Publisher Marvel Comics Species Human | First appearance Iron Man #145 (1981) | |
Created by David Michelinie
John Romita Jr. Team affiliations Cross Technological Enterprises Creators Dave Kemp, David Michelinie Similar Power Broker, Crossfire, Machinesmith, Grizzly, Janice Lincoln | ||
Augustine Cross is a fictional character in Marvel Comics. He is the son of Darren Cross and the second cousin of Crossfire.
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Publication history
Augustine Cross first appears in Iron Man #145 and was created by David Michelinie and John Romita Jr.
Fictional character biography
Sometime after taking over as the CEO of Cross Technological Enterprises after his father's death, Cross attended an event called the 24th annual Conclave of Electronics Engineers and Innovators where Cross rubbed shoulders with representatives of various companies like Stark Industries, S.H.I.E.L.D., Cordco, and Roxxon. Cross was thought to be a suspect connected with the Raiders, but turned out to be innocent.
Years later, Augustine resurfaced and kidnapped Dr. Erica Sondheim to transplant a new heart into his cryogenically-preserved father's body. Enlisting Crossfire's aid, Cross has Cassie Lang kidnapped, believing the girl's Pym Particle-irradiated heart could sustain Darren's condition. After Ant-Man and Darren were engaged in combat while Sondheim transplants another heart to Cassie, Augustine arrives to transport Darren to ultimately flee when the Pym Particles now within in his father's body caused Darren to shrink down.
In light of Darren refusing to invest in Power Broker's Hench App, Augustine had temporarily hired Machinesmith to hack into Power Broker Inc.'s database so that Cross Technological Enterprises could steal its algorithm so that it can be used to create a Hench App knock-off called "Lackey".
Powers and abilities
Augustine Cross has no powers.