Kane
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	X-Force vol. 1 #2 (1991)
Created by	Fabian Nicieza Rob Liefeld
In-story information
Alter ego	Garrison Kane
Team affiliations	Weapon X Six Pack Weapon P.R.I.M.E. Department K Clan Chosen
Notable aliases	Weapon X
Abilities	Ability to transform weapons attached on body armor Ability to access all recorded mutant powers and use them

Garrison Kane, also known as Weapon X and Kane, is a fictional character from the Marvel Universe. He was created by Fabian Nicieza and Rob Liefeld, and debuted in X-Force vol. 1 #2 (1991).

Fictional character biography[link]

Kane was a former member of Cable's mercenary team called Six Pack.^[1] Although he was the youngest member, he was not immature and handled himself well enough on the field. Kane was with Six Pack on a mission to Iran, and had confrontations with Cable's clone Stryfe in Afghanistan and Uruguay; on one such mission, the team was ambushed by Stryfe. Thinking it would save the team, Kane's friend Hammer tries to hand over vital information Cable needs. Cable ends up shooting Hammer, paralyzing him. Prevented from rescuing the entire team, Cable flees through time, leaving his friends. In the ensuing destruction, Kane loses his arms and legs.^[2]

Alongside Wade Wilson, the Weapon X program "fixed" Kane by transforming him into a cyborg^[3], by grafting cybernetic arms in place of his real ones. He was loaned to the Canadian government's Department K to work as a covert operative. Kane battled Deadpool, and was asked by former Six Pack colleague and S.H.I.E.L.D. agent G. W. Bridge to help capture Cable; he refused at that time to join the strike team named Weapon P.R.I.M.E.^[4] Kane confronted the Mutant Liberation Front^[5], and then Kane assembled and led Weapon P.R.I.M.E in an attack on Cable and X-Force. The goal of Weapon P.R.I.M.E was to apprehend Cable and X-Force for multiple reasons, including Kane's belief that Cable and Stryfe were one and the same.^[6] Kane visited Hammer and battled Cable in Switzerland. Kane learned the truth about Stryfe, and with Cable, he fought the Silver Samurai's ninjas in Japan and battled Stryfe and the Mutant Liberation Front in Mexico. Kane was brought by Cable to the 40th Century A.D. to save Kane's life and give him new bionic arms.^[7] While in Cable's future, Kane's artificial limbs were reconstructed in liquid metal and upgraded with new weaponry and tools by Cable's freedom fighter group, Clan Chosen. Alongside the Clan Chosen rebels, Kane battled the Flatliners, and learned about Cable's past. He was then reunited with Cable.^[8]

Kane returned to the 20th Century with Cable.^[9] With Cable, he confronted G. W. Bridge in Switzerland.^[10] Kane forgave Cable and rejoined the Six Pack as a mercenary.^[11] Kane met Weapon Omega, and fought Rok.^[12] He embarked on a search for Copycat,^[13] and was captured by Sinsear.^[14] Kane works on several missions with the remnants of Six Pack, Hammer, Grizzly and Domino.^{[volume & issue needed]} At one point, they worked with Nomad to track down an errant piece of valuable technology.^{[volume & issue needed]} Kane seemingly retired from mercenary work, but later was seen working for A.I.M..^{[volume & issue needed]} While working with A.I.M., Kane came to blows with Wolverine and Alpha Flight.^{[volume & issue needed]}

Kane later rejoined the Weapon X program and his cybernetic material was once again upgraded. The new upgrade made him able to duplicate the abilities of any member in Weapon X. Kane became the team's hitman. In a battle with the group known as the Underground, Kane's mind was shut down by Cable, after which he regained his sanity.^{[volume & issue needed]} Kane then absorbed the powers of former Alpha Flight member Madison Jeffries, who had been brainwashed into working for the murderous leader of Weapon X, Malcolm Colcord. Kane absorbed Weapon X's technology into himself, apparently dying in the process.^{[volume & issue needed]}

Powers and abilities[link]

