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[[Verbal Tic|Describe Death's Head here, yes?]]
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Death's Head is a [[Marvel Comics]] [[Comic Book]] character created by ''[[The Transformers (
To ensure the character rights would remain with Marvel instead of Hasbro, Death's Head's first published appearance was in the short backup story, "High Noon Tex" (1987). Death's Head first appeared canonically in ''Transformers UK'' #113 (May, 1987) when he was contracted by various Transformers to assassinate members of the opposing faction. During a battle between the Transformers and Unicron, Death's Head fell into a time portal and crashed into [[Doctor Who
His appearances have included crossovers with the [[Transformers]] (in ''[[The Transformers (
Death's Head has been redesigned and spun off several times by Marvel UK, most notably as Death's Head II, Death Wreck and Death Metal. In 2005, Simon Furman returned to the character by creating Death's Head 3.0 for ''Amazing Fantasy''. In 2009 Death's Head I appeared in the S.W.O.R.D. mini-series penned by Kieron Gillen. In March 2011, issue #33 of Marvel UK's ''Marvel Heroes'' featured "Hulk vs. Death's Head," written by Ferg Handley and Simon Furman.
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* [[Arch Enemy]]: Many, most notably Big Shot, who became [[Axe Crazy]] in his vendetta against Death's Head.
* [[Badass Automaton]]
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* [[Cranial Processing Unit]]: Death's Head can continue to control his body even after being decapitated. In ''Death's Head II'' issue #1, he gets "assimilated" by being stabbed in the head.
* [[The Dog Bites Back]]: When he was hired by a group of rebels to assassinate an oppressive king, Death's Head discovers he was actually set up by the King and expected to die in an ambush. Death's Head proceeds to kill the palace guards and the King -- completing the original contract.
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* [[Bounty Hunter|Freelance Peacekeeping Agent]]
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* [[Grand Theft Me]]: Forms part of his origin story.
* [[Heroic Comedic Sociopath]]: As long as he's paid, anyway.
* [[Improvised Weapon]]: Death's Head is willing to improvise weapons from whatever is at hand, including furniture, barbecue skewers, and doors.
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* [[Insistent Terminology]]: "Freelance peacekeeping agent," yes?
* [[Keep Circulating the Tapes]]: Many of the crossover stories cannot be reprinted due to licensing conflicts, most notably with ''[[
** IDW Comics has recently reprinted the story where the Seventh Doctor crashes into Death's Head in ''Doctor Who Classics''.
* [[Law Enforcement, Inc.]]
* [[Let's You and Him Fight]]: Occurs in ''Death's Head'' #10, when an [[
** Occurs again in ''[[Fantastic Four]]'' #338, when Death's Head is hired to investigate a temporal anomaly and runs into the Fantastic Four, Iron Man, and Thor.
* [[Losing Your Head]]: In their first encounter, [[Iron Man]] 2020 decapitates Death's Head in battle. Annoyed, Death's Head used his headless body to beat up Iron Man and work off his aggression.
* [[Magitek]]: Death's Head was created with a mixture of technology and magic, originally intended as a replacement body for his creator.
* [[Mr. Fixit]]: Spratt is competent with a toolkit, but not to the level of a [[Gadgeteer Genius]].
* [[Only in It For
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* [[Robotic Psychopath]]
* [[Rocket Boots]]
* [[Samaritan Syndrome]]: Averted '''hard;''' on the rare occasions when Death's Head acts altruistically, he either has an ulterior motive or [[Lampshade|Lampshades]] himself for "being soft".
** This point is hammered home at the end of ''What If...'' #54, after {{spoiler|sacrificing the [[Fantastic Four]] and several other Marvel heroes in a fight to the death against Minion/Charnal}}:
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* [[Second Law, My Ass]]
* [[Shared Universe]]: Going by the stories, Death's Head has encountered the [[Transformers]], [[Doctor Who
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* [[Sidekick]]: Spratt.
* [[Swiss Army Appendage]]/[[Swiss Army Weapon]]: Death's Head has several different weapons that he can swap his right hand with. His most common ones are a mace, an axe, a blaster, and several different types of missiles.
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