Razorback (comics)
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Buford Hollis, a musclebound trucker from Texarkana, Arkansas known as Razorback, was first introduced in the pages of Spectacular Spider-Man in 1977. He was looking for his younger sister who had joined a religious cult which was in fact led by the villainous Man-Beast (disguised as the Hate-Monger). It took the combined efforts of Razorback and Spider-Man to defeat him.
Later, Buford would be seen again in The Sensational She-Hulk. He and a female truck driver, Taryn O'Connell, hijacked NASA's experimental faster-than-light spacecraft, the "Star Blazer", in order to find Taryn's lover, Ulysses Solomon Archer. Archer had left for deep space several years prior, establishing himself as a space trucker. When they arrived it was revealed that Archer had already married her rival for his affections (who had travelled into space with him). In the same She-Hulk story arc, Razorback assisted in defeating Xemnu the Titan, who intended to transform Archer's as-yet-unborn child into a member of his own species. Eventually, Razorback took a job working for NASA piloting the Star Blazer, which Buford predictably re-named "Big Pig". (He named all his vehicles "Big Pig"!) He was accompanied by Taryn, who had fallen in love with him.
Both later returned to Earth, and Razorback was last seen inexplicably fighting the Human Torch in one panel of the Fantastic Four V3 #24. Razorback reportedly lost his mutant powers after the M-Day.[citation needed]
[edit] Powers and abilities
In addition to his natural human strength — which, given his great size, is considerable — Razorback is a mutant with the ability to intuitively pilot, drive or operate virtually any vehicle or mode of transportation. Thus he was able to pilot the experimental "Star Blazer" spacecraft despite having never seen it before. He is an excellent hand-to-hand combatant and he wears a wild-boar cowl with an electrified mane. This electrical discharge proved strong enough to incapacitate Spider-Man (Spectacular Spider-Man #13).
Razorback is a skilled mechanic and self-taught engineer who built two cab-over tractor-trailer trucks with sophisticated defensive systems, enhanced engines and self-drive capabilities (Big Pig I and Big Pig II).
[edit] In other media
Razorback made a number of appearances in the series of Marvel Comics novels published by Byron Preiss in the 1990s. The novels shared a common continuity and he was a recurring supporting character in the Spider-Man novels, as well as Generation X: Crossroads by J. Steven York. This novel ends with Razorback, who has won acclaim by saving the life of the President, wondering if he should risk his reputation by publically revealing his mutant nature.
