Crossbones

Crossbones is not a very well known guy, but by the time Civil War rolls around, you will know him very well. You remember that guy from Captain America: The Winter Soldier who tried to taze Steve and beat the snot out of Falcon?

He’s played by the actor Frank Grillo (whom you might’ve recognised from The Purge…which of course…I’ve never watched), and yes, that’s Crossbones. They don’t mention it in the movie, but if you ever were so bored that you actually looked up the cast members for The Winter Soldier film, then you would see Frank Grillo over the name Crossbones.

In the comics, Crossbones (his real name is Brock Rumlow) literally hops around from one affiliation to another, originally hired by Red Skull. It’d take me just over a day to list everywhere Crossbones has been, so I’ll only list the important stuff.

1. Crossbones can really take a hit

The guy gets beaten within an inch of his life in pretty much every comic. Let’s see, Wolverine, Spider-Man, Winter Soldier, Captain America, Taskmaster, Magneto and a lot more fun people have all taken out their inner frustrations on this guy. Maybe he should become a therapist….

2. Crossbones is a bit of a badass.

Sure, he may get pummeled to a pulp a lot, but he pummels people to a pulp a lot as well. Crossbones has extensive training in street-fighting, military stuff, different types of martial arts and is a student of the Taskmaster. Oh yes…the dude is also tall and very muscular, moving with a beautiful prancing athletic grace unusual for a man of his bulk. He is a skilled pilot and driver too, and can beat anyone at a game of Need For Speed. Crossbones is also an expert marksman with guns, bows, throwing knives and can play a mean game of darts. Rumlow always carries his lucky fighting knife and has a collapsible crossbow that he can easily fit into his handbag. *finally takes a breath* He also has spring-loaded hidden blades in his gloves just for those moments when he really just wants to stab someone in the face.

3. Crossbones really doesn’t like Captain America

In case you didn’t already gather this from the film he’s in and the fact that he worked for Red Skull, yes, he is rather loathed to Steve Rogers. It is unclear exactly what his motives for killing Steve in Civil War is…I mean besides the stuff mentioned above, but it is most likely he was hired by somebody. That somebody is most probably Baron Zemo. Just a guess, but it does make sense since he did work for Zemo in the comics. Although he could just be working for the government to hunt down “rogue superheroes”, yeah, maybe it’s just that. As long as he gets to punch Steve I think he’s happy.

4. Crossbones kills cap

Yes, sorry if I spoilt it for you, but in the comics, Cap loses Civil War. He gets placed in prison and unceremoniously killed by Crossbones, but don’t despair Freedom Fans, who knows what will happen? Personally I’m on team Cap! *cries in the corner*

MCU did a pretty amazing job of replicating his costume too!

Yeah Civil War I’m so excited!

Cap…