Dominic Fortune
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Dominic Fortune is a fiction
al comic book
character, owned by Marvel Comics
.
Created by Howard Chaykin
and based on the Scorpion, Chaykin's character for the failed Atlas/Seaboard Comics
company, Dominic Fortune was originally a 1930s costumed, fortune-seeking adventurer.
-free black-and-white magazine line. His first two appearances occurred in Marvel Preview
#2 (1975, no month) and Marvel Super Action #1 (January 1976), a one-shot magazine. These stories were later reprinted in Marvel Preview
#20 (Winter 1980).
He next appeared as 'Dominic Fortune, Brigand For Hire' in the back pages of Hulk (a full-color magazine, formerly the b/w Rampaging Hulk) #21 - #25 (June 1980 - February 1981), written by Denny O'Neil with fully painted artwork by Chaykin. Issue #24 (December 1980) contains a short editorial to the effect that although the magazine was reverting to b/w from the following issue, this would be 'with the exception of the Dominic Fortune strip which will be in color through its offbeat conclusion in issue #26' . However, despite this assertion, and #25 containing an advertisement for Dominic Fortune in #26, issue #25's story, "Slay Bells", was the last published. The finale to the series remains unpublished. During this time, Fortune also appeared in Marvel Premiere
#56 (October 1980), in a story plotted by Len Wein
and laid out by Chaykin for the never-published Marvel Super-Action #2, and finished by David Michelinie
and Terry Austin
.
Subsequently, a senior citizen version of the character interacted with modern Marvel heroes in Marvel Team-Up
#120 (August 1982), Web of Spider-Man
#10 (January 1986), Iron Man
(first volume) #212 - #213 (November 1986 - December 1986), and Web of Spider-Man #71 - #72 (December 1990 - January 1991), with no involvement from Chaykin other than him drawing the cover for Web of Spider-Man #10. A flashback tale revealing Fortune's involvement with Captain America's origin appeared in Marvel Super Heroes (vol. 2) #3 (September, 1990)
The next appearance of Dominic Fortune was in Sable and Fortune, a 4-issue limited series
published in 2006, written by Brendan Cahill and painted by John Burns (issues #1-3) and Laurence McCubbin (#4). Originally solicited as a 6-issue series, Sable and Fortune was shortened to four issues after issue #1 was released in March 2006. According to the letters page of #3 (May 2006) the four part-tale was unaffected, the last two issues would have been a separate story. He also appeared as a supporting character in Marvel Comics Presents
(vol. 2) #5 - 12 (February 2008 - October 2008).
In June, 2009 a 6-part online-only digital comic Astonishing Tales: Dominic Fortune was published as part of Marvel Comics' digital initiative. Written by Dean Motter
and drawn by Greg Scott
, it featured Dominic Fortune in tales set during the 1930s
. This was followed in October 2009 by a self-titled 4-part miniseries published under Marvel's mature MAX imprint. Written and illustrated by Howard Chaykin
, this miniseries was also set in the 1930s
.
In November 2009 Marvel Comics announced the release of a Dominic Fortune Trade Paperback book. The title reprints the 2009 Max series and the digital Astonishing Tales: Dominic Fortune, along with the stories in Marvel Preview #2 and Marvel Premiere #56.
In 2010, Dominic Fortune was featured as a supporting character in the series Hawkeye & Mockingbird, which lasted for six issues. He subsequently appeared in the mini-series Widowmaker, which continued a storyline from Hawkeye & Mockingbird.
In 2011, Fortune appeared as part of the 1959 Avengers group in New Avengers Vol. 2, #10-13, followed by the 5-issue miniseries Avengers 1959.
City's Lower East Side
'lying, cheating and stealing my way through life' . During this time, he once saved a young Steve Rogers from a group of bullies.
