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Vector Villains: Bombshell - Death-Throws — Description

Well, Vectorinos, we've explored a ton of Miscellaneous Miscreants of the Marvel Universe, from the sublimely stupid to the mind-numbingly ill-conceived. But at least they provided a lot of variety in themes and abilities. But at some point, they just plain ran out of motifs to base characters on, I think. Keep that in mind as the next 5 characters are LITERALLY just jugglers. Yes, jugglers. Get ready to meet The Death-Throws.
Not much is known of her early life, but Wendy Conrad was a mercenary who specialized in bombs. When she met fellow costumed crook, Oddball, he taught her the art of juggling, making her that much more dangerous (if a bit sillier). Now known as Bombshell, one of her first known costumed exploits was being hired by the supervillain Crossfire (along with Oddball and the assassin, Silencer) to take down the Avenger, Hawkeye.
Of course, Hawkeye and his new partner, Mockingbird, eventually defeated Crossfire and his goons, including Bombshell. But she landed on her feet. Oddball was so impressed with her that he convinced her to sign up with the Death-Throws, where she became a valued team member. The team, a band of evil jugglers, was a stupid idea, but hey, they ran with it.
Bombshell and her partners fought Hawkeye and Mockingbird a bunch, but also battled Captain America and other heroes. Eventually Bombshell accepted the invitation of the creditor pseudo-feminist villain, Superia, to join her "Femizons." Which was somehow a dumber team than a gang of criminal jugglers, so she eventually came back home. A family that struggles together, juggles together.
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