Publication History
The original Foolkiller was introduced in Man-Thing #3 and killed in the next issue. In his brief Man-Thing appearance, the Foolkiller attempted to kill two major characters in the series: F.A. Schist, a real estate developer whose projects threatened the ecology of the Florida Everglades, and Richard Rory, a disc jockey who had denounced the Foolkiller's activities.
His real name was not given until a later flashback in The Amazing Spider-Man #225, which stated that it was Ross G. Everbest (a variant of Gerber's Reg Everbest pseudonym with his middle name attached to it).
Gerber created the second version of the character in Omega the Unknown #9 (plus a one-panel cameo in #8, which was written by Roger Stern).
Gerber's Foolkiller miniseries, illustrated by JJ Birch, was published from October 1990 to October 1991. It focused on a new character, Kurt Gerhardt.
A new Foolkiller, Mike Trace, has appeared in two five-issue MAX series, Foolkiller (vol. 2) (2007) and Foolkiller: White Angels (2009).
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