Scimitar (comics)

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Scimitar
Scimitar as depicted in Excalibur (vol. 3) #12 (June 2005). Art by Cliff Richards.
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	Iron Fist #5 (March 1976)
Created by	Chris Claremont John Byrne
In-story information
Species	Human
Team affiliations	Weaponeers
Abilities	Highly skilled with blades

Scimitar is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Scimitar is characterized as a master of bladed weapons who serves Master Khan.

Fictional character biography[edit]

Little is known about Scimitar's past, except that his name has been used by many other people in his country of Halwan. It is even believed by some that the name gets passed on from generation to generation.

Upon his first appearance, the villain wants to kill innocents to lure Iron Fist out of hiding, as Fist is his real target. The plan works and Iron Fist reveals himself, and despite Scimitar's speed and fighting skills, Iron Fist is still able to defeat the villain.^{[volume & issue needed]} He has a few more run-ins with Iron Fist and his partner Luke Cage, but always ends up defeated.^{[volume & issue needed]} Scimitar disappears from the comic pages for a long time, until being revived in the 90's Iron Fist limited series.^{[volume & issue needed]}

This event gets him hired by the terrorist group known as the Weaponeers, who will now use him as their "super-agent", due to his highly skilled ways with his sword. Scimitar resurfaces with the Weaponeers in Zanzibar, where they attempt to kill the country's president, who is surprisingly enough also a retired super-hero. Thanks to X-Men member Archangel and his allies from Genosha, Scimitar and the Weaponeers ends up defeated.^[1]

Scimitar and the mysterious Weaponeers are then defeated by the X-Men right before the House of M began.^[2]

In other media[edit]

Scimitar appears in The Incredible Hulk episode "The Lost Village", voiced by Tom Kane.^{[citation needed]} This version is a cyborg who previously lived in the Tibetan town of Anavrin before being banished by his father Tong Zing.

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