Kane originally had a pair of cybernetic arms which provided him with superhuman strength. After he was sent to Cable's 40th Century alternate future his bionics were modified so that he gained new cybernetic appendages, which included synthetic-organic liquid metal arms, hands, and shoulders. The left and right sides of his torso have also been replaced by synthetic-organic metal parts, although the middle section is still organic. Ordinarily the metal parts of his body appear as flesh, but he can cause the metal to appear by willing a "synthorg transfer." Kane also has bionic legs and a bionic left eye. Kane's artificial hands are detachable and can be shot from his arms. He can also fire plasma from his metal arms. The arms can also produce large organic metal shields for protection. He can see in the infrared portion of the spectrum and project holograms from his eyes. His bionic parts contain a wide variety of devices, most of which have yet to be identified. He can generate electricity from his metal parts to shock an assailant. The bionic parts are self-repairing.

Due to the enhancements that the newest incarnation of Weapon X has given him, Kane now has numerous bionic appendages which house various weapons. He now has the ability to see in various spectra of light, project holograms, and he has a computerized targeting system. His strength was also upgraded and he is now more resistant to damage. He could download super powers such as toxic emissions, metal control, and various other abilities. It has been shown that when Kane was blown up by Deadpool, Weapon X was able to reconstruct him perfectly. It is unknown if he can always be rebuilt or if it was just that one incident.

Kane is an excellent hand-to-hand combatant, highly trained in armed and unarmed combat. He has extensive knowledge of the 40th Century A.D. of the alternate future in which Cable was based. Kane formerly used various firearms, but now mainly relies on the weapons installed in his bionic body parts, as well as an "ion blade" that generates destructive energy.

Kane suffers from claustrophobia.

Other versions[link]

Exiles[link]

An alternate version of Kane appeared in Exiles #5, a version originating from Earth-3031. There, he apparently still was a member of the Six Pack group, alongside his friends Cable, Domino and Grizzly, though at some point he had also been involved in his reality's Weapon X Project. Kane was abducted from his reality to join a group of reality hopping superhumans forced to repair broken realities, as all Kane's fellow recruits had been involved with Weapon X in their native timelines, the group took the same name.^{[volume & issue needed]}

[edit] House of M

Garrison Kane is shown to be a commander in S.H.I.E.L.D.^{[volume & issue needed]}

Ultimate Universe[link]

Kane's ultimate version was introduced in Ultimate X-Men #76, where he is once again a partner to Cable, Domino and the other Six Pack team members. This version, like his 616 counterpart, is a Caucasian male, but with brown instead of black hair. He was seen in the battle with the X-Men using his robotic arms to launch his fists like missiles as he does in the 616 Marvel Universe. ^[15]

In other media[link]

Television[link]

• Garrison Kane has a cameo appearance in the "Time Fugitives" episode of the 1992 animated series X-Men. He is shown fighting as a member of Cable's anti-Apocalypse resistance before being sucked into a time vortex.

Film[link]

• In X2, his name appears on a list Mystique scrolls through when accessing Stryker's files.

References[link]

External links[link]

• Garrison Kane at Marvel.com
• Kane Spotlight at UncannyX-Men.net

Scott Garrison is an American actor best known for his role as Perdicas on the television series Xena: Warrior Princess.

Biography[link]

Early and Personal Life[link]

Garrison was born in San Antonio, Texas, where he studied theater, music and drama.

Career[link]

Garrison's entertainment career has included the television series Xena: Warrior Princess, Swamp Thing and TV 101, and work in two TV Movies, Death Train and Liebestraum.

Filmography[link]

Actor[link]

• Xena: Warrior Princess (1996)
• Swamp Thing (1990–1993)
• Death Train (1993)
• Liebestraum (1991)
• Tribes (1990)
• Married with Children (1989)
• TV 101 (1989)

External links[link]

• Scott Garrison at IMDB

Daniel Mann, also known as Daniel Chugerman (August 8, 1912 – November 21, 1991), was an American film and television director.

Daniel Mann was born in Brooklyn, New York. He was a stage actor since childhood, and attended Erasmus Hall High School, New York's Professional Children's School and the Neighborhood Playhouse.^[1] He entered films in 1952 as a director, evincing very little flair for visual dynamics but an excellent ear for dialogue. Most of Mann's films were adaptations from the stage (Come Back Little Sheba, The Rose Tattoo, The Teahouse of the August Moon) and literature (BUtterfield 8, The Last Angry Man).

