Crossbones

Crossbones is a brutal Marvel villain and elite mercenary, real name Brock Rumlow, trained as a ruthless fighter and loyal enforcer for the Red Skull. He operates as a highly dangerous hand-to-hand combatant and assassin, frequently clashing with Captain America.

A hard-edged Modern Age villain who made his French-language Marvel catalog debut in 2010, Crossbones has carved out a menacing presence across Hachette's collected editions, sharing pages with titans like Captain America, Steve Rogers, Thor, and Vision. Though his catalog footprint is compact — just five appearances spanning into 2024 — the company he keeps speaks volumes: this is a character who operates at the highest, most dangerous levels of the Marvel universe. Fans who love morally complex, brutal antagonists and the gritty espionage-inflected storytelling that defined Ed Brubaker's era will find Crossbones a compelling figure worth tracking down.