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Marcus Abar was a U.S. Army officer. He was the husband of Elise Abar and the father of Angela Abar.


Biography[]

Early Life[]

Marcus Abar was born in Harlem, New York City to Will Reeves and June Abar. He and his family lived there during his father's years as a police officer and crime fighter. However, Marcus would later be taken from New York back to Tulsa by June when he was eight years old after Will's double life fighting crime as the vigilante Hooded Justice took a heavy toll on the family. Marcus was thus estranged from his father and never saw him again.

Life in Vietnam[]

Joining the Army[]

Marcus would grow up in Tulsa and later enlisted in the United States Army when war broke out with Vietnam in the 1960s. This was against the wishes of June, who vowed that she would never speak to him again. During his time in Vietnam, Abar rose to the rank of captain and led his troops against the Viet Cong.

Staying in Vietnam[]

In 1971, Doctor Manhattan, the godlike superhero, helped ensure the defeat of the Viet Cong and a U.S. victory, Marcus stayed in the country as it slowly transitioned from being a territory into a U.S. state. He would marry a woman named Elise who he met in the country; and the two would later have their child Angela Abar born in Saigon, two years before Vietnam was admitted into the Union as a State.

VVN Day Bombing[]

In June 1987 during VVN Day, Angela Abar attempted to rent the "black mask" movie Sister Night to watch, and brought it to show Marcus and Elise. Marcus told her to return it and explained that people who wore masks were dangerous and to be feared, referring to the incident he had with his father years earlier. When Angela walked off to return the movie, a member of the Vietnamese Liberation Front ran towards a group of U.S. Army soldiers with a backpack. The backpack had a bomb in it which detonated, killing the American soldiers as well as both Marcus and Elise who were nearby.

Appearances[]

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