Misfit (Marvel Comics)
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Misfit is a fictional character in the Marvel Universe
Marvel Universe
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Publication history

Misfit first appeared in West Coast Avengers
West Coast Avengers
The West Coast Avengers is a fictional group of superheroes that appear in publications published by Marvel Comics. The team first appear in The West Coast Avengers #1 and was created by Roger Stern and Bob Hall.- Publication history :...

#40 (January 1989), and was created by Mark Gruenwald
Mark Gruenwald
Mark E. Gruenwald was an American comic book writer, editor, and occasional penciler. Gruenwald got his start in comics fandom, publishing his own fanzine, Omniverse, which explored the concept of continuity...

 and Al Milgrom
Al Milgrom
Allen "Al" Milgrom is an American comic book writer, penciller, inker and editor, primarily for Marvel Comics. He is known for his 10-year run as editor of Marvel Fanfare; his long involvement as writer, penciler, and inker on Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man; his four-year tenure as West...

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The character subsequently appears in Avengers West Coast #76-79 (November 1991-February 1992), and Captain America #420 (October 1993).

Misfit appeared as part of the "Night Shift" entry in the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Update '89
Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe
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Fictional character biography

He underwent treatment by the Power Broker
Power Broker
Power Broker is the name of two characters in Marvel Comics.Power Broker, Inc. is a fictional criminal corporation in the Marvel Universe which provides individuals with superhuman physical abilities for a price...

 to enhance his strength to superhuman levels. While the treatment was effective, it grotesquely distorted his body, giving him a humped back, and only increasing the mass of his right arm and left leg. He joined the Night Shift
Night Shift (comics)
The Night Shift is a fictional group of criminals in the Marvel Comics universe that first appeared in Captain America #330 .-Publication history:...

 when they recruited him.

He is later defeated by Captain America
Captain America
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 in an incident involving the Brothers Grimm
Brothers Grimm (comics)
The Brothers Grimm are two sets of fictional twin comic book supervillains, owned by Marvel Comics and existing in that company's Marvel Universe.-First Pair:The first appearance of the first Brothers Grimm came in Spider-Woman #3...

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