The Wildboys are fictional characters in the Marvel Universe

Marvel Universe

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Fictional character biography

The Wildboys are an unruly pair of street-dwellers that enjoy committing violent acts of vandalism. They are highly formidable street-fighters and are greatly skilled in the use of knives and other conventional street hardware.

When the Horsemen of Apocalypse

Horsemen of Apocalypse

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 attacked Manhattan during the events of the Fall of the Mutants

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and caused a blackout, a Vietnam

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 veteran named Ammo

Ammo (comics)

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 organized a gang including the Wildboys, who looted the city. Sometime later, Typhoid Mary

Typhoid Mary (comics)

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 gathered the Wildboys together with Ammo, Bullet

Bullet (comics)

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, and Bushwacker

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 to attack Daredevil

Daredevil (Marvel Comics)

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; the criminals beat Daredevil so badly that they nearly killed him.