Daniel Mann died of heart failure in Los Angeles, California in November 1991.

Filmography as director[link]

• Come Back, Little Sheba (1952)
• About Mrs. Leslie (1954)
• The Rose Tattoo (1955)
• I'll Cry Tomorrow (1955)
• The Teahouse of the August Moon (1956)
• Hot Spell (1958)
• The Last Angry Man (1959)
• BUtterfield 8 (1960)
• The Mountain Road (1960)
• Ada (1961)
• Who's Got the Action? (1962)
• Five Finger Exercise (1962)
• Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed? (1963)
• Our Man Flint (1966)
• Judith (1966)
  • Released as Conflict on video
• For Love of Ivy (1968)
• A Dream of Kings (1969)
• Willard (1971)
• The Revengers (1972)
  • Released as Los Vengadores in Mexico
• Another Part of the Forest (1972) (TV)
• Maurie (1973)
  • Also known as Big Mo
• Interval (1973)
  • Released as Intervalo in Mexico
• Lost in the Stars (1974)
• Journey into Fear (1975)
  • Also known as Burn Out
• How the West Was Won (1977) (TV miniseries)
• Matilda (1978)
• Playing for Time (1980) (TV)
• The Day the Loving Stopped (1981) (TV)
• The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains (1987) (TV)
  • Also known as Unchained

References[link]

External links[link]

Biography portal

• Daniel Mann at the Internet Movie Database
• Daniel Mann at Find a Grave

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Big Daddy Kane
NYC 1999
Background information
Birth name	Antonio Hardy
Also known as	B.D.K., Dark Gable, King Asiatic Nobody's Equal, Blackanova, Count Macula
Born	(1968-09-10) September 10, 1968 (age 43) Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States
Genres	East Coast hip hop, hardcore hip hop
Occupations	Rapper, screenwriter, record producer, model
Years active	1984–present
Labels	Cold Chillin'/Reprise/Warner Bros. Records (1986-1993) MCA Records (1994) Blackheart/Mercury/PolyGram Records (1998)
Associated acts	Juice Crew, Quincy Jones, Kool G. Rap, Easy Mo Bee,2pac Prince Paul
Website	officialbigdaddykane.com

Antonio Hardy (born September 10, 1968)^[1] better known by his stage name Big Daddy Kane, is a Grammy Award-winning American rapper who started his career in 1986 as a member of the rap group the Juice Crew. He is widely considered to be one of the most influential and skilled MCs in Hip Hop.^{[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]} Regarding the name Big Daddy Kane, he said: "The Big Daddy part and the Kane part came from two different things. The Kane part came from my fascination with the martial arts flicks when I was young. The Big Daddy came from something that happened on a ski trip one time involving a young lady." ^[13]

Biography[link]

1980s[link]

In 1984, Kane became friends with Biz Markie, and he would co-write some of Biz's best-known lyrics.^[14][15] Both eventually became important members of the Queens-based Juice Crew, a collective headed by renowned producer Marley Marl. Kane signed with Marl's Cold Chillin' Records label in 1987 and debuted the following year with the 12" single "Raw," an underground hit. Kane is known for his ability to syncopate over faster hip hop beats, and despite his asthmatic condition^[14] he is acknowledged as one of the pioneering masters of fast-rap. His sense of style is renowned and set a number of late-1980s and early-1990s hip hop trends (high-top fades, velour suits, and four-finger rings). The backronym "King Asiatic Nobody's Equal" is often applied to his moniker.

He released his debut album under Cold Chillin' Records in the early summer of 1988 called Long Live the Kane which featured the hip hop hit, "Ain't No Half Steppin". The following year Kane released his second album and biggest hit to date It's a Big Daddy Thing which included 1970s sample throwbacks like "Smooth Operator" and the Teddy Riley produced track "I Get the Job Done" which hit the R&B top 40 during the closing of the 1980s. He also had a memorable verse on the Marley Marl produced track "The Symphony" released in late 1988 which included Juice Crew member Craig G, Masta Ace, and Kool G Rap).