He worked as an escapist on Coney Island, but not having much luck at that, took up wing-walking and barnstorming. Sometime after ratting out New York gangster Olga Cimaglia, Fortunov relocated to Los Angeles
, California
where he changed his name to Dominic Fortune and became a costumed adventurer for hire and a mercenary. By 1934 he was involved in the Chaco War
between Bolivia
and Paraguay
- fighting as a pilot for both sides before returning to Los Angeles, where he took a job guarding three 'out of control and drunken' film stars. Trying to unravel a plot to kill him, he travelled to Berlin for the 1936 Olympic Games, and eventually foiled a plot by American Fifth Columnists to kill President Roosevelt and his wife and gain important funding from the Germans and Italians to support Nazi sympathisers in the U.S. Not long afterwards, he fell in with Sabbath Raven, the owner of the Mississippi Queen, a floating casino
moored just outside of US territorial waters, where he enjoyed a romantic relationship with her and they shared many of his adventures.
In 1937, in an adventure in Europe he encountered Dr. Doom's parents and later Captain America
villains Baron Von Strucker and Baron Zemo
and spent some time in Latveria
and in Wakanda
in Africa while foiling Nazi weapons intrigues involving the as-yet un-named mineral Vibranium
. Not long afterwards, having been evicted from his office, he began living aboard the Mississippi Queen at Sabbath's invitation. In that same year, he uncovered a Nazi propaganda plot in the comic book industry. He also broke up a cult of zombies, thwarted Baron Strucker
's attempted assassination of a U.S. senator, exposed the phony "child star" Tina Timmons, and rescued the British ambassador from a terrorist.
In 1938, he prevented Jacob Einhorn, a property magnate, from selling U.S. secrets to the Japanese in exchange for land after their planned invasion. He also prevented silent movie star Noble Flagg and gangster Olga Cimaglia from taking over the LA underworld. In the spring, he met Timothy "Dum Dum" Dugan and helped him save his circus from a group of thugs hired by the wealthy Spencer Keene.
Early in 1940 he defeated a group of Nazi saboteurs who had taken over the Dean Brothers Circus in Chicago. Later that same year, he foiled a Nazi plot to steal top secret plans from a munitions factory. In May, he lost contact with Sabbath Raven after an argument in a bar in Rotterdam just before the Nazi invasion of the city. After failing to find her, Fortune returned to the U.S. He was rejected as a subject for Project: Rebirth, but helped protect the man who was chosen, Steve Rogers
(who would become Captain America) from Nazi agents. He then returned to the war in Europe as a G.I. in 1943. In the final days of the war, Fortune was responsible for killing the leader of the Dark Ocean Society, After the war, he continued his search for Sabbath, but again failed.
In 1959, while in Paris, Fortune was recruited by Nick Fury
to be a member of the "Avengers Initiative". After helping to defeat a Neo-Nazi version of the Red Skull in Sweden, Fortune's criminal record was wiped clean.
Eventually Fortune returned to America and resumed being David Fortunov. He established himself as a Pontiac
salesman in Nassau County, New York
(becoming 'Nassau County Champion Salesman' in 1965), where he married and had two children. He eventually retired to Restwell Nursing Home, NY after the death of his wife, but came out of retirement to battle Turner D. Century
alongside Spider-Man
, after which he vowed to take back up his search for Sabbath Raven. Some time after this he left the rest home, then alongside Spider-Man battled the Shocker
, who was working for Simon Steele, an old adversary of Fortune's who he had been investigating in the hope of finding clues to the fate of Sabbath.
He later aided Iron Man
in his battle with the Iron Monger
, once again an employee of Simon Steele. Fortune's son Jerry witnessed the battle and, believing his father killed, swore vengeance. Donning his father's costume, Jerry Fortunov became the new Dominic Fortune, though after finding his father still alive he was killed by Steele when he takes a shot aimed at his father. Iron Man then tells Fortune that the Sabbath he had seen with Steele while in captivity was in fact Sabbath Raven's daughter by Steele's brother.
Seeking vengeance for his son's murder, with the help of Spider-Man, Dominic Fortune tracked Steele and the younger Sabbath Raven to New York, only to discover that Steele had married Fortune's Sabbath many years before. Eventually Fortune, Spider-Man and Silver Sable
corner Steele hiding aboard the ageing remains of the Mississippi Queen and Fortune was reunited with the original Sabbath Raven.
