Speedball (Robbie Baldwin), also known as Penance, is a superhero in the Marvel Comics universe. Created by Steve Ditko and Tom DeFalco, the character first appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #22 (September 1988). Speedball is a longtime member of the team of young superheroes known as the New Warriors. At the beginning of the "Civil War", the New Warriors attempt and fail to apprehend the supervillain Nitro, and in the process hundreds of civilians, as well as the New Warriors themselves (save Robbie), are killed. Robbie begins to wear a costume with internal spikes to represent those lost, calling himself Penance.
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