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A portcullis (from the French porte coulissante, 'sliding door') is a heavy vertically-closing gate typically found in Medieval fortifications, consisting of a latticed grille made of wood, metal, or a combination of the two, which slides down grooves inset within each jamb of the gateway.

Usage[edit]

Portcullises fortified the entrances to many medievalcastles, securely closing off the castle during time of attack or siege. Every portcullis was mounted in vertical grooves in the walls of the castle and could be raised or lowered quickly by means of chains or ropes attached to an internal winch.

Often, two portcullises to the main entrance would be used. The one closer to the inside would be closed first, and then the one farther away. This was used to trap the enemy, and often, burning wood or fire-heated sand would be dropped onto them from the roof or murder-holes. Hot oil, however, was not commonly used in this manner, contrary to popular belief, since oil was extremely expensive.^[1]Arrowslits in the sides of the walls enabled archers and crossbowmen to eliminate the trapped group of attackers.

In England, working portcullises survive at the Tower of London, Monk Bar, York and Hever Castle, Kent and at the hotel conversion, Amberley Castle.^[2][3] In Scotland, there is a working portcullis at Edinburgh Castle.

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Heraldry[edit]

The portcullis was the heraldic badge of the House of Beaufort, and the first Tudor king, Henry VII, who was of matrilineal Beaufort descent, adapted both the portcullis and the Tudor rose into Royal badges of the House of Tudor. Since then, the portcullis has been a moderately common motif of English heraldry, especially that heraldry dating from the Tudor period. The heraldic office of Portcullis Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary, a junior officer of arms in the College of Arms at London, dates from this period.

It is through Lord Charles Somerset, son of the 5th Duke of Beaufort, that the portcullis has found its way into several South African coats of arms. Somerset established several towns during his governorship at the then Cape Colony and named them for his family. These include Worcester, Somerset West, Fort Beaufort and Beaufort West. Institutions that derive the portcullis from these arms include a school, chamber of commerce and a rugby club. Other (approximately 30) South African coats of arms that include a portcullis are not necessarily related to either Lord Somerset or any of the town named for and by him.

Although the Palace of Westminster served as the official royal residence for both Henry VII and Henry VIII until 1530, the current use of the portcullis as a symbol of the Palace and of Parliament does not date from that time. Rather, the symbol was developed as part of Sir Charles Barry's plans for the rebuilt Palace after the original burned down on 16 October 1834; he conceptualized the new Palace as a 'legislative castle', and the symbol of a castle gate—i.e. a portcullis—fitted well with the scheme.^[4][5]

Since then, the portcullis has become the primary symbol of Parliament; an office building for Members of Parliament, opened in 2001, is named 'Portcullis House'. During the 20th century, use of the portcullis as a symbol of Parliament spread beyond Britain and to the other Commonwealth realms; for instance, the coat of arms of Canberra features a portcullis in its crest, consciously preserving a connection between the British Parliament at Westminster and the Australian Parliament to which Canberra is home.

A portcullis was previously found on the British one penny coin and on the pre-decimal thrupenny bit; this has since been replaced by a section of the Royal Arms of the United Kingdom. The badge of the Canada Border Services Agency also bore a portcullis, symbolising the agency's role as 'gatekeeper' of goods into Canada. It was also featured in the now-defunct HM Customs and Excise in the United Kingdom and still appears in the rank insignia for the various grades of commissioner in the Australian Border Force.

The portcullis may appear:

• as a charge in its own right, as in the arms of the London Borough of Richmond: Ermine, a portcullis chained or, a bordure gules charged with eight fleurs-de-lys or
  • with nail heads shown in a contrasting colour, as in the arms of Wallingford Town Council: Gules, a portcullis or studded sable, chained Argent, ensigned with an ancient crown of the second, all within an orle of bezants
  • with spikes of a contrasting colour, as in the crest of Tendring District Council: ..a portcullis or, nailed and spiked azure
• in the gateways of castles, fully lowered or part raised, as in the arms of Winchester City Council: ..five castles triple towered in saltire argent masoned proper the portcullis of each part-raised or..; though these do not appear in gateways of castles unless the blazon specifies them.

It is often shown with chains attached, even when the blazon does not mention them.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

1. ^Kaufmann & Kaufmann, p. 61
2. ^Historic England. 'Hever Castle (407172)'. PastScape. Retrieved 4 July 2011.
3. ^Historic England. 'Monk Bar (536761)'. PastScape. Retrieved 4 July 2011.
4. ^Jones, Christopher (1983). The Great Palace: The Story of Parliament. London: British Broadcasting Corporation. p. 113. ISBN978-0-563-20178-6.
5. ^Quinault, Roland (1992). 'Westminster and the Victorian'. Royal Historical Society: 79–104. JSTOR3679100.Cite journal requires journal= (help)

Bibliography[edit]

• Kaufmann, J.E.; Kaufmann, H.W. (2001). The Medieval Fortress: Castles, Forts and Walled Cities of the Middle Ages. Greenhill Books. ISBN1-85367-455-9.