In 1991, Fortune was in The Philippines for the eruption of Mt. Pinatubo.
Later, Fortune found and replicated a flawed Super-Soldier serum that Mockingbird helped create. After he took it, he was de-aged and lost his memory for a short time.
In 2006, the newly de-aged Dominic Fortune joins forces with Silver Sable
to stop the plans of traitors from within Silver Sable's own Wild Pack. Fortune now works as a P.I., but was also shown to be working with a government black ops group called the Vanguard.
After he regained his memory and aged overnight, he decided to join Mockingbird's organization, the World Counter-terrorism Agency
to stay close to her, making sure the Super-Soldier serum's creator was there to help him if the side-effects got worse.
While less physically skilled than his father, Jerry Fortunov was a skilled tax lawyer with some training in marksmanship.
Dominic Fortune uses a variety of handguns, particularly the Mauser C96
, using 9 mm parabellum ammunition.
Fiction
Fiction is the form of any narrative or informative work that deals, in part or in whole, with information or events that are not factual, but rather, imaginary—that is, invented by the author. Although fiction describes a major branch of literary work, it may also refer to theatrical,...
al comic book
Comic book
A comic book or comicbook is a magazine made up of comics, narrative artwork in the form of separate panels that represent individual scenes, often accompanied by dialog as well as including...
character, owned by Marvel Comics
Marvel Comics
Marvel Worldwide, Inc., commonly referred to as Marvel Comics and formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, is an American company that publishes comic books and related media...
.
Created by Howard Chaykin
Howard Chaykin
Howard Victor Chaykin is an American comic book writer and artist famous for his innovative storytelling and sometimes controversial material...
and based on the Scorpion, Chaykin's character for the failed Atlas/Seaboard Comics
Atlas/Seaboard Comics
Atlas/Seaboard is the term comic-book historians and collectors use to refer to the 1970s line of comics published as Atlas Comics by the American company Seaboard Periodicals, to differentiate from the 1950s' Atlas Comics, a predecessor of Marvel Comics...
company, Dominic Fortune was originally a 1930s costumed, fortune-seeking adventurer.
Publication history
Dominic Fortune was created for Marvel's Comics CodeComics Code Authority
The Comics Code Authority was a body created as part of the Comics Magazine Association of America, as a tool for the comics-publishing industry to self-regulate the content of comic books in the United States. Member publishers submitted comic books to the CCA, which screened them for adherence to...
-free black-and-white magazine line. His first two appearances occurred in Marvel Preview
Marvel Preview
Marvel Preview was a magazine-sized black-and-white showcase comic book published by Curtis Magazines, an imprint of Marvel....
#2 (1975, no month) and Marvel Super Action #1 (January 1976), a one-shot magazine. These stories were later reprinted in Marvel Preview
Marvel Preview
Marvel Preview was a magazine-sized black-and-white showcase comic book published by Curtis Magazines, an imprint of Marvel....
#20 (Winter 1980).
He next appeared as 'Dominic Fortune, Brigand For Hire' in the back pages of Hulk (a full-color magazine, formerly the b/w Rampaging Hulk) #21 - #25 (June 1980 - February 1981), written by Denny O'Neil with fully painted artwork by Chaykin. Issue #24 (December 1980) contains a short editorial to the effect that although the magazine was reverting to b/w from the following issue, this would be 'with the exception of the Dominic Fortune strip which will be in color through its offbeat conclusion in issue #26' . However, despite this assertion, and #25 containing an advertisement for Dominic Fortune in #26, issue #25's story, "Slay Bells", was the last published. The finale to the series remains unpublished. During this time, Fortune also appeared in Marvel Premiere
Marvel Premiere
Marvel Premiere is an American comic book anthology series published by Marvel Comics. It ran for 61 issues from April 1972 to August 1981....
