Phone Ranger

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Phone Ranger
Publisher Marvel Comics
First appearance Marvel Age Annual #1 (1985)
Created by Kurt Busiek
James Fry
Characteristics
Abilities unclear, but the telephone attached to his head probably has something to do with them.

Phone Ranger is a superhero in the Marvel Comics universe.

[edit] Fictional character biography

Phone Ranger's origins are unknown, only that he was born in New York. In a joke reference to real-life, writer Kurt Busiek had dialed lots of phone numbers, and on that moment the mysterious Phone Ranger appeared right in front of him. Phone Ranger claimed he was here to fight the Lethal Legion, also claiming that he existed to protect actual telephones.

He fought Legion member Unicorn who defeated the super-hero. Later, Phone Ranger was apparently shot in the head by the Scourge of the Underworld and was presumed dead.

[edit] Civil War

Main article: Civil War (comics)

However he mysteriously reappeared during the Civil War event as one of the heroes pro the Registration Act and helping out Spider-Man and Iron Man apprehending rogue heroes. But the Civil War Files stats that the Phone Ranger has been apprehended, and this is being taken as his official placement.

[edit] Bibliography

  • Marvel Age Annual #1