Hitman is the name of three fictionalcharacters that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics.

Publication history[edit]

Burt Kenyon first appeared in The Spectacular Spider-Man #4 (March 1977), and was created by Archie Goodwin and Sal Buscema. The character subsequently appears in The Amazing Spider-Man #174-175 (November–December 1977), in which he is killed. The character appears posthumously in the Punisher: Return to Big Nothing graphic novel (1989).

Jimmy Pierce first appeared in Punisher Vol. 2 #86 to serve as the Cullen Crime Family's Punisher. He was created by Steve Grant and Hugh Haynes.

Fictional character biography[edit]

Burt Kenyon[edit]

Burt Kenyon was a Vietnam veteran serving in the same company as Frank Castle, who would later become the Punisher. Kenyon saved Castle's life by killing several enemy soldiers and dragging Castle to safety after he was wounded in an ambush. Castle wanted to know how he could repay Kenyon, to which Kenyon replied that Castle should remember that he owed him a life.^[1]

As the Hitman, Kenyon was a costumed mercenary assassin. He was hired by the Maggia as their version of the Punisher. The Vulture had rejected the Maggia's offer before they hired the Hitman, so the Hitman was sent to humiliate the Vulture by killing Spider-Man before the Vulture could. The two villains fought over Spider-Man, allowing Spider-Man the chance to escape. The Hitman had placed tracers on both the Vulture and Spider-Man, and he continued to harass and attack them both. While Spider-Man feigned weakness, the Hitman coerced the Vulture into attacking Spider-Man, but Spider-Man turned so that the Hitman shot the Vulture's power pack instead of Spider-Man. The Hitman fled and Spider-Man gave the tracer to the Punisher to give him the opportunity to track the Hitman down.^[2]

The Hitman was hired by a terrorist group called the People's Liberation Front (PLF) to kidnap and kill J. Jonah Jameson for editorials written about the group. While looking for the Hitman, the Punisher found himself battling the PLF. As the Hitman confronted Jameson in his office, he attracted the attention of the Punisher and Spider-Man. The Hitman escaped to the roof with Jameson as he fought Spider-Man, but Spider-Man followed him. Hitman managed to escape in his mini-copter despite the Punisher's efforts to shoot Hitman. One of Spider-Man's spider-tracers allowed them to track the Hitman to the Statue of Liberty, where the PLF planned to blow up the statue with Jameson inside. The Punisher and Spider-Man arrived to stop the PLF, and confronted the Hitman. Spider-Man managed to pull Jameson away from the Hitman, and the Punisher shot Hitman, who fell from the statue but managed to grab part of the Statue of Liberty's crown and hang on. Spider-Man was also hanging from another part of the statue, but was wounded, weakening, and also holding on to Jameson with his other arm. Castle was momentarily torn between helping Spider-Man or Kenyon, especially when Kenyon reminded Castle that he owed him a life. Castle chose to help Spider-Man, telling Kenyon to hang on until he could get there. Kenyon declined, saying that he would never last and that Castle had already made his choice. He then said that while Castle had owed him a life, he never said that it had to be his (Kenyon's) life, and that by saving Spider-Man, they were now even. Kenyon then let go and plummeted to his death.^[3]

During the Dead No More: The Clone Conspiracy storyline, Hitman was cloned by Miles Warren and his company New U Technologies.^[4] Hitman survives the degenerative disorder that afflicts many of the other clones and becomes an enforcer for Countess Karkov of Symkaria, who deploys Hitman to assassinate Doctor Doom.^[5]

Jimmy Pierce[edit]

Jimmy Pierce is the son of Jack Pierce and Midge Cullen. His father resisted 'Old Man' Peach Cullen's efforts to pull him into the Cullen Crime Family. Jack left to serve in the army.^[6]

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After the war, Jack Pierce found a new woman where Peach Cullen and Midge killed him. Following his father's death, Jimmy kept himself distant from the Cullens. He served in the Special Forces and was also a former Golden Gloves boxing champion.^[7]

After Punisher was believed to be killed, Peach Cullen tried to force Jimmy into becoming the new Punisher that obeys his commands. Jimmy was resistant at first until Peach Cullen stated that he has his mother hostage. Jimmy ended up donning the costume that was complete with a mask.^[8]

Peach Cullen sent Jimmy to take down some rival operations where he believed that if word got out that Punisher was working for the Cullen Crime Family, they would own New York. Jimmy then busted up a crack house operation which Dean Swaybrick (AKA Yuppunisher) had targeted the same operation. This foiled Dean's publicity stunt.^[9]

Jimmy was sent to Laastekist, Pennsylvania to investigate the sightings of Punisher.^[10] While in Laastekist, Jimmy was disgusted when the other Cullen Family members shot and seemingly killed Payback and Lynn Michaels. Dean Swaybrick then arrived and killed the Cullen Family members present. Then Dean put the gun to Jimmy's head until Dean's fellow agents fled. This distraction gave Jimmy the opportunity to steal Dean's gun and shoot him. Jimmy was mortified after this and approached Dean's body. As Jimmy kneeled over Dean's corpse, he is shot in the back by Vigil's Blackwell and left for dead.^[11]

