him as such characters appear often in various Native lore as a perversion of Nature itself.

*  Baron Heinrich Zemo  -Scientist, of the sickest sort. A weapons manufacturer, he delights in death and destruction...the profit's just cake.  Good venue for arming Skull's forces.

==='''Locations'''===

*  '''The Village''': The burnt husk of a small Native settlement in south-eastern Oregon. It was the end of Steven's military service, and possibly much more.
*  '''The "Four-Corners" region of the United States''': Where he will always consider home.
*  '''The Offices of Agent Smith in Washington, D.C.''': A moderately comfortable suite of offices in a modest building near the Virginia border of the Capital. Few details besides Presidential portraits and one battle-scarred flag. Right now, Steven views the room with disgust, as symbol of all his failures.

==='''Organizations'''===
*  '''The Avengers''': The Marshall's current assignment. What a joke... A prissy English noblewoman, a talking and walking metal box... and him.
*  '''US Department of Justice''': His current... employers
*  '''The Army of the New Confederacy''': His least favorite people in the world. The feeling's pretty mutual.








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