#56 (October 1980), in a story plotted by Len Wein
Len Wein
Len Wein is an American comic book writer and editor best known for co-creating DC Comics' Swamp Thing and Marvel Comics' Wolverine, and for helping revive the Marvel superhero team the X-Men...
and laid out by Chaykin for the never-published Marvel Super-Action #2, and finished by David Michelinie
David Michelinie
-Biography:Some of his earliest work is for DC Comics's House of Secrets and a run on Swamp Thing , following Len Wein and preceding Gerry Conway, illustrated by Nestor Redondo. Michelinie did a run on Aquaman in Adventure Comics which led to the revival of the Sea King's own title in 1977...
and Terry Austin
Terry Austin (comics)
Terry Austin is an American comic book artist, working primarily as an inker. He is best known for his work embellishing John Byrne's pencils on The Uncanny X-Men from 1977–1981.-Early life and career:...
.
Subsequently, a senior citizen version of the character interacted with modern Marvel heroes in Marvel Team-Up
Marvel Team-Up
Marvel Team-Up is the name of several American comic book series published by Marvel Comics. The series featured two or more Marvel characters in one story...
#120 (August 1982), Web of Spider-Man
Web of Spider-Man
Web of Spider-Man is the name of two different monthly comic book series starring Spider-Man that have been published by Marvel Comics since 1985, the first volume of which ran for 129 issues between 1985 and 1995, and the second of which ran for 12 issues between 2009 and 2010.-Volume 1:The first...
#10 (January 1986), Iron Man
Iron Man
Iron Man is a fictional character, a superhero in the . The character was created by writer-editor Stan Lee, developed by scripter Larry Lieber, and designed by artists Don Heck and Jack Kirby, first appearing in Tales of Suspense #39 .A billionaire playboy, industrialist and ingenious engineer,...
(first volume) #212 - #213 (November 1986 - December 1986), and Web of Spider-Man #71 - #72 (December 1990 - January 1991), with no involvement from Chaykin other than him drawing the cover for Web of Spider-Man #10. A flashback tale revealing Fortune's involvement with Captain America's origin appeared in Marvel Super Heroes (vol. 2) #3 (September, 1990)
The next appearance of Dominic Fortune was in Sable and Fortune, a 4-issue limited series
Limited series
A limited series is a comic book series with a set number of installments. A limited series differs from an ongoing series in that the number of issues is determined before production and it differs from a one shot in that it is composed of multiple issues....
published in 2006, written by Brendan Cahill and painted by John Burns (issues #1-3) and Laurence McCubbin (#4). Originally solicited as a 6-issue series, Sable and Fortune was shortened to four issues after issue #1 was released in March 2006. According to the letters page of #3 (May 2006) the four part-tale was unaffected, the last two issues would have been a separate story. He also appeared as a supporting character in Marvel Comics Presents
Marvel Comics Presents
Marvel Comics Presents was an American comic book anthology series published by Marvel Comics originally from 1988 to 1995; it returned for a second volume in 2007-2008.-Volume 1:The first volume was released on a biweekly basis and lasted for 175 issues...
(vol. 2) #5 - 12 (February 2008 - October 2008).
In June, 2009 a 6-part online-only digital comic Astonishing Tales: Dominic Fortune was published as part of Marvel Comics' digital initiative. Written by Dean Motter
Dean Motter
Dean Motter is an illustrator, designer and writer who worked for many years in Toronto, Canada, New York City, and Atlanta. Motter is best known as the creator and designer of Mister X, one of the most influential "new-wave" comics of the 1980s....
and drawn by Greg Scott
Greg Scott
Greg "Greggles" Scott is an English television presenter. He is best known for being a presenter on the late night interactive ITV1 gameshow Quizmania.-Early life and career:...
, it featured Dominic Fortune in tales set during the 1930s
1930s
File:1930s decade montage.png|From left, clockwise: Dorothea Lange's photo of the homeless Florence Thompson show the effects of the Great Depression; Due to the economic collapse, the farms become dry and the Dust Bowl spreads through America; The Battle of Wuhan during the Second Sino-Japanese...
. This was followed in October 2009 by a self-titled 4-part miniseries published under Marvel's mature MAX imprint. Written and illustrated by Howard Chaykin
Howard Chaykin
Howard Victor Chaykin is an American comic book writer and artist famous for his innovative storytelling and sometimes controversial material...