Jimmy later ambushed Dave Cullen and Duke Cullen where he forced them to tell him where Peach Cullen was hiding out. He then went to the apartment of his sister Lori Pierce.^[12] Lori's friend from medical school stitched up Jimmy's wound at Blackwell's hand. Dave Cullen and Duke Cullen tracked Jimmy to Lori's apartment and attacked him. Jimmy defeated Dave Cullen and Duke Cullen. As Jimmy took Dave with him, Duke was left tied up in Lori's apartment and was killed by Lori after Jimmy left.^[13] Jimmy sneaked into the meeting place of the Cullen Crime Family in order to rescue his mother. However, Midge smashed a coffee pot onto Jimmy's head and was at the mercy of the Cullen Crime Family.^[14] As Jimmy learned of his father's past, Lori snuck in to the Cullen Crime Family's meeting place and broke him out where the two of them escaped.^[6] Lori brought Jimmy to their mother's old chest and told them how the Cullen Crime Family killed his father. He was unable to bring himself to seek vengeance of Peach Cullen and left. While hitching a ride, Jimmy was picked up by Punisher. The Cullen Crime Family managed to locate Lori and capture her.^[7]

Punisher and Jimmy were ambushed by some members of the Cullen Crime Family and were able to temporarily get away from them. The rest of the Cullen Crime Family tracked Punisher and Jimmy to an abandoned truck stop where Punisher picked them off. Jimmy was able to confront Peach Cullen and Midge where he held them at gunpoint and coerced Peach into ending their war. Lori was unable to let them get away with what they done and killed Peach and Midge. After she had cried out that Jimmy killed them which was heard by Punisher, Jimmy fled into the night. After Punisher and Jimmy had gone their separate ways, the female half of the Cullen Crime Family arrived where they dying Peach Cullen told them that Lori was a true Cullen which led to Lori taking up the Cullen name and becoming the leader of the Cullen girls.^[15]

Unnamed criminal[edit]

Roderick Kingsley later sold the Hitman gear to an unknown criminal. Hitman is seen working for Roderick Kingsley when it comes to the Hobgoblin (who was actually Roderick Kingsley's butler Claude) fighting the Goblin King's Goblin Nation. After Hobgoblin was killed by Goblin King, Hitman was among the villains that defected to the Goblin Nation.^[16]

Following Spider-Man's victory over the Goblin King, Hitman was seen with the other former Hobgoblin minions at the Bar with No Name where they encounter Electro.^[17]

Roderick Kingsley later regained Hitman's services.^[18]

Powers and abilities[edit]

Burt Kenyon was an extraordinary marksman with conventional military weapons and was a good hand-to-hand combatant.

Jimmy Pierce uses a variety of firearms and wears Kevlar body armor. He also has peak-level strength, speed and agility.

In other media[edit]

Television[edit]

Jim Pierce appears on the Netflix show Iron Fist played by Jay Hieron.^[19] In the episode 'Eight Diagram Dragon Palm', Pierce attends a cage match where Colleen Wing, who is fighting under the name Daughter of the Dragon, faces off against several other fighters. Pierce is called up to join fellow fighter Duke to take on Wing. Despite their best efforts, they were both defeated by the smaller and quicker Wing.^[20]

Video games[edit]

Hitman appears as an enemy boss in the 1990 The Punisher video game, piloting a helicopter.

References[edit]

1. ^The Amazing Spider-Man #175
2. ^The Spectacular Spider-Man #4-5
3. ^The Amazing Spider-Man #174-175
4. ^Clone Conspiracy #2
5. ^ Nick Spencer (w), Patrick Gleason (p), Patrick Gleason (i), Matthew Wilson (col), VC's Joe Caramagna (let), Nick Lowe (ed). 'Point Blank' The Amazing Spider-Man v5, #33 (6 November 2019), United States: Marvel Comics
6. ^ ^abPunisher War Journal #70
7. ^ ^abPunisher War Journal #71
8. ^Punisher Vol. 2 #86
9. ^Punisher Vol. 2 #87
10. ^Punisher War Journal #63
11. ^Punisher Vol. 2 #88
12. ^Punisher War Journal #67
13. ^Punisher War Journal #68
14. ^Punisher War Journal #69
15. ^Punisher War Journal #72
16. ^Superior Spider-Man #26
17. ^The Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 3 #1
18. ^Spider-Woman Vol. 6 #13
19. ^Commandeur, Jordan (March 25, 2017). 'Iron Fist: 15 Easter Eggs and References'. Comic Book Resources. Retrieved May 25, 2017.
20. ^Sapochnik, Miguel (director); Scott Reynolds (writer) (March 17, 2017). 'Eight Diagram Dragon Palm'. Marvel's Iron Fist. Season 1. Episode 4. Netflix.

External links[edit]

• Hitman I at The Appendix to the Handbook of the Marvel Universe
• Hitman II at The Appendix to the Handbook of the Marvel Universe