Barracuda is an original member of Heavy Mettle.
Creation
Barracuda was created by
Karl Kerschl and
Jay Faerber in 2000 and first appeared in
The New Warriors # 4.
Story Arcs
Barracuda and the other members of Heavy Mettle would join the
Initiative and is selected to join the
Shadow Initiative.
The Hood orders the
Taskmaster to bring in a bunch of D-list villains, ex-cons and other Initiative members they felt were expendable into the Shadow Initiative. This group was the first wave of Initiative members to assault a prison in the
Negative Zone called 42 that was taken over by
Blastaar and his army. This group acted as cannon fodder to soften up Blastaar's forces before sending in the big boys to clean up. However, Barracuda is killed in action when he is gunned down.
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