, this miniseries was also set in the 1930s
1930s
File:1930s decade montage.png|From left, clockwise: Dorothea Lange's photo of the homeless Florence Thompson show the effects of the Great Depression; Due to the economic collapse, the farms become dry and the Dust Bowl spreads through America; The Battle of Wuhan during the Second Sino-Japanese...
.
In November 2009 Marvel Comics announced the release of a Dominic Fortune Trade Paperback book. The title reprints the 2009 Max series and the digital Astonishing Tales: Dominic Fortune, along with the stories in Marvel Preview #2 and Marvel Premiere #56.
In 2010, Dominic Fortune was featured as a supporting character in the series Hawkeye & Mockingbird, which lasted for six issues. He subsequently appeared in the mini-series Widowmaker, which continued a storyline from Hawkeye & Mockingbird.
In 2011, Fortune appeared as part of the 1959 Avengers group in New Avengers Vol. 2, #10-13, followed by the 5-issue miniseries Avengers 1959.
Duvid "David" Fortunov
Born in New York, Duvid Jerome Fortunov spent the 1920s until just after the Wall Street Crash in 1929 on New YorkNew York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
City's Lower East Side
Lower East Side, Manhattan
The Lower East Side, LES, is a neighborhood in the southeastern part of the New York City borough of Manhattan. It is roughly bounded by Allen Street, East Houston Street, Essex Street, Canal Street, Eldridge Street, East Broadway, and Grand Street....
'lying, cheating and stealing my way through life' . During this time, he once saved a young Steve Rogers from a group of bullies.
He worked as an escapist on Coney Island, but not having much luck at that, took up wing-walking and barnstorming. Sometime after ratting out New York gangster Olga Cimaglia, Fortunov relocated to Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
where he changed his name to Dominic Fortune and became a costumed adventurer for hire and a mercenary. By 1934 he was involved in the Chaco War
Chaco War
The Chaco War was fought between Bolivia and Paraguay over control of the northern part of the Gran Chaco region of South America, which was incorrectly thought to be rich in oil. It is also referred to as La Guerra de la Sed in literary circles for being fought in the semi-arid Chaco...
between Bolivia
Bolivia
Bolivia officially known as Plurinational State of Bolivia , is a landlocked country in central South America. It is the poorest country in South America...
and Paraguay
Paraguay
Paraguay , officially the Republic of Paraguay , is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to the east and northeast, and Bolivia to the northwest. Paraguay lies on both banks of the Paraguay River, which runs through the center of the...
- fighting as a pilot for both sides before returning to Los Angeles, where he took a job guarding three 'out of control and drunken' film stars. Trying to unravel a plot to kill him, he travelled to Berlin for the 1936 Olympic Games, and eventually foiled a plot by American Fifth Columnists to kill President Roosevelt and his wife and gain important funding from the Germans and Italians to support Nazi sympathisers in the U.S. Not long afterwards, he fell in with Sabbath Raven, the owner of the Mississippi Queen, a floating casino
Casino
In modern English, a casino is a facility which houses and accommodates certain types of gambling activities. Casinos are most commonly built near or combined with hotels, restaurants, retail shopping, cruise ships or other tourist attractions...
moored just outside of US territorial waters, where he enjoyed a romantic relationship with her and they shared many of his adventures.
In 1937, in an adventure in Europe he encountered Dr. Doom's parents and later Captain America
Captain America
Captain America is a fictional character, a superhero that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character first appeared in Captain America Comics #1 , from Marvel Comics' 1940s predecessor, Timely Comics, and was created by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby...
villains Baron Von Strucker and Baron Zemo
Baron Zemo
Baron Zemo is the name of two fictional characters, both supervillains, in various Marvel Comics comic books, notably Captain America and the Avengers...
and spent some time in Latveria
Latveria
Latveria is a nation in the . It is an isolated European country ruled by the supervillain Doctor Doom, supposedly located in the Banat region. It is surrounded by the Carpathian Mountains, and also borders the Symkaria to the south. Its capital is Doomstadt.-Publication history:Latveria first...
and in Wakanda
Wakanda (comics)
Wakanda is a fictional nation in the Marvel Universe. It is the most prominent of several fictional African nations in the Marvel Universe. Wakanda is located in Northeastern Africa, although its exact location has varied throughout the nation's publication history: some sources place Wakanda in...
in Africa while foiling Nazi weapons intrigues involving the as-yet un-named mineral Vibranium
Vibranium
Vibranium is a fictional metal that appears in the Marvel Universe. It is most commonly known as one of the materials used to construct Captain America's shield, but it is also noted for its connection to the Black Panther and his native homeland of Wakanda .-Publication history:Vibranium first...
