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Gunhawk
 
Gunhawk
 
Personal Info:
 
Real Name: William Downing
Also Known As: No known Alias
Place Of Birth: Canada
First Appearance: Wolverine Vol.4 #1 (2010) Modern Age Villain
Known Associates: The Founder, The Ninja, The Old Woman, The Son, Fire Knives, Saw Fist, Shadow Stalker, Cannon Foot
Group Affiliation: Formerly Red Right Hand, Mongrels
Base Of Operations: Mobile
Grudges: Wolverine
Creators: Jason Aaron and Renato Guedes
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Powers:
 
Gunhawk is a trained mercenary with excellent martial arts and other combat skills. He is also an expert strategist and team leader.
Weapons:He is equipped with two pistols that have blades attached to them.
 
Origins:
 
William Downing was the son of a Canadian woman named Dolores Downing and of Wolverine, though nothing is known about the relationship apart from the fact that they had a child. William Downing was raised by his mother and the two took care of each other until she died of old age.
One day he was found by his half-brother: Daken in order to be used as a weapon against his own father. Daken then gave William to a powerful criminal organization called The Red Right Hand which had a personal vendetta against Wolverine. The leader of this criminal Organization then tasked one of its members to train William at becoming an efficient assassin.
His training over, he took the name of Gunhawk, who was a famous western gunslinger, thanks to his experience and training, Downing was appointed the leader of the mercenary group dubbed the “Mongrels”. The Mongrels team was created to eliminate, Wolverine's friends, family and ex-girlfriends.
 
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Gunhawk at Marvel Database
Gunhawk at Comic Vine