Nicholas Grossman (Earth-616)

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Knicknack

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Real Name

Nicholas Grossman

Current Alias

Knicknack

Aliases

Knickknack (alternative spelling), Nick Grossman

Identity

Secret

Alignment

Bad

Affiliation

Death-Throws

Universe

Earth-616

Base Of Operations

Mobile

Characteristics

Gender

Male

Unusual Features

Mustache

Status

Citizenship

American

Occupation

Professional criminal; juggler

Origin

Origin

Expert juggler

Creators

Mark Gruenwald, Paul Neary

First appearance

Captain America #317 (May 1986)

History

Nick Grossman was the fourth recruit of the Death-Throws, a group of costumed mercenaries and jugglers gathered and led by the Ringleader. The other two members were brothers Oddball and Tenpin. Although the Death-Throws valued teamwork more than other villain groups, Oddball suddenly broke up with the Death-Throws for unknown reasons. Tenpin found him after a while, and took him back to the Death-Throws. While solo, Oddball had began to work with another criminal juggler, Bombshell, and had convinced her to join the Death-Throws.

Oddball's previous boss Crossfire contacted the Death-Throws from jail. He wanted the jugglers to release him, and agreed to pay them when he was freed. The Ringleader accepted the deal, and the other Death-Throws worked together to free Crossfire. However, once they had taken Crossfire to their own HQ, they discovered that Crossfire was broke! His assets had been impounded and he had lost any useful link with Cross Technologies. The Death-Throws decided to use Crossfire as a bait to attract Hawkeye and Captain America to a trap, but those two Avengers defeated all of the Death-Throws. Tenpin and his partners went to jail.

Although Oddball was killed in Madripoor, and Bombshell left provisionally the team, the Death-Throws continued with their usual crime contracts, and had recently fought Union Jack.

Powers and Abilities

Powers

None

Abilities

Expert juggler (specializing in non-symmetrical objects)

Strength level

Unknown.

Weaknesses

None known.

Paraphernalia

Equipment: None known.
Transportation: None known.
Weapons: Knicknack uses dissimilar items to juggle, including bowling balls, lead pipes, fruits and vegetables, edged weapons and one active power saw he particularly enjoys. Depending on the weapon, the damage it causes could be different.

Notes

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Trivia

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