. Not long afterwards, having been evicted from his office, he began living aboard the Mississippi Queen at Sabbath's invitation. In that same year, he uncovered a Nazi propaganda plot in the comic book industry. He also broke up a cult of zombies, thwarted Baron Strucker
Baron Strucker
Baron Wolfgang von Strucker is a fictional character created for Marvel Comics by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, first appearing in Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos #5...
's attempted assassination of a U.S. senator, exposed the phony "child star" Tina Timmons, and rescued the British ambassador from a terrorist.
In 1938, he prevented Jacob Einhorn, a property magnate, from selling U.S. secrets to the Japanese in exchange for land after their planned invasion. He also prevented silent movie star Noble Flagg and gangster Olga Cimaglia from taking over the LA underworld. In the spring, he met Timothy "Dum Dum" Dugan and helped him save his circus from a group of thugs hired by the wealthy Spencer Keene.
Early in 1940 he defeated a group of Nazi saboteurs who had taken over the Dean Brothers Circus in Chicago. Later that same year, he foiled a Nazi plot to steal top secret plans from a munitions factory. In May, he lost contact with Sabbath Raven after an argument in a bar in Rotterdam just before the Nazi invasion of the city. After failing to find her, Fortune returned to the U.S. He was rejected as a subject for Project: Rebirth, but helped protect the man who was chosen, Steve Rogers
Captain America
Captain America is a fictional character, a superhero that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character first appeared in Captain America Comics #1 , from Marvel Comics' 1940s predecessor, Timely Comics, and was created by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby...
(who would become Captain America) from Nazi agents. He then returned to the war in Europe as a G.I. in 1943. In the final days of the war, Fortune was responsible for killing the leader of the Dark Ocean Society, After the war, he continued his search for Sabbath, but again failed.
In 1959, while in Paris, Fortune was recruited by Nick Fury
Nick Fury
Colonel Nicholas Joseph "Nick" Fury is a fictional World War II army hero and present-day super-spy in the Marvel Comics universe. Created by artist Jack Kirby and writer Stan Lee, Fury first appeared in Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos #1 , a World War II combat series that portrayed the...
to be a member of the "Avengers Initiative". After helping to defeat a Neo-Nazi version of the Red Skull in Sweden, Fortune's criminal record was wiped clean.
Eventually Fortune returned to America and resumed being David Fortunov. He established himself as a Pontiac
Pontiac
Pontiac was an automobile brand that was established in 1926 as a companion make for General Motors' Oakland. Quickly overtaking its parent in popularity, it supplanted the Oakland brand entirely by 1933 and, for most of its life, became a companion make for Chevrolet. Pontiac was sold in the...
salesman in Nassau County, New York
Nassau County, New York
Nassau County is a suburban county on Long Island, east of New York City in the U.S. state of New York, within the New York Metropolitan Area. As of the 2010 census, the population was 1,339,532...
(becoming 'Nassau County Champion Salesman' in 1965), where he married and had two children. He eventually retired to Restwell Nursing Home, NY after the death of his wife, but came out of retirement to battle Turner D. Century
Turner D. Century
Turner D. Century is a comic book supervillain in the Marvel Comics universe. He was created by J.M. DeMatteis, Steve Leialoha, and Bruce D. Patterson.-Publication history:Turner D. Century first appeared in Spider-Woman #33...
alongside Spider-Man
Spider-Man
Spider-Man is a fictional Marvel Comics superhero. The character was created by writer-editor Stan Lee and writer-artist Steve Ditko. He first appeared in Amazing Fantasy #15...
