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{{quote|"His name is Death's Head. He kills people for money. If you're one of his targets then that's all you're going to know about him; if you're thinking of hiring him then be warned -- he's expensive and he ''always'' collects on his debts!"}}
 
Death's Head is a [[Marvel Comics]] [[Comic Book]] character created by ''[[The Transformers (Marvel Comics)||Transformers]]'' comic scribe Simon Furman and Geoff Senior. He was originally intended as a one-shot throwaway character for Marvel UK's ''Transformers'' series, but proved [[Author Appeal|sufficiently intriguing during creation]] that the original script was rewritten so he would survive.
 
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|the Doctor]]'s TARDIS. In defense, the Doctor shrank him to human size and sent him off through time, leading to a confrontation with the Dragon's Claws, a futuristic militia group. Though nearly destroyed in battle, Death's Head was recovered and rebuilt by a [[Mr. Fixit|tinkerer]] named Spratt. After settling his score with the Dragon's Claws, Death's Head (with Spratt in tow) left to resume business as a [[Bounty Hunter|Freelance Peacekeeping Agent]].
 
His appearances have included crossovers with the [[Transformers]] (in ''[[The Transformers (Marvel Comics)||The Transformers]]''), ''[[Doctor Who]]'' (in the ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' comic strips), the [[Fantastic Four]], [[She Hulk]], and [[Iron Man]] 2020. He starred in a ten-issue comic book series in 1988, along with a graphic novel (''Death's Head: The Body In Question''), assorted stories in ''Strip'' magazine, and several reprint compilations.
 
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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