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Frank Simpson

51 appearances · Copper/Modern Age · 1986–2026 · 2 key issues
Who is Frank Simpson?

Frank Simpson is a super-soldier created by the same Weapon Plus program that produced Captain America, subjected to brutal conditioning and cybernetic enhancements — including a surgically implanted American flag tattoo on his face — that turned him into a near-mindless living weapon for the U.S. government.

Frank Simpson arrived in the pages of Daredevil in 1986, the creation of the legendary team of Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli — a pedigree that alone signals you're dealing with a character born from one of Marvel's most celebrated creative partnerships of the Copper Age. Over the four decades since, he's carved out a presence across Thunderbolts, Captain America, and Wolverine: Origins, sharing some of Marvel's most intense corners of storytelling with the likes of Captain America, Wolverine, and Scourge. With 51 catalogued appearances and two collector-recognized key issues to his name, Simpson is the kind of deep-cut Marvel figure that rewards the reader who digs past the headline names — a dark, durably compelling presence in the publisher's more morally complicated narratives.

Identity

Real name. Frank Charles Simpson

Powers. Master Combatant: Nuke is a savage fighter and very deadly in knife combat. He's also an expert in hand to hand combat.; Firearms: Nuke is trained in the use of multiple firearms

Affiliations. Formerly: ; Thunderbolts ; US Army

★ First appearance
Daredevil #232
Jul 1986

Top series

Covers through the years — 1986–2025

Daredevil #232 1986
Daredevil #232
Wolverine #18 1989
Wolverine #18
Wolverine: Origins #5 2006
Wolverine: Origins #5
Thunderbolts #128 2009
Thunderbolts #128
Captain America #11 2013
Captain America #11
Captain America #3 2015
Captain America #3
Weapon X #12 2018
Weapon X #12
Captain America by Ta-Nehisi Coates #2 2022
Captain America by Ta-Nehisi Coates #2
Expatriate X-Men #3 2025
Expatriate X-Men #3

Appearances

Daredevil (1964)
Web of Spider-Man (1985)
#30
Captain America (1968)
Daredevil: Born Again (1987)
Wolverine (1988)
#18
Wolverine: Origins (2006)
Dark Reign: Deadpool / Thunderbolts (2009)
Thunderbolts: Burning Down the House (2009)
Secret Warriors (2009)
#8
Wolverine Origins: Romulus (2009)
Captain America: Reborn (2010)
Siege: Thunderbolts (2010)
Thunderbolts: Cage (2011)
Ultimate Captain America (2011)
#3
Mighty Avengers: Dark Reign (2011)
Weapon X (2017)
Marvel Comics (2019)
Captain America by Ta-Nehisi Coates (2019)
#2
Expatriate X-Men (2025)
#3
Wolverine: Weapons of Armageddon (2026)