, after which he vowed to take back up his search for Sabbath Raven. Some time after this he left the rest home, then alongside Spider-Man battled the Shocker
Shocker (comics)
The Shocker or just Shocker is a fictional character that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character first appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man #46 and was created by writer Stan Lee and artist John Romita, Sr.-Fictional character biography:Herman Schultz was born in New York...
, who was working for Simon Steele, an old adversary of Fortune's who he had been investigating in the hope of finding clues to the fate of Sabbath.
He later aided Iron Man
Iron Man
Iron Man is a fictional character, a superhero in the . The character was created by writer-editor Stan Lee, developed by scripter Larry Lieber, and designed by artists Don Heck and Jack Kirby, first appearing in Tales of Suspense #39 .A billionaire playboy, industrialist and ingenious engineer,...
in his battle with the Iron Monger
Iron Monger
The Iron Monger is an identity used by several fictional supervillains published by Marvel Comics. The first and most notable person to take up the identity is Obadiah Stane...
, once again an employee of Simon Steele. Fortune's son Jerry witnessed the battle and, believing his father killed, swore vengeance. Donning his father's costume, Jerry Fortunov became the new Dominic Fortune, though after finding his father still alive he was killed by Steele when he takes a shot aimed at his father. Iron Man then tells Fortune that the Sabbath he had seen with Steele while in captivity was in fact Sabbath Raven's daughter by Steele's brother.
Seeking vengeance for his son's murder, with the help of Spider-Man, Dominic Fortune tracked Steele and the younger Sabbath Raven to New York, only to discover that Steele had married Fortune's Sabbath many years before. Eventually Fortune, Spider-Man and Silver Sable
Silver Sable
Silver Sable is a fictional character from Marvel Comics, a female mercenary, hunter of war criminals, the leader of the Wild Pack, and CEO of Silver Sable International...
corner Steele hiding aboard the ageing remains of the Mississippi Queen and Fortune was reunited with the original Sabbath Raven.
In 1991, Fortune was in The Philippines for the eruption of Mt. Pinatubo.
Later, Fortune found and replicated a flawed Super-Soldier serum that Mockingbird helped create. After he took it, he was de-aged and lost his memory for a short time.
In 2006, the newly de-aged Dominic Fortune joins forces with Silver Sable
Silver Sable
Silver Sable is a fictional character from Marvel Comics, a female mercenary, hunter of war criminals, the leader of the Wild Pack, and CEO of Silver Sable International...
to stop the plans of traitors from within Silver Sable's own Wild Pack. Fortune now works as a P.I., but was also shown to be working with a government black ops group called the Vanguard.
After he regained his memory and aged overnight, he decided to join Mockingbird's organization, the World Counter-terrorism Agency
World Counter-terrorism Agency
The World Counter-terrorism Agency is a fictional anti-terrorist organization in the Marvel Comics universe. The organization first appeared in New Avengers: The Reunion #1 and was created by Jim McCann and David Lopez. The acronym W.C.A...
to stay close to her, making sure the Super-Soldier serum's creator was there to help him if the side-effects got worse.
Jerry Fortunov
When Jerry Fortunov thought that his father had been killed, he swore vengeance on the Iron Monger. Donning his father's costume, Jerry Fortunov became the new Dominic Fortune. Jerry Fortunov's career as Dominic Fortune was short. Discovering that his father was alive Jerry, with help from Iron Man, attacked the estate of Simon Steele. He was fatally injured in the battle, shot by Simon Steele, and died in his father's arms.Abilities and equipment
In his prime, David Fortunov was an athletic man. He was also a superb hand-to-hand combatant and excellent boxer, and an expert marksman and swordsman. In modern times, despite his advanced age, David is in excellent physical condition and still retains much of his physical skills; he does, however, tire easily.While less physically skilled than his father, Jerry Fortunov was a skilled tax lawyer with some training in marksmanship.
Dominic Fortune uses a variety of handguns, particularly the Mauser C96
Mauser C96
The Mauser C96 is a semi-automatic pistol that was originally produced by German arms manufacturer Mauser from 1896 to 1937...
, using 9 mm parabellum ammunition.