1990s[link]

Big Daddy Kane appeared on Patti Labelle's 1991 effort, "Burnin'". He provided the rap chorus to the single "Feels Like Another One". He also appeared on the video release "Live in New York."

In 1991, Kane won the Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group for his performance on the Quincy Jones collaborative track "Back on the Block" off of Back on the Block.

Widely regarded as one of the greatest rappers during the "golden age" of hip hop (1986–1993), Kane's experimentation with R&B beats and his alignment to the Five Percent Nation drew criticism. Later albums, such as Looks Like a Job For…, were acclaimed, but he was never able to return to the commercial and artistic success of It's a Big Daddy Thing. However, he still tours extensively.

As an actor, he debuted in Mario Van Peebles' 1993 western, Posse, and appeared in Robert Townsend's 1993 film Meteor Man. Big Daddy Kane also posed for Playgirl and Madonna's Sex book during the 1990s. In 1996, he collaborated with 2Pac on his song "Where Ever U R".

During the early 1990s, Jay-Z is known to have been Big Daddy Kane’s hype man, and Kane helped him early on in his career - Ice-T says, “I actually met Jay-Z with Kane. Kane brought Jay-Z over to my house”.^[2] Kane himself says that Jay-Z wasn’t technically his hypeman in the true sense of the term –“he wasn’t a hypeman, he basically made cameo appearances on stage. When I would leave the stage to go change outfits, I would bring out Jay-Z and Positive K and let them freestyle until I came back to the stage.”.^[16] Jay-Z was also featured on Big Daddy Kane’s track ‘Show & Prove’ from Daddy’s Home (1994), as well as in the video.^[17]

In 1995, Kane recorded with MC Hammer and Tupac Shakur on the rap song "Too Late Playa" (along with Danny Boy).^[18]

2000s[link]

A rejuvenated Big Daddy Kane occasionally collaborated with a variety of hip-hop artists, including A Tribe Called Quest, Jurassic 5, Little Brother, and DJ Babu of the Beat Junkies. He released two singles, the Alchemist-produced "The Man, The Icon", and the DJ Premier-produced "Any Type of Way" (on which he discusses urban collapse in post-9/11 New York City ("Giuliani got New York lookin' like it's Amistad") and the erosion of the middle class.)

Big Daddy Kane appeared on the trip-hop group Morcheeba's 2003 single "What's Your Name". In 2004, "Warm It Up, Kane" appeared on popular video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, playing on classic hip hop radio station Playback FM.

In 2005, Big Daddy Kane was honored during the VH1 Hip-Hop Honors. After a medley of hits performed by T.I., Black Thought, and Common, he came out to perform "Warm It Up, Kane" with his old dancers, Scoob and Scrap. Kane and Kool G Rap can both be seen briefly in Dave Chappelle's Block Party documentary.

In 2006, he appeared as a guest MC on the track "Get Wild Off This", produced by The Stanton Warriors for their Stanton Sessions Vol. 2 breaks mix. He also appeared alongside the Wu-Tang Clan, Rakim, and his longtime friends Busta Rhymes and Q-Tip in a segment of the 2006 Summer Jam concert (June 7, 2006), as part of an initiative by Busta Rhymes to honor the legacy of New York City hip hop.

In 2007, a new track, "BK Mentality", was released on the mixtape compilation Official Joints. Kane also appeared on Joell Ortiz's The Brick: Bodega Chronicles mixtape.

Big Daddy Kane made a cameo in the 2008 video for "Game's Pain", a track by Compton rapper The Game. The video also featured appearances by Raekwon, Three Six Mafia and Ice Cube. The Game also referenced Jay-Z's former occupation as Kane's hypeman: "Ask a Jay-Z fan about Big Daddy Kane: Don't know him, Game gon' show 'em".^[19] He also appeared on the remix of "Don't Touch Me" by Busta Rhymes. Also in 2009 Kane played the role of Clay in the film Just Another Day. The film is the tale of two rappers, one poor and young, one older and successful. The movie follows them through just another day of their lives.

