Foolkiller - Notes On Continuity

Notes On Continuity

• In the New Avengers: Most Wanted Files, Spider-Man recalls that he found it unusual that during the Raft breakout, Gerhardt called him out along with other inmates who had a vendetta against Spider Man. Although Spider-Man does make an appearance in Foolkiller issue #8, he does not encounter Gerhardt. He also recalls hearing that Salinger was briefly released by renegade government agent Mike Clemson to go on a killing spree in order to frame Vengeance. This was briefly seen in Marvel Comics Presents #172 where the framing scheme was a failure.

• New Avengers Most Wanted Files also incorrectly states that Foolkiller killed his drug dealer nemesis, Backhand. The man instead escaped, though seriously crippled by Gerhardt's attack.

• The ending of Omega the Unknown #9 (Salinger's first appearance) had a blurb referring to the content of the next issue: "Greg's secret sorrow". This refers to a story that was planned but replaced at the last minute when it was realized that the series would be cancelled with issue #10. Salinger would not appear again until Defenders #74.

• In issue #4 of the 1990-1991 Foolkiller limited series, Merle Singer explains that Salinger killed many more fools than is publicly known. The ashen remains were typically easy to dispose of, being washed down a sewer by rain, for example. The only "fool" that Salinger is publicly known to have killed is Blockbuster. In Omega the Unknown #9, the other two unnamed people he killed in public could not be directly connected to him as he wasn't clearly seen at the time. Upon killing Blockbuster later in that issue, Salinger did openly address Omega within earshot of bystanders while delivering his catchphrase "Live a poem or die a fool". Issue 225 of Amazing Spider-Man supports the premise that Salinger made it improbable that anyone would connect his murder of the FBI agents to him. However, Salinger's killing of them was mentioned by Runyan Moody during his television interview.