Hit-Monkey

A Japanese macaque who witnessed the brutal murder of a hermit assassin whose skills he'd observed, Hit-Monkey taught himself to wield firearms and became a ruthless contract killer operating in Marvel's mercenary underworld.

Few Marvel concepts are as gloriously unhinged as Hit-Monkey — a primate assassin who debuted in 2010 courtesy of creator Dave Johnson and has been a delightfully bizarre fixture of the Modern Age ever since. He haunts the blood-soaked corners of Marvel's mercenary underworld, sharing pages with the likes of Deadpool, Domino, and Ken Hale across titles like Deadpool & the Mercs for Money and Deadpool: World's Greatest. That recurring Deadpool adjacency tells you everything about the chaotic, irreverent energy this character brings — he's not a joke, but he's also absolutely a monkey who kills people for a living. Sixteen years of appearances prove that Marvel's readers can't get enough of him, and honestly, neither can we.