As of 2010, Big Daddy Kane is working on a new album with his band Connie Price and the Keystones, and Darnell Chavis from the 90's R&B group, Solo, called "The Last Supper". The project is said to have a classic Hip-Hop & R&B vibe to it. No date is set for the release of the album.

Legacy[link]

Big Daddy Kane is regarded as one of the most influential and skilled golden age rappers.^{[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][20]} MTV put him at No. 7 in their Greatest MCs Of All Time list,^[2] he is placed at No.4 in Kool Moe Dee’s book There's A God On The Mic: The True 50 Greatest MCs,^[3] About.com ranked him #3 on its list of the "Top 50 MCs of Our Time,"^[21] and RZA listed him as one of his Top 5 best MCs.^[4] Allmusic says, “his best material ranks among the finest hip-hop of its era, and his sex-drenched persona was enormously influential on countless future would-be players”,^[5] and describes him as, “an enormously talented battle MC”,^[6] “one of rap's major talents”,^[6] refers to his, “near-peerless technique” ”^[6] and “first-rate technique and rhyming skills”^[22] and says he “had the sheer verbal facility and razor-clean dexterity to ambush any MC and exhilarate anyone who witnessed or heard him perform”.^[20] Kool Moe Dee describes him as “one of the most imitated emcees ever in the game”^[23] and “one of the true greatest emcees ever”,^[24] and Ice-T says:

"To me, Big Daddy Kane is still today one of the best rappers. I would put Big Daddy Kane against any rapper in a battle. Jay-Z, Nas, Eminem, any of them. I could take his 'Raw' "swagger" from 88 and put it up against any record [from today]. Kane is one of the most incredible lyricists… and he will devour you on the mic. I don't want to try to out-rap Big Daddy Kane. Big Daddy Kane can rap circles around cats".^[2]

His first two albums are also considered Hip Hop classics^[7] and Rolling Stone says, “he has received consistent critical kudos”.^[25] In the book, Rap-Up: The Ultimate Guide To Hip-Hop And R&B, Cameron and Devin Lazerine say Big Daddy Kane is “widely seen as one of the best lyricists of his time and even today regularly gets name-checked by younger dudes”,^[26] and music journalist Peter Shapiro says Kane is “perhaps the most complete MC ever”.^[12] Eminem references Big Daddy Kane in the lyrics to his song ‘Yellow Brick Road’ from his Encore album, saying, “we (Eminem and Proof) was on the same shit, that Big Daddy Kane shit, where compound syllables sound combined”^[10] and he quotes the same lines in his book, The Way I Am – this illustrates how Big Daddy Kane had an influence on both Eminem’s and Proof’s rhyme technique.^[11]

Discography[link]

• Long Live the Kane (1988)
• It's a Big Daddy Thing (1989)
• Taste of Chocolate (1990)
• Prince of Darkness (1991)
• Looks Like a Job For... (1993)
• Daddy's Home (1994)
• Veteranz' Day (1998)

References[link]

External links[link]

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• Hiphopdx.com article

Jason Garrison
Jason Garrison with the Rochester Americans.
Born	(1984-11-13) November 13, 1984 (age 27) White Rock, BC, CAN
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight	220 lb (100 kg; 15 st 10 lb)
Position	Defence
Shoots	Left
NHL team	Florida Panthers
NHL Draft	Undrafted
Playing career	2008–present

Jason John Maxwell Garrison (born November 13, 1984 in White Rock, British Columbia) is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman for the Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League.

Playing career[link]

Undrafted, Garrison played collegiate hockey with the University of Minnesota Duluth of the WCHA before signing a two-year entry level contract with the Florida Panthers on April 2, 2008.^[1]

Garrison turned professional in the 2008–09 season, with AHL affiliate, the Rochester Americans, scoring 35 points and earning a solitary recall to Florida to make his NHL debut against the St. Louis Blues on October 25, 2008.^[2]

Jason split the season in 2009–10 between the Panthers and the Americans, scoring his first NHL goal in a 7-4 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers on March 3, 2010.^[3]

On March 23, 2012, Garrison set a Panthers franchise record for most goals by a defenceman in a single season with his 16th goal of the season against the Edmonton Oilers.

Career statistics[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Jason Garrison's career stats at The Internet Hockey Database

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